Schools and Education

Chapman High School had its Awards Ceremony on Wednesday, April 27 at which time scholarships from the Irish Foundation for Educational Excellence were awarded. SENIORS Shannon Anderson, daughter of Rodney & Tammy Anderson, plans on attending K-State, majoring in Agribusiness… Continue reading

 Abilene athlete recognized TOPEKA, Kan — An Abilene High School senior was one of 34 students chosen by the Kansas State High School Activities Association to receive a $2,000 scholarship made payable to a two-year or four-year accredited college, uni­versity… Continue reading

Students from Abilene, Chapman, Herington, and Hope participated this school year Entrepreneurs showed off their businesses, made sales and took orders at annual CEO Trade Show Seven young entrepreneurs showcased their businesses at the CEO Tradeshow Monday, May 2 in… Continue reading

The annual Gary Lefert Memorial Scholarship recipient is Kacey Butler.  She is the daughter of David and Karla Butler.  The $500 scholarship was presented by Justin, Gary’s son, at the annual Chapman FFA Banquet, April 20.  Butler will attend Kansas… Continue reading

Shannon Stites, of Overland Park, formerly of Enterprise, was inducted into Kansas State University’s Accounting Hall of Fame. Stites graduated from Chapman High School and earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration and master of accountancy from Kansas State University.… Continue reading

Chapman High School prom king and queen candidates are: Front row, Chelsey Armbruster, Mariah Bailey, Nicole Blocker, Maggie Lewis, and Kaya Tiller; and back row, Mason Barnum, Torin Cavanaugh, Colt Sell, Trevor Mead, and Brent Golden.

FFA sells flowers, herbs, veggies grown by students The early bird gets the worm — so was the case with the Chapman FFA’s annual plant sale. By early into the second day, tables were empty and the choice had dwindled… Continue reading

The new track in Solomon opened just in time for them to host an April 19 meet where the Herington women’s team took first place. Following Herington was Hillsboro in second, Solomon in third, Burrton, Sterling and Lyons in fourth,… Continue reading

A Chapman senior was one of a team of four high school welding students from Salina Area Technical College that placed first at North Central Kansas Technical College’s annual Gas Metal Arc Welding Invitational recently. The competition in Beloit attracted… Continue reading

Herington High School student Korey Meier, 16, was elected to a state office at the March conference of HOSA – Future Health Professionals, formerly known as Health Occupations Students of America. One component to HOSA is Community Emergency Response Team… Continue reading

Chapman Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America had three Students Taking Action with Recognition events that placed during competition.  The Kansas Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America met for their annual State Leadership Conference April 3 to 5 … Continue reading

By Larry Geist, superintendent At a special USD #397 Board of Education meeting last Monday, March 28th, we met with a representative from Landmark Architects in Hutchinson to discuss possible additions to our school facility. This was the second meeting… Continue reading

Courtesy photos Second graders at Chapman Elementary School started an annual lesson that starts with them reading a story about children making and selling lemonade. They learn about graphing, measuring, and counting money before putting those skills to use by… Continue reading