The Spanish classes had the chance to make piñatas as their final projects! Here is a look at their piñatas! We had a lot of creativity! The students will tell you that they require more work than you think!
SHS Summer Camp Begins Monday for completed grades 8-12.
Week 1 - Travel & Fundraising
Week 2- Woodworking with Mr. Moritz
Week 3 - Travel & Presenting
Don't miss out! Attend some or attend all! Earn scholarship money for the next Washington, DC trip in 2024.
Sign up now for a chance to win a poster!
Stafford Middle School awards night and 8th grade promotion is this evening at 7:00pm.
The graduation ceremony for Stafford High School is today at 2:00pm.
Check out the summer reading camp.
“STRANGE BUT TRUE” AT STARS SUMMER CAMP
MAY 23-JUNE 10
9:00 AM - 12 NOON
Join with your friends for fun and learning! It’s FREE!
All students completing K-4th grades are invited! 5th graders will are invited to attend SMS Zone Summer Camp.
STARS “Strange But True” Summer Camp will be held at Stafford Elementary.
STARS Summer Camp will run from Monday, May 23 - Friday, June 10.
No STARS Summer Camp on Monday, May 31, Memorial Day.
STARS Summer Camp will partner with Ms. Talbot’s Reading Camp Tuesday - Thursday beginning Wednesday, June 1.
Field trips will be planned each week. Students must attend two days prior to trip(not including trip day) to qualify to attend the field trip.
THIS PROGRAM IS FREE OF CHARGE. Fees will be charged for field trips.
Enrollment forms went home with students on Monday. Please return by Thursday, May 19.
Baking & Pastries students participated in a practical final - Cupcake Wars! Students were given a theme - "Spring Fling", and were asked to find recipes and decorating ideas that best fit the theme. Students developed a detailed timeline for production, practiced various piping techniques, sketched their concept for their finished cupcake, then prepared the recipe and decorated the cupcakes. 6 judges scored each entry on the following criteria: Bite-ability (cake to frosting ration), Frosting (flavor, type, texture), Cake (moistness, flavor, texture), Presentation (eye appeal), and Theme (fit the theme). The Lemon Raspberry cupcakes were chosen as the winner - these cupcakes featured a raspberry filling and buttercream icing.
Students enrolled in Culinary Arts 1 are busy finishing their practical final - the annual Food Truck Challenge. After a visit to Floyd's Smoke Shack food truck by the Stafford City Office, students were inspired to develop a concept for their own simulated Food Truck. There were many great ideas this year! Middle and High School students and staff voted for their favorite food truck concept - the top three finishers were: Spanish Dream "Explore other delicious cultures", Global Tokyo "A taste of the exotic", and The Breakfast Baker "We bake the cake". The students that created the top three food trucks are preparing their signature recipe to demonstrate various cooking methods and for their class to sample. So far we have enjoyed Chicken Croquetas "The most delicious bites of Spain, with a creamy and flavorful inside, and a crunchy outside.", and Sweet and Spicy Chicken "Chicken thighs cut into chunks, fried in our signature batter and coated in our secret sauce." Next on the menu are Creamy Strawberry Crepes!
SMS Summer Camp is planning to have a great time this summer with several trips around the state! Get signed up as soon as you can as it begins Monday, May 23, 9:00 am-12:00 pm.
Sunflower Summer is a program offered by Kansas Department of Education and is designed to provide a wide variety of ways for families to get out, to explore something new, and enjoy time together!
Starting May 28th- August 14th via the sunflower summer app, each Kansas student enrolled in Pre-kindergarten through 12th grade and up to 2 named adults are provided one free visit to each of the participating attractions per year to over 70 Kansas attractions, museums, and more.
More information can be found here:
https://www.sunflowersummer.org/
IdeaTek is partnering with a White House initiative to bring free internet service to those who qualify for the FCC’s Affordable Connectivity Program, or ACP.
To qualify for ACP, one member of the household must meet one of the following criteria:
-Has an income that is at or below 200% of the Federal Poverty Guidelines
Participates in certain assistance programs, such as SNAP, Medicaid, Federal Public Housing Assistance, SSI, WIC or Lifeline
-Is approved to receive benefits from the free and reduced-price school lunch program in the 2019-2020, 2020-21 or 2021-2022 school year.
-Received a Federal Pell Grant during the current award year
Residents must first apply and be approved for ACP at ACPBenefit.org. Once verified, qualifying households in the IdeaTek service area can sign up for eligible service tiers at no cost. Customers can also choose to apply the ACP benefit to any higher tier internet package and pay no more than $30 a month.
IdeaTek packages include:
Wireless:
-Plus Tier: 100 Mbps download / 10 Mbps upload. Cost to qualifying customers: free.
-Ultra: 150 Mbps download / 25 Mbps upload. Cost to qualifying customers: free.
Fiber:
-Intro: Download 100 Mbps / Upload 100 Mbps. Cost to qualifying customers: free.
-Gigabit: Download 1,000 Mbps / Upload 1,000 Mbps. Max price to qualifying customers: $30/month.
To learn more about IdeaTek’s program and eligibility, visit ideatek.com/essential-access. Or, contact Tara at 888-774-5370 or email essential-access@ideatek.com
To read the White House fact sheet about the program, please visit this website: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/05/09/fact-sheet-president-biden-and-vice-president-harris-reduce-high-speed-internet-costs-for-millions-of-americans/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=sharpspring&sslid=Mzc1MbY0MzczMjQ0AQA&sseid=MzIxNrI0MTAwNgEA&jobid=158e5e77-2c1a-41c7-9b61-2f394fb14aeb
All K-5th grade students and families are invited to enjoy the End of the Year Cookout on May 16, 5:30-6:30 pm at the Basketball Court North of the school.
Dr. Josh Gill is working with Stafford Schools to provide physicals for our student-athletes for the upcoming school year. Please see the attached document.
Congratulations to senior Tarrant Young to agreeing to wrestle at Neosho County Community College!
#TrojanNation
The middle school track meet at Kinsley is on. The meet starts at 2:00pm.
The baseball and softball games scheduled for today have been cancelled. We will know more later if the games are being rescheduled.
Our high school robotics team invited a few middle schoolers to join us as we learn and grow together. The collaboration has been very successful and made for a lot of fun!
Students in 4th Hour Culinary 2 and Culinary Applications prepared, from scratch, Roasted Red Pepper and Garlic Hummus with fresh Naan Bread. It is delicious - and healthy!
