Hartford/Neosho Rapids

Here is this weeks Plans for the Week! 📅 Weekly Highlights: March 3-8 📅 📖 Read Across America Week – Let’s celebrate the joy of reading! 📚🎉 ⚾🏃‍♂️ Spring Sports Practices Begin 💪🏆 🏀 Substate Basketball – Cheer on our teams as they battle for a spot at state! 🏆🔥 🧠 League JH Quiz Bowl – Good luck to our students showing off their knowledge! 🏅💡 Let’s make it a great week, Hartford & Neosho Rapids!

📢 WE’RE HIRING! 🎉📚✨ 🏫 Hartford/Neosho Rapids wants YOU! 💙💛 🔥 Open Positions: 🍎👨‍🏫 Registered Teacher Apprenticeship 📖 9-12 English Teacher 📝 6-12 Special Education Teacher 🏐 Volleyball Coaching Positions 🍎👨‍🏫 Substitute Teachers 🎒👩‍🏫 Elementary Aide 💌 Apply today! 📩 https://southernlyon.schoolspring.com/ Tag a friend below and hit that share button! ⬇️💬

📣 Exciting News – Teacher Apprentice Program Launching at Hartford & Neosho Rapids! 🍎 USD 252, Southern Lyon County is proud to announce the launch of the Teacher Apprentice Program at Hartford Jr./Sr. High School and Neosho Rapids Elementary! This innovative program is designed to support aspiring educators by providing hands-on classroom experience while they work toward earning their teaching credentials. ✅ What is the Teacher Apprentice Program? It’s a unique opportunity for future educators to learn from experienced teachers, engage with students, and grow their skills—all while earning their degree and preparing for a rewarding career in education. 💡 Why It Matters: This program helps us invest in the future of education by supporting and developing the next generation of great teachers right here in our community! 📢 Apply Now! If you are a teacher currently in a teacher preparation program or will be enrolled in one next fall, please go online and apply for this opportunity to work in our schools! https://southernlyon.tedk12.com/hire/index.aspx We’re excited to welcome our first group of teacher apprentices and look forward to the positive impact they’ll have on our students and schools. Stay tuned for updates and stories from our apprentices as they begin this journey!

Here are our Plans for the Week. Here's to a full week of school after last weeks weather, and warmer temperatures!

❄️☃️ Snow Days Fun! ☃️❄️ Snow days are the perfect time to relax, play, and make memories! We want to see how you spent your snow days—whether you built a snowman, had a movie marathon, or something else fun. 📸❄️ Show us what you did! Post your pictures or share your favorite snow day moments in the comments below. ⬇️

Southern Lyon County: 📢 Dear USD 252 Families, Due to extremely low temperatures ❄️🥶 and ongoing issues with multiple buses gelling up 🚌❌ today, USD 252 schools and daycares will be closed tomorrow, Thursday, February 20. Ensuring safe and reliable transportation for our students and drivers is a top priority. ✅ I appreciate your understanding, and I hope everyone stays warm! 🔥🧣 Ryan Muhlig Superintendent, USD 252

🚜🌾📚 Exciting Opportunity for Students! 📚🌾🚜 👨‍🏫 Nick Schoeck from Flint Hills Technical College (FHTC) will be visiting Hartford High School to share info about the NEW Precision Ag program during HS Advisory on: 🗓️ Monday, February 24 🎯 We’re specifically inviting sophomores and juniors, but interested freshmen are welcome to join! ✨ Students can mix and match classes to explore multiple career pathways—perfect for those with big ambitions and varied interests! 🌾 📣 Don’t miss this golden opportunity to learn about a growing field and future career possibilities! 🌱🚜📊 #PrecisionAg #FHTC #StudentOpportunities #FutureFarmers #CareerPathways 🌾

❄️☃️ Snow Day – Wednesday, February 19 ☃️❄️ 👋 Dear USD 252 Families, 🌨️❌🏫 No School! Winter is giving us another snow day—all schools and daycares will be closed due to winter weather conditions. Your safety 🛡️ is my top priority, and I truly appreciate your understanding. 🙌💙 📊🚗 I’ll keep an eye on temperatures and road conditions and will share updates for Thursday as soon as possible. 📢 🧤❄️ Stay safe, warm, and enjoy the snow! ☕️🛷

Dear Hartford and Neosho Rapids Families, Due to winter weather conditions 🌨️❄️, all USD 252 schools 🏫 and daycares will be closed on Tuesday, February 18. We will continue to monitor 📊 temperatures 🌡️ and road conditions 🛣️ for Wednesday and provide updates 📢 as needed. Stay safe 🛡️ and warm 🔥!

🚜🌾📣 FFA UPDATE! 📣🌾🚜 📅 FFA Career Day at Madison (originally scheduled for Wednesday) has been RESCHEDULED due to pending 🌧️⛈️. 🗓️ A new date will be announced soon—stay tuned! 📢 ⭐ State Officer Visits are still ON for February 19th! 💙💛 No changes (yet)! 🚌 Hartford FFA will LEAVE at 1:00 PM to meet the State Officers in Olpe! 👋🤝 Mrs. Garriott will keep us updated depending on the weather! 🌦️ 💪🐄 We’re excited to connect, learn, and represent Hartford FFA—rain or shine (almost)! 🌟💚 #HartfordFFA #BlueAndGoldProud #FFAAdventures #WeatherWon’tStopUs 🌾🚜🎤

🎉🏀 Senior Night at Hartford! 🏀🎉 🏀Join us on Tuesday, February 18th with games starting at 5:00 PM. We will also be celebrating our seniors on Tuesday! 🏀 Let's pack the gym and show our support for these incredible student-athletes as they play on their home court. ❤️💙❤️💙❤️ 📅 If needed, the game and Senior Night will be rescheduled to Thursday, February 20th, at the same time. Come out and cheer loud—Go Jaguars! 🐾

📢 We're Hiring! Join Our Team at Neosho Rapids and Hartford! 📢 We’re looking for passionate and dedicated professionals to join our team! Open positions include: 🔹 Special Education Teacher 🔹 ELA (English Language Arts) Teacher 🔹Elementary At-Risk Aide 🔹 Paraprofessionals 🔹 Head Volleyball Coach 🔹 Substitute Teachers If you’re committed to making a positive impact on students and want to be part of a supportive school community, we want to hear from you! 📅 Apply today and help us make a difference! 📌 For more information and to apply, visit: https://southernlyon.schoolspring.com/ #JoinOurTeam #EducationJobs #HartfordJSHS #NeoshoRapidsElementary #WeAre252

Just a reminder, we have our Be Alert presentations this week. The parent presentation is at Olpe on Wednesday evening, starting at 6:00 PM. Student presentations will be at Hartford on Thursday. Information is attached. Senior Night for Winter Sports will be this Tuesday at home against Centre. Job openings: We are looking for a 9-12 ELA teacher, 6-12 SpEd Teacher (through USD 253), Paraprofessionals at NRE (through USD 253), and a Head HS Volleyball Coach. If you know of anyone interested, please encourage them to apply.

Just a reminder King and Queen of Courts is tonight after the Varsity Boys Basketball Game. We will also recognize Mr. Mike Watkins with a moment of silence at half time of our boys varsity game. JV Boys start at 5:00 PM! Hope to see you there.

We are proud of all of our students from Hartford Junior High and Neosho Rapids Elementary who participated in the Lyon County Spelling Bee today. Special Congratulations to Carter for placing 4th at the competition today! Way to go Carter!

We are starting to see more and more illness in our schools. Please see the note below about when students should stay home, or when they might be sent home, due to illness per school policy.

Please mark your calendars for the Book Fair at Neosho Rapids. February 4th the book fair will be open during the school day. February 5th the book fair will be open until 6:30 PM. February 6th the Book Fair will be open until 8:00 PM. If you're coming to Parent Teacher Conferences, please stop by and check it out! Funds go to supporting our Library!

We are happy to partner with CrossWinds to provide mental health services and supports to be provided at our schools. If you have questions, or would like to learn more about accessing services, please reach out to the school or CrossWinds at 620-343-2211.

We are hiring! Please go to www.usd252.org or www.usd253.org to apply!

📣 Jag Brag Tags at Neosho Rapids Elementary! 🎉 At Neosho Rapids Elementary, we believe in recognizing and celebrating our students as J.A.G.S.-Juniors Achieving Great Success! 🐾✨ To promote a positive and safe learning environment, we are introducing Jag Brag Tags—a fun way to reward students for making great choices throughout the day! ✅ Students can earn Jag Brag Tags for: ✔️ Walking in the hall correctly 🚶‍♂️ ✔️ Helping a peer 🤝 ✔️ Making good playground choices 🛝 ✔️ Cleaning up after themselves or others 🧹 ✔️ Self-regulating & showing kindness 💙 ✔️ Being a role model & following directions without being asked 🌟 ✔️ Hard work & good lunchroom behavior 🍽️ Every adult in our school is committed to reinforcing positive behavior and reteaching expectations when needed. Our school-wide expectations focus on: 🏆 Success 🌟 Leadership 🤝 Community We are excited to see our students grow, learn, and shine as J.A.G.S.! 🐾💙 #JagBrag #NeoshoRapidsElementary #SuccessLeadershipCommunity Today our students were able to use their Jag Brags to buy from our first Jag Brag Store!