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Stansbury Competes In Knowledge Master Open

By Pamela Simpson | Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Congratulations to Robbie Stansbury! He participated as part of a thirteen member team of Rice County 4th and 5th graders that competed with tens of thousands of students in the U.S. and several foreign lands in the Knowledge Master Open academic competition on January 25. "It was my first time to compete. It was intense but I want to do . . . read more

The Word Is "Spelling"

Good Luck At County Spelling Bee!

They can spell success! The Central School spelling bee was held on Wednesday, January 18th. Twenty four students, four from each class, were chosen in smaller spelling bees held in their individual 4th and 5th grade classrooms to . . . read more

Writing Lab Receives Grant

By Aimee Sarver

Central Elementary’s Writing Lab was the happy recipient of a grant from Midwest Energy. With the monies, several interactive games and activities were purchased for use by the third, fourth and fifth grades. “Board games are . . . read more

Congratulations to Central Elementary!

Certificates of Merit were presented at a special ceremony Nov. 9, at Junction City. Mr. Higgins, Mrs. Allison and Mrs. Franklin attended the ceremony to received the awards on behalf of the Central School staff and students The . . . read more

Friends Of Central Day

November 28, 2011

Once a year, students are encouraged to invite a guest to school. Many guests travel for miles to attend class with a their special person. The event, known as Grandparents Day, was changed in recent years to Friends of Central Day and . . . read more

Points to Ponder from the Principal

By Doug Higgins

Building Standard of Excellence: The Kansas State Department of Education (KSDE) released the list of buildings achieving the standard of . . . read more

WiffleBall World Series At Central

By Tom Moore

Once again this year the students at Central School were playing the Wiffle ball World Series. Wiffleball is a game played using baseball rules only using a plastic ball and bat. The third grade classes played using a batting . . . read more

Central Students To KMEA Honor Choir

By Jan Peak

A group of students from Central Elementary School has been selected to participate in the KMEA District VI Elementary Honor Choir. The concert will be held at 12:00 noon on Saturday, October 29, at Andover High School. Following . . . read more

Central School P.E. Program Awarded Grants

By Tom Moore

Central Elementary School Physical Education instructor, Tom Moore, has been awarded a grant from Midwest Energy Community Fund and also a matching grant from the United States Tennis Association. The money from the Midwest Energy has . . . read more

Central's Spelling Bee 2010

The Central School Spelling Bee was held on Wednesday, January 20th in the school library. The winners, Austin, Kassidy, Heaven, Jack and Tyler represented Central at the County Spelling Bee on February 13th at the Sterling College Spencer . . . read more

Central School To Perform Music Program

Central School’s Christmas program for third and fourth graders will be held on Thursday, December 10, at 7:00 p.m. The program will be held in the Lyons High School Auditorium. Students should be in their seats in the auditorium by . . . read more

Cookies and Change

Students Show Compassion For Chase

25Brandon knows Chase Keesling, as a bright and fun loving 2nd grader at Park Elementary, because they attend church together. When he heard Chase became ill with cancer, he wanted to help Chase and his family in some way. . . . read more 2