PHS Welding I students are working on personal projects right now, like Blake Blevins, who is welding angular, geometric shapes of metal together to make a deer head, and Makayla Farro-Getman, whose own deer head is made of cut pieces of silverware welded to an armature.
3 days ago, Colleen Williamson
A student holds up his  deer head he designed and welded together.
A deer head with antlers made of angular pieces of flat metal welded together.
A student sets up the wleder to work on his project.
A student welds on her art piece.
A student welds on her art piece.
Various pieces of silverware are being cut and welded to an armature to create a dear head.
Various pieces of silverware are being cut and welded to an armature to create a dear head.
Various pieces of silverware are being cut and welded to an armature to create a dear head.
PHS anatomy and physiology students apply clay muscles to skeleton models for anatomical study, using reference images of the human musculature. Students follow the origins and insertions of each muscle to build them in clay and use other tools to create details like striations.
3 days ago, Colleen Williamson
Two girls attach a clay muscle to their skeleton.
A girl creates striations in a muscle with a clay tool.
A grrl attaches muscles mad of clay to the neck of a skeleton.
A young lady attaches a muscle to the back of her skeleton.
A group of three girls work on making and attaching muscles to their skeleton.
Two young men work on making musckes for their seleton.
Parsons Middle School Yearbook orders are due on April 30. Yearbooks can be ordered online at inter-state.com/order by using the school code: 90642D. Below is a flyer created by yearbook student George Garrett.
6 days ago, Parsons District Schools
PMS Yearbook
PHS horticulture students paint their farm produce stand, recently built by PHS construction students. Students will place the stand outside certain days allowing the community to get fresh greens students have grown and leave a donation to help cover the costs of Vikings Farms.
7 days ago, Colleen Williamson
Students paint their farm produce stand.
Students paint their farm produce stand.
Two PHS students stepped up and visited with KSN today about the horticulture class's upcoming fundraising efforts to pay for electricity to be run to a hoop house. The school is receiving through a grant. They'll be on TV tonight! Check them out.
7 days ago, Colleen Williamson
Two horticulture students speak to KSN about their fundraising.
Lincoln students in preschool through first grade were hard at work Thursday learning everything from social skills, the alphabet, colors and how to write their name, to reading, spelling, math and following directions. A little creative art was thrown in, too.
7 days ago, Colleen Williamson
The daycare teacher helps a student make rain using glue.
A student reads a book.
A little girl works on her colors.
A boy paints a rainbow as Mrs. Pontious watches.
Two girls practice letters of the alphabet in preschool.
Using different colors of crayon, students trace inside the clock letters spelling out their names.
Two girls build a house of Legos.
A little girl writes out sentences about what she likes.
An aide wipes paint off a boys hands after he made a handprint picture.
Two girls work on iPad lessons.
Project Prom is selling Viking gear through Jock's Nitch as a fundraiser with all proceeds going directly to Project Prom. Please visit the site and order some AWESOME Viking gear while supporting an awesome program! https://jocksnitchpromo.com/project-prom25/shop/home
10 days ago, Parsons District Schools
Project Prom Financial Support
We Are Hiring - Parsons High School Head Custodian 2025-26
10 days ago, Parsons District Schools
We Are Hiring
We Are Hiring - General Maintenance Worker
10 days ago, Parsons District Schools
We Are Hiring!
In a recruitment effort Thursday, PHS band and orchestra students performed for Guthridge students and their instructors shared about the various instruments students play. All ages can play in orchestra. Students can start band in sixth grade at Parsons Middle School.
13 days ago, Colleen Williamson
Band members prepare to play. for Guthridge students.
Orchestra plays for Guthridge students.
Band students hold up instruments as Mrs, Cornelio shares about them.
Band performs for Guthridge students.
Mrs. Cornelio talks to students about band.
The orchestra plays for Guthridge students.
The PHS band plays for Guthridge. students.
Several of Bruce Rea's robotics students spent their first day of Spring Break in the classroom with a representative from Magnum Systems learning to program the Fanuc robot the company donated to PHS. More lessons are planned in coming weeks.
13 days ago, Colleen Williamson
Derek shows Chris how to end operations.
Derek shows a student how to program the robot.
Derek shows a student how to program the robot.
Derek watches as a student operates the robot.
A student programs the robot.
Bruce Rea visits with Derek.
Derek looks on as the robot operates according to programmed commands from a student.
We Are Hiring: PHS Head Custodian for the 2025-26 School Year.
21 days ago, Parsons District Schools
PHS Head Custodian Now Hiring
No School on March 14, 2025
21 days ago, Parsons District Schools
No School March 14, 2025
At the Board of Education meeting held Monday evening, the Board voted to make up one of the four snow days that we had in February. School will now be in session on April 18th as the make-up day.
21 days ago, Parsons District Schools
Snow Make-Up Day 04.18.25
Spring Recess is March 17-21. Enjoy Vikes!
21 days ago, Colleen Williamson
A picture with flowers and bees announcing Spring Recess March 17-21.
Board of Education minutes from the February 10, 2025 meeting. https://5il.co/3aah6
22 days ago, Parsons District Schools
02.10.25 BOE Minutes
Parsons Middle School students passing all their classes, who had high attendance, few tardies, and 0 discipline referrals for this quarter enjoyed the sweet reward of getting to go bowling Wednesday.
22 days ago, Colleen Williamson
A student holds a ball, talking to a friend, before he starts.
students set up the machine to start their game.
Three girls step up to the ball return and one grabs a bowling ball.
Susan Hill helps a group of young men with inputting their names to manage scoring.
A group of students gather around a scoring machine to put their names iin.
Students bowl.
Lanes are filles with student groups bowling.
A group of girls gather around a scoring machine as their names are put in.
Susan Hill talks to a student about technique to bowl.
Students slip on bowling shoes.
There is no school Friday and next week is Spring Recess, but there was still lots of learning happening at Lincoln School today.
22 days ago, Colleen Williamson
A student uses an Osmo to practice writing his letters.
Students work in a small group with Mrs. McGuire on reading and English.
A student works on finding words with the "op" sound.
Mrs. Hutley's students took an assessment test.
A student follows instructions to build a slide with a construction set.
A students uses an iPad during reading time.
Students in Mrs, Hicks class spent tinme working in a large group on their workbooks.
Students work on their reading skills with Mrs. Varner.
A teachers assistant works with a student on her sight words.
Students work on a worksheet for reading, themed for St. Patrick's Day.
Parsons Choir Winter Concert https://youtu.be/o-dbSFnzzb0
24 days ago, Parsons District Schools
2025 Parsons Winter Choir Concert
Parsons Middle School seventh grade students accompanied small groups of Garfield students on a Nature Scavenger Hunt in Forest Park this morning. Students attempted to find as many of the 25 items listed as they could, like a bird, a feather, a squirrel, a worm, and clover.
24 days ago, Colleen Williamson
A middle school boy talks to his group of Garfield students about the remaining items on their list to find.
A middle school student and her teo Garfield students walks along a path looking for items.
A girl spots a bird and points it out to the others in her group.
A boy holds a handful of treasures from nature he collected.
A team talks about where they are going to check next for items.
A Garfield girl shows her middle school leader the leaf she found to kick off their hunt.
A group of three students look over everything they need to find.
A students shows an item she found on the list to another student.
A boy shows a leaf he found and his middle school leader checks it off the list.
Two girls spy a squirrel by a tree.