May 24, 2013

It’s Jump Rope for Heart time

Jump Rope for Heart

In honor of Heart Awareness Month in February, Nike Elementary and Sunflower Elementary celebrated their healthy hearts with the annual Jump Rope for Heart event.  Students spent the month practicing their jumping skills and learning about how to keep their …

USD 231 voters to select three board members from eight candidates

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Voters will be asked to elect new school board candidates USD 231. Recently, The Gardner News sent questionnaires to candidates in contested races. They answered four questions. Three of their answers appear below. Candidates were offered the opportunity to submit …

New USD 231 schools named

Danedri Thompson

dthompson@gardnernews.com

USD 231’s newest schools will be called Grand Star Elementary and Trail Ridge Middle School.

School board members selected the names during a board meeting last week. They were forwarded two names for each school. The other …

University of Kansas bound

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GEHS star running back Traevohn Wrench (20) recently made an oral commitment to play for the University of Kansas. The 6 foot-1, 190 pounder, had 2,269 yards and 25 touchdowns as a junior.…

University update

Dalton Mantia and Alex Winter of Gardner and Natalie Stiles of Spring Hill were honored as First Year Scholars at Emporia State University. The trio earned grade point averages of 3.5 or higher at ESU during their first semester. They …

USD 230 hires new assistant principals

Aaron Todd

The Spring Hill School District announced that it has named new assistant principals for Spring Hill Middle School (SHMS). Aaron Todd will serve as an assistant principal and activities director, and Jenna Jones will take on the role as assistant …

Brief

Danette Thompson of Gardner, Kan., graduated from Rochester Institute of Technology with a Bachelor of Science degree in applied arts and sciences from RIT’s Center for Multidisciplinary Studies in the fall 2012 quarter.…

SHHS theatre department puts on spring play

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The Spring Hill High School Theatre Department invites friends, families and the community to its spring play, “Almost, Maine.”
The play will run on March 8 and March 9.
Set in Almost, Maine, the play features nine separate, yet connected …

Council canditates introduce themselves

Video by Rick Poppitz, KCVideo
Special to The Gardner News
WATCH VIDEO At a Feb. 28 forum, candidates for the Gardner City Council provided brief introductions and then answered questions. The forum was sponsored by the Gardner Edgerton Republican Group. …

SH student honored

Madeline Griffin, a resident of Spring Hill and a senior at Prairie View High School, is among seniors from six area high schools who will be honored Feb. 20 by the University of Kansas Alumni Association and KU Endowment.
A …