Republic County USD 109

The high school wrestling dual at Thayer Central that was postponed has been rescheduled to tomorrow, Tuesday, January 24th at 6:00 pm.

4th grade created marble runs in STEM that had to include at least 4 drops!

USD 109 Board of Education has announced the selection of Tami Knedler as the new superintendent. Mrs. Knedler will take the reins on July 1, 2023. Formal approval took place at a special board meeting held January 23rd, 2023. Tami Knedler and her husband, Kelly, currently reside in Dodge City, Kansas. Mrs. Knedler is serving as an assistant superintendent of elementary education at USD 443 in Dodge City, KS. She is in her seventh year in this position. Previously, she was an early childhood principal in Dodge City for five years. She has also served as an elementary instructional coach for two years and an elementary teacher for 10 years in Dodge City and Colorado. The selection followed an application and screening process conducted by Gary Sechrist of the Kansas Association of School Boards. Four finalists were selected and were interviewed between January 16 through January 20.

Little Buff Cheer Families! Here are the links for your daughter to practice before Tuesday! We are looking forward to seeing you all at the game to support our Buffs! https://youtu.be/Oti5qO_dPNs https://youtu.be/XVG0oyt_J_w https://youtu.be/uf-w4F9Es_w Please reach out if you have any questions or concerns! Go Buffs!

There will be no open gym for basketball tomorrow. Enjoy the snow day!

Great job today to our wrestlers at Beloit! Team Results 1.Hoxie 260.0 2 Concordia 134.5 3 Clay Center 128.0 4 Republic County 106.0 5 Abilene 102.0 6 Chanute 101.0 7 Marysville High School 94.0 7 Smith Center 94.0 9 Blue Valley Southwest 87.0 10 Colby 85.5 11 Beloit 79.0 12 Minneapolis 71.0 13 Hill City 68.0 14 Oberlin-Decatur Community 61.0 15 Plainville High School 60.0 16 Silver Lake 48.0 17 Holcomb 34.0 18 Salina South 17.0 19 Stockton 6.0 20 Riley County 3.0 Individual Results: 120 lbs AJ Polansky 3-0 1st place (only schools 2nd champion since 2000) 126 Graham Jensen 1-2 132 Owen Weatherhead 4-2 5th 144 Alex Dyke 2-3 6th 150 Jordan Williams 2-3 6th 175 Garrett Siemsen 3-1 3rd 190 Ryan Beavers 4-1 3rd 215 Bryan Baxter 4-2 5th

Hillsboro Tournament concluded today with the girls falling to Riley County. The boys pick up the win over Eureka, 52-27. Proud of all of our Buffs!

7th grade art did a collaborative pencil drawing of our school. Each student drew a part of the photograph. The photo we worked from was taken by McCowngordon, after the bond construction was completed. ✏️

Girls basketball loses to Clay Center 47-34, boys lose to Riley County 36-33. Girls play at 11:30 tomorrow and boys play at 1:00 in the Hillsboro Middle School gym.

4th Grade Art glazing their hand built pottery fresh out of the kiln this morning.

The high school basketball games tonight at Hillsboro will be streamed at the following link: https://www.youtube.com/@taborwebcast10/streams

Wrestling at Beloit today and tomorrow is streamed at the following link: http://openspacessports.com/wp/live-broadcasts/

Good luck to our high school wrestlers today! They have competitors at both Beloit and Thayer Central!

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Good luck to our high school basketball teams tonight at the Hillsboro Tournament!

January 20, 2023 – Superintendent Candidate Information Ms. Tami Knedler will be interviewing for the position of superintendent with the board of education on Friday, January 20. Ms. Knedler is the fourth of four candidates that the USD 109 board of education will be interviewing. Ms. Knedler is currently serving as an assistant superintendent of elementary education at USD 443 in Dodge City, KS. She is in her seventh year in this position. Previously, she was an early childhood principal in Dodge City for five years. She has also served as an elementary instructional coach for two years and an elementary teacher for 10 years in Dodge City and Colorado. The interview day schedule is as follows: 8 :00 a.m. Meet with District Office Staff and Administrators 8:30 a.m. Tour East Elementary 9:15 a.m. Tour Republic County Jr. Sr. High School 10:00 a.m. Community Tour 11: 00-11:30 a.m. “Meet and Greet” with Staff/Public – Jr. Sr. HS Flex Room 11:45 a.m. Lunch with Board at the Jr. Sr. High School Conference Room 12:15 p.m. Formal Interview begins with the board Staff and patrons are encouraged to come meet the candidate at 11 a.m. at the Jr. Sr. High School Flex Room. The dinner and interview will be held in an executive session for non-elected personnel during the special board meeting scheduled at 11:45 a.m.

January 19, 2023 – Superintendent Candidate Information Mr. Jeff Sells will be interviewing for the position of superintendent with the board of education on the evening of Thursday, January 19, 2023. Mr. Sells is the third of four candidates that the USD 109 board of education will be interviewing. Mr. Sells is currently serving as principal at Rose Hill Middle School in Rose Hill, KS. He is in his third year in this position. He also served as the assistant principal for one year at Rose Hill Middle School. Mr. Sells has 13 years of teaching and coaching experience. He has taught at Valley Center Middle School and High School and at Wheatland Elementary School in Valley Center, KS. The interview day schedule is as follows: 1:00 p.m. Arrive at District Office/Meet with District Office Staff and Administrators 1:30 p.m. Tour East Elementary 2:15 p.m. Tour Republic County Jr. Sr. High School 3:00 p.m. Community Tour 4:00-4:30 p.m. “Meet and Greet” with Staff/Public – Jr. Sr. HSl Flex Room 4:30-5:45 p.m. Free Time 5:45 p.m. Dinner with Board at the Jr. Sr. High School Conference Room 6:30 p.m. Formal Interview begins with the board Staff and patrons are encouraged to come meet the candidate at 4:00 p.m. at the Jr. Sr. High School Flex Room. The dinner and interview will be held in an executive session for non-elected personnel during the special board meeting scheduled at 5:45 p.m.

Due to school being cancelled today, we are unable to have Little Buffs Cheer Clinic tonight. We are rescheduling for Saturday (1/21) from 8:00-9:30 AM in the high school main gym. Please contact Michelle Hubert at mhubert@usd109.org with questions.

The high school wrestling dual at Thayer Central will not be held today. We hope to find a date to reschedule.

Update for Thursday, January 19: USD 109 is closed today due to weather conditions.