JCN boys, girls lead county thinclads at JW meet
JCN boys, girls lead county thinclads at JW meet
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JCN grad brings helicopter pad to county hospital
Former Jefferson County North student and Winchester firefighter Holly Bodenheimer, 19, presented her senior project in a ceremony at the F.W. Huston Medical Center June 8.
Northeast Kansas students converge on Nortonville for music festival
More than 300 students from area schools piled into Jefferson County North Middle School last week to sing together.
A family full of drama
Shawn and Jennifer are not Shakespearean characters, but their lives revolve around the curtain and the stage that brought them together 10 years ago.
School enrollment numbers continue to decline
USD 343 takes biggest hit; Valley Falls has gain of one by Dennis Sharkey Jefferson County school enrollment overall is still in a decline and has become a trend. The greatest disparity is in the Perry-Lecompton USD 343 where they are down 69 students from last year. Superintendent Dr. Denis Yoder said the district has [...]
School budgets crunched, taxes on the rise
If residents of eastern Jefferson County are looking for a sign of economic recovery they’re going to be disappointed when they open their next tax bill.
Area school boards take teacher cuts off the table despite slow economy
Although the economic situation hasn’t improved much locally, area school boards are less willing to make drastic cuts this time around.
Two Jefferson County high schools offering summer theatre camps
Jefferson West and Jefferson County North theatre departments will again offer a summer theater camp at their respective schools. JCN’s camp will run from June 6 to 10 with morning camp from 9 a.m. to noon for kindergarten through fourth-grade. Fifth- through eighth- grade will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. The camp will [...]
Jefferson West teacher lands ‘healthy habits’ grant for class
Leslie Abbott, family and consumer science instructor at Jefferson West MiddleSchool, USD 340, is a recipient of a $997.65 Healthy Habits for Life grant from the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas Foundation. Abbott received one of the 112 grants distributed during the 2010-2011 giving cycle; the grant dollars, totaling $108,066.90, are used by [...]
County school districts look at each other for cost sharing ideas
As the county’s six school districts continue to seek ways to tighten their budgets without affecting students, they’re increasing looking to each other for ideas.