Uniontown USD 235 - Winning by Education

This weeks Student Spotlight features 3 8th graders in JH woodworking class. Dredyn Marlow built a bench for his parents front porch. Kali Stagg built a set of Washer boards. Landon Greenway built a set of corn hole boards. JH woodworking is a semester long class to introduce students to basic power tools and safety. As you can see we have some talented young woodworkers. Like and share to give them the recognition they deserve.

Just a reminder: USD 235 students will not have school on Friday, April 7th. Classes will resume at 8:00am on Monday, April 10th.

Great day for our Livestock Judging team at the Southeast District Livestock Contest! High Team Overall- FR/SO Division Masen Powell -High Individual Overall, 6th in Reasons Lane Stewart -2nd High Individual Overall,6th in Reasons Jaci Marlow 9th High Individual Overall, 4th in Reasons Macy Schoenberger 12th High Individual Overall Klara Stock 17th High Individual Overall, 3rd in Reasons

USD 235 would like to say a big THANK YOU to FSHS for inviting us to join them in their career fair. The event featured both colleges and businesses, and it was an excellent opportunity for our nine through twelfth grade students to interact with all kinds of professionals.

JH Track had their first meet of the year yesterday in Pleasanton. The following athletes placed in the top 6 of their events scoring points toward their team totals. 7th Grade Girls Aniston Kelly- 3rd in 100M Hurdles, 6th in 400M, 1st in 4X100 Relay Alyson Johnson- 6th in 100M, 6th in 200M, 1st in 4X100 Relay, 1st in 4X200 Relay Kylee Knight- 2nd in 100M, 1st in 200M, 1st in 4X100 Relay, 1st in 4X200 Relay Marley Sutton- 4th in 100M Hurdles, 4th in 100M, 1st in 4X100 Relay, 1st in 4X200 Relay McKinley Sutton- 3rd in Shot, 5th in Discus Kadience Womelsdorf- 1st in Long Jump, 1st in 4X200 Relay 7th Grade girls finished in 3rd place overall with 73 points 7th Grade Boys Karsten Miles- 3rd in 100M Hurdles Blake Ervin-6th in 100M, 2nd in 400M, 4th in 200M, 6th in Long Jump 7th Grade boys finished in 6th place overall with 20 points 8th Grade Girls Kali Stagg-2nd in 100M Hurdles, 2nd in 100M, 2nd in 4X100M Relay, 3rd in Long Jump Mercedes Shultz- 4th in 100M Hurdles, 2nd in 4X100 Relay, 2nd in Long Jump Camilla Cagle- 5th in 100M Hurdles, 3rd in 100 M, 2nd in 4X100 Relay Jordi Wolf- 2nd in 4X100 Relay Riley Jackson- 2nd in 1600M, 2nd in 800M 8th Grade girls finished in 3rd place overall with 66 points 8th Grade Boys Hunter Johnson- 2nd in 1600M, 3rd in 400M, 1st in 4X100 Relay Artie Pollreis- 1st in 3200M, 4th in 800M Mathew Knight 5th in 200M, 1st in 4X100 Relay Dredyn Marlow-4th in High Jump, 1st in 4X100 Relay Keenan Keller- 1st in Discus, 5th in Long Jump, 1st in 4X100 Relay 8th Grade boys finished in a tie for 3rd place with 56 points

Uniontown Golf has played two JV tournaments so far this season. Last Thursday Trent Eck medaled in 8th place at Girard. Today Heston Stewart medaled in a tie for 9th place. Trent Eck won the Longest Drive contest. We play again Thursday in Fort Scott at 3:00.

Employment Opportunity: USD 235 is looking for a cook to serve an 8:30 to 1:30 shift for the 23-24 school year. Any interested parties should contact Shayla Knight (sknight@uniontown235.org or 620-756-4335).

Good way to end a busy contest week! NEO Aggie Day Meat Evaluation Contest (24 teams and 99 individuals) 2nd High Team Overall Marley Sutton- 2nd High Individual Overall Hailey Shadden- 10th High Individual Overall Kendyl Bloesser- 13th High Individual Overall 4th High Team Overall Brycen Stewart- 14th High Individual Overall Corrynn Atkins- 15th High Individual Overall Byron Fry- 18th High Individual Overall Addisyn Hall- 20th High Individual Overall We put two teams in the top 4 and seven individuals in the top 20! Pretty solid outing. The high school team will turn their attention to the state contest which will be April 30th in Manhattan, Kansas.

Congratulations to our FFA Freshman/Sophomore Vet Science team! 2nd High Team Overall- FR/SO Division Southeast District FFA Vet Science CDE Jewel Endicott- 5th High Individual Overall Jozie Stagg- 7th High Individual Overall Masen Powell- 11th High Individual Overall

These WBE students placed in the top 5 in their age division in the "Learnin’ the Ropes" Jump Rope Competition. There were over 3,200 competitors participating in this event from 59 different schools, 23 different states, 6 countries and 3 continents. Congratulations, Eagles!

Congratulations to Reese Gorman for being selected to the KSHSAA Covered Class 2A Honorable Mention All-State Team https://kshsaacovered.com/news/2023/3/24/womens-basketball-girls-all-class-teams.aspx

Congratulations to Reese Gorman for being selected Sports In Kansas Class 2A Honorable Mention All-State https://sportsinks.com/sports-in-kansas-2023-girls-all-state-basketball-by-classification/

Student Spotlight of the Week in Industrial Tech class. Andruw Martin just finished this heavy duty reloading bench for his dad. They wanted it tall enough to stand and work but also be able to roll it around if needed. We have a lot of nice projects this year.

School Resource Officer Turner gave our WBE kindergarten students a tour of his patrol car this afternoon. The students were very excited to see inside.

Fitness Center: The wrestling mats have been picked up and all of the fitness equipment is back in the fitness center. Regular hours and access are now in effect. Thanks,

Three days to go until the Spring Family Night on March 23rd from 5:00 - 7:00! Come out with your family to attend the event full of fun activities and free books! If your child is in the after-school program, there will NOT be buses on Thursday!

The Uniontown Math Team traveled to Iola before spring break and competed against 10 other teams. Uniontown placed 2nd and brought home 10 first place medals, 5 second place medals, 8 third place medals, 7 fourth place ribbons, and 1 fifth place ribbon. Uniontown students did very well competing against multiple 4A schools.

Hey Eagle Parents & Grandparents; Your Winter Sports Athletes will be Honored at our Winter Sports Banquet this Tuesday March 21st at 6:30 PM. We hope to have you join us . Your Student Athletes really enjoy having you Share in this annual event. The more the Merrier !!!!

Thursday, March 23rd from 5-7 is the Spring Family Fun Night at WBE!! There will be make & take activities, snacks, and games for the whole family to enjoy! Plus, one free book will be given to each child! Sponsored by Title 1, Communities in Schools, & 21st Century CLC.

Visit https://bit.ly/3ZY8s5A to sign your children up for the K-6th grade summer camp! The program will run from June 5th - June 30th from 8:30 to 1:45. This program is completely free including transportation, field trips, & meals! Deadline to register is March 31st!!