Parsons District Schools

States do not count high school students enlisting in the military or entering U.S. military academies towards measurements of post-secondary success and effectiveness after grad...

During a special retirement luncheon Monday, Parsons USD 503 recognize three retiring employees who have dedicated a combined 65 years to serving children in the district – Mike...

A group of Honor Flight students stood outside the south door of the Parsons High School cafeteria Saturday, and as an older gentleman approached one of the students immediately...

It was quiet inside the Youth Crisis Center with all the children gone to school, and Taylor Moreland sat at her desk working in a room across the hall from where her father, Ea...

Rick Geifer sat in his office chair last week and used the mouse to pull up the bus schedule on his computer screen for the remainder of the year. Beyond regular bus routes in ...

Parsons USD 503 was the recipient of two grants last night from the Parsons Area Community Foundation totaling $15,000. Parsons Middle School Student Council member Maris...

Two Parsons USD 503’s schools are the recipients of the Kansas Challenge Awards for student performance on the 2023 Kansas State Assessments. “We are pleased to award your di...

The Parsons Education Foundation (PEF) is supporting local education programs through providing 10 mini-grants to Parsons USD 503 teachers totaling $3,938.46. Each year teacher...

During her planning time Thursday morning, Tri-County Special Education Teacher Caitlin Barcus handed a young man a stack of papers to grade then sat down at her desk in her c...

USD 503 Superintendent Lori Ray presented information to the Board of Education Monday pertaining to the new law going into effect regarding open enrollment. Beginning in June,...

Large, vacuum sealed bags of hamburger and stew meat, stacked on end, now line shelves in the walk-in freezers at Parsons High School and Parsons Middle School. No big red bo...

Historically, parent-teacher conferences involve parents coming each semester to schools and listening to individual teachers talk about how a child is performing academically a...

Parsons is creating a Safe Routes to School Plan! At the beginning of 2024, Parsons was awarded a Planning and Programming (P&P) grant from the Kansas Departm...

A three-quarter-scale Humvee that community and area business and industry helped Parsons High School students build over the course of more than a decade was gifted by the USD 50...

Up until his junior or senior year of high school Seth Martin was thinking of being a lawyer. Taking debate and forensics he found he had a knack for engaging in in-depth, serio...

Every school day teachers are tasked with teaching classrooms filled with students with widely varying personalities and abilities, who all learn in different ways, at different p...

The USD 503 Board of Education was approached Monday regarding the former Washington School site being used to build a new indoor/outdoor tennis facility. “I’ve always had a dr...

There are a wide variety of clubs for high school and middle school students reflecting interests in everything from chess to anime and running to community service. What there...

As the winter holidays drew near, the newly formed Viking Dance and Color Guard burst onto the scene of area communities with energetic performances in Christmas parades and other...

USD 503 wishes all our Viking families a very Happy Holidays! Below you will find a link to the district's new quarterly newsletter. We hope you enjoy it. Each quarter we will s...