Onaga USD 322 - Onaga | Havensville | Wheaton

The Spring Play is just around the corner!! Please make reservations for the show and dinner via the school website. Dinner will be Fish, Baked Potato, Cole Slaw, Dinner Roll, and Dessert. Synopsis of the play "Clue" The show is described as a “murder-mystery comedy thriller” that follows six guests at a mysterious dinner party where they find themselves implicated as murder suspects when their host turns up dead. Wadsworth, the butler, leads Mrs. Peacock, Mr. Green, Colonel Mustard, and other guests to attempt to find the killer as the body count builds. Following in the footsteps of the film, the project bills itself as a “comedy whodunit.” Please visit the school website at www.usd322.org to purchase and reserve seating.

Combined Afternoon Bus Routes 3/8/24

This year's KAY Easter Egg Hunt is coming up! Make sure to get it on your calendar, this year's event will be on March 23rd. As always, it will be held at Leisure Land Park in Onaga at 10:00am. We look forward to seeing you there!

Reminder, today is the LAST DAY to get butter braids from the sophomore class for their fundraiser. If you haven't had one of these butter braids from other class fundraisers, you are missing out! Follow the link below to place your order. All proceeds go to the sophomore class. https://store.myfundraisingplace.com/5261641f-4cc5-48e6-bb46-15a46aa37c15

Combined Bus Routes March 4, 2024

Spring sports are in full swing with practices taking place in preparation of the first activities coming up after spring break, but otherwise it's a quiet week at USD 322!

You may remember our post from a couple weeks ago regarding Mr. Figge's Agricultural Communications class doing a fundraiser this semester, with their main goal being to create a survey which they learned about during the class. They are "Quacking" individuals and classes, and to keep the ducks, $15 dollars must be paid. The money received will be donated to the Pottowatomie/Wabunsee County Library's Onaga branch. The class of 2024 has pledged to match the raised money. This week, the class did some more "Quacking" at the school for a great cause!

Don't forget, today is the final day to purchase Onaga baseball gear. The online store closes at the end of the day today, so click on the link below to get your order in before it's too late! In addition to the baseball online store, the softball and golf teams have online stores open now as well. Both of those stores will close on Wednesday, March 6th. Follow the links below to get your apparel today! BASEBALL https://bsnteamsports.com/shop/DPGP7eSBD7 SOFTBALL https://bsnteamsports.com/shop/mNt3CAtReU GOLF https://bsnteamsports.com/shop/pJzVk8hsvb

Here are this week's PE award winners! These students had an outstanding week showing good teamwork, sportsmanship, participation, and hustle! Kindergarten-Camryn Todd 1st grade-Kinkey Dilly 2nd grade-Sloane Jackson 3rd grade-Richard Parson 4th grade-Levi Durst 5th grade-Max Hanner

Dinner reservations can be made online via the school website at www.usd322.org

Spring sports pictures, and K-8 classroom pictures, will now be taken on Monday, March 25th. The original date was set for Tuesday, March 5th.

Elementary yearbook sales have begun! To order yours, go to inter-state.com and enter code 85317N. Orders are due March 29th, so get your order placed today!

Last week, five 5th graders and two 6th graders earned the opportunity to attend and compete in the regional KidWind competition held at Kansas State University. They received this honor by creating a wind turbine that created the most amount of energy in their class. This competition is sponsored by the Kansas Energy Program. The regional contest consisted of four parts: the performance tunnel where the turbines were tested, a quiz, a presentation, and an instant challenge where they were put on the spot to test their knowledge of science-related concepts. While at KSU, students also toured the innovation lab at Hale Library and, of course, ate ice cream at Call Hall. Neither team earned a spot at the state contest, but the fifth grade team, "Uncle Fred," was awarded "Judge’s Choice" for an exceptional presentation. The teachers facilitating this year’s projects were Hannah Kolterman and Holly Thomas. Students attending regionals for the 5th grade team were Cyrus Jones, Daylan Griffin, Mason McClain, Grayson Kaberline, and Max Hanner. For the 6th grade team it was Kaiden Uland and Sally Miller. Thanks to Ms. Kolterman and Mrs. Thomas for helping facilitate such a great experience for these kids!

It's 3-on-3 basketball season, and several area schools are putting on tournaments over the next few weeks. Blue Valley is hosting one on March 16th for ages 1st grade up to adults, and Valley Heights is hosting one on April 13th for 3rd grade through adults. To sign up, see the information for each on the attached flyers. Also, be on the lookout for details on one that will be held in Onaga, plans for which are in the works.

Another round of 7th graders in Mrs. Thomas's OREO class finished their field test this month, and this time it was with a new, and definitely favorite, challenge - archery! Students have been receiving instruction on State of Kansas Hunter Safety education, and began the day on Friday by completing that course with KWP officials. They then got to eat lunch at Steve and Anne Suther's, where they enjoyed a meal consisting of a variety of wild game. After that, they got to do some archery, then they went on to Mrs. Suther's pond where they snagged a few fish! Mrs. Thomas would like to extend a huge thank you to Greg and Amy Cerny of St. Mary’s for opening their home to the class, game wardens Matt Cook and Ryan Schmidt for teaching firearms safety, and Steve and Anne Suther for opening their home to the class as well. This day has become a favorite for our students!

Last week, WIBW announced its latest Scholar Athlete of the Week, and it was Onaga's own Tatum Lara! Tatum is a three-sport athlete for Onaga. He's been having a tremendous senior year in athletics, having been named 2nd Team All-League as a defensive lineman in football, he followed that up with a second straight state wrestling tournament just this past weekend. He will now begin golf this week. Tatum is also involved in many other activities and has taken on several leadership roles in them as well. He’s a part of KAYS as vice president, FFA as vice president, O’Club as the Treasurer, STUCO as Senior Class representative, and is also a member of the Shiny Star 4H club as president. He plans on attending K-State where he’ll study Wildlife and Outdoor Enterprise Management, and has maintained a 3.8 GPA while excelling in all of those other activities. His being named the WIBW Scholar Athlete of the Week also puts him in the running for a $2,500 scholarship. If you'd like to see the video of his honor from the evening news, follow the link below. Congratulations Tatum on this incredible honor! https://www.wibw.com/2024/02/22/scholar-athlete-week-tatum-lara/

Join the USD 322 district for the 2024-25 school year!

The Kansas Association of School Boards in coordination with USD 322 is conducting an online survey to seek input on desired characteristics of the new superintendent. The survey will take approximately five minutes to complete and can be accessed at the following link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/USD322SS until noon Friday, March 1, 2024.

Spring sports practices begin today, which means games will be coming up in just a couple of weeks. To get ready for baseball season, follow the link below to get your gear. You'll find shirts, hoodies, pants, shorts, baseball essential gear, even blankets, phone covers, and more! Orders will be sent to the school and dispersed from there. Get them in this week, as the online store closes on Friday! https://bsnteamsports.com/shop/DPGP7eSBD7

After several event-filled weeks of activities, we now shift to spring sports with practices beginning this week!