Hiawatha Schools USD 415

Kindergarten Screening at Hiawatha Elementary School will be held April 29-30, 2021. If you have a Kindergarten aged child please go to the following link to secure your Kindergarten Screening Appointment. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0c4badae22abfac43-kindergarten **Additional information for iupcoming Kindergarten families can be found at: https://sites.google.com/usd415.org/kroundup/home

Congratulations to the Red Hawk Forensics Team who took 3rd today at the Marysville Forensics tournament! Go Red Hawks!! #HHSRedHawk4n6 #RedHawkReady #HHSRedHawks 🎭

HHS JV Baseball double header at Sabetha Friday 3/26, at Sabetha Somerset Park, first pitch at 4:30. NO SUNFLOWER SEEDS ALLOWED within the park Concessions will be available Please see information for safety protocol at Sabetha KSHSAA Covid Regulations: Face Coverings: All participants (including but not limited to athletes, coaches, officials, spectators, support staff and all others attending/participating in school activities) shall wear a face covering in the manner it is intended to be worn (for purpose of COVID-19 risk mitigation) while at the event venue and for duration of the event. The only exception is provided for athletes during the time they are competing and for officials during active play. Participants and/or officials may choose to wear a mask during active play unless it poses a safety risk.

HHS Baseball tomorrow with Marysville has been cancelled due to rain. A new date has not been set yet.

Attention Hiawatha Elementary Parents: Please check in your homes, student backpacks etc. for any device chargers or headphones that belong at school. Thank you!

Congratulations to the Red Hawk Forensics Team who took 1st last night today at the HortonForensics tournament! Congratulations to Jack Rosa’ and Morgan Hurn who took 2nd place in duet acting qualifying them for State Champs! Jack Rosa’ also dazzled the judges in prose bringing home a 1st place medal qualifying him for State Champs! Congratulations Morgan Hurn who placed 4th in Informative speech! Raven Stroud soared last night placing 1st in original oration, 2nd in Humorous solo & 2nd in impromptu speech! All wins qualify her for State Champs in each category! Congratulations to IDA team Ethan Pruitt and Eli Hoschouer who continue to tickle judges funny bones bringing home a 1st place win! Qualifying them for State Champs! Ethan Pruitt also placed 7th in Original Oratory! Congratulations Eli Hoschouer who placed 7th in informative speech! Ati Hoschouer displayed public speaking skills last night placing 2nd in Informative speech qualifying her for State Champs. As well as placing 4th in impromptu speech and 3rd in Extemporaneous speech! Congratulations to Anthony Brown who place 5th in impromptu speech and 7th in Humorous Solo! Congratulations again to the entire team who continue to put in the hard work to bring home wins. The team travels to Marysville this weekend ! Go Red Hawks!! #HHSRedHawk4n6 #RedHawkReady #HHSRedHawks 🎭

State Farm Kindness Award: HMS is proud to announce the winners of the State Farm Kindness Award, sponsored by State Farm Insurance- Ryan Meininger. Nominated by middle school instructors, one student from each grade level is selected. These students have demonstrated exceptional characteristics of respect, responsibility, manners, and thoughtfulness. They are recognized for kindness both in and out of school. We are very proud of them. Congratulations to all!!

Attention Seniors: We the Students Essay Scholarship Contest https://billofrightsinstitute.org/we-the-students-essay-contest

The first day of track practice for 7th and 8th graders is tomorrow, March 22nd immediately after school. Student athletes must have a KSHSAA physical turned into the office to participate. The coach / parent meeting will start at 5:45 tomorrow after practice in the middle school gym.

HHS Winter Awards for basketball, cheer, dance & scholar's bowl is Tuesday, March 23 @ 7:00 in the HHS auditorium *Masks are required

Miss O’Riley’s class is feeling lucky this year!

Spring Break Monday March 15 - Friday March 19

Congratulations to the HMS Science Olympiad team! The team placed 3rd in Regionals, qualifying them for STATE competition! Event Results: 1st Place (Regional Champions) (both of these event scores were the top score from every regional) *Mission Possible (Destry Groth/Bella Hedrick) *Mousetrap Vehicle (Victoria Jelks/Garrett Morey) 2nd Place *Experimental Design (Alex Madsen/Jeffrey Umland) 3rd Place *Elastic Launch Glider (Adison Williams/Jeffrey Umland) *Fossils (Destry Groth/Marcus Hinton) *Game On (Alex Madsen/Eli Geisendorf) *Heredity (Maddie Keller/Bella Hedrick) *Machines (Marcus Hinton/Garrett Morey) *Meteorology (Maddie Keller/Kamryn Carver) *Write It/Do It (Garrett Morey/Eli Geisendorf) Congratulations to all of our students!

No School Friday March 12th

The Office of the State Bank Commissioner (OSBC), the Kansas Insurance Department (KID), and its division, the Office of the Kansas Securities Commissioner (KSC) are sponsoring the annual Kansas Financial Scholars essay contest to award up to five scholarships to Kansas high school seniors who, through school courses, independent study, and personal experience, have gained an understanding of money management and can demonstrate that knowledge and the importance it will have in their future. https://www.osbckansas.org/2021-kansas-financial-scholars-essay-contest/

Hiawatha USD 415 Parent Teacher Conferences March 10 4:00 PM-8:00 PM and March 11 4:00 PM-7:30PM.

Hiawatha USD 415 Board of Education recognized HHS Booster Club for their outstanding support of Hiawatha High School Athletics. So far in the 2020-21 School year, the Booster Club has committed $25,807 toward high school athletics. Thank you Booster Club for your support!!

A huge shout out to Hiawatha USD 415's Social Worker Ms. Simmons. We appreciate all you do for the students and sfaff at USD 415. School Social Workers are a key element in helping students achieve school success. #BeaconofHope #SSWWeek2021

Seniors Additional March Scholarship deadlines!!

Attention Class of 2021: Don't forget to check out scholarships and grants that may be available to you through the Kansas Board of Regents! For more information: https://www.kansasregents.org/scholarships_and_grants