Online Enrollment Updates:
-Thank you for the patience and positive feedback, as well as, the constructive feedback you have provided as we launch the online enrollment process this year and hope to continue to improve the process. We have had numerous families already complete the process with ease and success and look forward to watching the process move forward.
-In person enrollment will be Thursday, August 5, and Friday, August 6, in the Jr/Sr High School Cafeteria from 8am to 4pm for anyone who does not have access to a device or needs assistance. There will be chromebooks set up for families to utilize to complete the online enrollment process. Please do not come in prior to Thursday or Friday as there will be no devices in the offices set up to complete the process.
-There is not a paper option this year. All enrollment is online directly through Powerschool.
-Unfortunately, after talking to Powerschool, the Powerschool app does not support the online enrollment process.
-We are continuing to work with Powerschool to resolve the online fee payment option. This is only an option and you are more than welcome to continue to come into the office after you have enrolled to pay fees in person. You can still complete the online enrollment even without paying fees online.
-Here is the link to the online enrollment page: https://www.usd109.org/page/online-enrollment
-If you have additional questions, please continue to reach out via online-enrollment@usd109.org
Coach Melton, Coach James, and I thank the girls for a great summer of weights! Best of luck in your fall sports!
I would like to thank everyone for their patience and understanding as we launch online enrollment for the first time. Your feedback and questions are essential to us improving upon the process in real time, and in the future. The issue with students not being able to type their name in the laptop release , activities contract and Permissions/Agreements forms have been resolved, and your student(s) should be able to sign that portion of those forms now. We are still working through issues with the online payment forms, and hope to have more information on this by the end of the week. Please visit https://www.usd109.org/page/online-enrollment for information on enrollment. This page should provide everything you need to complete enrollment, and contact information should you have questions.
Thank you
Junior High and High School sports practices start on August 16th! All participants need to make sure to have physicals before the first day of practice! Below is the link to print the physical form.
https://www.kshsaa.org/Public/PDF/FORM-PPE.pdf
To: All Republic County USD 109 Patrons
Date: August 2, 2021
Re: Response to Critical Race Theory
The subject of critical race theory has been dominating the media and social media headlines lately. Just as we teach our students to be judicious consumers of information, we encourage all patrons to educate themselves on what critical race theory (CRT) truly is and what it is not.
Critical race theory is not part of the Kansas State Department of Education, nor Republic County USD 109’s academic standards that we teach in our classrooms. Our curriculum is aligned with the Kansas State Department of Education’s academic standards that can be found at www.ksde.org.
Republic County USD 109 is a learning community dedicated to and continues to ensure educational practices and excellence so that all students achieve at high levels and graduate prepared for success in college, careers and live in a rapidly changing world.
Republic County USD 109 will continue to teach the exact same academic standards as the district has been teaching in our classrooms.
Educationally,
Larry Lyder
Superintendent
We are still working through a few hiccups with online enrollment, including fee payments, as well as a couple forms not allowing signatures to be typed. We will have these issues resolved as soon as possible.
Additionally, we have received several requests for assistance in creating a parent portal account along with questions regarding doing so, we are working through those in the order received and responding as quickly as possible. If you haven't heard back from us yet, rest assured we will be in touch as soon as we can. Thank you to everyone for your patience throughout this learning process.
We just dropped this sweet girl off for a week at KAY Leadership Camp! Have a great time!
A few more pictures from today’s Summer Academy field trip. Thanks Mr. Bowen & Mrs. Miller for joining us today!
Summer Academy wrapped up a little earlier than planned today. We are in Salina enjoying some icecream and will be home about 6:15-6:30
Students had a great time learning how to paint Mandela’s! Our rocks turned out awesome!!! Another great workshop opportunity for Repco Students today!
Summer Academy students also got to venture out on a nature hike...one group even hiked out over a mile, while others found the mud...😅
We learned a lot about the animals in our area. We also got to checkout skulls and pelts with naturalist Laura!
Here are some pictures from our clay whistle workshop today at Springdale Art and Nature Center, in Halstead. It was a challenge but so exciting when we finally got them to whistle!
We have had reports of various issues with the fees forms that are in enrollment packets. We have temporarily made the fees forms unavailable while we work through the reported issues. A notification will be sent once the fees forms have been corrected. We apologize for any inconvenience.
Online Enrollment is now open for both new and returning students for the 2021-2022 school year. Please click here: https://www.usd109.org/page/online-enrollment for further information on how to get started
Reminder for Monday’s Summer Academy field trip to Halstead, KS...Springdale Art and Nature Center
We will be leaving from the high school parking lot. Please be there by 6:15am. You will need to bring a sack lunch (unless you requested one) and money for supper. Tennis shoes are suggested. We will be providing breakfast, t-shirts, snacks and workshop fees! Let Mrs. Strnad know if you have any questions!!
Check out our completed glass blowing pieces from Summer Academy last week.
Last field trip is scheduled for Monday. if you were planning on attending and haven’t heard from Mrs. Strnad this week please reach out to her. We’re experiencing a few glitches. 😅
USD 109 is still looking for a second provider for the Little Buff Daycare. Please complete a classified application that can be found at www.usd109.org. You can also reach out to Erin Kallman at ekallman@usd109.org or 527-8371 for more information.
There are also two openings for paraprofessionals at East Elementary through LCNCK. Applications can be found on the www.usd333.org website under LCNCK or reach out to 785-243-3294.
Attention all 9th-12th graders! In order for online enrollment to assess fees, you need to finalize your 2021-2022 schedule. The counselors will be available Thursday, July 22 from 9-3 and Friday, July 23 from 9-noon. Please stop by!
USD 109 – Online Enrollment for 2021-2022
USD 109 will be moving to an online enrollment platform through PowerSchool for the 2021-2022 school year. Online enrollment will open Monday, July 26th and continue through Friday, August 6th. A PowerSchool parent portal account is required to complete online enrollment. Please click here: https://www.usd109.org/page/online-enrollment for further information. Families will also receive a letter regarding online enrollment in the mail in the coming days.