Due to low player numbers and a high number of injuries at this time, the junior high football game scheduled against Frankfort on Thursday, October 13th, has been cancelled. The decision was made in the interest of the safety of our players. Thank you all for your support of the team during the season.
It may be the weekend but Onaga athletics is in full swing today. The junior high volleyball team is in Frankfort, currently taking on Troy in the Oregon Trail League tournament. Meanwhile, the high school football team is on the road this afternoon taking on Christ Prep. If you're heading to Lenexa to watch the football team, as always, you can find the address to the field on the sports schedules page under the Athletics tab on the district website.
Good luck to all of our Buffalo student-athletes today, GO BUFFALOES!!!
October is National Principal Month!
Mr. O'Dell is an outstanding leader for our school whom we celebrate today, and everyday! Thank you for the impact you make!
Ms. Kolterman's 5th graders have been studying mixtures and solutions in science. Yesterday they were presented with the challenge of finding something in nature that would completely dissolve into water, and therefore make a solution. Their focus question was “Are there materials outdoors that will dissolve in water?”
Thank you Ms. Kolterman for your innovative ideas in (and out) of the classroom!
Mrs. Ringel’s preschool parents adopted the staff work room on Friday and made lunch and goodies for teachers. Paths sparked the idea and one of our parents took it and ran with it, and got with all the other parents from the classroom and had a “taco about how awesome our teachers are” day!
The preschool decorated tacos and the parents provided a taco bar and treats. The preschoolers worked with Mrs. Sperber‘s fourth grade class to decorate all the tacos and Mrs. Sperber hung them in the staff break room for all to see!
Thank you Mrs. Ringel for orchestrating this event, and thanks for all you do for our kids at Onaga!
Ms. Danni Klah is a new teacher at Onaga this year, and her kindergarten class has been busy the past few weeks! As seen in the attached pictures, they first completed a Crystal Leaf Experiment. The Kindergarteners learned about leaves and the different kinds and shapes of them. They colored their leaves and did an experiment to crystalize them for decoration. After that, they went outside and walked along the tree line to look at the different types of leaves and trees. They used what they gathered to come up with interesting ideas of why the fall season changes leaves.
The kindergartners also got introduced to the school library and checked out a book for the very first time. They loved looking around the library and seeing all the different kinds of books to read in the classroom and at home to their parents. The kids also signed a "Class Contract." They were talking about fairness and their classroom rules and eventually came up with their own rules to add to the classroom rules they already had. They pressed their hands on the contract to make it official, their signature to follow the rules so they can all be fair.
Thank you Ms. Klahr for all you are doing with the kiddos here at Onaga!
October is breast cancer awareness month and as they've done in the past, the high school volleyball team is doing a "pink-out" for their volleyball games this month. With a JV quad coming up on Monday and a varsity quad on Tuesday of next week, both in Onaga, you have a chance to get the same shirts that the volleyball team is getting. The effort is to raise awareness for breast cancer and all proceeds go to the cause.
If you'd like to order your shirt, please follow the link below by the end of the day Wednesday so that you can have your shirt by next week.
Thank you for considering joining our girls in this cause and thank you to the volleyball team for joining the breast cancer awareness month!
https://lastingimpressionsofks.com/onaga_volleyball/shop/home
The junior high volleyball team is on the road this afternoon as it heads to Wetmore for a triangular. The event just got underway minutes ago and will see the Buffaloes play both Wetmore and Northeast Kansas, which is a Christian school sports affiliation for homeschool students.
Also, as a reminder, the JV football game scheduled to be played at Riverside this evening has been cancelled. The JV game next Monday in Onaga against Christ Prep is still scheduled and, with Troy canceling their JV season at the beginning of the year, that will mark the final JV football game of the season.
Good luck to the ladies playing volleyball tonight, GO BUFFALOES!!!
This week’s StuCo Staff Spotlight winner is Mr. Chris Hubbard. Mr. Hubbard has been our music teacher now for 3 years and works in our tech department. Thank you, Mr. Hubbard, for all you do for our school!!!
Favorite color: Red
Favorite flower: Sunflowers
Favorite sweet snack: Zero Candy Bar
Favorite salty snack: Almonds
Favorite Place to Shop: Amazon, Manning Music, and Sam’s Club
Favorite Classroom Supplies: Musical Instruments :-)
Favorite Movie: Mr. Hollands Opus
Favorite book:
Favorite team: KU
Favorite fast-food restaurant:
Favorite sit-down restaurant: Anything Italian
Favorite animal: Dogs
Favorite quote: “We are what we repeatedly do” ~Aristotle~
Favorite Hobby: Playing Piano, Singing, Exercising, Swimming, Fishing, Landscaping
How do you wind down at the end of the day: Watching TV, Reading, playing with my 3 dogs, or playing piano
Here are last week's P.E. award winners! These students had an outstanding week showing good teamwork, sportsmanship, participation, and hustle!
Kindergarten - Anastasia Davis
1st grade - Carissa Harrison
2nd grade - Dayton Boren
3rd grade - Quincy Bartlett
4th grade - Wren Hartwich
5th grade - Carter Hutfles
6th grade - August Falk
Next week is Anti-Bullying Awareness Week!
As a school and community, we are adamant in our pursuit to promote prosocial behavior, emotional regulation, and positive interpersonal communication. We have doubled down on our effort to create a positive school environment and are committed to ending any and all bullying one step at a time.
Next week, we celebrate that cause by bringing awareness to bullying and need for everyone to seek personal growth. In addition to themed dress days, the Onaga school system will be adding behavioral information and challenges for students to complete to the daily announcements during the full month of October. All of this is in addition to our on—going Social-Emotional lessons in the classrooms.
Make the commitment to a better school environment with your participation in Anti-Bullying Awareness Week!
It's homecoming week in Onaga and tonight the Buffalo football team welcomes Riverside to town for a non-league tilt against the Cyclones. The homecoming events kick off at 6:00pm tonight and the game will be underway at 7:00pm.
Good luck to our candidates tonight, good luck to the team, and GO BUFFALOES!!!
Congratulations to Jadyn Haskin! The freshman was able to recite the FFA Creed and in turn, won her new FFA jacket! Great job Jadyn!!!
The Student Council has been hard at it this week making sure homecoming is a success this year. Sunday morning StuCo members kicked off homecoming week by painting downtown businesses. They also were in charge of making the dummy used for the bonfire on Thursday night where fun was had by all.
This year's homecoming parade will be this afternoon with a start time of 2:15pm, with the pep rally immediately following. This year we have opened up our parade entries to the community, so make sure to be on the lookout for some extra floats!
Thank you StuCo for all you do, including the preparation and work put in to make sure homecoming week is a blast!
The junior high volleyball and football teams are back in action tonight on their home turf as they each host the Axtell Eagles in league contests. The girls get underway in the north gym at 5:00pm this evening, while the boys hit the gridiron at 6:30pm.
Good luck tonight to both teams, GO BUFFALOES!!!
The Onaga Elementary School is doing a fundraiser to raise money for field trips and classroom supplies. Instead of buying your everyday need for trash bags, consider buying from the elementary students and know your money is going to a good cause. The fundraiser started today, and will run through October 12th. So find a grade school student you know and consider helping out a great cause!
The Booster Club has new apparel available for ordering! You can order by printing off the order form and sending it back to school, or you can contact Karla Rice (785-456-4640) and tell her your order. Orders are due by Monday, October 3rd. Payment is due when the order is placed, please make checks out to Onaga Booster Club. Orders will be here by Wednesday, October 19th and can be picked up during Parent-Teacher conferences.
Also, attached is the Booster Club membership form if anyone is interested in becoming a Booster Club member for the 2022-2023 school year.
MEMBERSHIP FORM: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc6uvo53mEmKp8ocQfmc47tqDASkgPCeqKf6bVfm9aqtRmfaA/viewform?usp=sf_link
The Booster Club will also be set up at the football game on Friday night where you can stop by to place orders for apparel and fill out a membership form.
Here are last week's PE award winners. These students had an outstanding week showing good teamwork, sportsmanship, participation and hustle!
Kindergarten - Donn Spevacek
1st grade - Jillian Thomas
2nd grade - Norah Force
3rd grade - Mason Utley
4th Grade - Skylar Grob
5th grade - Gracie McKinsey
6th grade - Faith Perry
This week’s StuCo Staff Spotlight winner is Mr. Adam Kufahl. Thank you, Mr. Kufahl, for all you do for our school and thank your for having the most interesting responses to our questions!!!
Occupation: I’m just a wild-haired scientist
How long you have worked here: Since 1955
Favorite color: Whatever color Mr. Baxter thinks he sees
Favorite sweet snack: Frisbee Pies
Favorite salty snack: Wakeup Juice
Favorite Place to Shop: Twin Pines Mall, later renamed Lone Pine Mall
Favorite Movie: It’s a tie between Back to the Future part 1, Back to the Future part 2, and Back to the Future part 3
Favorite book: A Match Made in Space
Favorite team: Kansas State University
Favorite fast-food restaurant: Lou’s Cafe
Favorite sit-down restaurant: Café 80s
Favorite animal: My two dogs, Einstein and Copernicus
Favorite quote: “Great Scott!!!”
Favorite Hobby: I like hanging out with my friends, Biff, Buford A.K.A. “Mad Dog,” and Griff Tannen
Do you collect anything: Almanacs
How do you wind down at the end of the day: I like to go back to my house at 1640 Riverside Drive in Hill Valley, kick back, put “Howdy Doody” on the TV, and look online for good deals on plutonium.
Anything else you’d like us to know about you:
- I was the lead singer of a band in high school called “The Pinheads.”
- I once got involved in a high-speed chase with some local ruffians that ended with them rear- ending D. Jones’s manure truck.
- My best friend in high school was an old, local scientist.
- My dream has always been to be a blacksmith in the old west.
- My father became a renowned writer when he published “A Match Made in Space.”
- My high school principal always described me as a “slacker.”
- My nickname is “Eastwood.” “Clint, Eastwood.”
Homecoming is this coming Friday (Sept 30) when the football team hosts Riverside. That means it's Spirit Week at OHS, so take a look at each day's theme and get ready for Homecoming week at Onaga!
**Note: There are different themes for Elementary and High School**
