October 2014 - compressed

October, 2014

“Today I will try my best to do my best! I will listen.

I will follow directions. I will be honest.

I will respect the rights of other people. I can learn. I WILL learn!

Say it and Do it! I am special. I am smart.

I am important.

Our Pledge To start the day here at Flinthills Primary, the kids and

teachers gather in the gym and recite their Pledges.

The first is The Pledge of Allegiance, and directly after that they say The Morning Pledge. It is a wonderful way

to start their day here at school. If you’re ever able to drop your child off around this time, you should stick

around and watch. We’re doing amazing things here at Flinthills, and just when it seems that these are the little

things, they normally turn out to be the big things that they remember the most.

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Chad Wittenberg

Photography

Ranch work Wildlife and Nature

Local Events Sports and People

Businesses Landscapes, Cityscapes, Weather

Visit Chad at http://cwittenberg.smugmug.com/

Phone 316-323-4089,

or email [email protected]

The Kansas State Fair is the cul-

mination of a year of hard work for

many 4-H’ers. Several Flinthills

students qualified to compete in

the 4-H division of the Kansas

State Fair. In order to show a pro-

ject at the state fair, the 4-H’er

must have received a purple rib-

bon at the county fair or meet oth-

er qualifications at an earlier show.

Those exhibiting projects from

the Flinthills 4-H Club were: Court-

ney Jackson –photography (blue);

Jonathan McCreight – Robotics

(purple); Shannon Baker – photog-

raphy (one blue and one red);

Lyndee Martin –photography

(blue); Javen McCreight –

Woodworking (white) and Javen

McCreight — Rocket (red).

Javen also participated as a

member of the Butler County Pho-

tography Judging team and placed

43rd overall. Savannah McCreight

exhibited her art project which re-

ceived a purple at the Butler Coun-

ty fair. At the state fair, arts and

crafts are not judged competitively

as they demonstrate individual

creativity, free expression, and de-

velopmental levels of the exhibi-

tor.

Those entering projects from

the Cassoday Boosters were:

Madelyn Stackley –photography

(red); Trena Garcia - horticulture

(one red and one blue), food

preservation (one purple and one

white), clothing construction

(blue), food gift package (blue);

and Jeffrey Garcia – horticulture

(two blues), food preservation

(red), fiber arts/quilting (blue),

rocketry (blue), food gift package

(purple).

Erik and Erron Eisenbarth both

competed in the horse show. Erik

showed in the 2 year old snaffle bit

project where he placed 9th in the

interview and 9th in western pleas-

ure. He also showed in flags and

barrels. Erron was in Team Versa-

tility where the Butler County

team placed 5th. Erron also placed

4th in flags, 6th in barrels and par-

ticipated in poles.

The Kansas Junior Livestock

show was held September 19 and

20. Sarah Hinnen of the Cassoday

Boosters and D.J. Jackson, Corbin

Gauthier and Courtney Jackson

from the Flinthills 4-H Club all

showed Meat Goats. Sarah and

Corbin competed in showmanship.

Colton Allemand from the Flint-

hills club showed in the Registered

Ewe class.

Addison Gauthier of Flinthills

showed her Angus Heifer and her

Maine Tainer Heifer. Cally Miller

from the Cassoday Boosters also

showed a Maine Tainer Heifer.

Addison and Cally both competed

in showmanship.

Great job to all 4-H’ers on a suc-

cessful year in 4-H!

4-H Students Compete at Kansas State Fair

Picture Day is

Thursday, October 9th.

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mailto:[email protected]

High School

Jed Humig 12th grade

Parents - Josh and Andrea Humig Hobbies - Football, Baseball and watching movies Activities - Football, Baseball, STUCO, Work and School Favorite Class – Government

Students of the Month

Middle School

Braden Wight 7th grade

Parents - Duke and Tana Wight Hobbies - Showing pigs, playing sports and reading Favorite Sport - Baseball

Intermediate School

Yana Nikolskaya-Taylor 3rd grade

Parents - John Taylor and Svetlana Nikolskaya Hobbies - Reading Favorite Activity - Playing outside Favorite Subject - Art Yana would like to be a Kindergarten teacher when she grows up.

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REMINDER:

FHS Theatre Trick or Treat so Kids Can Eat

October 31st

Please donate canned food or

non-perishable food items.

Fourth grade students in Mr. Long’s music class learned

how to use their creative minds through music. They listened

to a musical piece from Beethoven, while drawing and color-

ing what they heard. This helped the students to understand

how music can be used to create ideas and pictures.

“I drew trees, a hill and a big rainbow while the soft music

was playing. I thought of a waterfall too” - Alicia Wright

“I drew an ice skater. The music was soft, then loud”

- Madilynn Thomas

Students Express Ideas Through Music


September was a busy month for the Flinthills FFA.

We kicked off the month by tak-ing 28 students to the Kansas State Fair to explore the exhibits and help the Kansas FFA Association by working in the Agriculture Educa-tion Building throughout the day.

Several students were able to experience different parts of Agri-culture by helping to care for the Grand Drive, or the State Champion animals, including giving the sheep baths to keep them cool. Kudos to Kolton Melugin and Dalton Peters for stepping up and being willing to wash the sheep.

We kept the month rolling by attending Greenwood County’s Day on the Farm. Javen McCreight and Trevor Kemp assisted with a variety of aspects of the day. We appreci-ate Greenwood County Farm Bu-reau for letting us come and help.

Throughout the day we helped serve food and water to the stu-dents, traveled to look at the differ-ent displays which included Small Livestock Animals, Large Livestock (including watching how to milk a

dairy cow!), how to trap wildlife, making butter, roping a steer dum-my and many more. We finished off the afternoon by taking a hay rack ride and then delivering tables back to Toronto and heading home.

The fun continued that evening with our Second Annual Dodgeball Tournament. This year we had six different teams compete in a dou-ble elimination tournament that was won by the Dirty Dodgers team of Shona Bender, Colt Wood, Dustin Alvord, Ryan Batson and Hunter Lowmaster. They battled back and beat the Spartens, con-sisting of Javen McCreight, Kaden Taylor, Colton Youngblood, Bran-don Henson, JC Nuncio and Zach Sangels, in a two match finale. We finished off the Dodgeball Tourna-ment with two free for all games with Middle School versus High School.

We finished the month off with the South Central District Green-hand Conference held at Goessel High School. Ashley Harris, Javen McCreight, Kolton Melugin, and Kaden Taylor all made the trip to spend the morning learning about

leadership and the FFA. Although none of the students placed in the Greenhand Information test, they all had a good day and learned quite a bit. It has been a busy month with October shaping up to be just as busy.

Upcoming FFA events include:

October 3rd: Agribusiness Tours (Klausmeyer Dairy & Hope in the Valley Equine Rescue)

October 8th: Poland Angus Livestock Judging @ Isabel, Ks

October 14th: Water Festival @ But-ler County Community College

October 16th: Horse Judging @ Can-ton, KS

October 23rd: Halloween Carnival @ Flinthills High School

October 29th -November 1st : Na-tional FFA Convention @ Louisville, KY.

Calandria Jarboe, FFA Sponsor

FFA News

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Come one come all to an Elementary School Halloween Carnival Thursday, October 23rd from 6 to 8 pm.

High School Commons in Rosalia

Activities include:

Cake Walk Costume Contest

Pop Toss Ladder Golf Prize Fishing

Haunted House

Students in Kindergarten - 6th grade are invited!

Come join us for an evening of spookily good fun!!! 20 tickets for $5 and tickets are good at all the events except food or drink.

Sponsored by the Flinthills FFA


There have been several political advertisements on television, on the radio and in newspapers lately. There

are definitely different positions taken by both gubernatorial candidates about the state’s funding of public schools. I

have been asked repeatedly “who’s telling the truth?” I will take a couple of minutes and try to explain what has hap-

pened to school funding in the last few years in an non-political, unbiased manner.

School districts in Kansas receive money from several sources. Each of these sources usually have a specific

place that the money must be spent on. School districts have several different funds with specific rules that govern

how the money is spent, most times it is not allowed to move money from one fund to another.

The general fund is made up of monies that we use for operational items such as salaries, electric bills, text-

books, and other expenses we incur for the normal operation of the school. This comes to school at a rate called Base

State Aid Per Pupil (BSAPP). This is presently $3852. This is a $548 drop from seven years ago. This is represented by

the blue bar in Graph #1. The 2015 figures are estimates from the state.

The general fund is generated by a 20 mil statewide tax. These monies are generated at the local level and until

this year were considered a local tax. This year the state changed the way the monies are distributed. All of the 20 mil

general fund taxes from throughout the state are collected and sent to the state. The state then sends the monies back

to the school as state aid. Graph #1 shows the statewide mil levy in green. Notice in 2015 the green bar is gone, it is

now part of the red bar in Graph #1. So while it is not “new” money it is now “new” money from the state. So both

sides are telling the truth, the state is giving us new money but yet we are not receiving any more money than before.

The state has increased the monies it pays to the schools for school district employee’s retirement. The Kansas

Public Education Retirement System is the retirement system that the employees use. It is funding partially by state

monies and partially by contributions from employees. The state increased its share this past year, this increase in

funding was sent to the schools, BUT this money cannot be used for anything other than retirement for employees, so

there is no extra operational monies for the school. In the school business we call this flow through money. It merely

flows through our accounts with us having no control over it. It is included in the red bar in Graph #1. Also included in

the red bar are all federal monies, including those we receive for food service. Once again this is an area that the school

cannot spend money on anywhere except for food service.

“If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.” ― Mark Twain

Straight from Mr. Lockwood’s Desk

http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1244.Mark_Twain


One last point to consider is that enrollment in Kansas schools across the state are up over 10,000 students. So

to fund these students at the BSAPP amount means over $34 Million extra dollars. This isn’t more money for existing

students but is an increase in state funding. So a school like ours that has no additional students will not receive any

new money.

So both sides are technically telling the truth. The state has increased its funding to schools and we have taken

massive cuts (to operational expenses).

The supplemental general fund (sometimes called the Local Option Budget or LOB) is a second fund that the

school district has. This is meant to supplement the general fund. It is collected locally, with the local board setting the

amount. It can go as high as 33% of the general fund. We presently are at 30%. This is a local tax that is equalized by

the state so that all districts receive a fair and proportional amount. This was discussed in last month’s Flyer. We re-

ceive the same amount of money as before, some comes from the local taxes and others from the state. So, both sides

are telling the truth again. The state gave extra money but the district received no new money because our local taxes

were lowered.

The capital outlay fund is used for capital projects such as building repairs and renovations, bus purchases, and

other equipment purchases. This money is generated by a tax levied by the local board. Our rate is presently 4 mils.

The state equalizes this so all schools, both poorer and richer receive the same funding for each mil of tax levied, re-

gardless of how poor or rich their patrons are. We receive the same amount of money as before, some comes from the

local taxes and others from the state. So, both sides are telling the truth.

Bond and interest is the fourth fund that local schools have. When a school passes a bond issue as we did years

ago, it generates taxes at the local level to fund these. The state once again supplements or equalizes this so all schools

are treated fairly. Once again, schools cannot use this money on anything other than the bond and interest payment.

There have been no changes in this funding.

One final graph I leave you with depicts the amount of money spent on schools in Kansas as a percent of the

total personal income. In other words, if you take all the moneys that Kansans earn, from working, retirements, social

security, gambling etc., this is the percent of that money that is spent on school funding. Since 1990, when these rec-

ords were initially kept, the percent of personal income spent on education has declined. In other words, a lower per-

cent of your pay check goes to education than it did in 1990. A good way to think of the graph below is that the purple

line is operational expenses while the pink line is the total expenditures including KPERS etc.


High School Volleyball

The season started out mediocore for the Lady Mustangs. We traveled to West Elk to play Douglass and West Elk.

Douglass blew us out the first set 3-25, then we played with them the second set before losing 18-25. Later we defeat-

ed West Elk 25-11, 25-8. The junior varsity also split their matches.

Next matches were at Sedan where the junior varsity defeated Argonia but lost to Caldwell. The varsity had a clean

sweep defeating Sedan, Caldwell and Argonia.

At our home tournament, we started out by losing to Remington and then defeated Altoona and Elk Valley. There-

fore we made it to the semi-finals facing Chase County. We lost 14- 25 and then lost the next set in a tight one 27-29.

We ended our day by winning the 3rd place match against Cedarvale/Dexter.

Next we traveled to Elk Valley where the junior varsity won its matches against Elk Valley and West Elk. The varsity

also won both of its matches. Later in the week both teams also defeated Bluestem.

The varsity also played in two other tournaments where the outcome was a little better. We placed first at both the

Dexter and Central tournaments. In between the tournaments Cedarvale/Dexter came to Rosalia and played. The jun-

ior varsity lost 3 out of 4 sets but the varsity swept them 25-19, 25-14, 25-17. This was by far our best outing of the

season.

Coach Melugin and I have enjoyed the season so far. The girls have played lots of matches and probably need a free

weekend to recover. The varsity record is now 21 wins against 3 losses. The junior varsity’s record is 5 -3. The girls are

lots of fun to watch so please come out and watch them.

Coach Harms

2013 SCBL VOLLEYBALL PASS GATE/ROSTER

School: Flinthills Mascot: Mustang

Team: Volleyball High School Date:

NUMBER NAME CLASS HEIGHT

1 Destiny Lawrence 9

2 Alyssa Howard 10

3 Gina Brown 10

6 Ashley Melugin 9

7 Bailey Smith 9

8 Payton Gawith 10

9 Haley Wright 9

10 Brooklyn Kane 11

12 Olivia Leslie 10

14 Ashley Harris 10

16 Londyn Doll 11

18 Amanda Bell 12

19 Kayla Liggett 9

20 Hanna Wright 9

21 Courtney Brown 10

22 Tessa Bragg 10

32 Sarah Harris 9

33 Makenzie Jackson 9

23L Hunter Travnichek 10


Photos by

Chad Wittenberg


Middle School Volleyball

Middle school volleyball is off to a good start. We first traveled to Oxford where the c team and varsity won

but the JV team lost. West Elk came to our place next. The JV and c teams won but the Varsity fell short losing 25

-17, 16-25, 25-27. Our third match, the undefeated Udall Eagles came to visit. The Mustangs showed lots of pride

by winning the JV, Varsity and c-team matches. Finally our 4th match was at Sedan, against them and also Elk Val-

ley. Again, the Mustangs swept both JV matches and varsity matches. The varsity and JV are both 4-1 and the c-

team is 3-0.

Coach Di and I are very proud of the girls. They are working hard and keep improving every week. The interest

level is up with 25 girls out for middle school volleyball. There are nine 8th graders, nine 7th graders and six 6th

graders.

Coach Harms

2014 SCBL VOLLEYBALL PASS GATE/ROSTER

School: Flinthills

Team: Middle School

NUMBER NAME CLASS HEIGHT

0 Elizabeth Dennis 7

1 Allison Gawith 8

2 Kenisa Meyer 7

3 Sarah Sorum 7

4 Sarah Hinnen 7

5 Nyah Brown 7

7 Emily Green 8

8 Morgan Holcomb 6

9 Cari Brown 8

10 Matison Totty 6

11 Taylor Bisbee 8

12 Jada Humig 8

13 Kenna Meyer 8

15 Grace Wilmott 6

18 Kadyn Nuncio 7

19 Brooke Harris 8

20 Janea Totty 7

21 Lyndee Martin 7

23 Chloe Wieckhorst 6

24 Kaleigh Bennefeld 7

25 Harley Ratcliff 8

31 Reagan Heimgartner 6

32 Kylee Weis 6

33 Taylor Downard 8

22 Bailey Bugner 6

It’s Game Day!

The Band kicks off each pep assembly by marching through

the halls playing music and gathering the students and staff.

As the band passes each classroom, the students file in

behind and walk through the school collecting each class

as they go. They make their way to the gym where they

play a game, do cheers, acknowledge the teams, and listen

to the coaches give an encouraging pep talk.

Go Mustangs!


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Daylight Savings Time is

Coming Up!

Fourth grade student, Hunter Lowmaster, celebrates a win

alongside his Wolverines teammates. Pho

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Friday, October 17, 2014

Homecoming at 6:30 p.m.

GAME at 7:00 p.m.

FLINTHILLS

VS

BURLINGAME

KSHSAA

High School Classifications

have been released.

www.kshsaa.org

The Flinthills High School Varsity Football Team won their first game of the season on Friday, September 19th against the Elk Valley High School Lions. The final score was 43-8 and makes the Mustangs 1-2 to start the season. The young men displayed a great team effort in the win over the Lions as touchdowns came from all areas of the Mustang Offense and Special Teams. Sophomore Tailback, Trey McNem-ee, scored one rushing touchdown and one receiving. Junior Fullback, Colton Timms, rushed for one touchdown. Junior Quarterback, Jason Hefton, rushed for one touchdown and threw for two touchdowns. Senior Tight End, Colton Allemand, scored a touchdown on a reception. And Senior Tailback, Jed Humig, rushed for two touchdowns as well. GO MUSTANGS! Flinthills Asst. Football Coach Mr. Casteel

Mustang Varsity Football Tastes Victory

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Don’t forget to set your clocks back on November 2nd!

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Thank you to

our 2014

Booster Club

sponsors!

Join us at

Homecoming!

Friday, October 17th

Middle School Football

Flinthills JH Football team is currently 3-1 and tied for 2nd place in the league. We have wins over Oxford, Udall, and Sedan and lost a very close game to undefeated West Elk 20-24.

As a team, we are seeing improvement every day, but still have many things that we can improve on. We have 3 games remaining in October, the 2nd at Central of Burden, the 9th Home vs. CedarVale/Dexter and finish up the 16th at Home vs. South Haven/Caldwell.

This is a fun group of kids and we hope we can keep them all to-gether, they remind me of a team that beat Madison in the playoffs back in 2002! Keep up the good work boys! Coach Sorum

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Parent - Teacher

Conferences Parent – Teacher Conferences are quickly

approaching. They will be on Wednesday,

October 22nd from 4-9 p.m. and Thursday,

October 23rd from 9 a.m.—4 p.m. More in-

formation about conferences will be sent

home with the students soon. Make sure to

check your child’s planner.


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Power School

Many parents and students have been using the PowerSchool app and PowerSchool online to check student

attendance and grades during the last school year and into the beginning of this one. It has been such a big hit

among students and parents that we will no longer be sending mid-term and 9 weeks progress reports.

I use the PowerSchool app on my phone to stay current on my children’s grades, lunch balances, tardies and if

they have an incomplete assignment. It is a great way to stay in touch with your student’s progress.

On your computer type https://flinthills.powerschool.com/public in your browsers address bar.

Click create an account.

Straight from Mr. Gawith’s Desk

If you have a smart phone you can access power

school on your phone. In google play or the app store

find the power school app.

If you have any questions please feel free to contact

one of the school secretaries and they will help you get

set-up.

Also be on the look out for your Intermediate and Primary conference times in your students planner.

It is a great time to be a Mustang, the student athletes would love to have you in the stands cheering them on

to victory. I hope to see you at a game soon.

Your Access ID and Access Password will look something like this;

Confidential ID: 56784

Password is GHJUI

https://flinthills.powerschool.com/public


The senior class recently attended the 2014 But-

ler County Government Day at the Butler County

Courthouse. The American Legion Posts in Andover,

Augusta, El Dorado, and Whitewater sponsored the

2014 Butler County Government Day.

The seniors attended the all day field trip that

consisted of a tour of the Butler County Courthouse

and the various offices that exist within the local

government structure. Students who are 18 years

of age were even offered the chance to register to

vote in the upcoming state elections. Following

lunch, the day wrapped with a program hosted by

Kansas Secretary of State, Kris Kobach.

Flinthills History and Government Teacher

Mr. Casteel

Senior Class

Visits the Courthouse

PTO/SITE council met in the

Cassoday Primary’s lunchroom

on September 8th at 6:00 p.m.

The back to school swim party in

August was a great success. It

made a little money this year.

Which is good because PTO had

to approve a negative projected

budget for the 2014-15 school

year. We will be looking for ad-

ditional fundraising ideas. We

will have the pie drawing at the

Christmas programs. We are

hoping to work some concession

stands during the basketball

season.

Officer elections were held.

Junilda Scribner was nominated

and voted in as PTO president.

The other officers will remain

the same, Tammy Brown at Vice

President, Melissa Scribner as

Treasurer, and Lisa Taylor as

Secretary.

Sharon McClure, the school

librarian, presented a new in-

centive program for the Inter-

mediate AR Rewards.

The next meeting will be held

in the Rosalia Library, Monday,

October 13th at 6:00 p.m.

PTO News

Please help

FHS Theatre by

bringing used

ink cartridges to

Mrs. McCreight's Room


Student Council members attended the Regional Student Council Conference

in Wichita on September 24, 2014.

2014 Student Council

President- Colton Allemand

Vice President- Danny Martin

Secretary- Bayley Reiswig

Treasurer- London Doll

SR Rep- Kylee Moody-Alvord

SR Rep- Jed Humig

JR Rep- Lauren Doll

JR Rep- Jayden Simmons

SO Rep- Peyton Gawith

SO Rep- Holton Nelson

FR Rep- Ashley Melugin

FR Rep- Kolton Melugin

To schedule an appointment with your child call: 316-775-6904 or 1-800-353-8561

Primary 620-735-4428

Intermediate 620-476-2218

Butler County Special Education Interlocal

Count Your Kid In Count Your Kid In is a free developmental screening for infants and preschool children living in

Butler County. The screenings are sponsored by the Butler County Special Education Interlocal

and authorized by Kansas State Department of Education. The purpose is to help parents identify

potential learning problems and find help. If your child has difficulty walking, talking, seeing, hear-

ing or learning, please call 1-800-353-8567 to schedule a free appointment.

Date Location

October 3, 2014 Rose Hill Christian Church

314 N. Rose Hill Rd Rose Hill 316-776-0844

November 7, 2014 Douglass Church of Christ

201 W. 1st St. Douglass 316-746-2751

December 5, 2014 Andover St. Vincent DePaul Church

123 N. Andover Rd. Andover 316-733-1423

January 9, 2015 Augusta Head Start

730 Cliff Drive Augusta, 316-775-6666

January 16, 2015 El Dorado Head Start

110 W. 3rd El Dorado 316-321-1959

January 23, 2015 University Congregational Church

9209 E. 29th St. N Wichita 316-634-0430

February 13, 2015 St. John’s Catholic Church

302 N. Denver El Dorado 316-321-4796

March 27, 2015 Haverhill Christian Church

10275 SW Haverhill Rd Augusta 316-775-7024

April 10, 2015 Andover St. Vincent DePaul Church

123 N. Andover Rd. Andover 316-733-1423

578 SE Rosalia Rd, Rosalia, Ks 67132 620-476-2240

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What an eventful fall semester it has been so far! On September 10, the middle school and high school bands traveled to Hutchinson to play at the state fair, and since then have been supporting the football team at each home game. On September 25, the high school choir traveled to Bethany College in Lindsborg to attend a choral workshop. District honor choir auditions are on November 8 and this workshop helped prepare the singers for the audition. And in middle school news: Congratulations to the several middle school musicians who were selected to represent our school at the 2014 district honor band and honor choir in Andover on November 8. Jeffrey Garcia, Brooke Harris, Harley Ratcliff, Kenna Meyer, Taylor Downard, Nyah Brown, Sarah Hinnen, Kaleigh Bennefeld, and Savannah Hale will represent the choir. Brooke Harris, Kenna Meyer, Cari Brown, and Braden Wight will represent the band. Congratulations!

The high school band and choir will pre-sent a fall concert on October 14 at 7:00 pm in the auditorium. There are several selec-tions that are sure to set the mood for the fall season. See you there!

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Middle and High School Band and Choir


Flinthills Youth Celebrate National 4-H Week October 5-11

More than 6 million young people across the country will celebrate National 4-H Week, an annual celebra-tion of 4-H during the first full week of October. Butler County 4-H will leverage National 4-H Week this year to showcase the great things that 4-H offers young people and to highlight the incredible 4-H youth in the community who work each day to make a positive impact on the community. The Flinthills 4-H Club and the Cassoday Boosters 4-H Club are teaming up to collect donations of non-perishable food for the Kansas Food Bank durng National 4-H Week. Collection boxes will be available at the schools Monday through Friday. As part of 48 Hours of 4-H, donations will also be accepted during the volleyball tournament at Flinthills on Saturday, October 11. 48 Hours of 4-H will be October 11-12, 2014, in every extension unit across Kansas. 48 Hours of 4-H was created as a way to challenge 4-H members to explore their service capabilities — "To Make the Best Better" in their communities, extension units, and across the state. The goal of 48 Hours of 4-H is to challenge 4-H members in every extension unit to take this weekend to make a big impact in Kansas.

Last year, PTO collected over $675.00 from Box Tops!

Our goal is to raise over $700 this school year.

Each Box Top you clip and send to school is worth

10 cents for PTO. We use this money for things such

as paying for annual classroom field trips, AR rewards,

and Primary School t-shirts.

Please continue to send in your Box Tops! Our next

submission deadline is October 23rd. If you are unable

to send them with a student or drop them off at one of

the school offices, please contact Tammy Brown at

620-476-2218 to make other arrangements.

Thank you!

Please send your

Box Tops to the

school office by

October 23rd.


Submitted By: Charlene Miller, Butler County 4-H Youth Extension Agent

“Good habits formed at youth make all the difference” quipped Aristotle. What are good habits and where do

youth go to form them? Some of you may have heard about this group, others may not have.

What is 4-H?

4-H is for anyone, anywhere! Even if you live in town and don’t have animals, you can be in 4-H! 4-H is more

than you ever imagined! A study conducted by Tufts University showed that youth involved in 4-H report

better grades, higher levels of academic competence, and an elevated level of engagement at school. They

are nearly two times more likely to plan to go to college, and are more likely to pursue future courses or a ca-

reer in science, engineering, or computer technology. Let’s take a look!

4-H is a community of young people across America who are learning leadership, citizenship and life skills. Life skills include: healthy interpersonal relationships, sound decision making, a positive self-concept, an inquiring mind and concern for the community. Simply put, 4-H is designed to support the positive and successful de-velopment of all youth. Ultimately helping them become confident, capable and caring adults. The best part is…..IT’S FUN!!! What can I do in 4-H?

ANYTHING! Well, maybe not exactly, but there is a lot that can be done in 4-H. 4-H Clubs hold monthly

meetings. At these meetings, you learn about projects, fulfill different positions (president, secretary, song

leader, recreation leader, treasurer, etc.) and do fun activities together as a group.

4-H offers many different projects in which youth can enroll to learn life skills. These include, but are not lim-

ited to: sewing, woodworking, cooking, rocketry, arts and crafts, leathercraft, photography, robotics, pets,

leadership, livestock, knitting, shooting sports and entomology. Did I mention Summer Camp and County Fair

too! Not only do you get to have fun doing these projects, but you get to make life-long friends and learn im-

portant life skills. All of this is done in a safe and caring environment by adult and youth volunteers.

How Old Do I Have to be to Enroll in 4-H?

4-H offers a CloverBud program for youth ages 5 to 6 years old as of January 1. Youth ages 7-18 (age deter-

mined as of January 1), can enroll in the regular 4-H program. 4-H is a year round activity for youth to have

fun, learn and grow!

How Do I Sign Up for 4-H?

If you are interested in learning more about 4-H in our community you can contact Tresa Walters (Cassoday

Boosters 4-H Club) at 316-321-6201 or at [email protected], Patty Baker (Flinthills 4-H Club) at 316-321-

7698 or the Butler County Extension Office at 316-321-9660. You can also e-mail the Butler County 4-H Youth

Agent, Charlene Miller [email protected], or go online to www.butler.ksu.edu and www.kansas4h.org.

4-H offers so many opportunities for youth. 4-H is so much more than you ever imagined! There is something

for everyone and fun will be had, all the while learning! Don’t hesitate to sign up your children and get them

involved with a great, local organization today. No matter where you live, there is a 4-H Club close to you.

Sign up today and join the club!

4-H – More Than You Ever Imagined


http://www.butler.ksu.edu

http://www.kansas4h.org

Reading is Fun

Everyday the kids at Flinthills Primary get a chance to enjoy learn-

ing how to read. Showcased are just a few of the ways they are

able to do that. There are several different stations to utilize, with

just a few students in each at a time, making individualized atten-

tion much easier to attain. Making learning fun is a great way to

get children to participate and be able to embrace their learning.


Jonathan McCreight, a 5th grader at our Flinthills Intermedi-

ate School, received a purple ribbon and 4-H Best of Show Sta-

tus this September at the Kansas State Fair in Hutchinson.

His robot was built out of Legos

and programmed to solve a Rubik’s

Cube. The cube can be turned into

any pattern and solved by the scan-

ning robot.

Classmates enjoyed watching

Jonathan’s robot solve many differ-

ent patterns.

Jonathan McCreight Receives Best of

Show in Robotics at Kansas State Fair

Saturday, November 8, 2014 Flinthills Primary School, Cassoday, Kansas

Cassoday United Methodist Women Church Bazaar

DINNER SERVED 5:00 - 6:30 p.m.

Free Will Donation Dinner includes: Chicken & Noodles, Mashed Potatoes & Gravy,

Vegetables, Salad, Rolls, Pie, Coffee or Tea

AUCTION STARTS at 7:00 p.m.

Includes many handmade items featuring a quilt, “Oak Ridge Star” in navy blue, wine, tan and green and baby quilt by Bill Young.

Baked goods, jellies, cookies and numerous other

items available at our Country Market

Funds raised help support many

church activities, projects and

many outreach programs.


Apple Week in First Grade The first graders celebrated Apple week with several activities. They read a lot of books and

poems about apples, they learned who Johnny Appleseed was and how he brought the apple

seeds and trees to the pioneers so they could have their own apple trees, and they did a cou-

ple of experiments with apples. There were lots of math and reading games done with the ap-

ples, and of course, they tasted a lot of apple products. Making applesauce was a big hit with

the class, but it was not their favorite apple product to eat, apple juice was their favorite.


The residential carpentry class has been hard at work building a shed for a customer in Valley Center, KS. They have been having a lot of fun learning how to properly place studs and square walls. Everyday they come into class excited and cannot wait to get after it and see the final product. If you like what you are seeing now, be sure to compliment Talon Reust, Da-vid Snyder, and Corbin Youngblood, be-cause they are the students putting in all the effort to build these sheds.

- Mr. Holton

Busyness and Stress Cheddar "the cat" greets me as I walk out of my bedroom in the morn-ing. Then she rolls on her back letting me know she wants me to rub her or pet her. I really want to but I can’t stop thinking of all the things I have to do today. That busy and stressed feeling is already starting to begin and the last thing I want to do is stop to pet the cat. Cheddar must sense what I’m feeling because she gives me this look as if to say “Don’t walk away. Pet me. It will benefit you as much as it does me.” I’ve read the research and I know she’s right. Petting our dogs or cats reduces our stress, boosts our im-mune system, enhances our happi-ness and improves our overall well-being. If I would just stop for a few moments and spend quality time with her I would be the one who ben-efits most. It’s the same way with the relationships in our life. If we made time to invest in our relationships and spent quality time with our family, friends and col-leagues we would dramatically im-prove the quality of our lives and ca-reers. Yet, too often busyness and

stress cause us to focus on what is urgent instead of what matters most. We focus on our to-do list instead of people and our own survival instead of building thriving relationships. That’s why I often say that busy-ness and stress are the enemies of great marriages, leadership, team-work, and relationships. Busyness and stress keep us from caring about the people and things we are sup-posed to care about. Science tells us that when we feel busy and stressed we activate the reptilian part of our brain. If you know anything about reptiles they will never love you. Reptiles want to eat you. They are all about survival. And so are we when we feel busy and stressed. Creating meaningful relationships is the last thing on our mind when we are stressed. Instead our reptilian brain is thinking about how to just make it through the day and it will eat anyone for lunch that gets in its way. The good news, however, is that we have another part of the brain called the neocortex. I call it the Posi-tive part of our brain and we activate it when we love, care, pray, and prac-tice gratitude. In any moment we can override the reptile with the positive.

We can choose to love people in-stead of ignoring them. We can choose to slow down instead of rush-ing. And we can choose to be thank-ful instead of stressed. In fact, the research shows we can’t be stressed and thankful at the same time. So anytime we are feeling busy and stressed we can pause, take some deep breaths, focus on gratitude, and change how we approach the day and the people in our life. This brings us back to Cheddar as she waits for me to pet her. My rep-tilian brain is telling me to keep mov-ing, hurry up, eat breakfast and ig-nore the cat. But I can’t. I won’t. I know how and why busyness and stress can sabotage my joy and rela-tionships. I know the antidote to bus-yness and stress is a positive thought away. I know that in each moment of my busy life I can override the reptile and focus on my relationships. And I know that when I make relationships my top priority everything in my life is better. When you know better... you do better. So I sit down and Cheddar on the floor and pet her. Then I make my way into the kitchen to talk to kids. It turns out to be the beginning of a positive and productive day.

Straight from Mr. Howard’s Desk

Residential Carpentry Class


October is bully and drug awareness month. Kansas has selected Oct. 6 – 10 to recognize bully awareness. Rude vs. Mean vs. Bullying (Rude = Inadvertently saying or doing something that hurts someone else. Mean = Pur-posefully saying or doing something to hurt someone once (or maybe twice). Bullying = Intentionally aggressive behavior, repeated over time, that involves an imbalance of power. Oct. 27 -31 we will celebrate at Flinthills. Below is the list of activities for the week.

Oct. 27 Monday—Turn Your Back on Drugs (Wear your shirt backwards.)

Oct. 28 Tuesday--- Love Yourself, Be Drug Free (Wear Bright Colors—Hippie Day)

Oct. 29 Wednesday— An Extreme Commitment Live (Hat Day)

Oct. 30 Thursday---Say No to Drugs (Favorite Sports Team or Favorite Athlete)

Oct. 31 Friday---Just Say Boo to Drugs (Halloween)

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Seniors Go Here to Registrar for the College

Fair @ Butler

Fort Hays www.fhsu.edu/honors/dsp

Kelly Lynn Lutz

Loss of Parent to Cancer 12th [email protected]

K-State Women's Rowing

ACT Test 10th, 11, 12th

(Registration Due) Aug. 8, 2014 (TEST Date)

September 13, 2014


(Registration Due) Sept. 19, 2014

(TEST Date) Oct. 25, 2014


(Registration Due) Nov. 7, 2014

(TEST Date) Dec. 13, 2014


Straight from Mrs. Lockwood’s Desk

Upcoming Scholarships

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http://www.fhsu.edu/honors/dsp


Service Academy Nominations 12th Oct. 1, 2014

Pitt State Technology Open House 11th thru 12th Oct. 3, 2014

Wichita State University Senior Day 12th Oct. 3, 2014

Wendy's Heisman http://www.wendyshighschoolheisman.com/ 12th Oct. 3, 2014

Pitt State Rumble in the Jungle Senior Day 12th Oct. 4, 2014

Tabor College 11th thru 12th

Leadership Program Oct. 5, 2014

Butler College Fair 12th Oct. 6, 2014 (1:15 to 2:30)

Presidential Scholars Program

12th See Mrs. Lockwood Achievement in the Arts or have Overcome special

challenges Oct. 6. 2014

Future Fair 11th thru 12th

Oct. 6 (6-8 p.m.) and Oct. 7 (8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.)

Fire Science Day at Hutchinson 11 & 12th Oct. 8, 2014

Pitt State Sophomore Day 10th Oct. 9, 2014

K-State Senior Day 12th Oct. 10, 2014

Washington University in St. Louis 12th Oct. 11, 2014 in Wichita

Washington University in St. Louis 12th Oct. 11, 2014 in Overland Park

Wichita State University Senior Day 12th Oct. 17, 2014

K-State Senior Day 12th Oct. 13, 2014

PSAT Test 10th and 11th (Cost $14) Oct. 15, 2014

Emporia State University Senior Day 12th Oct. 18, 2014

Washburn Senior Day 12th Oct. 20, 2014

Wichita State @ Flinthills 12th Oct. 22, 2014

Fort Hays Shadow Day 12th Oct. 23, 2014

Emporia State University Senior Day 12th Oct. 24, 2014

Horatio Alger Association [email protected] 12th

Pittsburg State @ Flinthills 12th Oct. 27, 2014 (11:15)

Wichita State University Junior Day 11th Oct. 27, 2014

Emporia State University @ Flinthills 12th Oct. 28, 2014 (8:30 a.m.)

Fort Hays Shadow Day 12th Oct. 29, 2014

Prudential Pride Award 9 thru 12 Community Service November 1, 2014

Wichita State Klose 12th Nov. 1, 2014

Wichita State University Engineering Scholarships 12th Nov. 1, 2014

Wichita State University Distinguished Scholarship Invitational (DSI) 12th Nov. 1, 2014

K-State Admissions/Scholarship 12th Nov. 1, 2014

Sterling Preview Weekend 12th Nov. 2 & 3, 2014

K-State CIS programing contest 9 thru 12 Nov. 5, 2014

Emporia State University Senior Day 12th Nov. 7, 2014

Washburn Senior Day 12th Nov. 7, 2014

Truman-Campus Visit 12th Nov. 8, 2014

Pitt State Rumble in the Jungle Senior Day 12th Nov. 8, 2014

Fort Hays @ Flinthills 12th Nov. 11, 2014 (8:30)


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October 3

HS FB vs. Peabody Burns 7:00

October 4

State Land @ Fairfield

HS VB @ Flinthills 9:00

October 7

HS VB @ Oxford 5:00

HS CC @ Eureka 4:30

October 8

Poland Angus Judging @ Isabel

October 9

Lifetouch Pictures Cas-

soday 8:15 / Rosalia 10:00

MS VB/FB vs. CV/Dexter 4:30/6:30

October 10

HS FB @ Lebo 7:00

October 11

HS VB SCBL Tournament @ Flinthills

8:00 October 13

Columbus Day

FEPO 6:00

BOE @ Rosalia 7:00

Kansas Honors Program @EHS 7:00

October 14

HS Band & Vocal Fall Concert 7:00

Upcoming Events:

October 24

NO SCHOOL

HS FB vs Madison 7:00 Senior Night FB/

CC/Cheer @ Half Time October 25

ACT Test

VB Sub-State

CC Regionals

October 28

MS Math Relays @ Howard 4:45

October 29

National FFA Convention

October 30


HS FB @ White City 7:00

October 31

Halloween


Parade/Parties Prim 2:00/Int. 2:15

VB State

November 1


VB State

CC State

November 4

Election Day

HS FB Bi-District

October 15

PSAT/NMSQT Test—10th and 11th

October 16

National Bosses Day

Int. AR Cut Off

Horse CDE @ Canton

MS VB/FB vs. Caldwell/SH 4:30/6:30

HS CC @ Burlington 4:00

October 17

End of 1st Qtr

Int. 1st Qtr AR Party

HS FB vs. Burlingame 7:00 Home-

coming @ 6:30 October 18

MS VB SCBL Tourn. @ South Haven

October 20

MS VB SCTL Tournament @ South Haven

October 21

Booster Club 6:00

HS VB vs. Altoona Midway/ Elk Valley

5:00 October 22

1:00 Dismissal/Work Day

P/T Conference 4:00-9:00

October 23

NO SCHOOL

P/T Conferences 9:00-4:00

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