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Welcome to the Tri-City School Website! |
250 E. Grand Haysville, Kansas 67060
Principal: Gina Keirns
Phone: (316) 554-2324 Fax: (316) 554-2323
E-mail: gkeirns@usd261.com
Start Time: 7:30 a.m.
End Time: 2:30 p.m.
When the world says give up, hope whispers, "try one more time."
Courage does not always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice
at the end of the day saying, "I will try again tomorrow."
Mary Anne Radmacher
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NEWS & INFORMATION |
It's State Assessment Time!
Students are required to take State assessments in their third through eighth grade school years and once in High School. Campus and MHS students take tests in eleventh grade. Tri-City has scheduled state assessments for the following dates:
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PBIS Incentive Drawings
The last week of each month, students who have been observing our PRIDE expectations, have additional opportunities to earn prizes. The following drawings take place each day:
McDonalds Monday: $5.00 gift card to McDonald's
Topping Tuesday: Small single topping pizza.
Wal-Mart Wednesday: $5.00 gift card to Wal-Mart.
Theater Thursday: $10.00 gift card to Derby Plaza Theaters.
Freebie Friday: Prize from Mrs. Call's Prize Closet. |
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Good Attendance Field Trip
A "Good Attendance" field trip for second semester will take place the end of May. To qualify for this trip a students may not miss more than four days of school, excused or unexcused. Please call the school if you have questions regarding your child's attendance. |
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Monthly Book Orders
Tri-City Day School encourages students to read outside of school. Once a month a book order form will be sent home with your child. The prices in these book orders tend to be a little more reasonable than the traditional book fairs. Books for levels K-12 will be available. The school will receive free books and points to purchase additional books from the students' purchases. Thank you in advance for your consideration. |
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Virtual Prescriptive Learning (VPL)
New for the 2007-2008 school year, VPL is available to our students in grades 6 - 12. The program does a preliminary assessment of what the student already knows in a particular subject and then assigns lessons based on tehir gaps in knowledge. The students progress at their own pace. If you have any questions regarding VPL contact Gina Keirns at 554-2324. |
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Box Tops for Education
Please help us out! Just clip the box top and send it to school with your child. Tri-City will earn money to help purchase education tools for our students and fund activities and field trips. Visit www.boxtops4education.com for a list on on-line shopping that earns box top points. If you have any questions, contact Karon Waters at 554-2324. |
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On-Site Medication Checks
Nancy Ballinger with COMCARE, will visit Tri-City once a month for medication Checks. If you have not previously signed up for this service, and are now interested, you may speak to Jennifer Arellano at 554-2324. |
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Dollar$ For School$
Tri-City Day School has registered to participate in the Dollars for Schools program being offered by Homeland Stores and Lawton Country Mart stores. This program will enable us to earn cash for our school to be used to provide our students with things above and beyond what are regular budget will allow. To credit your purchases towards Tri-City, have the cashier key in ID number 64002 before scanning your card. At this point, all future purchases will automatically go towards our school if you scan your Homeland card. |
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P.B.I.S. - Positive Behavior Intervention & Support
Tri-City has implemented this program into our daily schedule. Each week the students are asked to state the definitions to "Pride". For each correct letter, the students earn one white loop. If he/she states all letters correct, a set of green, yellow and white loops are awarded. The loops are collected by each homeroom for a monthly reward party.
P-Preparation R-Respect I-Integrity D-Discipline E-Excellence |
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Volunteer Guidelines - pdf format
Interested in becoming a district volunteer? Check out our guidelines for Teachers, Parents/Families, and Volunteers striving for a professional learning community. One hour a week, one day a week, one day on a special project - your efforts make a difference for students. |
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Meet Tri-City's Therapy Dog |
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| Jake Ruzich |
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SCHOOL INFORMATION |
Tri-City Day School was established through the mutual cooperation of the Derby, Haysville, and Mulvane school districts to meet diverse, unique emotional and mental health needs of their K-12 students.
Tri-City Day School offers three educational classrooms for elementary, middle, and high school students. All classrooms are staffed with certified teachers and special education paraeducators. Some students receive additional support in the special education classroom through Mental Health Attendant Care Workers.
In addition to standard educational curriculum, students receive social skills instruction utilizing the curriculum of the Boys’ and Girls’ Town Model, along with other behavioral programming to address social emotional concerns. Additional related services as determined by the student’s IEP team is also incorporated into the student’s school day.
Students are enrolled into their home school district in Derby, Haysville, or Mulvane. Students are referred through the sending local school district Special Education/Student Services Director. All students have been evaluated and categorized for special education services and all lesser restrictive settings were not successful for the students as determined by the Individual Education Program (IEP) team. |
Students create a Therapeutic/Picnic Garden
Our gardening project was created to teach students skills in nurturance and caring towards self and other living things. This project works towards instilling a sense of responsibility, attention to detail, ability to follow directions, improved concentration on tasks and group cooperation. Additionally, this project is designed to develop a sense of accomplishment within students, pride within their work, improved mood, increase feelings of self-worth and stress reduction. |
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| TRI-CITY STAFF LIST – 2007/2008 |
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| Administration |
Gina Keirns, Administrator
Jennifer Arellano, LSCSW
Dodie Jackson, Secretary
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gkeirns@usd261.com
jarellan@usd261.com
djackson@usd261.com |
Teachers |
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Michelle Groh
Pamela Kennedy
Linda Ruzich
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mgroh@usd261.com
pkennedy@usd261.com
lruzich@usd261.com
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Behavior Technicians |
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Josh Bargdill
Marj Brown
Jenn Call
Michelle Kelly
Sharon Prescott
Karen Waters
Amos White
Renae Whetstone
Schreen Williams
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jbargdill@usd261.com
mbrown@usd261.com
jcall@usd261.com
mkelly@usd261.com
sprescott@usd261.com
kwaters@usd261.com
awhite@usd261.com
rwhet@usd261.com
schwilliams@usd261.com |
| ComCare |
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| Pam Hermes, case manager |
kerickso@sedgwick.gov |
| JJ Wagner, case manager |
jjwagner@sedgwick.gov |
| Therapy Services |
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| Diane Bidwell, LSCSW |
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| Special Education Directors/Coordinators |
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Haysville
Becky Cezar, Director of SPED
Angie Karraker, Coordinator
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bcezar@usd261.com
akarraker@usd261.com |
Derby
Bruce Givens, Director of SPED
Karla King, Coordinator
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bgivens@usd260.com
kking@usd260.com |
Mulvane
Katherine Hensley, Director of SPED
Don Pennington, SPED Administrator
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khensley@usd263.k12.ks.us
dpennington@usd263.k12.ks.us
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