Clay Center Community High School

It's getting close to Mock Trial time in government classes! As part of the process, the seniors are teaching each other how to tie neckties! #celebrate379

CCCHS Senior Intern Spotlight #celebrate379

Yesterday, Mrs. Craig welcomed three speakers to her freshman health classes:
- USD 379 & Clay Counts Communications Coordinator Matt Weller showed Kansas Communities That Care local and state data and shared a theory from author Jonathan Haidt that youth mental health issues in the last 15 years are the result of cell phone and social media usage.
- Freshman Kate Larson spoke about 379 bullying data and how her class can be the catalyst for a change.
- Senior Braylee Langvardt spoke about Youth Leaders in Kansas (YLinK) and encouraged freshmen to join the leadership organization at CCCHS.
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The Lincoln academics lighthouse team partnered with Mrs. Affolter’s Teaching as a Career class at CCCHS to design bulletin boards in line with LES academic goals this year through Leader in Me. It was a great partnership, and a great result! #celebrate379

Thank you to the members of the CCCHS National Honor Society for volunteering their time at the Harvesters food distribution today. #celebrate379

Tiger Speech and Drama was excited to host Dr. Joelle Arp-Durhman today! She is the head of acting and directing for K-State’s Theatre department. Dr. Apr-Durhman had a round-table discussion with the four directors of the upcoming student-directed one-acts. They discussed approaches to blocking with forensics students and held a question-and-answer session with drama students about the design process. It was a great day! #celebrate379

CCCHS Senior Intern Spotlight #celebrate379

Polynomial long division, quadratic equations, it was all going down in Mrs. Stratton's Algebra II class in review for a quiz today! #celebrate379

As part of the new USD 379 PartnerEd grant, Mr. Phil Bone, Design and Pricing Manager at Wardcraft, was brought into Mrs. Schooley's CAD 1 class to help students learn about Revit, a 3D CAD program used to create house plans. The end result for each student will be to design plans for the 2026-27 Tiger House, which will be built on-site by Mr. Pfizenmaier's construction tech class.

Do you work in an agriculture, construction & design, or architecture business and can help provide real-world connections for students while getting paid at the same time? PartnerEd might be the program for you! #celebrate379

Mr. Roberts' Chemistry class burned Flaming Hot Cheetos to calculate the amount of energy (Calories) contained in them. Students measured the energy by using calorimeters (pop cans) and water. They learned that not all Calories were used to heat up the can. They also learned that Cheetos make great fire starters! #celebrate379

Today, English 10 students are creating their own “Life is an Adventure” belts in the spirit of Chris McCandless from the novel, “Into the Wild,” which the class is reading. As a backdrop, Mrs. Reichert's students are listening to the 80’s band “Supertramp,” who inspired our book’s protagonist to take on the alias, Alex Supertramp. #celebrate379

CCCHS Senior Intern Spotlight #celebrate379

USD 379 will use Monday's menu (breakfast & lunch) on Tuesday, Jan. 27. We will totally skip Tuesday's menus for the week. The menu will run as planned Wednesday through Friday. #celebrate379

An inspiring story of innovation, problem solving, and students helping students...

Chase is a 4th grader at Garfield. He is working on expanding his communication skills using buttons with prompts. This is new to Chase, and he struggles at times accidentally hitting the wrong buttons. It was a problem that Speech and Language Therapist Shanna Freeman thought could be solved.

That's where Mrs. Schooley’s CCCHS drafting students came in. After learning about the problem and brainstorming, they designed custom button covers for the communication device and then printed them on a 3D printer. These will allow him to greet his peers and teachers and answer questions without other buttons getting in the way.

After a need was identified, these students created a solution that works perfectly and will help Chase connect more easily with others at school. This is a great example of students using their skills to make a meaningful difference! #celebrate379

CCCHS Senior Intern Spotlight #celebrate379

CCCHS Senior Intern Spotlight #celebrate379

Today, the Class of '26 completed a major part of their four-year Individual Plan of Study (IPS) with their senior presentations. Each senior created a presentation that can be used later as part of a job or scholarship interview. Community members took time from their busy schedules to help judge these presentations and give feedback. It was a great real-world experience! #celebrate379

It's never too early to rehearse for Stardusters! That's exactly what Mrs. Thrasher's band students were doing today. They already sound great! Stardusters will take place on March 27th. #celebrate379

This is Mr. Nordhus' first year teaching Coaching and Leadership at CCCHS. One of his goals in year one was to set up guest speakers from around the community to come talk about leadership roles in their careers.

Last Friday, my class got the opportunity to listen to assistant principal Greg Ferguson talk about how leadership impacts his career!

If you would be interested in being a guest speaker on future Fridays, please reach out to Mr. Nordhus. #celebrate379