Garfield 3rd Grade attended the annual Arbor Day Celebration at the Parsons Arboretum. Following the flag raising, Pledge of Allegiance, and mayoral proclamation, a Sweet Gum tree was planted in their honor. Then came a scavenger hunt and exploring the nature education room .
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Chuck Marquardt talks to students about the Sweet Gum tree being planted in their honor.
Marquardt plants their tree.
Parsons third grade students help raise the flag for the Pledge of Allegience.
Pat McReynolds reads the Mayor's Proclamation for Parsons Arbor Day 2025.
Children feel the pelts in the education room.
Students check out a beaver in the education room.
Parsons Firefighters talk to students about their fire fighting equipment.
A couple of students collected bouquets of dandelions and Star of Bethlehem wild flowers.
Two students look at pine cones and tutle shells in a display case.
Students walk the trail looking for items on their Scavenger hunt list.
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Happy Administrative Professionals Day to all of our secretaries and administrative assistants! We appreciate you and all you contribute to make this district operate year round!
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A poster saying thank you to our administrative professionals.
Some of Lincoln's littlest Curious Minds enjoyed creative play at the Discovery Zone Tuesday. Both morning and afternoon preschool classes found fun exhibits where they pretended to be musicians, dentists, chefs, engineers, paleontologists and more.
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Two students play with magnetic tiles to build dinosaurs.
A little girl checks out a rock through a magnifying glass.
Two boys pull parts from a bin to try to build a dinosaur.
A little boy uses fake eggs and a play standing mixer to make something to eat.
A little girl loads grocery items on to a scale to see what they weigh.
A little girl pretends she is a dentist.
Students set up roads and run their cars atrounf the wood track.
A little girl milks the simulated cow.
Two students draw on the wall of the messy room with their counselor.
Student play with all the musical instruments.
Guthridge students separated DNA from fruit during a hands-on science experiment with KDHE's Mobile Science Lab. today. In the end, students were able to watch as strands of DNA formed and then they were able to pick it up with a cotton swab and observe its mucus like texture.
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Students listen to how fruit DNA differs from human DNA.
Students strain their fruit mixtures so only the liquid is in their beaker.
Students strain their fruit mixtures so only the liquid is in their beaker.
Students look in their cups to see strands of DNA forming.
Students check out a human DNA model.
Students smash fruit in baggies.
Students pour their fruit mixes into a filter atop a beaker.
Students touch the DNA with the gloved hands to see what it feels like.
Students lift the separated DNA from their fruit, and see it looks like mucus.
Guthridge students learn what science experiment they will be doing at the mobile science lab.
Freshmen participated in SparkWheel's FutureNow: Finance, where they took on the role of a 26-year-old and the “realities” involved in monthly living expenses. Students managed finances , and learned about financial planning, goal setting, decision-making, and career planning.
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Students visit a booth.
A student leaves the transportation booth.
Students visit the health care booth.
Students visit the entertainment booth.
Guthridge fourth grade students joined other fourth graders across Southeast Kansas in attending the 2025 Earth Day Celebration, which offered students a host of learning opportunities and activities, from Kansas crops, soil, and water, to wildlife and farm animals.
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Students pet a baby goat.
Students learn about large industrial farm equipment.
Students learn about pollinators.
Students learn about dairy cows from a mobile dairy.
Students learn about water erosion.
Students pet a sheep.
Students see pelts of animals native to Kansas.
Students check out a highland cow and learn about raising beef.
Students learn about pigs.
Students learn about Kansas crops.
Guthridge fourth grade students participated in many learning opportunities and activities, and got to take home their very own redbud tree to plant after visiting the 2025 Earth Day Celebration with other fourth graders from across Southeast Kansas.
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Students learn about the different elements that make up fertilizer and how they work in soil to feed plants.
Two girls bag up their red bud tress to take home.
Students learn what stops soil erosion and helps clean our water.
Two students check out a green garden snake, one does not want it to come closer.
A little girl talks to the woman showing her a gree garden snake.
Students reach into a bucket of wheat to see what it feels like.
Students check out a deer skull and antlers.
Students try their hand at roping dummy bulls.
Students learn how to properly plant a tree.
Students play a hatchet throwing game with plastic hatchets.
Parsons USD 503 students participated in the 2025 Tri-County Victory Games. The day helps Special Education students prepare for the Special Olympics next month in Erie and allows them to get out, have some fun and socialize.
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Elementary students stand on and around the podium with their medals.
Elementary students stand on and around the podium with their medals.
High School and middle school students stand on and by the podium with their medals.
Students run a race.
Students run a race.
Students run a race.
Elementary students pose for a fun photo with props.
Elementary students participate in the tennis ball throw.
Elementary students participate in the tennis ball throw.
A student runs a race.
Parsons USD 503 students participated in the 2025 Tri-County Victory Games in Cherryvale. The day helps Special Education students prepare for the Special Olympics next month in Erie and allows them to get out, have some fun and socialize.
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Students color pages in coloring books at one of the tables.
A student shows others his tattoo.
An elementary student helps conduct the band.
Students play cornhole.
A student blows bubbles.
Students and staff search through props tpo get their photo taken.
A student climbs through a m opening inside a bounce house.
A student receives a tattoo of a sailboat.
Students relax on the grass and eat lunch.
A student runs a race.
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Tech Integration Specialist Matthew Peak took Vector the Viking robot dog to visit elementary classrooms Monday. For many of the youngest students , it was an exciting first time to see Vector. Older students learned more about how they can take classes to one day code Vector.
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Kindergarten students watch as Vactor does a dance for them.
Matthew Peak talks to students about Vector.
Kindergarten students crawl closer to check out Vector.
3-year old pre_k students pet Vector the robot dog.
Board of Education Minutes from the March 10, 2025 Meeting: https://5il.co/3dipx
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Students had a "sweet" time at the 2025 Parsons High School junior/senior prom, dressing to the nines, taking photos and dancing the night away as a DJ rocked the house till time for after prom to kick into gear.
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A young man has his picture taken with a younger family member.
A couple has their picture taken by a professional photographer.
Two young men dressed in white tuxes walk down the hallway.
A couple have their pictures taken.
A group of girls have their picture taken.
a group of students have their picture taken
Students greet each other at the entry to prom.
Students gather for the Sweet Soirée.
Students line dance to a popular song.
A young lady hands a prom goer some cotton candy.
Fun and games and loads of prizes were ready for juniors and seniors attending Project Prom Saturday.
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Prizes line the bleachers of the gym.
The cash machine stands ready.
A ping pong table is rolled in.
Signs line the hall directing students to different areas.
Giant Jenga games sit atop a table.
a game of golf pool is set up in the gym.
A giant Connect Four game is brought in.
A karaoke Station is set up.
Signs are set up directing students to different activities.
A frisbee game and scooter races are set up in the gym along with corn hole.
Monster sculptures, pinch pots and other ceramics line a shelf in the art room at Parsons Middle School, displaying some of the variety of projects students have gotten to engage in as they experience different mediums, such as clay.
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A shelf in the middle school art room is covered in monster sculptures and pinch pots.
Parsons eighth grade students participated in a job fair Friday. Each student presented their resume to the business, or businesses, they are interested in pursuing a job with, and underwent an interview with a representative of those businesses, gaining valuable experience.
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Someone from Sonic interviews a student.
A representative of Ace Hardware interviews a student
A student visits with a representative of Curious Minds Discovery Zone.
A student is interview by representatives of Elm Haven.
A student is interviewed by a representative of Labette Health.
A student visits with someone from Presbyterian Manor Human Resources about a job.
Angie's Snow Cone representati ve's interview a student.
Someone from Dominos shakes hands with a student.
USD 503 is hosting their annual Sports Physical Event on May 5th at the Middle School, and May 7th at the High School.  There is no cost for these physicals.  Consent Packets are available in the main office, and in the health office.  Spots are limited, so make sure completed consents are returned no later that April 22nd! It's important to note that physicals done BEFORE May 1st are only good for the remainder of the 24-25 school year.  Physicals done May 1st or after are good for the entire 25-26 school year. Online Consent Packet: https://5il.co/3da0y
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Parsons third grade students participated at the annual Altamont Field Day Thursday. Thru activities and games, they learned about soil types, soil and water conservation, cattle and pasture care, predators and prey in nature and habitats, growing sunflowers and more.
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Students each recveive a sunflower seed to grow.
Students draw pictures of things they would put on land if they owned a parcel and had $1 million dollars.
Students try on protective gear worn by electricians.
Students paint pictures with a mix of soil, clay and sand.
Student play a game to learn about predators nd prey.
Students get soil put in their cups to grow seed.
Students learn the life cycles of organisms that eat one another that in the end feed earthworms.
Students dig for "Artifacts".
Students get their cups filled with potting soil.
Students learn about water erosion.