Onaga USD 322 - Onaga | Havensville | Wheaton

Tonight the Onaga baseball and softball teams are back at the friendly confines of Grover Eddy Field for their season openers. The softball team will be hosting Riverside while the baseball team will host Doniphan West/Riverside. Both teams will be playing a double-header and the start time is at 4:30 p.m. Good luck to both teams, GO BUFFALOES!!!

SENIOR SPOTLIGHT: Onaga High School senior Casey Myers' advice for next year's high school students: This is the last time you might get to spend time with your friends, so enjoy it. Work hard, have fun, and be smart. If you do all those things, you will have a great four years of high school.

Friendly reminder that school musical's last performance is today at 2pm in the auditorium. Rave reviews so if you want to attend, feel free to- thanks!

If you're ready for some baseball and a Lion's Club cheeseburger, today is your lucky day! After the varsity teams were rained out on Monday, the JV baseball team will host the first action of the season at Onaga this afternoon as it welcomes Nemaha Central's JV squad to town for a double header. First pitch of game #1 will be at 4:30pm and a short break will come between the two contests. Good luck tonight boys, GO BUFFALOES!!!

I just got the opportunity to watch a dress rehearsal --- Act 1 of USD's production of Charlie Brown. How VERY impressive for a "first annual" musical presentation. I hope the public takes the time to see one of the shows this weekend, you won't regret it. I enjoyed it immensely, and am very proud of the students and staff involved. I think the public will be too! Dan Polk, Superintendent of Schools

Please join us for a Meet & Greet from 3:45 to 4:30 this afternoon in the library, as USD 322 welcomes our second superintendent candidate, Mr. Michael Copple. He has spent 34 years in education. The first ten years of his career were spent teaching at the Topeka Juvenile Detention Center. With those students he learned the value of clear communication and treating everyone fairly. He then taught drafting, CAD, woodworking and construction at the Perry Lecompton School district for 6 years. He began his administrative career at Perry serving as the MS assistant principal and the Director of Support Services (transportation and food service.) During his twelve years as an administrator in the Perry district he served as the Assistant Principal at both the MS and HS. Mr. Copple then served as the HS principal. In 2016 he began working as the principal at Frontenac High School. During Mr. Copple’s career, he has worked as an administrator in three diverse school settings. He believes these accumulated experiences have prepared him to meet the academic, developmental, and career readiness needs of all students while providing administrative support to school’s faculty and helping to manage district resources. As the principal of Frontenac High School, he has guided the staff through updating the parent/student handbook and the faculty handbook in order to include new policies and procedures. He has also implemented Build Your Own Curriculum in an effort to strengthen our communication with parents and community members. He has focused much of initial efforts on building relationships with students and the community. The last two years he has been involved in multiple in-service training with staff to help implement SEL in their classrooms. As administrator, he has emphasized effective and appropriate use of technology in education and worked with teachers to ensure that they have the pedagogical and technical knowledge and skills to help students succeed. Mr. Copple has been married to Gayla for 27 years. They have four children and three grandchildren. He is a member of the K of C, and enjoys hunting, fishing, gardening, woodworking and art.

Just a reminder, USD 322 Onaga-Havensville-Wheaton school board will interview superintendent candidates at special meetings today, March 24 and Friday, March 25. The public is invited to meet each respective candidate before the meetings from 3:45-4:30 p.m. in the USD 322 Library. Today's candidate is Trevor Ashcraft, who is currently working as the USD 380 Curriculum Director and Vermillion Principal. Please feel free to come meet Trevor in the library from 3:45 to 4:30! To read more about Trevor, follow the link below to his bio. https://5il.co/17m4p

English has gone Clazy! This week the 7th and 9th grade English classes are using their creative abilities using clay and other materials to portray books (or parts of books) that they have been reading. The 9th graders are reading "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee. They are recreating the scene where Scout and Jem make a snowman out of the first snow they have ever witnessed in Maycomb, AL. Their neighbor, Mr. Avery, blames the especially cold weather on a prophecy written on the Rosetta Stone that stated that the seasons would change if children disobeyed their parents, and fought with each other. He tells Jem and Scout that badly behaved children like them have caused the snow. Jem and Scout take advantage of the snow they can acquire from their yard and make a snowman. When Atticus comes home he notices that the snowman looks like Mr. Avery, so tells the children they need to change it, so they make it look like Miss Maudie. The 9th-grade students made their snowmen (or in one case a snow horse) to look like whatever they chose. The 7th Grade students just finished reading "Soldier's Heart: A Novel of the Civil War," by Gary Paulsen. Each group drew one of the major battles of the Civil War and then drew to find out if they were the Union or the Confederates. They researched their part of the war and will recreate it with dioramas which will be displayed next to each other, depicting the war they researched. Hopefully, the dioramas and snowmen will be displayed in the library starting next week.

Congratulations to our 4th Grade Readers of the Week! 1st - Wyatt Rager 2nd - Jovin Matson 3rd - Ellie Starns 4th - Blaine Blaske 5th - Johnnie Bradley 6th - Justin Wrosch

Join us this Saturday or Sunday afternoon! A tremendous amount of work has been put in by our junior high and high school students, it's going to be a great show!

Due to the incoming weather, tonight's baseball and softball games have been canceled. A makeup date will be announced when one has been found.

This week's Student Council teacher “Spotlight" is on Mrs. Anne Suther. Mrs. Suther is a junior high teacher, junior high volleyball coach, and the Athletic Director for both junior high and high school. She has been a teacher for 43 years in Onaga. Thank you Mrs. Suther for all you have done!!! Favorite color: Blue Favorite snack: Pepsi Favorite book: Dune Favorite movie: StarTrek-Willow Favorite team: K-State Wildcats/KC Chiefs/N.Y. Yankees Favorite Restaurant: Pizza Hut Own any pets: Mosie Do you have any hobbies: Fishing, hunting, golf, lawn/garden How do you wind down and the end of the day: with a Pepsi

Onaga Student Council will be hosting a 6-person Dodgeball Tournament Fundraiser on Sunday, April 24th beginning at 1:30 pm at Onaga High School. Registration fee is $30 per team. Each team must have 2 girls and 2 boys. They will have 2 brackets: one for Elementary (1st thru 6th grade) and an adult bracket (7th grade and up.) Cash prizes will be awarded to the top 3 teams in each bracket. If you would like to register please email Student Council Sponsor Tina Kolterman at koltermank@usd322.org.

SENIOR SPOTLIGHT: Onaga High School senior Katelynn Montgomery’s advice for next year's high school students: Prioritize, organize, and get involved.

Congratulations to Zac Fisher! The guard/forward for the Buffaloes basketball team was named to the TVL's All-League 2nd Team last week, his first All-League designation in the sport. The do-it-all junior averaged 8.8 points, 5.2 rebounds, 2.0 assists, 1.8 steals, and 0.7 blocks per game over the course of the season as the team's leader. The highlight of his season came against a scrappy Flint Hills Christian team when Fisher scored 22 points, snagged 4 rebounds, recorded 4 assists, and had 6 steals. While this may be his first postseason award for basketball, Zac is no stranger to All-League designations. He was named All-League in football his freshman, sophomore, and junior seasons, and after Covid canceled baseball his freshman year, he was named All-League after his sophomore season. He was also named Honorable Mention All-State in baseball as a sophomore, and in football this past fall. Congratulations again Zac, we look forward to seeing the fireworks in store for your senior season!

SENIOR SPOTLIGHT: Onaga High School senior Sydney Blaske's advice for next year's high school students: Study and find resources that are useful to you.

Kindergarten Roundup and Preschool Screenings are coming up in three weeks, check out the image attached for the details!

Your last chance to purchase Onaga baseball and softball gear is today! The store closes tonight at midnight, so follow the link below and grab it while you can! https://bsnteamsports.com/shop/Yg8YPxdSoM?utm_source=school&utm_medium=banner&utm_campaign=store_shop&utm_content=products

Here is your first look at the district calendar for the 2022-2023 school year. This is a "year-at-a-glance" look at the calendar, as the full calendar that gets printed out every year will not be finished until this summer, as always. You can also download the PDF version of this calendar by following the link below. https://5il.co/16yhv

Due to anticipated winter storm, no school on Thursday for USD 322.