NO PASSES ACCEPTED
ADULTS: $8
K-12 STUDENTS: $6 (Booster Club is paying for Uniontown students who are 7-12 grade)
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Kansas Scholastic Press Association regional contest results were just released. Uniontown competed in a 1A/2A regional with Humboldt, Chase County, Central Plains, and Satanta High Schools. The following students placed in the top 6 and will get to compete in the State competition. Way to go, everyone!
Academics Photography
2nd Place — Ash Sporleder
5th Place — Blake Ervin
Advertising Design
1st Place — Allison Jarvis
2nd Place — Hailey Shadden
5th Place — Kaitlyn Martin
Copyediting
2nd Place — Ty Shelton
4th Place — Hailey Shadden
Cutline Writing (Captions)
1st Place — Alexis Irsik
2nd Place — Ty Shelton
Digital Illustration
4th Place — Darian Kibler
Editorial Cartoon
3rd Place — Will Maycumber
Feature Writing
5th Place — Ash Sporleder
Headline Writing & Design
2nd Place — Alexis Irsik
4th Place — Blake Ervin
6th Place — Kaitlyn Martin
Infographic Design
5th Place — Hailey Shadden
News Page Design
2nd Place — Jesse Jones
4th Place — Hailey Shadden
News Writing
4th Place — Aedan Miller
Newspaper Sports Writing
3rd Place — Blake Ervin
Review Writing
2nd Place — Beowulf Carpenter
Sports Action Photography
1st Place — Reagan Whisenhunt
2nd Place — Ash Sporleder
Sports Feature Photography
4th Place — Olivia Hickman
6th Place — Reagan Whisenhunt
Student Life Photography
6th Place — Ash Sporleder
Yearbook Design
1st Place — Alexis Irsik
Austin Maycumber earned a 3rd place medal in Prose. This was a last-minute change from his Humorous Solo Acting (HSA) that he had planned to do. For HSA, the piece is memorized; however, for Prose, competitors use a book. Austin learned of this change late last night, so this morning, he was hustling to put the written form into a notebook to get ready for Prose, which also has different rules from HSA for the types of movement and props that can be used. So, to earn a 3rd-place overall medal in an event that he didn't plan to do until the last minute, he did phenomenally.
Lillyan Robinson earned a spot at state Forensics with her Original Oration (OO) speech about the use of Artificial Intelligence. This is a speech that she wrote on Wednesday and had memorized in its entirety for today's meet. So to earn 3rd place overall was quite a feat. She earned a medal for 3rd overall, and since the 1st-place competitor had already qualified for state, this moved Lillyan up to a state-qualifying spot.
Ash Sporleder knew nothing in the morning about what Impromptu Speaking (Imp2) actually was. She quickly found out and quickly rose to the occasion. She drew topics from quotes to idioms and was able to develop three short speeches in about 5 minutes each. She earned a medal for 4th place overall.
Lexi Irsik and Ash Sporleder also began this day not knowing what exactly to expect when I entered them into Improvised Duet Acting (IDA). Not only did they have fun creating humorous skits, but they were only one point shy of breaking into finals. This is a spectacular feat for two novices.
Overall, the team had a great time and learned a lot about Forensics, bringing home some pretty impressive hardware.
Next stop, Burlington on March 10, and then on to Marmaton Valley on March 28. State Forensics will be on May 1 in Sedgwick, KS.
This spring, we are doing things a little differently. Students and parents will meet with the student's seminar teacher. Here, the student will go over grades, enrollment information, and future plans. If you need to meet with any other of your students' teachers, please call the high school office and have Ms. Bradley assist with that.
Please arrive 5 minutes before your scheduled time. Each session is 15 minutes in length. You only need to sign up for one slot with the seminar teacher.
Also, on Wednesday and Thursday at 5:00 pm and 7:00 pm, there will be informational sessions with Ms. Mason and Ms. Russell to discuss different activities, sports, and trades programs that are available at UHS.
Wednesday sign up:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0449AFA82BABF4C07-62494826-wednesday
Thursday sign up:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0449AFA82BABF4C07-62502723-thursday
C-Division
Austin Maycumber & Adam Page 1st in Circuit Lab
Adam Page & Ziggy Barbour 2nd in Robot Tour
Mathew Knight, Abbi Brown & Camilla Cagle 3rd in Experimental Design
Aryonnah Beaton & Jewel Endicott 3rd in Bungee Drop
Mathew Knight & Hunter Johnson 3rd in Boomilever
Paityn Hueston & Austin Maycumber 4th in Disease Detective
Aryonnah Beaton & Jewel Endicott 4th in Water Quality
Abbi Brown & Paityn Hueston 5th in Dynamic Planet
Austin Maycumber & Payton McAfee 5th in Material Science
Paityn Hueston & Jiyah Middleton 5th in Anatomy & Physiology
Adam Page & Ziggy Barbour 5th in Hovercraft
Austin Maycumber & Payton McAfee 6th in Machines
Aryonnah Beaton & Jewel Endicott 6th in Designer Genes
Abbi Brown & Camilla Cagle 6th in Helicopter
Camilla Cagle & Adam Page 6th in Astronomy
Mathew Knight, Abbi Brown, and Austin Maycumber 6th in Code Busters
Camilla Cagle & Jiyah Middleton 6th in Chem Lab
Jewel Endicott & Payton McAfee 6th in Entomology
B-Division
Ash Sporleder & Mason Tourtillott 3rd in Hovercraft
Ty Shelton & Ash Sporleder 3rd in Circuit Lab
Ty Shelton & Mason Tourtillott 5th in Disease Detectives
Ash Sporleder & Renee Robinson 6th in Anatomy
Scout Eden 6th in Mission Possible
Ty Shelton & Sias Keller 6th in Crime Busters
Ash Sporleder & Olivia Russell 6th in Heredity
Ty Shelton & Reese Knight 6th Potions & Poisons
Girls will play February 26, 2026 @ 6:00pm vs. Central Heights
Boys will play February 27, 2026 @ 6:00pm vs. Chase County
Good luck to our boy wrestlers at Regionals today!
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Kindergarten Roundup Coming in March
A screening clinic for 2026-2027 kindergarten students has been scheduled for Monday, March 23 at West Bourbon Elementary. To be eligible for kindergarten, your child must be 5 years old on or before August 31, 2026.
Students who will be new to WBE will sign up for a 30 minute slot to be assessed on March 23. Please bring in your child’s birth certificate and immunization record. The agenda for the child will include kindergarten skills assessment, vision, hearing, speech, and checking health records.
Kindergarten children are required to have a physical exam within 12 months of beginning school and have all current immunizations. The Girard Medical Center is available for immunizations and physicals; if you would like to contact them for a coinciding appointment call 620-756-4111.
Due to the screenings, there will be no Kindergarten class on March 23rd.
For the best testing environment for your child, we ask that you not bring brothers or sisters.
To set up a time for screening and assessment, please call the school at 620-224-2350, option 1, or visit https://tinyurl.com/2026WBEK-Roundup.
All games will be at WBE starting at 4:30pm with boys jv, then girls varsity, senior recognition, then boys varsity.
