Republic County USD 109

Look what’s going on in the Ag Room today... 🐣 🐥 🥚 7th graders have been watching and waiting on their babies for about 21 days...So exciting!

Another great art show in the books, this teacher couldn’t be more proud! I always tell my students that judging is a matter of opinion that varies day by day. I love having shows back to back to prove this... here are today’s results... Republic County Buffs brought home 93 place winners, 13 state qualifiers, and one cash prize! State qualifiers include: Isaac Morris: pencil drawing Jasmine Horton: acrylic painting Ella Pachta: ceramics Brecken Isaacson:photography Lily Havel: photography Aiden Liby: photography Brinna Stephens: mixed media Jayden Brunner: mixed media Lily Havel: sculpture JaeLynn Russell: sculpture Madi Price: ceramics JaeLynn Russell: ceramics Dillion Burnett: charcoal Best of Show Cash Prize: Lily Havel: Sculpture

Due to scheduling conflicts, KAY Club will be postponing Grandparent Prom originally scheduled for this evening. Please look for a new date and time coming soon!

FCCLA end of the year fun night at the local bowling alley!

Whoa, what a wild, windy day! We had a great time at our first in person CCCC High School Art Show. We brought home one trophy, 5 metals, 9-1st place ribbons, 5-2nd place ribbons, and 1-third place ribbon!!!! Congratulations to all our student placers today!! Third Place: Jude Lapo- Acrylic Painting Second Place: Ella Pachta: Thrown Ceramics Alex Dyke: Acrylic Painting Madi Price & JaeLynn Russell: Mixed Media Jayden Brunner: Mixed Media Isaac Morris:Pencil Drawing First Place: Brinna Stephens: Mixed Media Series Lily Havel: Sculpture Zack Foster: Jewelry Josh Shelly: Wood Burning Connor Svoboda: Acrylic Painting Ella Pachta: Acrylic Painting Brylee Judy: Acrylic Painting Alex Dyke: Pencil Still Life Drawing Brinna Stephens: Pencil Gold Metalist: JaeLynn Russell: Mixed Media Carson Simmons: Batik Parker Herring: Pencil Halle Hartner: Acrylic Emma Hubert: Pencil Trophy: Best of category Emma Hubert: Pencil

Congratulations to the 8th grade girls track team on their first place team finish at the Rock Hills Track Meet!

Congratulations to our 2022-2023 Republic County Junior High Student Council Officers. Levi White- President, Embrianna Horner- Vice-President, Giada Smith-Secretary/Treasurer

The high school library is getting an update! Workers from the CKLS helped our high school librarian, Carson Klima to clear out 3,563 old books. This is to make room for the shelves to be replenished with updated, more modern books for our students! Thank you to Carson and CKLS for helping with this project!

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RCHS is off to CCCC today for High School Art Day!! Cloud County Community College invites the community to view over 12 area high schools artwork in the Arley Bryant Gymnasium from 9 - 1. Awards will be given for Best of Show and Best of Category for each of these categories: Pencil, Colored Pencil, Acylic Painting, Oil Painting, Mixed-media, Ceramics and Jewelry Design. Other exciting news this year that will be different than the past is that we are offering the "Best in Show" a $500 scholarship to Cloud County Community College.

RCHS Softball got a split today in Sylvan, losing the first in extra innings and winning the nightcap 7-6. Go Buffs!

Reminder-8th graders need to be at school at 7:30 tomorrow morning to leave for Beloit for their activity at NCK Vo-Tech!

Republic County Golfers place 2nd as a team at Minneapolis. Trey Melton placed 5th and Kaden Novak placed 6th individually.

Congratulations to our very own Ashley Price, food service director, for placing 2nd in the OPAA Recipe Showdown earlier this week. Ashley’s recipe of the Mexican Rice Bowl will become a new menu item for OPAA served in many districts across the several states region.

Madison Price started a new job this week as she met with the Dairy Queen staff and learned of her job expectations and requirements. Everyone at RCHS is super excited for this transition opportunity for Madi. Go Buffs!

A lot of events happening today for our sports teams! For Jr High track order of events and information click on the following link https://5il.co/196g2

USD 109 and East Elementary were excited to host Community Coffee this morning. Thank you to all who came, enjoyed a great breakfast, took a tour, and shared the amazing things happening in our community.

Seniors Gage Alstatt and Blake Aurand shared their Senior Projects with the RCJSHS SITE Council tonight.

Mrs. Aurand setup Reality U for our students Grades 8-12 today in the gym. Through the Reality U program, we help students gain important financial literacy knowledge to help them plan for their future while recognizing the importance of their education today and how it is tied to their financial future. It’s all packed into a highly interactive 75-minute simulation of life!

Future Maker Mobile Learning Lab from Wichita State is working with our 8th and 9th Graders today. The FutureMaker Lab Program and mobile unit are a partnership between WSU Tech College and Goodwill Industries to introduce students to careers in science, technology, engineering and math.