Some Parsons Middle School seventh grade students spent the morning reading and playing games with children at Lincoln. Other seventh graders went to Forest Park with Garfield, while eighth grade went to Pittsburg State University, and sixth grade participated in Finance Now. .
24 days ago, Colleen Williamson
Two Parsons Middle School students play Connect four with Lincoln first grade students.
Two middle school boys play Headbanz with first graders.
Mars. Woods and a middle school student play Sorry! with  a group of first graders.
A middle school student reads Green Eggs & Ham to three boys.
A middle school student  plays UNO with three Garfield first grade students.
A middle school student plays a matching game with a group of first graders.
Two Parsons Middle School students play a board game with three Lincoln students.
A middle school student plays a game with a group of first grade students.
Some middle school students help first grade students build a dinosaur puzzle.
Parsons schools will dismiss early Monday, March 10.
27 days ago, Colleen Williamson
Announcement of early student dismissal March 10.
This is National School Social Work Week! Take a minute and thank our wonderful social workers!
28 days ago, Colleen Williamson
A poster with hands holding hearts thanking Parsons USD 503 Social Workers during National Sschool Social Work Week.
Board of Education Agenda for the March 10, 2025 Meeting. https://5il.co/39o7m
29 days ago, Parsons District Schools
March 10 BOE Agenda
Parsons District Schools • USD 503 • Home of the Vikings!
29 days ago, Parsons District Schools
Parsons Kansas • Home of the Vikings
Preschool and Kindergarten Round-Up Coming Soon!!!
about 1 month ago, Parsons District Schools
Preschool & Kindergarten Round-Up
PHS art students exercise their imaginations as they work on individual sculptures in ceramics class.
about 1 month ago, Colleen Williamson
a student works on a shark sculpture
A student stacks coils of clay to make a sculpture.
Students work on their various sculptures
Mrs. Fabrycky gives instructions and a demonstration to a student on how to use the pottery wheel.
Studying the letter "W" in kindergarten never smelled or tasted so good as it did Friday at Lincoln, as children wrapped up the week with some wonderful waffles.
about 1 month ago, Colleen Williamson
Alesha Morrison checks on the waffles on the iron.
One child dips their waffle in syruo while another takes a bite.
Children eat waffles
A little boy licks his plate clean while another uses a stick to clean syrup from his plate.
Mrs. Strode's third grade centered some of their learning about the many leaders of this country around President's Day. Students researched individual presidents and used the information they gathered to make informational posters they can put up to share what they learned.
about 1 month ago, Colleen Williamson
A girl makes a poster about Pres. Wilson.
A girl makes a psoter about Abraham Lincoln.
A boy makes a poster about Pres. Roosevelt.
A girl makes her poster about  a president.
A boy makes a poster about Georg W. Bush.
Darece Waun's third grade students set about writing poetry Friday. Each individualized poem fit under the theme "The Best Part of Me.". The assignment allowed some introspection for students, and appreciation for who they are, as they learned about this form of literature.
about 1 month ago, Colleen Williamson
Atwo girls write their poems.
A boy thinks about his nxt line of poetry.
A boy writed his next line of poetry.
A boy looks up from writing his poem and smiles.
A girl looks up from her poetry writing.
SparkWheel coordinator Tanner Smith stopped by Mrs. Kennett's kindergarten class Friday and helped students with some word puzzles.
about 1 month ago, Colleen Williamson
SparkWheel coordinator Tanner Smith stopped by Mrs. Kennett's kindergarten class and helped with some word puzzles.
Mrs. Kennett took time to help individual students with their handwriting skills Friday, like this young man practicing writing the lower case letter "p".
about 1 month ago, Colleen Williamson
Mrs. Kennett helps a student with his handwriting skills.
Today's children might think it silly that children had books that had paper dolls in them you could cut out, and clothes you could cut out and bend the tabs on to hang the clothes on the doll. Now the clothes are a fitted with the move of a finger tip on a computer screen.
about 1 month ago, Colleen Williamson
a girl taps the screen of an iPad to dress a girl on the screen.
Please support VIKING Fan of the Week!
about 1 month ago, Parsons District Schools
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Wright Signs installed the final communication board at Lincoln School this afternoon, to help pre-verbal students and others communicate with one another in the playground setting.
about 1 month ago, Colleen Williamson
A little boy looks on as the sign is installed.
A man fills in dirt around one post.
Two men install the sign.
one man pours powdered concrete into a hole while another holds the sign.
2025 Parsons Orchestra Winter Concert https://youtu.be/6_HzPiyKvAo
about 1 month ago, Parsons District Schools
Parsons Orchestra Winter Concert 2025
Wrapping up Black History Month, Garfield teacher Darece Waun took her third grade students to visit an art exhibit in Hendershot Gallery featuring local artist Skip Smith, who is well known for his drawings and paintings celebrating Black history and Black culture.
about 1 month ago, Colleen Williamson
Mrs. Waun shares the title of a painting depicting three people in a field picking cotton.
Students look at paintings and drawings.
Students get up close looks at paintings.
A little girl looks at a drawing of three little boys, one wearing a t-shirt that says I Have a Dream.
Students look at a detailed drawing of hands folded beside a tambourine atop a Bible..
A student points to an oil paining of a basketball player.
Students wonder if the subjects Skip Smith draws are people he knows.
Students discuss a drawing of an older woman threading a needle.
Students discuss a colored pencil drawing of Patrick Mahomes.
Mrs. Waun talks to her students about the differnt art mediums used by Skip Smith.
The votes are in for the Parsons Sun's "2025 Best of Labette County Contest" and Parsons USD 503 was honored to be included among those chosen. Our own Parsons High School digital media instructor Larrian Kendricks was voted Labette County's Best Teacher, Coach Jeff Schibi was voted as Labette County's Best Coach, and Vocal Music teacherJohn Womeldorff , who directs the annual high school musicals, received the certificate for Best Live Theater Group. Thank you to everyone who voted. We appreciate you! We will continue to strive to be the best.
about 1 month ago, Colleen Williamson
Larrian Kendricks holds her plaque for Best Teacher.
Jeff Schibi holds his plaque for Best Coach.
John Womeldorff holds his plaque for Best Live Theater Group.
USD 503 administration and directors bid farewell to Maintenance Director Eric Bortz, who has taken a position in Carl Junction. His last day is Feb. 28. Thanks for all your hard work Eric! You will be missed. Best wishes!
about 1 month ago, Colleen Williamson
Eric gets a look at his cake.
Eric cuts his cake.
Welding students work on a trailer repair project, applying skills they have learned to an everyday task of real life. Even if students don't enter the trade as a career, what they learn can serve them well into the future.
about 1 month ago, Colleen Williamson
Students work to repair a trailer.
Welding instructor Travis Brumback instructs students to get need screws for a project from the auto shop.