Oswego Schools believe that many of the quarantine, exposure and positive COVID cases we experienced during Christmas Break were actually the result of Thanksgiving Break. With that, we theorize that similar experiences are quite possible this January/February coming out of this past Christmas Break.
In addition, we would like to remind everyone to be particularly mindful of COVID symptoms and to avoid sending students to school if they exhibit two or more of those symptoms. Also, please keep students at home until testing results on them or others in the household have been returned. If those results are positive, the student would be expected to begin quarantine.
Overall, our experience first semester at school was extremely positive and safe. We would very much like our second semester to mirror and continue that trend as much as is possible. Please do what you can to keep yourself, your household as well as others in the school and community as safe as possible by avoiding unnecessary contact and remaining out of contact when exhibiting symptoms. Thank you all very much.
January Lunch Menu
Miss Ann’s morning and afternoon preschool classes had a visit from Santa and Mrs. Claus.
Spirit Week!
December 14-18
NeHi Food Drive
December 2nd - 16th
Kindergarten, 1st, and 2nd Grade
Christmas Music Information
STREAMING BASKETBALL GAMES: We plan on providing streaming services for all of our JH and HS basketball games. For our home games, this will be provided for both gyms.
The streaming links will be available in two locations:
1) In "Events" on both our phone app and website (note this is on the OJSHS building tab)
2) Live feed will also post the links on both Facebook and Twitter (again through the OJSHS option)
These services will be provided for all games, home and away. A second gym coverage for away games cannot be guaranteed.
Miss Ann’s morning and afternoon classes dressed as turkeys. Happy Thanksgiving!
December Menu
Preschool is learning about the letter H this week and celebrated with Hot Cocoa!
Preschool walked to the park to decorate NeHi’s tree in the park.
We would like to clear up some misinformation that may be going around. As a district, it is not our intention to close schools. However, as cases of COVID-19 continue to rise, we would be doing your students a disservice if we were not ready for the possibility of having to shift to remote learning. We have asked our teachers to be ready in the case we would have to transition to remote learning. Please know if this happens, it will not be our choice. We are all aware that students learn best in person rather than in a remote situation. This is the same message we have given our teachers since August. We will continue to release information as we have it. As of now, this is all the information we have.
Remote Learning Day
We will send home school pictures as soon as we receive them. Retakes have been moved to November 20th.
October Students of the Month at Neosho Heights
Summit Melton, Sadie Lane, Kynley Johnson, Dawson Conrad, Annie Reynolds, Amelia Head, Maicee Wimp, Scarlett Lane, Cheyenne McGuire, Jayden Dobbs, Channing Camus, Harlow McKibben, and Teiden Kiser
Awesome job, boys and girls!
November Lunch Menu
Reminders:
No After School Program this week
Parent-Teacher Conferences Tues/Wed
Halloween parties Thursday (bring costume)
No School Friday!
Red Ribbon Week is next week!
Preschool has been exploring fall foliage in their science center. They went on a walk to the park to find foliage and talk about the changes happening during fall.
NeHi September Students of the Month:
Owen Foster, Rhyker Zwahlen, Mason Zwahlen, Odalys Santana, Cage Miller, Weston Goodnight, Tateum Johnston, Gaige Thompson, Chloe Rhodenbaugh, Olivia Robison, Ava Franklin, Hailey Nading, and Kylie George.
Great job, boys and girls!
Picture Day Tomorrow!
Friday's (10/9) football game with Marmaton Valley has been cancelled due to low numbers on their part. The next home game will be Friday, October 23rd with Cedarvale/Dexter.
6th grade students spent a lot of time learning about plant and animal cells. We ended the unit with a 3D cell project
Our story in third grade last week was called, Pop’s Bridge. It was a historical fiction story about the Golden Gate Bridge. For our STEM project Friday afternoon, the kids built their own bridges! They were given 8 straws and tape. The goal was to construct a bridge that would hold a container of salt without falling. Lilli and Darryan were successful with their builds! Everyone else did a great job too, and we had lots of fun! 🌉
Picture Day has been rescheduled for October 9th! This is for students in preschool-4th grade. 📸
October Newsletter
Oswego USD 504 COVID-19 Visitor Protocol
Under normal circumstances The Oswego USD 504 school district welcomes visitors to all campuses. Unfortunately, the COVID-19 pandemic is a difficult time for all of us and times have changed dramatically due to the virus. Safety is our number one priority, and we must do everything we can to prevent the spread of this disease and protect our students, faculty, and staff. To minimize risk, visitors will not be allowed during the school day.
Students are discouraged to leave campus for appointments during the school day:
Doctor appointments and other off campus appointments are encouraged to be scheduled outside the school day when possible.
Parents of PK-6 students who must leave for an off-campus appointment will be required to follow this process: Parents will park out front of the building and call the office and the student will be taken to the front doors to meet their parent.
Jr./Sr. High School students (grades 7-12) needing to leave campus during the day for an appointment will be required to sign out with the office and an Administrative Assistant will see them to the front doors to be picked up. All students returning to campus after an appointment will be required to sign in at their designated check in point, have their temperature checked, and sanitize hands before proceeding back to the classroom.
Developmental Screening Scheduled in Oswego
Developmental screening will be available for all preschool children from age 3 to age 5 who may be in need of special education and related services in the school districts of Oswego and Chetopa on Friday, August 28, 2020 at the Early Childhood building at 646 Wisconsin in Oswego.
Vision, hearing, speech, and developmental screenings will be conducted for children from age 3 to age 5 at no cost. This free screening is sponsored by the Southeast Kansas Interlocal #637 and the local school district serving Oswego and Chetopa.
Appointments are necessary and can be arranged. To schedule an appointment for children ages 3-5, please call Ann Banzet at (620) 795-2792 or Shandi Morey at (620) 820-4018.
Preschool Enrollment
Teachers and staff met today to discuss our plans for continuing the education of our students. We will be working hard this week to prepare packets and any virtual learning activities. Your child’s teacher will be in contact with you this week to give you some details and answer questions you may have so far. Thank you for being patient with us through this process. Stay safe and tell those kids we miss them! 💗
Yesterday, the Kansas State High School Activities Association (KSHSAA) cancelled all spring activities and festivals for the remainder of the 2019-2020 school year.
The removal of those items from the school calendar DOES NOT imply that events currently remaining on the calendar have not or will not be cancelled. Many events will need to be cancelled and those cancellations come from different sources.
We realize that this is a difficult time for everyone. Please be patient as decisions are made by the many organizations and entities involved.
We’ve had a few questions about the beef stick fundraiser. Here is a note from Linseh, our PTO President:
We have the following options for parents/guardians that owe money, need to turn in beef sticks, or have extra orders to pick up.
1. Commercial Bank in Oswego has set up as a designated drop off location for money only. They ask that all customers please use the drive thru. When they go to the drive thru, please ask tell them the money is for Neosho Heights PTO. They will then ask for the student's name in which to credit the funds to. They are keeping track for us at the bank, and we are ever so grateful!
2. For students that have sticks to turn in OR have extra orders of sticks to pick up, please have them text us at 620-423-1411, message us on Facebook, or email us at nehipto@gmail.com to make arrangements. We have already had parents starting to reach out (or stopping by my house to ask) and so we are slowly going to get things turned in.
USD 504 Special Announcement In response to COVID-19 safety measures, Gov. Kelly announced today that all school buildings across the state of Kansas will be closed for the remainder of the 2019-2020 school year. Learning will continue. USD 504 will continue to be closed this week in accordance with the recommendation by Dr. Randy Watson - Kansas Commissioner of Education which was made at the beginning of the week. Spring break will be the week of March 23rd through the 27th. Beginning on Monday, March 30th, small groups of teachers in cooperation with the administration will begin developing a plan to carry learning through the remainder of the school year. It is the intent of USD 504 to finalize the plan and communicate it to parents by April 6th.
Free Grab and Go Kids Meals (breakfast and lunch) Available for Pickup March 18th, 19th & 20th Closed for Spring Break (Will resume March 30th if needed) Locations: Neosho Heights Parking Lot, 100 Oregon, Oswego AND Assembly of God Family Life Center, 1323 4th Street, Oswego Time: 11:30 am – 12:30 pm Available to anyone ages 1-18 years old. For more information contact USD 504 Board Office 620-795-2126
Based on the “strong recommendation” of the Commissioner of Education, Dr. Randy Watson, USD 504 will be closed this week. Next week is Spring Break and we will remain closed. We will return to school Monday, March 30th.
There will be no After School Program this week. It will resume after Spring Break on Monday, March 30.
The Archery Tournament at Pittsburg this Saturday March 14, 2020 has been cancel.
🏀📚March Madness... picture book edition is happening in 2A! We have made our brackets, and are seeing which of our favorite Aaron Blabey books wins! 🏀 📚
The third quarter Awards Assembly will be held Friday, March 13th. It will be at 9:00 in the NeHi gymnasium. You are welcome to attend!
We had a great time “Singing Through the Decades” tonight at the 3-6 Spring Concert!
Things 1-10 in 2A enjoyed eating one fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish 🐟 and Reado Bingo! 📚
REMINDER: The 3-6 Spring Music Concert will be at OJSHS on Tuesday, March 10 at 7:00. Students should be there at 6:45.
Sixth grade having fun with The Cat in the Hat!
Peter Wagner completed all of the ELA Standards on Study Island! Way to go, Peter!
3rd grade has been learning about the moon phases this week! Today, on National Oreo Day, they were able to create the moon phases using Oreo cookies!!
Thank you to Mrs. Sanders for visiting classrooms today as a guest reader. She shared one of her favorite Dr. Seuss books, Oh the Places You’ll Go!
1st Graders at NeHi had a guest speaker today. Thanks to Mrs. Hazell for reading to us!
Kindergarten Roundup
Crazy Sock Day!
March 7, 2020
Outdoor Academy Archery Tournament
Location: MSSU
Elementary flight times are 9:00 and Middle School flight times are at 10:00. There will be a concession stand available.
DEPARTURE TIMES
Students will need to be at NeHi by 6:30.
Students will need to be at SVCA by 6:45.
RETURN TIMES
SVCA 12:30
NeHi by 12:45.
Remaining Tournaments for the 2020 season.
$9.00 FOR THE PITTSBURG QUALIFIER NEEDS TO BE TURNED IN TO THE OFFICE BY MARCH 6TH.
$15.00 FOR THE STATE TOURNAMENT NEEDS TO BE TURNED IN MY MARCH 9TH.
If your child is not one of the top 24 archers the money will be refunded.
4B posed with The Cat in the Hat this afternoon!
Cat in the Hat Day in 1A!
1B celebrated Cat in the Hat Day!
Read Across America 📚
2A was conducting their own experiment that shows how penguins feathers repel water. The wax from their crayons was able to repel water and keep their penguins warm.
Third graders worked on vocabulary and dictionary skills this morning with a Define and Draw It activity.
Miss Ann’s afternoon preschool class had a fun afternoon at Discovery Days at Neosho Heights.
Miss Ann’s morning preschool class had a fun morning at Discovery Days at Neosho Heights today!
Today is Discovery Day at Neosho Heights!! If you see/hear emergency vehicles down that way, the school is fine! It's just our kids learning about their emergency services station! 😁
January Students of the Month!
Back: Cooper O’Brien, Christian Cunningham, Brooklynn Hazell, Piper Wagner, Mariah McFarland
Front: Amelia Owens, Owen George, Tateum Johnston, Paislee McKibben, Jazlyn Folk, Teazly Higgins
Not pictured: Kiera Gharmalkar
Great job!
Thumb-Buggy Loves You!
Happy Valentine’s Day! ❤️
Third Grade Valentine Fun!
Miss Ann’s morning class had fun playing Relay Race for Letters. They also made rainbows out if Skittles and water. They have been learning about the letter “Rr”.
Miss Ann’s afternoon preschool class had fun playing Relay Race for Letters. They also made rainbows out of Skittles and water. They were learning about the letter “Rr”.
100 day in 2A. We are 100 days smarter... and older!
Makenzie Dunn completed her number writing to 2,000. Way to go Makenzie!
4th Grade Kansas Day Paintings! 🌻
Mrs. Conrad’s classes made Super Bowl score predictions on Friday. Cody and Claire were both only one point away from the actual score!! Cody predicted 31-19 and Claire predicted 30-20. Chiefs won 31-20! 🏈
Picture Day is Friday!
3rd Graders are 100 Days Smarter!
Super Bowl fun in 2nd! 🏈 Hangin with Mahomes! ❤️💛
3rd grade also had a fun morning of building goal posts!
We have a few Patrick Mahomes fans in 4A!
STEM Friday in 4B! Today’s challenge was to build the tallest goal post!
Students in 1A passed their addition math facts.
Rylan Dobbs, in 1A, wrote his numbers to 1,000.
Students in 1B are prepping for the Super Bowl by practicing their patterning, teamwork, and communication skills making paper chains.
Rylan Littlepage and Audie Minor wrote to 2,000 in 1B. Way to go!
Kansas Day fun in 1st and 2nd 🌻
Kansas Day fun in 1st and 2nd 🌻
Super Fun Friday!
Miss Ann’s morning and afternoon classes had fun making and eating sunflower cookies for Kansas Day!
Reminder: No school tomorrow due to teacher inservice. See you Tuesday!
Miss Ann’s morning and afternoon classes made pepperoni pizzas for their snack and had purple punch for the letter “P”.
Some students in 1A wrote their numbers to 1,000.
Students in 1A read about different ways to travel and ended the week with a STEM activity. They made parachutes in class.
Karma Cunningham in 1A, wrote her numbers to 1,000!
Awards Assembly
Good morning! There is no After School Program this week. The program will resume on Monday the 13th. Also, there are some available spots for K-3 students. If you would like to enroll a child this semester, contact the school at 795-4541.
November Students of the Month
Front: Brody Smith, Rylan Littlepage, Xitlally Santana, Timber Shields, Tripp Walker
Back: Aspen Foster, Casey Manning, Caylee Smith, Channing Camus, Tre Weimer
Not pictured: Faith Folk
Heaven Scott came in after the picture! :)
1st Grade Singing at Oswego Health and Rehab.
Santa and Mrs. Claus visited 1A today!
2A enjoyed Gingerbread day on Wednesday. This includes comparing different Gingerbread Man stories, Gingerbread science, and a Gingerbread Man Hunt. The Gingerbread Man had ran away from Mr. Gilpin’s lunch, but we found him!
Miss Ann’s preschool had some special visitors today.
2A enjoyed seeing Santa and Mrs. Claus!
5th and 6th grade enjoyed Pajama Day and a visit from Santa and Mrs. Claus!
4B enjoyed Pajama Day and a visit from Santa and Mrs. Claus! 🎅🏻
4A enjoyed their visit from Santa and Mrs. Clause this morning!
Ms. Finley’s preschoolers enjoyed a visit and book from Santa and Mrs. Claus this morning! They also had snacks and watched Polar Express. 🎅🏻
Miss Ann’s morning and afternoon classes enjoyed watching the Polar Express, drinking hot chocolate and eating cookies. Thank you PTO!
Pajama Day tomorrow!
There will be no school tomorrow, December 17th, due to road conditions. Stay safe and warm!
The music/band concert that was scheduled for tonight has been postponed due to inclement weather. The rescheduled date will be determined as soon as possible.
That’s a wrap! The Penny War has come to an end. We will announce a final total and winners on Monday!
First grade has been learning about Christmas’ around the world. 4 OJSHS students are participating in the exchange program this year and they came and shared with first graders about how and when they celebrate Christmas. Shalini from India, Ludo from Italy, and Anunya and Ingorn from Thailand share about their home and traditions.
Today’s totals! Tomorrow is the last day!
The food drive is still going on until Monday, December 16th. Thanks to all who have donated so far!
The Penny War has begun! 5th grade is in the lead for today. Remember to bring your pennies and bills for your class, and bring silver coins to lower the points for other classes! We’ll update the leader board tomorrow afternoon!
Jolee Fiscus made it to the barn by passing her multiplication facts today! Congratulations Jolee!
Timothy Fowler completes his number writing to 1,000 in 1B. Way to go Tim!
Isabella George has been hard at it and completed her number writing to 2,000! Way to go Isabella.
Congratulations to Hunter Owen, Jaycee Schulz and Makayla Farrow-Getman for breaking the Pacer Test record today in PE. Hunter ran 63 laps, Jaycee ran 50 and McKayla ran 63. It is the third time this year McKayla has broken the 5th grade record.
We are ready to start our Penny War on Monday! Read the note below to find out how you can help Miss Liz and have a little fun at the same time! 📚 💰
Our elf was delivered from the North Pole to 1A today. The kids were super excited. We decided to name our elf Peppermint.
K-2 Christmas Program 🎄
After reading Schools Around the World, Second grade had the pleasure of having three local foreign exchange students come speak to them about school in their home countries. Anunya and Ingorn are from
Thailand, and German is from Spain. They were so informative and everyone enjoyed it!
Tre Weimer is working on math skills on the chromebook while Molly the guinea pig offers encouragement and fun!
After reading Balloons Over Broadway, 2A created their own balloons to parade around the school. 🎈
"Operation Unlock the Oven" in 3rd and 4th grade Math this week.
‼️Second grade parents!!! Look for your child’s “How to Cook a Turkey” in today’s (Wednesday) edition of The Parsons Sun!! 🦃
Today 5th grade students read about the history and tradition of turkey pardoning and were able to watch President Trump pardon the turkeys, Bread and Butter, on live television!
Miss Ann’s morning and afternoon classes enjoyed a Charlie Brown Thanksgiving feast.
5th and 6th grade students took advantage of the beautiful weather and hung Christmas ornaments for the NeHi tree!
It was a beautiful day to walk to the park and decorate the NeHi tree!
2A in Turkey Trouble! After reading the story today, we decided to help our own turkeys out and disguise them until Thanksgiving is over! 🦃
1B walked to the park to decorate the school tree. On the way back we detoured through the trail in the park.
2B enjoyed their STEAM activity that went with their story Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type. They made barns out of LEGO’s, Lincoln logs, play doh, and craft sticks
2B enjoyed their STEAM activity that went with their story Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type. They made barns out of LEGO’s, Lincoln logs, play doh, and craft sticks
1B made snowflakes out of noodles for the tree in the park.
2A made their own musical instruments after reading Ah, Music! They used cereal boxes, toilet paper rolls, rice, and other household items. They were so creative!
More pictures from 3rd grade’s snowflakes!
3rd graders have been learning about snowflakes this week! Yesterday and today they were able to make their own snowflakes using hot water, borax, and pipe cleaners. After their snowflakes were ready, they measured the diameter in centimeters and put their data on a line plot with everyone’s snowflake information on it as well. It was a fun day in 3rd grade!
Pictures from our annual Thanksgiving Dinner at NeHi.
Brayden Monjay in 1A, wrote his numbers to 1,000.
2A made their own musical instruments after reading Ah, Music! They used cereal boxes, toilet paper rolls, rice, and other household items. They were so creative!
2A sharing the instruments that they made
2A sharing the instruments that they made
2A made their own musical instruments after reading Ah, Music! They used cereal boxes, toilet paper rolls, rice, and other household items. They were so creative!
Baylee Overman made it to the barn by passing her multiplication facts today. Congratulations Baylee!
2A wrapped up their Jellies story by making their own jellyfish in a bottle!
2A’s STEAM lesson to go with the story Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type was to make their own barn using LEGO’s, Lincoln logs, play doh, and craft sticks
2A’s STEAM lesson to go with the story Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type was to make their own barn using LEGO’s, Lincoln logs, play doh, and craft sticks
6th graders worked on vocabulary and figurative language by playing a Thanksgiving-themed game of Bump!
Faith Folk in 1A, wrote her numbers to 1,000!
REMINDER: Scholastic Book Orders are due tomorrow!
Congratulations to Kimber Littlepage for winning our game of pie at archery practice tonight. Great job!
Evan Thomas in 1A, wrote his numbers to 1,000
Thank you Nehi PTO for sponsoring the pizza party for Red Ribbon winners!
Ava Franklin made it to the barn by passing her multiplication facts last week. Zoey Vest passed her facts today. Congratulations to both girls!
Some students in 1A wrote their numbers to 1,000.
Friendship pie making fun in KB!!
On October 21st, Ms. Schmidt's kindergarten class welcomed a special guest. Mrs. Jamie Gott visited our classroom!! She read the book "Enemy Pie". Then the class created a list of ingredients for friendship (apple) pie. We ended Mrs. Gott's visit sharing our yummy friendship pie!
Last week the kindergarten students had some science fun at Riverside Park. We may have played for a little bit too! It was such a beautiful day!
Charleigh Barnett was in the “Sweet Seat” in 1A this week.
Neosho Heights Thanksgiving Lunch will be Wednesday, November 20th. The cost is $5 per adult. If you are planning to attend, we need your reservation by 3:00 on November 15th. No late sign-ups will be accepted. This will help us know how much to prepare, and we need to make sure we have enough room. Thank you!
Please call the NeHi office at 620-795-4541 to RSVP.
**K-2 lunch will start at 11:10. 3-6 will begin at approximately 11:30.
NeHi October Students of the Month
Back: Nicole Barton, Brennen Pease, Liam Weidner, Harlow McKibben, Ashton Schulz
Front: Audie Minor, Persephone Fuller, Makenzi Panek, Gaige Thompson, Brantley Sutton, Dawson Conrad, Alaina Robison
Way to go, boys and girls!
Congratulations to Paislee McKibben for setting the new 2nd grade Pacer Test record in PE today. She beat the old record by three by running 48 laps. Great job Paislee.
First grader Brogan Royer completed his number writing to 1,000. He’s posing with his chocolate bar he earned for his hard work.
Fourth grade attended Americanism Day at the VFW in Parsons this morning. History of the American flag and flag etiquette were a couple of the topics they discussed. The students were also able to watch a flag retirement ceremony. We ended with hotdogs, ice cream, and singing the national anthem!
1A won 1st place in the wall decorating contest for K-2 at NeHi.
Halloween fun at Miss Ann’s. Both classes had fun breaking a spider piñata.
5th grade students are working on word choice this month and on adding more precise language and sensory details in their writing. Each student selected a word that needed to be replaced, and we buried these tired, overused words in our cemetery.
These 4th graders were “twinning” today!
5th grade class came and read fall/Halloween stories to 1B
We had lots of winners for Twin Day at Nehi! 2nd grade: Corbyn Dickerson and Hunter Owen. 3rd grade: Olivia Robison and Claire Baker. 4th grade: Jaycee and Ashton Schulz. 5th grade: Kimber Littlepage and Braeleigh Smith. Way to go!!
2A wrapped up their Super Storms story by making their own tornadoes in a bottle! 🌪
Halloween at NeHi
- Bring costumes to school. Do not wear costume in the morning.
- Kids will change at approximately 2:00.
- Parents are allowed in the building at 2:00 to help.
- Students will parade around the gym at approximately 2:15.
- Students will return to class after the gym parade where they’ll celebrate with classroom parties.
- Students will need to change out of costume before leaving.
- Costumes must be school appropriate. No weapons and no face or hair paint.
If you have any questions, feel free to call the school at 795-4541. Thank you and Happy Halloween!
Mrs. Conrad’s athletes and mathletes!
Mathlete Marlee Ezell won today’s dress up day!
Remington Owen won the dress up contest for Decade Day!
50s and 60s were represented in 1B for decades day.
School pictures are coming home today!! Retakes are scheduled for this Wednesday, October 30th.
Thank you to 1Bs book of the month donor. Each student in Mrs. Smith’s class is going home with a copy of Creepy Carrots.
4th graders learned about the structure and functions of their skulls in science. Using their observations, they created a mask that shared characteristics of their own skull!
First grader Morgan Getman reacher her goal of writing to 1,000 today. She smiled while claiming her prize of a king size chocolate bar.
Red Ribbon Week at NeHi
October 28 - November 1
NeHi Book Fair Information
The Book Fair will be open TODAY from 3:30-7:30 in the NeHi library.
If you are coming to conferences tonight, please stop by the library!
The Book Fair WILL NOT BE OPEN TOMORROW NIGHT.
Unfortunately, we only have one night of the Book Fair. If your conferences are tomorrow night, it will have already closed. You will have to come up tonight if you would like to look at books with your child.
THURSDAY MORNING the Book Fair will be OPEN for a little bit before it is packed up. If you were not able to make it Wednesday, you may send money to school and students will be allowed to make purchases at that time.
Thank you for supporting our school and your child’s love of reading!
JOB TITLE: Substitute Teachers
JOB DESCRIPTION: U.S.D. 504 is currently accepting applications for substitute teachers. This opening may be for any one or up to all three of our district buildings including Service Valley Charter Academy, Neosho Heights Elementary, and Oswego Jr./Sr. High.
Individuals interested in this position should submit the following:
1. Application
2. Substitute License
Please direct all correspondence to:
Debbie Schneeberger
Substitute Coordinator
PO Box 129
Oswego, KS 67356
dschneeberger@usd504.org
620-795-2126
1B was learning about music last week. Their assignment was to create an instrument at home with materials they could find. They had a band performance on Friday.
Reminder
NeHi September Students of the Month!
Front: Sophia Foster, Odalys Santana, Isabella George, Sawyer Dickerson, Richie Fales, Austynn McClure
Back: Emma George, Chloe Rhodenbaugh, River Shields, Hailey Nading, Christian Cunningham, Dominic Smith
Nathanial, the fireman, came to visit Miss Ann’s morning and afternoon preschool classes. He talked to the classes about fire safety. He brought the fire truck too!
Nathanial, the fireman, came to visit Miss Ann’s morning and afternoon preschool classes. He talked to the classes about fire safety. He brought the fire truck too!
Nehi's Trick or Read Literacy Night was a huge success! Thank you to those of you who came out to celebrate and share your love of reading!!
REMINDER
Zay Ahrens is in the “Sweet Seat” in 1A this week!
Join us for Trick or Read Literacy Night Tuesday at Neosho Heights!
Congratulations to McKayla for finishing her first 5K race. She finished third in her division. Great job McKayla!
Congratulations to McKayla for finishing her first 5K race. She finished third in her division. Great job McKayla!
Spider week in KA! This week we learned all about spiders, played fun spider themed math games, made awesome spider crafts, and even had a spider snack.
2A showing their books from the book order! 📚
On Friday morning, Neosho Heights students and staff thanked White’s Tax Service for sponsoring our red Oswego shirts this year. Because of this generous donation, all students and staff received a new t-shirt for free!
Look what kindergarten did!! On Wednesday, we visited Oswego Public Library for a tour, to listen to a great book, and to get our very own library card! Everyone was able to check out a book with their new card.
Don’t forget to wear your new red Oswego shirt tomorrow!
Everyone in 2A got a 100% on their pre spelling test! They will get a reward on Friday! 📝
4B students showing off their books from the book order! 📚
4B students showing off their books from the book order! 📚
Please have your child wear their White's Tax Service red shirt on Friday, October 11th. The students will be using this day as an opportunity to thank White's and get a group picture with them. Thanks! Neosho Heights PTO
5th graders, Peter Wagner and Alex Seagraves, created an informational presentation on Native American tribes. They researched games played by Native American children and led their classmates in the game.
6th graders used their new chrome books to play Kahoot! This online trivia game was designed to help them study for their unit test over Ancient Mesopotamia.
1st Grade at Neosho Heights Elementary visited the Oswego Public Library on Tuesday, October 8th.
Kindergarten Kindness Cart! ♥️
Eli Schulz is in the “Sweet Seat” in 1A.
Kindergarten visits Hickory Creek Farms! The kids had a blast learning about the life cycle of a pumpkin, farm animals, and so much more.
4A enjoyed watching the homecoming parade today!
4A enjoyed watching the homecoming parade today!
Some students in 1A wrote their numbers to 1,000!
Today was Stem Friday for 4th grade! They created circuits, experimented with coding using the robot mouse, and also had a couple of stem goals they had to complete using building blocks and pipe cleaners! It was a fun morning in 4th grade!
Today was Stem Friday for 4th grade! They created circuits, experimented with coding using the robot mouse, and also had a couple of stem goals they had to complete using building blocks and pipe cleaners! It was a fun morning in 4th grade!
Donut you love place value!? 2A does! We have been working on place value so today we enjoyed some donuts while making our own place value sprinkled donuts! 🍩
KB had "bushels" of fun with apple math, science, and literacy activities last week!! The homemade applesauce that the whole class made was kid approved 👍.
KB had "bushels" of fun with apple math, science, and literacy activities last week!! The homemade applesauce that the whole class made was kid approved 👍.
KB had "bushels" of fun with apple math, science, and literacy activities last week!! The homemade applesauce that the whole class made was kid approved 👍.
KA pumpkin art!
KA students learn in fun ways!
There will be a meeting held tomorrow to determine community interest in Scouts.
Paris Clifton is in the “Sweet Seat” in 1A.
1B students Maicee Wimp and Tateum Johnston completed their number writing to 1,000. They happily claimed their prize.
1B students Maicee Wimp and Tateum Johnston completed their number writing to 1,000. They happily claimed their prize.
October Lunch Menu
Johnny Appleseed Day at Miss Ann’s Preschool!
REMINDER: No school tomorrow due to teacher in-service!
A representative from Girl Scouts visited NeHi today and talked to all of our girls. Sign ups are tomorrow for anyone interested in becoming a Girl Scout!
1B student Sophia Camus completed her number writing to 1,000 this morning. Way to go Sophia!
1B student's Makenzie Dunn and Audie Minor have reached their goal of writing to 1,000! They claimed a king size candy bars as their prize.
Johnny Appleseed Day in 1B celebrated with homemade applesauce.
Johnny Appleseed Day in 1B celebrated with homemade applesauce.
Apple Day in 1A! 🍎 🍏
First of all, we would like to congratulate ALL of our spellers that competed in the Neosho Heights Spelling Bee today. Everyone did a great job! After 39 rounds and 115 words spelled, we had a winner! Alex Hellwig, sixth grader, won the school spelling bee and will be representing Neosho Heights in the Labette County Spelling Bee on October 9th. Sixth grader, Jaya Fiscus was the runner up. Again, good job and we are proud of all our spellers today! (Visit our Facebook page for more pictures from the Bee!)
Johnny Appleseed day in 2A!
Fourth graders enjoyed reading a play outside this afternoon. 📖
Homemade applesauce in KB this morning! 🍎🍏 To be continued.......
Evan Thomas is in the “Sweet Seat” in 1A!
First grader Bryce Cole completed his number writing to 1,000 and claimed his prize of a king size Kit Kat. 1B
Picture Day today!! 📸
Sunshine and books for 4B yesterday afternoon! 📚
1B received their book of the month and it was Do Unto Otters. Mrs. Smith's class has donors who sponsored each child and they will receive a dollar book of the week from Scholastic each month they are in school.
First graders Rylan Littlepage and Kameron Kepner wrote to 1,000! Keep up the hard work.
First graders Rylan Littlepage and Kameron Kepner wrote to 1,000! Keep up the hard work.
REMINDER: NeHi school pictures are this Wednesday, September 25th!
Thank you to Mrs. Spencer for sharing her bearded dragon with us on Friday!
“Flashlight Friday’s” are the best in Ms. Schmidt’s class!
Second graders in Mrs. McKibben’s MTSS group have been working on a play this week. They shared it with 4B this afternoon, and they did a wonderful job!
NeHi students were welcomed by OJSHS volleyball players this morning!
The Neosho Heights Spelling Bee will be held Thursday, September 26 at 10:00 am. The bee will be held in the NeHi gymnasium, and parents and friends are welcome to attend! The following students will be representing their classes:
3rd grade - Jayden Dobbs and Claire Baker
4th grade - Logan Gatewood and Casey Manning
5th grade - Kimberly Littlepage and Hayden Hanna
6th grade - Jaya Fiscus and Alex Hellwig
Kobe Hazell in 1A, wrote his numbers to 1,000!
Emma Barnett is in the “Sweet Seat” this week in 1A!
Aaronessa Call was "Camper of the Day" yesterday in Ms. Schmidt's kindergarten class.
NeHi had a full house yesterday afternoon for Grandparents Day! We would like to thank everyone that was able to join us, and we hope that you enjoyed our program, the refreshments, and the classroom time with your grandchildren! Happy Grandparents Day!
Timber Shields was "Camper of the Day" today in Ms. Schmidt's kindergarten class.
Miss Ann’s morning and afternoon preschool classes made apple scientist glasses to wear for their apple volcano experiment. They had a lot of fun watching the apple volcano erupt. The students are learning the letter Aa this week.
William Wertz was "Camper of the Day" today in Ms. Schmidt's kindergarten class.
1B was reading about storms in their reading unit. We did a science experiment and learned about the water cycle and made our own rain
Bryten Franklin was "Camper of the Day" today in Ms. Schmidt's kindergarten class.
A parent of mine shared an idea that she saw on Facebook with me. I decided to try it in my own classroom.❤️My kids adopted a pet and they are supposed to read their fluency story to their pet each night. (Thanks Rachael❤️)
Kobe Hazell in 1A is in the “Sweet Seat” for the week!
THIS IS JUST A DRILL!!
Tomorrow morning at 9:00 am, Neosho Heights will be conducting a crisis drill. If you see or hear of students evacuating, alarms sounding, law enforcement responding, please know this is only a safety drill.
We would like to give a big Thank You to officer Conrad for providing our students with bicycle and walking safety today.
Brantley Sutton was "Camper of the Day" today in Ms. Schmidt's kindergarten class.
Kesslen Nesbitt was "Camper of the Day" in Ms. Schmidt's kindergarten class on Friday.
Kindergarten has been reading books about kindness, accepting others, and filling each other's invisible buckets. Kindergarten visited every student and adult at Neosho Heights this morning with a little treat from their kindness cart. The smile on their faces as they passed out treats showed the joy they had by giving to others.
NeHi students enjoyed the football players welcoming them to school this morning. The Indians play at 7:00 tonight at home against Chetopa! They would love to have your support!
Sawyer Dickerson was "Camper of the Day" today in Ms. Schmidt's kindergarten class.
Carsen Casey was "Camper of the Day" today in Ms. Schmidt's kindergarten class.
Neosho Heights Picture Day!
Wednesday, September 25
Alaina Robison is in the “Sweet Seat” for the week in 1A!
Allison Becker was "Camper of the Day" today in Ms. Schmidt's kindergarten class.
Venn diagrams about musical instruments in 2A.
MaKayla Farrow-Getman set the school record for 5th grade in the pacer test. She ran 54 laps yesterday.
The 3rd graders have been learning about pollination in science! Their goal for today was to pollinate their flowers. They used “bees” to get “pollen” from their partners flowers to pollinate the sticky stigma on their own flowers!! They had a great time! More pictures here:
Today the 4th graders built friendship towers! They wrote fun facts about themselves on index cards and worked in groups to see which group could build the tallest tower using those cards. After their tower was built they picked 5 cards from their tower and tried to guess who the card belonged to! These 4th graders had a blast! More pictures on our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/146445425941466/posts/459885197930819?sfns=mo
Amelia Owens was in the “Sweet Seat” for the week in 1A at Neosho Heights Elementary.
Tucker Goodnight was "Camper of the Day" today in Ms. Schmidt's kindergarten class.
1B students working on domain-specific vocabulary. They are working in small groups making a grid sheet to draw a picture of the word, writing the meaning, using it in the sentence, and writing the word. Words this week are ally, aid, and relative.
We started practicing for our Pacer Test in PE. The Pacer Test is a multistage aerobic capacity 20 meter shuttle run fitness test. The test is progressive in intensity-it is easy at the beginning and gets more difficult at the end. The test is set up to allow a period of warm-up running and helps kids learn about pace. Our method of testing in the past has been a long distance run. We replaced that method of testing with the Pacer test around 5 years ago. On the first day of practice MaKayla Farrow-Getman broke the 5th grade record of 50 laps. Kaitlyn Williams held the previous record. Makayla ran 54 laps. Congratulations, Makayla! You did a great job. I also need to give a shout out to her classmates. When I took her picture they all clapped for her and were sincerely happy for her to get the record. Great job 5th grade!
On the first couple days of school, fourth graders wrote poems using the 5 senses- see, hear, smell, taste, and feel. They first filled out a graphic organizer with their ideas, and then they put those ideas into lines of a poem. The next day, they typed their poems using their Chromebooks and were able to experiment with font types, size, and color. They also learned how to insert an image in their document. Finally, we printed their poems and hung them in the hall for others to read!
The 1st Nehi PTO meeting for this school year will be held Thursday, September 19th from 6-7PM in the Nehi cafeteria. We hope to see you there!
*Please, note the date change from September 10th to September 19th. We will not be meeting on the 10th.
The After School Program will be starting September 9th! Sign up sheets were sent home this week. The After School Program is a safe, academically enriching, and fun environment for students in Kindergarten through 3rd grade. Students that participate receive a healthy snack, two 30 minute sessions focusing on vocabulary, comprehension and fluency, as well as “Healthy Kids” where they will have a fun physical activity. The program runs Monday - Thursday from 3:30-5:15. Space is limited, so prompt sign up is encouraged!
Jerry Moore was "Camper of the Day" today in Ms. Schmidt's kindergarten class.
A Message From Your NeHi PTO
The RedWheel kickoff has been changed to Wednesday, September 18th at 2:45PM in the Nehi gym. RedWheel sales will begin this day instead of the 20th. RedWheel sales will still end October 7th and pick-up will be October 16th from 3:30-6PM in the Nehi cafeteria. Please mark your calendars.
Teazly Higgins was "Camper of the Day" in Ms. Schmidt's kindergarten class.
SAVE THE DATE! NeHi will be celebrating Grandparents/Grandfriends Day on Friday, Sept 13th from 2:00-3:15 for K-6 students. This year we will begin with an assembly in the gym, followed by a short classroom visit, and refreshments. Notes/sign up forms will be coming home today!
Mr. Gilpin welcomed students and staff back to school yesterday during our morning assembly. Everyone was excited to be back, and students were GLOWING with a little help from NeHi PTO. They were at school handing out glow sticks as students arrived and had decorated the entry way and gym for the first day! We’re ready for a bright year at Neosho Heights!
Visit our Facebook page for more pictures!
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Your NeHi staff is working hard getting ready for the best year ever!! They can’t wait to see you tonight for Back to School Night from 6-7pm.
Don’t forget!!! Little Lady Indians Volleyball Camp starts tomorrow at 6pm. No need to sign up, just show up and be ready to have a great time!
Neosho Heights Back to School Night
We’re thrilled to announce Oswego USD 504‘s new app! It’s everything Oswego USD 504, in your pocket. Download the app on Android: http://bit.ly/2ZorUcz or iPhone: https://apple.co/2GyF0fZ.
Free Haircuts!!!!!!!
NEW IMMUNIZATION REQUIREMENTS: Kindergarten and 1st grade must have Hepatitis A immunizations as part of the new requirements. 7th graders are now required to have the Menengitis vaccine. Please see picture below for all immunization requirements.
Don't forget we will be having enrollment Thursday August 8th from 7am to 6pm. We can't wait to see everyone there and get this school year kicked off.