Every year when Mr. Kufahl's History of Onaga & Pottawatomie County class talks about the city improvements that took place in Onaga during its early years, the class goes out to the cemetery to find the grave of Newton Jenison. He was buried October 30, 1880, the first person buried in the Onaga cemetery and, although a newer tombstone has been erected since his death for he and other Jenisons buried near him, his original stone is still there.
This semester the topic of "witching" graves came up in class, so they decided to take dowsing rods with them to "witch" his grave, and some of the unmarked graves at the cemetery, on Thursday morning. It was a unique experience and one that junior Wyatt Figge (pictured) enjoyed!
In the process of walking around the cemetery looking for some of the people they'd been discussing in class, they happened upon a tombstone Mr. Kufahl hadn't seen before. In class last week, they had talked about the first elected officials of Onaga after the town established a city government. On Monday, Wyatt was looking for information on Garrard Nold, who was a druggist (pharmacist) in Onaga and had been elected as the town's first city clerk. While researching on newspapers.com, he found the obituary of Nold and the very interesting story of how he died. He saved the clipping from the October 1, 1885 issue of the "Onaga Democrat," which is attached. Then, while walking through the cemetery on Thursday morning, they happened upon his tombstone.
It was a fun, educational trip through some Onaga history!
The high school football team is wrapping up the 2023 season tonight, as it heads to Valley Falls for a cross-district game with the Dragons. The last time these two teams met in a cross district game, five state records were broken and three more were tied as the two teams engaged in a shootout that saw the Buffaloes come out on top. Onaga will look to do the same tonight when the two teams kick off at 6:00pm.
Good luck tonight boys! GO BUFFALOES!!!
FOOTBALL TEAM PAGE
https://www.usd322.org/page/football
Due to weather and ensuring the safety of our community, students, and staff. The Haunted Trail for this Friday and Saturday has been canceled.
Junior high sports apparel is available again! Last fall we had the opportunity to order these t-shirts, long sleeves, hoodies, and sweatshirts for all junior high sports. If you missed your chance to purchase them then, or are needing some cold-weather apparel, follow the link below. We have extended the store so that it will be available until midnight on Wednesday, November 1st.
https://midwestinkco.chipply.com/onagajrhigh/store.aspx?apid=5764946
The 3rd and 4th grade classes are diving into a project-based learning opportunity. They started by developing hypothesis, making guesses and estimating, then, they dove into the hands-on learning of measuring and counting. Upon completion of this step, they replanted seeds in the pumpkins to see how many new pumpkin plants they could grow. They want to send a big thanks to Ms. Figge for allowing them to house their pumpkins in the greenhouse and helping keep an eye on them!
Families: The Annual Thanksgiving Meal will be November 8.
If you plan to participate, tomorrow is the deadline to notify the school so our dedicated Kitchen Staff have time to prepare. The cost of the meal is $6. Please complete and return the attached form by OCTOBER 27.
Don't forget we have some spooky fun for you tomorrow night and Saturday night, as the music department and life science classes are holding their annual Haunted Trail. The event will be from 7:30pm to 10:00pm on both Friday October 27th, and Saturday October 28th. You can show up on the east side of the district office behind the school to begin your haunted trip through the Anne Suther Nature Trail.
Admission is $3 for students and $5 for adults, with all proceeds benefitting the music and middle school science departments. So come get your spooky on this weekend at the Haunted Trail!
Last Friday's home game against Jackson Heights was senior night for the football team. We'd like to thank all of these seniors and their parents for their years of dedication to, and the sacrifices they've made for Onaga football. We appreciate you all!
Big thanks to Kelsey Blow and Olivia Schlegel for the photos!
Here are last week's PE award winners! These students had an outstanding week showing good teamwork, sportsmanship, participation, and hustle!
Kindergarten-Lynelle Cline
1st grade-Cadence Koelzer
2nd grade-Carissa Harrison
3rd grade-Joey Ledbetter
4th grade-Maesynn Collins
5th grade-Daylan Griffin
Onaga HS Football will play in a post season game at Valley Falls THIS Friday at 6:00pm. We hope you can make the game!
Jenni Ebert, Community Health Educator with Riley County Health Department, will be meeting separately with High School and Middle School students on Wednesday, October 25 for an Opioid Safety Workshop. Parents are invited to attend the Parent Opioid Safety Workshop on Tuesday, October 24 at 6:00pm.
Fundraiser Trash Bags are in and ready to be picked up! Thank you for your support!
There is still nothing official on who the high school football team will be playing, whether the game will be Thursday or Friday, nor what the start time will be. But we wanted to make sure we got this out for everyone, so here are the activities for the upcoming week.
We have some spooky fun for you this coming weekend, as the music department and life science classes are holding their annual Haunted Trail. The event will be from 7:30pm to 10:00pm on both Friday October 27th, and Saturday October 28th. You can show up on the east side of the district office behind the school to begin your haunted trip through the Anne Suther Nature Trail.
Admission is $3 for students and $5 for adults, with all proceeds benefitting the music and middle school science departments. So come get your spooky on this weekend at the Haunted Trail!
Jenni Ebert, Community Health Educator with Riley County Health Department, will be meeting separately with High School and Middle School students on Wednesday, October 25 for an Opioid Safety Workshop.
Parents are invited to attend the Parent Opioid Safety Workshop on Tuesday, October 24 at 6:00pm.
Friday Night Varsity Football Announcing & Clock Crews! Check out these middle schoolers announcing the game!
Postseason volleyball has arrived for the Buffaloes as the team heads off to Wakefield today for the sub-state tournament. Onaga enters as the #6 seed in the 7-team field and will take on #3-seeded Solomon in the opening round. Games get underway at 1:00pm this afternoon and the girls will play the third match of the opening round. The entire tournament will be played today, with one team punching their ticket to the state tournament. For a complete look at the sub-state bracket, follow the link below to the team's page on the district website.
The cross country team is also competing in postseason today as they head to Sabetha for the regional meet beginning at 10:00am. Sabetha is actually hosting 3A and 1A regionals today, with 3A girls starting things off. 1A girls will follow around 10:35am, 3A boys are scheduled to start at 11:10am, and the 1A boys will cap the day off at 11:45am. The Onaga boys don't have enough runners to qualify for state as a team, meaning they will need a top 5 finish among runners not on a state-qualifying team to punch their ticket to the state meet.
Good luck today to all of our student-athletes! GO BUFFALOES!!!
VOLLEYBALL TEAM PAGE
https://www.usd322.org/page/volleyball
CROSS COUNTRY TEAM PAGE
https://www.usd322.org/page/cross-country
We have some spooky fun for you this coming weekend, as the music department and life science classes are holding their annual Haunted Trail. The event will be from 7:30pm to 10:00pm on both Friday October 27th, and Saturday October 28th. You can show up on the east side of the district office behind the school to begin your haunted trip through the Anne Suther Nature Trail.
Admission is $3 for students and $5 for adults, with all proceeds benefitting the music and middle school science departments. So come get your spooky on this weekend at the Haunted Trail!
Tomorrow, Saturday, October 21st, the Onaga High School Volleyball Team will travel south down main street to head to sub-state! The team leaves at 12:30. Let's send them out of town with all of our support! Line downtown main street with lots of orange and black as they head out to play Solomon in Wakefield! Start lining the streets at noon and let's support your hometown Lady Buffs!!! Go Buffaloes! Please share! 🦬
It's senior night for the high school football team as they gear up for a district matchup against Jackson Heights tonight. The Buffaloes and Cobras will kick off at 7:00pm tonight at the Rosenfield Sports Complex with recognition of the four seniors taking place prior to the game. Thanks again to our four seniors and their parents for their years of dedication and commitment to Onaga football! We appreciate you all!
Good luck tonight fellas! GO BUFFALOES!!!
FOOTBALL TEAM PAGE
https://www.usd322.org/page/football
