In Recognition of National Education Week, USD 251 sincerely appreciates the commitment & effort of all our teachers and staff.
Today NHHS students were able to listen to presenters on mental health and substance abuse, psychological effects of social media, legal ramifications of impaired driving and physiological effects of vaping and smoking. Great information for our students to hear. Thanks to all our presenters for their time and fantastic presentations
This afternoon NHHS students got the opportunity to hear from several presenters dealing with impaired driving, mental health and substance abuse, vaping and physiological effects and social media and the psychological effects. Thanks so much to our presenters
Last Friday, FBLA put on the annual Veterans' Day Program to celebrate the valor and courage of veterans in our community. We had 15 veterans proudly attend to thank them for their service.
NLC held their Honor Roll Assemblies on Friday to recognize students in grades 3rd-5th and 6th-8th for their academic accomplishments! Students were recognized based on GPA for the Superintendent, Principal, or Counselor Honor Roll. Congratulations students!
Upcoming games at NLC
FCCLA members had a wildly successful firat drop off! the luvestock trailer is totally full of bikes and we got a lot of shoes! Be on the lookout for additional events!
Sneak peak of the play! Come see the performance tomorrow night at 7pm!
(5 dollar admission)
FCCLA members will be at the Americus Park tomorrow morning from 9-10:30. They will be collecting bikes and shoes tomorrow. Any condition and any size.
Sixth grade working on a stem project by building catapults. Students finishing a unit over Ancient Greece by using their engineering skills to launch a marble across the room.
NLC boys basketball team defeated West Franklin tonight. Consecutive wins brings their record to 2-1. Great job Wildcats.
Day 2 of the teen traffic safety conference was yesterday! The kids had a great time going through different sessions and learning about the dangers of distracted and impaired driving. We cannot wait to share some of our new knowledge with our family and friends!
NHHS FCCLA is hosting a shoe drive through Thanksgiving break. There are donation boxes at NLC Elementary. Shoes can be any size and any condition.
To wrap up Community Helpers Week, the preschool visited Americus City Hall and learned about managing the day-to-day operations of the city.
Seventh graders spending some time today reading to the preschool students. Students are looking for ways to become engaged in our communities and district.
Congratulations to Northern Heights senior, Chloe Navarro, for being named All Flint Hills League Honorable Mention.
Asst. Cook, NLC
USD 251 North Lyon County has an opening for the position of Assistant Cook at NLC Elementary School. This is a full time, 6-8 hours daily, 9 month, Monday - Friday position with benefits. Salary schedule placement will be determined by experience.
Please submit a classified application to: Nicolette Nuessen, USD 251, PO Box 527, Americus, KS, 66835 or email at nuessenn@usd251.org. Applications are available online at www.usd251.org or may be picked up at the District Office at 614 Main, Americus, KS. EOE
The Preschool made a visit to KansasLand Bank in Americus and learned all about
• Coins and their money value
• Dollars and their money value
• What a vault is
• Money-counting machines
And each preschooler left with a little bag of $83 in shredded money!
Day 1 of the SAFE (Seatbelts are for everyone) conference complete! Students learned about ATV and UTV safety and laws in addition to dangers, networked with law enforcement, DCCCA, and other agencies to learn more about the importance of driving safety, and so much more.
The Americus Fire Department visited the preschool for Community Helpers Week! Bill Harmon and one of his volunteers, Michelle, talked about the importance of fire safety and to teach the children to not be scared of Firefighters. To end the informative talk, the kids got the opportunity to shoot a fire hose to knock a fire helmet off of a construction cone!
