January is National Mentoring Month. USD 379 participates in the Teammates mentoring program, which is funded by the Clay Counts Coalition.
According to TeamMates data, 84% of mentors report that they return to their workplace/home more engaged after mentoring. What are you waiting for? Join the team! Contact lisalast@usd379.org for more information or to sign up.
What goes into a USD 379 snow day? This video is a behind-the-scenes look at the January 2025 snowstorm that dropped a record 16+ inches in parts of Clay County. It shows the district's preparation before the storm and highlights what went into getting our buildings ready to open again.
https://youtu.be/KBN4iTejiek
USD 379 will be on a two-hour delay on Wednesday, January 8th, 2025. There will be no AM preschool. CCCHS, CCCMS and Wakefield will start at 10:10am. LES and GES will start at 10:25am.
Here is the January newsletter from Chartwells, our USD 379 food service provider.
Lisa Last is once again hosting a FREE parenting course through USD 379 and funded by the Clay Counts Coalition.
USD 379 will be closed on Tuesday, January 7th, 2025. No school or activities.
All USD 379 sites, including the Stuart Administrative Center, will be closed on Monday, January 6th, 2025.
USD 379 will be closed on Monday, January 6th, 2025. No school or activities.
Please welcome Mr. Couch to the Wakefield family!
Happy Holidays From USD 379!
USD 379 Intervention teachers have gone through extensive reading intervention training from The Phillips Fundamental Learning Center. This includes Mrs. Coupal, Mrs. Fox, Mr. Liby, and Mrs. Swihart at Lincoln and Mrs. Galindo at Garfield. This group has excelled so much with the new curriculum that the Fundamental Learning Center decided to come to Clay Center and film a documentary about everything they are doing to help our kids succeed! It is a powerful video, and we hope you take a few minutes to watch!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxVvAg8ydo8
The USD 379 December meeting Board Brief can be found here:
https://core-docs.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/969/USD_379/5094827/December_9__2024_Board_Brief.pdf
Chartwells is the company that provides meals to our USD 379 students and staff. Here is their December newsletter. You can find out more about what they offer (including daily menus) at https://www.usd379.org/page/food-service-wellness-policy.
Happy Thanksgiving from USD 379!
Each quarter we create a video for staff, parents, and community members who have signed up to be a USD 379 Academic Ambassador. These videos highlight different academic curriculums used in the district and how they impact our kids. (go to usd379.org/academics to sign up)
We decided to share the latest video with the general public. It dives into the district’s 5-year plan to improve reading scores, which is taking place across all grade levels. We wanted to showcase the hard work and dedication ALL staff have put into making sure our students have the best ELA education in the state of Kansas!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sT5V0KUKzP8
USD 379 Intervention teachers have gone through extensive reading intervention training from The Phillips Fundamental Learning Center. One of those teachers is Mrs. Adams. She has excelled so much that they decided to come to Wakefield and film a short documentary about everything she is doing to help our kids succeed!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTUiDpOgRwg
Do you have a child enrolling in either the Lincoln or Wakefield kindergarten class next year? If so, please take five minutes to complete this survey to give us some more information. Thanks for your help!
https://forms.gle/W8gTW9BL3i1b2xcA8
Several of our TeamMates made a Thanksgiving craft together this week. Here's a few pics!
If you haven't heard about TeamMates, it is a wonderful mentor program across the district. Please contact Lisa Last at lisalast@usd379.org if you want more information.
On National Substitute Appreciation Day, we celebrate and say THANK YOU to our dedicated substitute educators!
Yesterday, USD 379 was visited by 2023-24 Kansas Teacher of the Year nominees from around the state. The host was Mrs. Flegler, who was the USD 379 secondary teacher of the year last year. One of the benefits of the recognition is that teachers get to visit other schools to see what they are doing to help students succeed. These teachers spent the day touring schools in Clay Center and visiting with our staff and students. They left very impressed by USD 379!
