This contest ended at the beginning of April but we thought we'd share our gratitude with each of you by saying Thank You to all who took the time to place your votes and share our posts about this contest. We ended up in 21st place with 455 votes, the winning school had over 20,000 votes.

Even though we didn't make 1st place we did received an autographed message and a poster displaying one of Jan Brett's amazing book "The Mermaid", that will be hung up in the Larned Elementary Library for all to see.

Preschool Screening for children 3-4 yrs old will be held May 11, 2018. Call the LES office at 285-2141 to schedule your screening appointment now.

LHS was chosen as one of the Top 50 schools nationwide for Vans Custom Culture shoe design contest! The community can help our Art Department win $75,000 by voting for our school from April 23 to May 4 at this website: 
vans.com/customculture . You can vote once per day. Shoes do not have to be wearable, just fun and off the wall! Here are our shoe designs
#VansCustomCulture #495learn

Our Seniors got an amazing opportunity Wednesday and Thursday to realize just how much of a role model they are to our community. Each Senior was assigned an Elementary Teacher and instructed to help that teacher and students during class. From the looks of the photos below the Elementary kids loved seeing and interacting with their Senior pal.  We're just not sure who enjoy it more the Seniors or the Elementary Kids, neither wanted the time to end. 

During the opportunity to catch our Seniors hanging out in the Elementary classrooms we felt it was a perfect time to also catch the kids during daily learning as well.  

***UPDATE: Unfortunately this event has been rescheduled to May 5th due to weather predictions scheduled for tomorrow***

Please join us for a Meet and Greet with Casey Robinson on April 2, 2018 at Glory Be, 623 Broadway, Larned, Ks.   from 3:45-4:30 p.m.
 
Casey Robinson is the final candidate that the USD #495 Board of Education will be interviewing.  Candidates were selected for interviews based on their fit with desired characteristics that were developed with input from focus groups that were utilized throughout the search process.
 
Casey Robinson is currently serving as Assistant Middle School  Principal in the Fremont County School District #25, Riverton, Wyoming.   He is in his 2nd year in that position.  Previously, Mr. Robinson served as Principal of Schoenbar Middle School, Ketchikan, Alaska for seven years.  Mr. Robinson has also held the position  of superintendent at USD #271 in Stockton, Ks. and also served as superintendent at Eastern Heights USD #324, Agra, KS.

We invite you to join us for a Meet and Greet with Bryce Wachs on Thursday March 29, 2018 at Glory Be, 623 Broadway, Larned, Ks.   from 3:45-4:30 p.m.

Mr. Bryce Wachs will be interviewing for the position of Superintendent with the Board of Education on March 29, 2018.
 
Mr. Wachs is the second of three candidates that the USD #495 Board of Education will be interviewing.  Candidates were selected for interviews based on their fit with desired characteristics that were developed with input from focus groups that were utilized throughout the search process.
 
Bryce Wachs is currently serving as the Concordia 7th-12th Grade Principal in USD #333, Concordia, Ks.   He is in his 4th year in that position.  Previously, Mr. Wachs served as Assistant 7th -12th Grade Assistant Principal and District Career and Technical Education Director in USD #333, Concordia, for three years. 

We invite you to join us for a Meet and Greet with Troy Langdon on March 28, 2018 at Glory Be, 623 Broadway, Larned, Ks.   from 3:45-4:30 p.m.

Troy Langdon will be interviewing for the position of Superintendent with the Board of Education on March 28, 2018.
 
Troy Langdon is the first of three candidates that the USD #495 Board of Education will be interviewing.  Candidates were selected for interviews based on their fit with desired characteristics that were developed with input from focus groups that were utilized throughout the search process.
 
Troy Langdon is currently serving as the Larned High School Principal in USD #495, Larned, Ks.   He is in his 9th year in that position.  Previously, Mr. Langdon served as Assistant Principal of Larned High School for four years.