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Rex Makes AYP!
Congratulations to all of our students and staff for their had work last year. We made AYP for the third year in a row. Our students continue to work very hard on their assessments. This year will be another huge challenge as roughly 88 percent of all third through fifth grade students will have to pass the state tests to make AYP.
Family Rights and Privacy Act
As in the past, USD 261 will be releasing information and photos to the media throughout the coming school year of various activities and programs. Under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, disclosure without prior consent is permitted by law, including the following directory information: name, address, telephone number, and photographs. You have the right to refuse to permit the release of any or all of the above information. If you refuse, you must give written notification to this effect to the Superintendent of Schools for USD 261, 1745 West Grand, Haysville, KS 67060 on or before Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2010. If refusal is not filed, USD 261 assumes there is no objection to the release of the information designated or photos.
Mrs. Thrash Teaches Stranger Danger
This past month the Kindergarten through second grade classes were taught about Stranger Danger. Students learned that all strangers aren't bad people but rather people we don't know. The fourth and fifth grade students were taught about the dangers of tobacco and cigarette smoking. These students are also kicking off a fundraiser called math-a-thon to help St. Jude's Research Hospital.
Restoring Pride Park
On Monday, October 5th Communities In Schools and Prudential Dinning-Beard, Realtors partnered
together to restore Rex Elementary Pride Park!
Results showed that 48 fifth grade students, 20 Prudential Dinning-Beard, Realtors, three Communities In
Schools staff, and nine businesses and individual donors helped build and restore this park!
The park is located on the East side of our school. Rex Pride Park is used as a play area during recess,
outdoor teaching space, eating lunch, and provides fabulous scenery for the school. We prepared the
area, planted more flowers and bushes, pulled weeds, watered the ground, distributed mulch around our
plants, painted physical education games on our blacktop, and painted a mural on our building!
This project has helped promote school pride, as well as offer an outdoor alternative to both students and
teachers. We are very thankful to have such generous community partnerships that help support our
school by donating supplies and volunteering their time! We had a great time working as a team with
roadrunner effort!
Rex Elementary Receives A Special Gift
TSgt Daniel Loeb, father of two kindergarten students, presented Rex with a flag that was raised over the Ali Air Traffic Control Tower in Iraq. The flag was raised by the 407th Expeditionary Operations Support Squadron on January 29, 2009 in honor of Rex Elementary School. A beautiful certificate that detailed information about the flag was also presented to Rex. We are honored to have received this wonderful gift and thank Tsgt Loeb for the gift and for his service to our country.
Mrs. Thrash Teaches Manners
During this month's counseling lessons, students at Rex have been learning proper table and phone etiquette to use in the upcoming Holiday Season. The students learned how to set the table and how to eat properly. For telephone etiquette, old cell phones were used to practice answering the phone. The students learned how to take messages, to not yell in the phone when summoning a person, and to never give out personal information to a stranger.
From the Principal, Mr. Howard
First of all, I would like to thank everyone for the great year! All in all, it was a very good year. There are a couple of changes next year... more
Enrollment 2009-10
All current USD 261 students will use mail-in enrollment for the 2009-10 school year. Kindergarten and ECC sstudents who attend Kindergarten Round-Up in April will also enroll by mail. Enrollment packets will be mailed in early July and should be returned to the district office by July 24. All forms must be completed and returned in order to complete the enrollment process. Any outstanding fees should be paid prior to enrollment.
The district will conduct a one-day enrollment for students who are new to the Haysville School District on August 6th.
