Congratulations to Aidan Edwards for placing in the Chicago Young Writers Review Contest with his written memoir entitled, “My Happy Place”. Aidan’s piece was one of the top 13 pieces from students around the country that will now be published in an online book with all 13 winners' pieces compiled. Aidan will also receive a certificate from the Chicago Young Writers Review. Mrs. Smith . . .
NOTICE OF INVITATION FOR BIDS Written sealed bids will be received by the Board of Education of Unified School District No. 506, Labette County Public Schools, Kansas at the office of the Board of Education, located at 401 South High School Street, Altamont, Kansas on the 2nd day of February 2023 by 9:00 a.m. The bid opening will be at 9:05 a.m. There are 5 separate projects for this invitation for bids. Contractors may bid any . . .
The Labette County FFA Chapter Public Speaking team recently traveled to Caney, Kansas to compete in the highly competitive Southeast District FFA Speech Contest. All of the prepared division speakers had researched, developed, and memorized a speech that was either agriculture or FFA related. The requirements for each prepared division are as follows: Freshman Prepared 2-4 minutes in length Sophomore Prepared 3-5 minutes in . . .
Labette County FFA Food Science team are now District Champions! Finishing in the top ten and paving the way for that first-place team finish are team members Peyton Merrick in 8th, Macy Clevenger in 3rd, Alyssa Barragar in 2nd and Lakin Giager with a first-place win. FFA team members also competing yesterday were Emily Black, Haylie Burroughs, Kaylee Eberhart, Peyton Gibson, Aubrey Lassen, Grace Ruark, and Elizabeth Shoulders. . . .
The Labette County FFA Officer Team recently traveled to Girard, KS to compete in the Southeast Kansas FFA Ritual competition. The Ritual contest consists of the officers performing opening and closing ceremonies of an FFA meeting. As a team the Labette County FFA Chapter took 1 st place, and becoming the Master Ritual team of Southeast, KS. The officers are President - Noah Wiley, Vice President - Cecilia Newby, Secretary - Emma . . .
Congratulations to the Labette County FFA Chapter for their outstanding performance at the 2022 National FFA Convention. With four teams representing Kansas at the National FFA Convention, the Labette County FFA Chapter members and advisors worked hard to prepare to compete against the top team from each state. The National Agronomy team completed multiple virtual components of their contest via Google Classroom. . . .
The Labette County FFA Parliamentary Procedure Teams recently competed in the Southeast District Parliamentary Procedure Contest at Girard High School. Weeks of hard work and preparation paid off as the Greenhand (1st-year members), and senior-level teams became District Champions. The intermediate-level team placed 3rd. Both the senior and Greenhand teams will compete and represent the Southeast District at the Kansas FFA . . .
Please visit the school in which you are enrolling your child: PreK-8th Grade Enrollment @ Altamont GS, Bartlett GS, Edna GS, Meadow View GS, and Mound Valley GS August 3rd 7am-7pm August 4th 7am-1pm 9th-12th Grade Enrollment @ Labette County High School August 3rd 1pm-7pm August 4th 1pm-7pm August 5th 7am-1pm New students will need a copy of a Birth Certificate, Social Security Card and current immunization . . .
