On Sunday, April 24th from 2-4pm Prairie Hills students will host a spring market. Student vendors have handmade items that will be for sale. See the flyer below!
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Calendar Reminders
This Friday, April 15th there is no school.
This coming Monday, April 18th, school IS in session. This is a change due to utilizing our inclement weather days.
Today is National School Librarian Day. We are SO thankful for each one of our library and media specialists! These exceptional educators obviously know their books, but their roles are much larger than when we were in school. They help us learn how to search online, teach us to find trustworthy information, teach STEAM and Makerspace, and so much more!
We are lucky to have them!
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Congratulations to Aaron Napier, VP of Operations and Programming at Ad Astra Radio, on being named the 2022 Hod Humiston Award Recipient. This award is given annually to a Kansas broadcaster who has made significant contributions to the field of sports broadcasting as well as work in the community.
We greatly appreciate Aaron as the "Voice of the Crusaders." He shines a light on all of our programs and is a great supporter of all Buhler has to offer. Additionally, he has partnered with our Crusader Sports Network students to allow them to learn and experience what sports journalism is like in a real world environment.
Thank you and a much deserved congratulations!
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Parents and family of preschoolers, if you were unable to attend one of our preschool application nights you may apply online using the following link:
bit.ly/313preschool2022
To help us with planning for next year, please complete the application by April 29th. Notification of acceptance into one of our preschool classrooms will come on or before May 20th.
Our nominees for Kansas Teacher of the Year will be recognized at the Region 1 Award event tomorrow from 1-3pm. We are so proud of them and excited to see them recognized state wide!
Courtney Klassen( left), math teacher at Prairie Hills Middle School is our secondary nominee.
Shannon Vieyra( right), 3rd grade teacher at Plum Creek Elementary is our elementary nominee
You can tune in live to the award event on YouTube. Links to the live feed and the schedule for the weekend is below.
Saturday, March 26:
Region 1 – Awards Event 1-3 p.m.
https://youtu.be/1yRLn2Lg5h8
Region 4 – Awards Event 4-6 p.m.
https://youtu.be/Xlt99l_NefE
Sunday, March 27:
Region 2 - Awards Event 1-3 p.m.
https://youtu.be/bssEMiPbEH0
Region 3 - Awards Event 4-6 p.m.
https://youtu.be/2Bd6mJ0d7xw
Good luck Shannon and Courtney!
We are loving our new partnership with the Cosmosphere! Yesterday 2nd graders in Mrs. Starkweather's class got to join an official NASA experiment by planting tomato seeds that spent a month on the International Space Station. They will track germination and present their findings at the Cosmosphere in two weeks.
5th graders at Buhler Grade School got in on the fun and learned about matter and energy.
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Hutchinson Community College is holding a job fair on April 7th, from 10:00am until 2:00pm, at the Hutchinson Sports Arena. See the image below!
Congratulations to our Buhler Special Olympics Basketball Team on winning 2nd place at the state basketball tournament in Hays this weekend!
Pictured is the team from left to right:
Gage George #2, Norah Goertz #1, Sam Short #21, Cody Wiehl #51, Luke Starkey #55, Trenton Lafayette #20, Jacob Irvin #5.
Go Crusaders!
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Welcome back from spring break! We are excited to finish the year strong!
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Our 2022 Family Engagement Survey is now available. Each year we ask for your feedback to measure how we are doing at involving families in the education of your children.
We would greatly appreciate if parents of current USD 313 students would take the time to complete the 15 item survey linked below.
Thank you for your time!
https://www.districttools.org/buhler2022
Today we are hosting Mr. Froese and Mrs. Harder’s Kansas Teacher of the Year teams. They have been visiting one another’s schools the last few weeks and now we get to show some amazing things we do here in Buhler!
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On Tuesday there was a full house for the Buhler Singers Variety Show, and we filled up the Cosmosphere with Buhler kids and families at STEAM Family Night. The BHS auditorium was full and there were almost 700 people of all ages that came to learn and play with science, technology, engineering, art, and math.
We absolutely love spending time with our community and Tuesday was a great example of that!
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Summer STEAM Camp applications are now open! See the image below for details. Camp is open to students exiting 2nd grade through 7th grade.
*We apologize the flyer sent home and given at Cosmosphere family night originally had a QR code that directed to last year's application. It now offers a link that will take you to the correct place.
Tonight we have two amazing opportunities for your family to be entertained and learn together!
The Buhler Singers "Motown and Musicals" Variety Show begins at 7:00 at Buhler High School and STEAM Family Night at the Cosmosphere is from 6:30-8:00pm.
Come join us!
The Reno County VOAD in partnership with numerous agencies will be holding a MARC (Multi-Agency Resource Center) for the victims of the recent fires in Reno County on Tuesday, March 8, 2022, from 11:00 am to 7:00 pm at the Sunflower South building at the Kansas State Fairgrounds, Hutchinson.
This will provide opportunity to connect with numerous agencies who can help with immediate and long-term needs (clothing, food, hygiene items, recovery efforts, spiritual/emotional, medical supplies, etc) for persons living in the affected areas that have experienced loss.
Bringing any available identification with you with speed the process, so please make every effort to do so.
Please call 2-1-1 with requests for assistance AND questions about how you can help.
Good Evening,
With the road conditions tonight and the freezing that will take place overnight, Buhler USD 313 will start two hours late on Monday, March 7th. Please see below for specific building start times and information.
*With the 2 hour late start, the following will be implemented:
*No morning PreK
*No breakfasts will be served
*Shining Stars will be open 2 hours late
*All start times will shift back two hours (elementary 10:00, PHMS 10:20, BHS 10:10)
*Bus pick up times will be 2 hours later
*High school students will report directly to 1st hour
*Middle school students will report directly to 1st hour
Many roads are snow packed in spots with a layer of ice under the snow. Please drive with caution and allow plenty of room for the car in front of you.
Cindy Couchman, Superintendent
Buhler USD #313
If you are interested in donating to help Buhler school students, families, or staff members through the Buhler Education Foundation you may also donate online at their PayPal link here:
www.paypal.com/paypalme/USD313Foundation
Please make sure to add a note when donating that says “Fire Victims”
Thank you for your support of our Buhler family!
Good Morning Buhler Crusader Community,
As the sun rises this morning, we are all counting our blessings that no lives were lost in the fires yesterday. "Things" can be replaced and that is what we now start work on. Our firefighters - across the state - came together yesterday to make some miracles happen saving lives and many homes.
There are quite a few homes and families that have been devastated and have little more than the clothes on their backs. I am working to gather names and numbers of our Buhler students and employees to get a list going of immediate needs. Currently, I know of at least 4 families that have lost everything.
Many of you have such generous hearts and are willing and able to help. Here are two safe and reliable ways to donate. Both options below are tax deductible.
1) To donate specifically to help Buhler School students, families, and employees:
Write a check to Buhler Education Foundation with "fire victims" in the memo line. That can be mailed or dropped off at our district office: USD 313, 406 W. 7th, Buhler, KS 67522. OR can be dropped off at any First National Bank location.
2) To donate to any fire victim, United Way of Reno County is helping by collecting money at https://www.unitedwayofrenocounty.org/?fbclid=IwAR1EhTHipGS-FQr-r02jo6rrqFCDfv3VEiRoH9xid7dV079JS0Bm5iXkZKQ
Another valuable resource is Reno County VOAD (Volunteer Organization Active in Disaster). For more information, visit https://www.facebook.com/renocovoad/
As you consider helping financially, please always do your research and make sure the organization or page you donate to is a reliable place to give.
Currently, there are 4 families with various ages of students we are aware of who need items. We will get organized quickly today. The easiest way for people to help right now is by donating money to purchase items specific to each student such as school supplies, clothes, toiletries, etc. Soon we will get a list going of other needs that can be dropped off if needed.
Cindy Couchman, Superintendent
Buhler Schools
Congratulations to our boys’ basketball team on a sub-state championship! They will compete at the state tournament in Salina next week.
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