Onaga USD 322 - Onaga | Havensville | Wheaton

Good luck to the high school volleyball team today as they head to Frankfort for five games as part of the Wildcats' invitational tournament. The first games of the day begin at 9:00am and the Buffaloes will start things off in the second round games of the round robin tournament when they take on Cair Paravel. Good luck today ladies, GO BUFFALOES!!!

The junior high volleyball team is in action this weekend as it heads to Axtell for the Eagles' invitational tournament on Saturday. The Buffaloes kick things off with pool play beginning at 9:00am against Sts. Peter & Paul. Onaga will then take on Valley Heights and Doniphan West to round out pool play before heading to the bracket portion of the tournament. The schedule for the day can be found on the images attached. Good luck today girls, GO BUFFALOES!!!

Fellow Buffaloes, 2020-2021 yearbooks are still available for purchase. They will have to remain being priced at $40. To do so, please contact Mr. Kite at the high school. On that same note, 2021-2022 yearbooks can now be ordered. Anyone who wants to place an order for a 2021-2022 yearbook can do so either by going to yearbookordercenter.com or by seeing Gayla in the High School office. The good news is that the 2021-2022 yearbook can be much less expensive. Order before Christmas vacation begins and your yearbook will only cost you $30. From January 4 through May 13, your yearbook will cost $35. After May 13 (2022), your yearbook will cost $40. Also, family discounts will apply so that family members can more easily afford for each person to have his or her own book. Buy in the early period, and the first yearbook costs you $30, a second book for the same family will cost $20, and all other books for the same family (up to five yearbooks total) will be $15. A family that wants three yearbooks can get all three of them for $65! That's only $21.66 per book! OHS yearbooks haven't been that cheap since the '80's! Family will be defined as "Mom, Dad, and the kids" (no aunts, uncles, or cousins). Get your 2021-2022 OHS Buffalo ordered today!

The high school football team hits the road for the first time this season as it heads to Hanover for another league tilt. The game will also be the first District game of the season for both teams as postseason implications are already on the line in just week #2. Kickoff is set for 7:00pm. Good luck tonight boys, GO BUFFALOES!!!

Congratulations to Mrs. Sperber's 4th grade "Reader Leaders of the Week!" Here are the top readers in her class from the last two weeks. Keep up the good work!!! Week 1 1st - Wyatt Rager 2nd - Jovin Matson 3rd - Jaelyn VanDonge 4th - Allie Perry 5th - Ellie Starns 6th - Tatum Utley Week 2 1st - Wyatt Rager 2nd - Jaelyn VanDonge 3rd - Jovin Matson (Not Pictured) 4th - Allie Perry 5th - Hudson Baxter 6th - Sally Miller

Update: For anyone under quarantine due to a household positive case it is recommended that the student quarantine for 10-14 days after the positive case has been released from home isolation. (This is because exposure is considered ongoing within the house) For the safety of our students, and with the hope to stop the spread of COVID-19, USD 322 has decided, regardless of household separation, if you are in quarantine due to a household positive, your child should remain home 10 days from the END of the positive case in the home. For example: Dad is positive on 9/1/21 and quarantine ends on 9/11/21. Childs day 1 starts 9/12/21 and child will test with daily antigen x10 days if wanting to attend school. Daily antigen testing is good for 24 hours. Child must also wear a mask during this time. Due to low supplies Day 7 PCR’s are no longer available until further notice. Antigen testing is all that is currently being offered. Please continue to follow the process through the hospital by calling the day before to schedule antigen testing. Also a reminder that the school receives doctors notes stating the child was seen and/or negative/positive and when the return date will be. Thank you and we appreciate your understanding. Ty Poell, Principal Sierra Valburg, School Nurse

Please check out the following information from 7-12 Counselor Mr. Polk on applying for FAFSA, and on the checklist for any students who plan to attend college after high school graduation. There are two documents, please follow the links below to read a message from Mr. Polk and to see the checklist that will help make sure students are staying on track for post-secondary education. From the Desk of the Counselor: https://5il.co/yl7a College Preparation Timeline: https://5il.co/yl7b

The high school volleyball team is back in action today in the team's home opener. The girls will be hosting a quad tonight when Clifton-Clyde, Valley Heights and Linn come to town. Action begins in the south gym at 3:45pm and games in the north gym will start at 5:00pm. If you are unable to make it to the games, all of the action in the north gym can be viewed on the NFHS Network. A link to watch the game can be found at the district website (usd322.org). Good luck tonight ladies, GO BUFFALOES!!!

If you would like to receive notice of all USD 322 school board meetings, please follow the link below to download your request form. This is done on a yearly basis, so even if you have filled one out in the past and have been receiving those notices, you will need to do so again. The deadline to submit your request for those notices is September 30th. To download the request form you can follow the link below, or you can find it at the district website under the "District" tab at the top of the homepage. https://5il.co/yk1s

The new version of the USD 322 app is now live. Stay up to date and informed on all things happening at USD 322 by downloading the app on either the app store or Google Play. Links for the app can be found at the bottom of the school website's homepage. If you already have the app downloaded, you may need to update it as the new version of the app now mirrors our new version of the school website which was released last school year. Make sure to sign up for notifications for the different categories that you'd like to stay up to date on (elementary, junior high, high school, athletics, etc.). When information or news is posted to the live feed you will get a notification on your phone so you don't miss anything going on at USD 322.

Just a reminder, Tuesday, September 7th is the rescheduled date for school individual pictures as well as all junior high and high school fall sports pictures. School individual pictures will begin in the morning and go throughout the day, while sports pictures will be taken in the afternoon. Ordering photos will be done online only this year. To do so, simply follow the instructions on the attached images. Please note that the date on the image is from the originally scheduled date, but everything else on the images remains the same.

The junior high sports season gets underway tonight as Oregon Trail League foe Frankfort visits Onaga. The volleyball team gets things started at 5:00pm in the north gym with the A-team game and that will be followed by the B-team game on the same court. Then at 6:30pm the Rosenfield Sports Complex will see its first action of the season when the junior high boys take the gridiron against the Wildcat football team. If you aren't able to make it out to the games this evening, both the volleyball games and football game can be viewed on the NFHS Network. A link for those games can be found on the homepage of the district website by clicking the orange button under the homepage photos. Good luck to both teams tonight, GO BUFFALOES!!!

The high school cross country team kicks their season off today when it heads to Mission Valley. The team has 14 runners on it this year and is loaded with experienced upperclassmen. They will look to start their season off with a bang when the meet begins at 4:30pm this afternoon. Good luck to the cross country team today, GO BUFFALOES!!!

The high school volleyball team takes the court tonight for the first time this year, officially kicking off fall sports at USD 322. The girls will head to Washington County tonight for a triangular with the Tigers and Axtell. The Buffaloes take on Washington County at 5:00pm and then follow that up with a matchup against the Eagles at 6:00pm. Both games will be livestreamed on Washington County's facebook live account, which can be reached at the link below. Good luck tonight girls, GO BUFFALOES!!! https://www.facebook.com/pages/Washington%20County%20High%20School/1538585256389975/

I wanted to update all parents regarding COVID quarantining and options as of today. The hospital, in collaboration with the school, will begin early morning antigen testing and later morning PCR testing again. There is a flyer going home with ALL students tonight that has all of the information parents need to understand how it will work. One key thing is parents MUST CALL 785-889-4241 THE DAY BEFORE to schedule your child for testing the next day. Included in the flyer going home is a parent consent form that just needs to be completed once for the year. You will take it with you if you ever go up for the testing option and give it to hospital staff. Another change is that for the next 25 days starting on Sept. 1 and through Oct. 6, the school district will pay for the student antigen tests. Please know we are currently working on a grant to be able to offer free, daily"on-site" antigen testing at the district that can take the place of parents having to take kids to the hospital for daily testing. We will notify parents ASAP when we receive the grant. AS OF NOW, the informational flyer on testing options at the hospital is on the district live feed on the district website if you need to contact them before 3:30 today. Hard copies of consent form are always available outside the west main office of the HS in a wall mail holder. Thank you. Mr. Poell

Thanks to Community HealthCare System, students now have immediate Covid testing available to them. A note confirming a negative result would eliminate the need for a student to quarantine due to close contact. See more information below, or download the information via the link provided. https://5il.co/y8e2

The fall sports season is finally upon us and your chance to get a first look at all three of the high school teams comes this Thursday night during the Buff Bash scrimmages. The volleyball team takes the court first at 5pm in the north gym of the high school, while the football and cross country teams start their scrimmages at 6:30pm at the Rosenfield Sports Complex. If you can't make the scrimmages in person, all of the action can be seen on the NFHS Network by visiting the district website, usd322.org, and clicking on the orange button that says "NFHS Network" on the home page. Good luck to all of our fall student-athletes this season, GO BUFFALOES!!!

The hospital has shared that they have done quite a few PCR tests and we have had most of our high schoolers return to school on Day 7 of quarantine. This has been terrific to have them back a few days earlier from quarantine. They have reported that they have had no one show up for antigen testing, especially the elementary students who were placed on quarantine. I totally understand it may be impossible for you to bring them in daily for an antigen test or you don’t want them to have one. I did want to share some more information that may be helpful to know in the event you choose to get them tested to return sooner to school. Antigen testing is from 7-9 am in the hospital parking lot. This is the less invasive nose swab whereas the PCR test in the deeper nose swab, that is more uncomfortable. Starting tomorrow, 8/25/21, if you bring your child in for a PCR test, if they test negative, they can come to school as early as tomorrow’s negative results and do not have to quarantine anymore. It takes about 1 hour for the PCR test to come back and for them to give you a result. If you compelte the consent form, they send a secure email message to school letting us know your child can return. If you would rather have the daily antigen test on days 7-10, it is a 15 minute test, and once they have the results, they send a secure email to the school each day your child tests negative and your child can go to school each day they test negative, while wearing a mask. In the meantime, for all PK-12 parents, if you plan to do a PCR test tomorrow for your child, please send me an email by 7 pm tonight and I will let the hospital know how many to plan for Wed morning in the parking lot. If you plan to do antigen testing instead on days 7-10, please let me know by 8pm nightly and I will let the hospital know too so they can plan on having personnel available on those days in the parking lot. Please feel free to contact Sierra Valburg, school nurse, or myself if you have any questions. Thank you.

I have posted more information regarding antigen and PCR testing for parents of quarantined students on the LiveFeed on the district website. I just wanted to further explain options in the event you are interested in testing your child to allow for a quicker return from quarantine. I understand your work schedule may make it impossible but I wanted to share the information in the event it is something possible you might be interested in. Thanks again to all parents for keeping your children home if they are exhibiting extreme fatigue, headaches, congestion, etc. Thank you!

Because this was not information that has been posted before we wanted to make sure we got this out there to everyone. Today is the last day to order any high school or junior high football shirts. There are several options available, as well as hats. The shirts can be blank on the back, or can have a name and/or number added. Follow the link below to order anything if you are interested, but please remember they have to be ordered by midnight tonight. There will be no late orders. https://lastingimpressionsofks.com/onaga_football/shop/home