Onaga USD 322 - Onaga | Havensville | Wheaton

🌾 A Day at the Farm with Our 4th Graders! 🚜🐴 Our 4th grade students had an incredible hands-on learning experience during A Day at the Farm! From planting technology to animal care, they explored so many exciting parts of agriculture. 🌱 They learned how a planter works and how navigation technology allows modern machines to drive themselves—farming meets the future! 🐴🐑🐄🐖 At the animal stations, students discovered how equine, sheep, beef, and swine are cared for, and even tried their hand at bandaging a horse’s leg at the veterinarian station. 🐮 One of the highlights? Feeling a (pretend!) calf inside its mama to check if it was coming out head-first—so cool! 🌽 A big thank you to MKC for teaching our students about grain elevator safety and how co-ops create safe, nutritious feed. 🙏 Special thanks to the Pottawatomie County Farm Bureau for organizing this amazing learning opportunity and to the Berges Family for graciously hosting us at their beautiful ranch! Our students came back with muddy boots, full hearts, and bright smiles—what a day to remember! 💚👩‍🌾👨‍🌾 #DayAtTheFarm #AgEducation #FutureFarmers #4thGradeAdventures #HandsOnLearning #ThankYouFarmBureau #GratefulGuests

🧡🖤 Happy School Lunch Hero Day! 🖤🧡 Today we’re celebrating the heart of our cafeteria—our incredible lunch ladies! They serve with smiles, kindness, and care (plus some legendary mac & cheese). 🍽️💪 From early mornings to the last lunch tray, they make sure every student is fed and seen—and we couldn’t be more grateful. Thank you for all you do! Let’s show them some 🧡 and give a big #OnagaProud cheer for our School Lunch Heroes! 👏👩‍🍳👏 #SchoolLunchHeroDay #LunchLadyLove #BlackAndOrangePride

🎉👩‍🏫 Happy School Principal Appreciation Day! 👨‍🏫🎉 Today we celebrate our incredible principals! Your leadership, kindness, and endless energy help us every day! Thank you for guiding our school🌟 #PrincipalAppreciationDay #ThankYouPrincipals

Three spring sports teams are back in action today, as the junior high track team and high school baseball and softball teams begin to round out their regular seasons. The junior high track team is at home today, hosting a meet for the final time this season with field events will beginning at 2:00pm. Meanwhile, the baseball and softball teams are on the road for their final TVL games of the season. They both play Valley Heights this afternoon with first pitches set for 4:00pm. The softball team will be playing in Blue Rapids, while the baseball team will play in Waterville. Good luck to all of our student-athletes competing this afternoon! GO BUFFALOES!!! JH TRACK https://www.usd322.org/page/girls-track-jr-high HS BASEBALL https://www.usd322.org/page/baseball HS SOFTBALL https://www.usd322.org/page/softball

Afternoon bus routes will be combined tonight, May 1st and tomorrow night May 2nd. The impact with be to all bus routes. Please notify the school office if your child will not be riding tonight or tomorrow night after school. Next Thursday, May 8th all afternoon routes will be combined. We appreciate your help and understanding during this really busy time of the year!

📚 Exciting News, Onaga Families! 📚 We’re proud to partner with Books-A-Million for their 2025 Summer Book Drive — and this year, the donations will directly benefit students and staff in the Onaga School District! 🎉 From Sunday, July 20th through Sunday, August 17th, visit the Books-A-Million at Manhattan Town Center to donate new books and help stock our classrooms and libraries with high-quality reading materials. Every contribution supports our mission to inspire a lifelong love of reading in our kids! ❤️📖 Let’s show our school spirit and make this year’s drive the best one yet! 💪 #OnagaPride #SummerBookDrive #BooksForKids #SupportReading https://5il.co/3eyqv

Yesterday, (4/30) many of our 8th grade students competed at the Middle School Ag Academy at Perry-Lecompton. The team took 4th overall and Vivian Berges tied for 2nd individually. When students were not competing, they rotated between different informational stations that included veterinary checkups, proper tagging of animals, and the insects of Kansas. The group competed very well and had a great time. Way to go!

If you'd like a yearbook for the 2024-2025 school year, time is running out to order one! This year's yearbook will feature grades 6-12, and are $30. The last day to get one ordered is next Friday, May 9th.

Yesterday (4/29), our high school students gave back to our community through our Service Day Projects. The freshmen class helped clean up the Onaga cemetery. The sophomores helped clean the windows at the Onaga main street businesses and around the school. The juniors split their forces with half of the class going to Wheaton and the other half going to Havensville to help out in our neighboring communities. Finally, the seniors helped out around the ball fields, getting them ready for Regional Softball as well as summer ball. These projects were discussed with the rest of their class before individual projects being selected from their brainstormed lists. Through this process, the students had a greater buy-in for their projects and therefore felt more connected to the work they were doing. Our junior high students will be doing their projects in a couple of weeks so keep an eye out for those! Well done to all of our high school students for helping give back to our community!

🧡🖤 Buffalo Pride in Action! 🖤🧡 Last week, our amazing elementary students showed what it means to care for our earth and our community! 🌍💪 In celebration of Civic and Earth Day, every grade rolled up their sleeves and made a difference—from picking up trash around our town 🗑️, to building bird feeders for our feathered friends 🐦, and even sprucing up Mrs. Bergman’s yard with some extra care and kindness 🌿🧤. We are so proud of our youngest Buffaloes for stepping up with heart, responsibility, and teamwork! 🦬🧡 Let’s keep the momentum going and continue to be leaders in our community and caretakers of our planet. #BuffaloPride #EarthDay #CivicDay #BuffaloStrong #OrangeAndBlack #BuffaloesCare

HS Golf Today at Seneca has been moved up to a 12:30 pm start time to try to beat the weather. Good luck to all Onaga golfers today!

💜🐾 5th Grade Takes on K-State! 🚌🎓 Our 5th graders had an AMAZING field trip to Kansas State University’s Manhattan Campus—and it was a day packed with learning, fun, and Wildcats spirit! 💥🐾 They kicked things off with a mind-blowing tour of the TRIGA Mark II Nuclear Reactor Facility with Dr. Cebula and Robert Seymour, where they learned how science and energy come together in powerful (and super cool) ways! ⚛️🔬 Then it was off to Call Hall for a legendary ice cream stop and some friendly visits with JP and Tony—because no trip to K-State is complete without a sweet treat! 🍦😋 Finally, students got an insider's look at K-State’s athletic facilities, guided by the awesome Miss Cindy—a big highlight for our future athletes and sports fans! 🏟️💪 Throughout the day, K-State staff welcomed our students with open arms, sharing their time, talents, and plenty of Wildcat love. Our Buffaloes left feeling seen, inspired, and so appreciated. 💜 Huge thanks to everyone who helped make this experience unforgettable. Our students came back inspired, energized, and maybe just a little more purple than before! #BuffaloesAtKState #FutureWildcats #ScienceSportsAndSweets #UnforgettableFieldTrip #BuffaloProud #KStateLove

Come join us in recognizing our high school athletes for Winter/Spring sports at the Athletic Banquet next Wednesday, May 7th. The meal will be a taco bar starting at 6:00 pm. The recognitions will start at 6:30 pm.

Spring Fling is Coming! See you May 14!

Spring sports teams are kicking the week off with a bang, as four Buffalo teams head on the road today for events. At 1:00pm, the junior high track team will begin field events at Valley Heights, while the high school golf team tees off in Seneca at the Centralia Invitational. Later this afternoon, the baseball and softball teams will be at Centralia. Both teams will be playing double-headers beginning at 4:30pm. Good luck to all of our student-athletes today! GO BUFFALOES!!! JH TRACK https://www.usd322.org/page/girls-track-jr-high HS GOLF https://www.usd322.org/page/golf HS BASEBALL https://www.usd322.org/page/baseball HS SOFTBALL https://www.usd322.org/page/softball

We’re excited to announce that Lexi Merz will be joining Onaga Elementary as our new preschool teacher for the 2025-2026 school year! Lexi brings valuable experience and a true passion for early childhood education, making her a wonderful addition to the strong team we already have in place. We are thrilled to welcome her to USD 322!

Onaga High School is thrilled to welcome Mr. Alex Miller to our 2025-2026 faculty! Mr. Miller will be teaching high school science and agriculture courses, joining our outstanding team of educators: Mrs. Labbe and Mrs. Figge-Rahjes in the science department, and Mr. Figge in agricultural science. We are excited to have him as part of the Buffalo Herd — welcome, Mr. Miller!

Here is the scheduled activities for the week!

Congratulations to our State Musicians who traveled to Hesston College on Saturday, April 26th! — Lillie Weiser (left) and Carmela Garcia-Losada (right) Lillie received an Excellent (2) rating for her alto saxophone solo and Carmela received a Superior (1) rating for her vocal solo! Congratulations, ladies, on all of your hard work.

🐣💛 Third Grade’s Egg-cellent Science Adventure! 💛🐣 Our third graders have been busy scientists lately—hatching chicks right in their classroom! 🐥🔬 They started with 20 hopeful eggs and cheered on as 10 fluffy friends made their way into the world! Throughout the project, students learned all about incubation, temperature, humidity, and the science of what it takes to bring a chick from egg to hatch day. It’s been a hands-on, heartwarming lesson they won’t forget! Today, the chicks made a special visit to other classrooms before heading off to their forever home with John Rickard and his family—who so generously donated the eggs and will now raise the chicks with care. 🧡 A BIG thank you to the Rickard family for making this amazing experience possible for our students! #BuffaloScience #EggToChick #HandsOnLearning #ThankYouRickardFamily #FluffyFieldTrip