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The KSHSAA Regional Baseball tournament starts tomorrow. OHS will play Centralia at 5pm in Frankfort. Good luck!

Onaga High School junior Alyssa Rager has been awarded Best of Show – 1st Place in the District 1 Congressional Art Competition, with her photograph, titled "The Old Home Place," As part of this honor, Alyssa and a parent will be flown to Washington, D.C., to attend the 2025 Congressional Art Competition Winners’ Celebration. The annual event, hosted by the Congressional Institute, is scheduled to take place in June 2025 at the Capitol Visitor Center. This celebration recognizes outstanding high school artists from across the country, with each district’s winning artwork showcased in the Cannon Tunnel of the U.S. Capitol for one year. Congratulations Alyssa!

Today marks the final day of school for the Onaga Class of 2025. Congratulations on all your accomplishments and for reaching this incredible milestone. We are so proud of each and every one of you! (Photos courtesy of Trish McNally – from 3rd grade to 12th grade)

🎉🌸 Spring Fling is TOMORROW! 🌸🎉 K-5 students will celebrate the end of the year with fun and games 1:00–3:00 pm in the North End of the building! Big thanks to PATHS for sponsoring this awesome event! 💛🧡🖤 🎟️ Remember—Raffle Basket Drawing will be held at the end. You do not need to be present to win! Let’s end the year with Buffalo-style fun! 🐃💥 #SpringFling #BuffaloStrong #ThankYouPATHS

The golf team went to Washington today for the league meet and came home with a second place finish. Graham Valburg set the pace for the team, finishing 4th in the 43-player field, while Josh Daniels finished right behind him in 5th. The team will compete in regionals next Tuesday in Seneca. HS GOLF https://www.usd322.org/page/golf

The school year winds down this week with graduation on Saturday, and high school spring sports enter postseason this week and next. Here are the activities scheduled for this week!

Congratulations to Lillie Weiser! The junior etched her name into the Onaga track record books yesterday at the Valley Heights meet. In her first attempt at triple jump, she recorded a distance of just over 35 feet. On her second attempt, she added two feet and broke a 20-year old school record in the process. Her jump was measured at 37 feet, 3 inches, breaking the record of 36 feet, 5.75 inches set by Becky Zabel back in 2005. The school record is Lillie's second after breaking the pole vault record her freshman year, then improving it as a sophomore in 2024. She placed 4th at the state track meet in pole vault last season, and finished 6th in triple jump. To check out all of the Onaga track records and state placings in program history, head over to the team's page on the district website. A link can be found below. Congratulations on the record Lille! We look forward to seeing the great things you'll do at league, regionals, and state this year! GO BUFFALOES!!! HS TRACK https://www.usd322.org/page/track

The baseball team capped off their regular season with a sweep of St. Marys Academy, finishing the year 16-9. They will play their first round regional game next Wednesday, entering the tournament as the #4 seed. Finalized location and opponent will be determined by the end of this week. Congratulations on a great ending to the regular season boys, and good luck in regionals next week! GO BUFFALOES!!! HS BASEBALL https://www.usd322.org/page/baseball

On May 3rd the OHS Forensics team attended the Kansas State Forensics Festival at Washburn Rural High School in Topeka, KS. Alyssa Rager earned the highest honor by receiving a I on her poetry piece and earned herself a medal. This is the first I rating a student from our school has earned since Cathy Marten was the coach. Results: Alyssa Rager- I rating in Poetry Lillie Weiser- II rating in Prose Adalei Conley- II rating in Impromptu Speech Blake Williams- II rating Impromptu Speech Adalei and Blake- III rating in Improvised Duet Acting

Springs sports are nearing the postseason, and four teams today are either finishing or nearing the end of their seasons. At 1:00pm, the junior high track team will compete in its final meet of the season when it heads to Frankfort for the Oregon Trail League meet, their final event of the season. High jump, pole vault, long jump, and triple jump have all had their starting times moved up to 12:30pm today. Shot put and discus will still begin at the original start time of 1:00pm. The high school track team is also in action today. They will compete in the Valley Heights Invitational at 3:00pm this afternoon, the final varsity meet before TVL next week. The baseball and softball teams are also on the road today for their final regular season games of the season, with regionals just around the corner. The boys will be heading to St. Marys Academy, while the girls are on the road to Oskaloosa. First pitch for both double-headers will begin 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 TRACK https://www.usd322.org/page/track HS BASEBALL https://www.usd322.org/page/baseball HS SOFTBALL https://www.usd322.org/page/softball

Attention for JH OTL Track today: High Jump, Pole Vault, Long Jump, and Triple Jump have all had their starting times moved up to 12:30 pm today. Shot Put and Discus will still begin at 1:00 pm. Hope to see many of you at Frankfort as we support our JH track athletes in their final meet of the season.

🧡🖤 Happy School Nurse Day to our amazing Nurse Sierra! 🖤🧡 Today, our Buffaloes celebrated the heart of our health—Nurse Sierra, who takes care of every bump, bruise, bellyache, and big feeling with kindness, calm, and compassion. From magical band-aids and cool ice packs to warm smiles and helping hands, she’s always there when we need her most. 💕✨ We surprised her with a Buffalo Spirit Tunnel full of cheers, claps, and orange-and-black pride—and LOTS of love from all of us! 🦬🧡 Thank you, Nurse Sierra, for everything you do. We’re so lucky to have you in our herd! #SchoolNurseDay #BuffaloStrong #OrangeAndBlack #WeLoveOurNurse #LotsOfLoveFromTheBuffaloes

Join the elementary students Thursday, May 15!

Today is Teacher Appreciation Day! Let’s hear it for the teachers who made an impact! 🙌 Drop a comment and shout out a teacher who changed your life — or tag them to let them know how much they matter. 🌟 #ThankATeacher #InspiredByATeacher

On Friday, May 2nd, Mrs. Glessner and the 6th grade class took a trip to Washburn. Through the university's Astronomy Outreach Program and their Physics and Astronomy Department, they took a tour through space. In the planetarium they saw 3D digital views of space and many objects that are found in space. In the Crane Observatory they saw the 12-inch refracting telescope that was built in 1889 by the Warner & Swasey Company as well as other telescopes that are used for day and night observing. It was a fun, educational day for the 6th graders!

🎉☀️ FIELD DAY FUN IS HERE (Tuesday)! ☀️🎉 For all K–5 students! Here's the game plan: 🧡 Grades K–2 https://5il.co/3e0kz ⏰ 9:00–11:30 AM 📍 Playground 🖤 Grades 3–5 https://5il.co/3e0l0 ⏰ 12:30–3:00 PM 📍 Rosenfield It’s a day full of fun, movement, and BUFFALO spirit! Remember sunscreen, water bottles, and your best game face! 😎💦🦬 #BuffaloesInMotion #FieldDay2025 #OrangeAndBlackPride #FunInTheSun

Happy Teacher and Staff Appreciation Week! 🍎 Today, we simply say thank you to our USD 322 Teachers and staff — for every lesson taught, every young mind inspired, and every heart uplifted. You make futures brighter every single day. 💛 Hashtags: #TeacherAppreciationWeek #ThankATeacher #WeLoveTeachers #GratitudeInEducation #EveryDayHeroes #KSLeaders

It's a busy week of activities as we enter the final stretch of the school year, and it starts today with four different teams participating in events. The golf team teed off moments ago in their invitational, which got started at 10:00am this morning at Cool Springs. The junior high track team has just two meets remaining, and today will be their final one before the league meet. They are in Centralia this afternoon with field events beginning at 2:00pm. Finally, the baseball and softball teams are on the road again today as they head to Alma four double-headers against Wabaunsee. First pitch for both teams is set for 4:00pm. Good luck to all of our student-athletes participating today! GO BUFFALOES!!! HS GOLF https://www.usd322.org/page/golf 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

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On Friday the senior class enjoyed the annual history tour with Mr. Kufahl and local history guru Donn Teske. The morning featured some stops at local places like Con’s Cave, the moved tombstones of the Wheaton Congregational cemetery, the ghost town of Bigelow, and was capped off by a visit to Alcove Springs, which was a major stop on the Oregon Trail and where the Donner Party camped on their infamous trip to California. The afternoon was filled with stops in the ghost town of Bigelow, the Benton Commune, and the class learned about historically significant people to the Onaga area, connecting the dots from our local past to present day.