Onaga USD 322 - Onaga | Havensville | Wheaton

The 7-12 Choir Concert and 5-12 Band Concert has been rescheduled for November 24. It will be held in the north gym.

Onaga is tied at halftime with St. Johns-Tipton. Watch the second half action for free at the link below! https://boxcast.tv/view/cross-district-fb-570567

Tonight the Onaga High School football team heads to Beloit to take on St. Johns-Tipton for a week nine tilt against the Blue Jays. This is a play-in game for the state playoffs, meaning the winning team will punch their ticket to the postseason. This is the second time this season the teams will square off, and the second year in a row the two schools have met in the play-in game. Kickoff is set for 6:00pm. Good luck boys and go Buffaloes!

The preschool through 6th grade Halloween Parade will be tomorrow, October 30th. It will start at 2:30pm. Students will parade on the sidewalk west of the school. Parents will sit along the west side of the street across from the school. Costumes can be brought to school but need to fit over their clothes. No make up should be worn since covid masks will be required to be worn. Also, be sure costumes are appropriate for school. Please remember to practice social distancing!

The November 5th Concert for 5th - 12th Band and Choir Concert has been moved to November 24th at 6:30 PM in the New Gym. All of the students have been working very hard to become better musicians!

Tonight's Onaga High football game against Axtell can be heard on 92.1 KMZA. Kick off is at 7:00 p.m. The game is not being live streamed.

The High School Cross Country team is in action on Saturday as it heads to Riley County for the 1A Regional meet. The boys race will begin at 12:00 PM and girls at 12:35 PM. Here are the KSHSAA Covid 19 considerations in place for the meet: - Schools will be able to list 10 runners on the regional entry form. Only 7 runners will be permitted at the regional site. This is to help mitigate the virus spread by limiting the number of people from different communities. - One manager per team permitted. - Two coaches per team permitted. - School administration permitted. - Face coverings must be worn when not socially distanced. - The starting line and boxes are closed until 10 minutes before the race. - Runners can’t do run-outs until that time. Face-coverings must be worn during this time. - Disposable face coverings are recommended for runners. - The starter will permit runners to remove face coverings one minute prior to the start of the race. - Face coverings should be placed in trash cans or boxes placed behind the starting line. - After the race is completed, runners should have time to recover and then wear face coverings. - Team members only should be permitted in the team tent/camp area. - As soon as possible teams and runners should board busses and leave the facility. - There will not be award ceremonies. Managers will put medals in packets and give to the coaches. Coaches will pick up plaques if the team places 1st or 2nd.

Onaga High Volleyball squad will participate in the KSHSAA Sub-State tournament on Saturday, October 24 being hosted by Centralia High School. As the # 4 seed, Onaga will begin match at 1:00 p.m. against #5 seed Topeka - Cair Paravel Latin School.

There will be no morning weights for junior high student-athletes Wednesday or Thursday of this week. With no practice this week, student-athletes will have regular P.E. during 7th hour. Morning weights will resume on Monday, October 26th.

With winter not far away I wanted to write a note and let you know that there are MANY MANY things that go into making the call to alter the school schedule due to weather. Some of them include, when is the storm rolling in, what is the storm supposed to be as far as long term affects, what type of precipitation will it be, would it be safer to have busses running before it comes, during its early stages or maybe after it is over. Rest assured I place importance on going to school but also try and balance that reasonably with safe travel and expectations of attendance. Whenever I can reasonably do so I try and make “the call” for a late start or no school the night before so you have time to make other arrangements if you need to. Sometimes the decision will be right on, sometimes it will be completely wrong . Also, please remember that if you feel the call that was made was “wrong,” especially when it comes to having school in weather you think too difficult, you have every right to let us know that and keep your children at home, or if at school, come get them. It will not be counted against them in relation to homework or grades. As always if you have questions or concerns about anything at the school please feel free to give the school, the staff member involved, Mr. Poell or myself a call. Thanks, Mr. Polk

Buffalo Fun Club - Mrs. Kolterman and Mr. Goudy's group became masters at using their imaginations over the last couple of weeks. Our inspiration came from the book Big Friends by Linda Sarah and Benji Davis. Each box took on the personality and look of the kiddo in charge of creating the train car of their liking. We even had a partner car. So proud of these kids. This project took multiple days and lots of patience and understanding that there were more of them than the 2 of us as they each waited their turn for help with certain parts of their train car. Lots of fun was had by all!

Buffalo Fun Club - We have been having so much fun. Mrs. Kolterman and Mr. Goudy's groups also do a monthly bulletin board, which our kids LOVE doing!

Still more...we've been busy being awesome!

More of our greatness...

We wanted to be sure parents, friends and all of our other loved ones can see some of what's happening in Onaga Elementary School!! Check out our class bulletin boards that fill the hallways. While we miss being able to have you come see us in school, we are so happy to be here and know we are doing what we need to do to keep our doors open and stay in school! Enjoy the photos!

Please follow the link for the flu clinic. It is re-scheduled for 10/27/20. https://5il.co/m90b

The preschool through 6th grade Halloween Parade will be on Friday, October 30th. It will start at 2:30pm. Students will parade on the sidewalk west of the school. Parents will sit along the west side of the street across from the school. Costumes can be brought to school but need to fit over their clothes. No make up should be worn since covid masks will be required to be worn. Please remember to practice social distancing!

Due to parent teacher conferences. We will NOT have Buffalo Fun Club on Wednesday (10/21) and Thursday (10/22). We WILL have Buffalo Fun Club on Monday (10/19) and Tuesday (10/20). Please contact Chris Hubbard at hubbardc@usd322.org if you have any questions.

Onaga High volleyball team will compete in the Twin Valley League Tournament on Saturday, October 17 being held at Frankfort High School. Seeded #10 the squad will begin match play at 9:00 a.m., and play again at 10:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. Teams involved in the Silver Pool Division are: #9 Frankfort #10 Onaga #11 Blue Valley #12 Troy #13 Axtell

Just a reminder that the OHS Homecoming parade is today, it will start at 12:45! The parade and pep rally will take place on High Street in front of the school. We would like to remind all spectators that you will need to remain on the West side of High Street. Please do not cross the street to visit with the students.