If you have not purchased your students activity passes please do so by Wednesday if you wish to be able to use them for this weeks games. Student activity passes are $10!
Bus Riders: The Air Conditioning on the busses are unable to keep up with the extreme heat. You may pick your child up from their School at 3:15 during the extreme heat. Please call your child's school so the office can relay changes to the bus.
Thank you for your understanding through this extreme season.
PSA: The PowerSchool app for parents/students is currently down all over the state, and a time of repair is unknown currently. If you need to view your student's schedule, please use the web browser version of PowerSchool. This can be found on the USD 431 website under PowerSchool-Parent/Student. Thank you for your patience and understanding with this issue.
Message from the Hoisington Public Library: Book signing with local writer Becky Gillette 5-7 p.m. Aug. 17 with a speech at 6 p.m., 169 S. Walnut. Refreshments served. Open MW, 10 am – 6 pm: TTH, Fri., Noon- 6pm; and Sat. 9 am-1 pm or call 620-653-4128.
Message from the Hoisington Public Library: Rescheduled due to speaker illness—“A New Deal for Public Art in the Free State,” 10 a.m. Aug. 12, Hoisington Public Library. Refreshments served. Open MW, 10 am – 6 pm: TTH, Fri., Noon- 6pm; and Sat. 9 am-1 pm or call 620-653-4128.
This is a reminder that online enrollment for USD 431 ends on Wednesday, August 9th. If you have not enrolled your student, please do so by that date. Go to the district website at www.usd431.net, and select "Online Enrollment Homepage" in the middle of the big red box for instructions. Pre-Registration is ONLY for NEW students to the district.
Hoisington Rec Youth Volleyball deadline 8/6 and soccer deadline is 8/13. Online links on HRC Facebook Page
IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR 2023 GRADUATES:
From the Education Foundation - For those that received any of the following scholarships:
Art Gruber Memorial
Buckle/Foundation
Charles “Gene” Hickey
Class of 1946
Class of 1953
Cletus Kaiser
Education Foundation
Garrett Blase
Gary “Bubba” Smith
Joan Parks Memorial
Kroesch
Orr
Rowe Memorial
Superior Essex
Warner
In order for the Education Foundation to mail your scholarship check to the college, we must have proof of enrollment. Please contact your college’s Registrar’s Office to get a copy of your enrollment.
Email the copy of your enrollment to: Taylor Smith - tsmith@usd431. Please use Proof of Enrollment as the Subject Line.
If you have any questions, please contact Tammy Steinert - tsteinert@usd431.net or Taylor Smith - tsmith@usd431.
The Activities Center is still open and weights is still going. Please use the north entrance as we are preparing to have work done on the south entrance and east parking lot.
Thank you!
The RV Camp at the Activity Center will be closed for a couple weeks while the parking lot is worked on. Check here for updates on reopening.
Our new online payment system, eFunds for Schools, is back up & running. Thank you for your patience.
It has been brought to the attention of the district that our new online payment provider, eFunds for Schools, is not functioning properly nationwide and their IT staff are looking into the issue. If you can't get in to make a payment for enrollment, please be patient and try again at a later time. Check here for updates as progress is made.
REMINDER: Online Enrollment opens tomorrow, July 17th, and will be open through Wednesday August 9th for all new and returning students to USD 431. Please follow the link at the bottom of this post to the enrollment webpage, and then follow the appropriate instructions for your student. READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS AND FORMS CAREFULLY! If you have any issues, please contact Jordan Mooney at the USD 431 District Office via email at jmooney@usd431.net, or via phone at 620-653-4134.
This is a new system meant to streamline the enrollment process for the district, so please bear with us and be patient as we work through any potential issues.
https://www.usd431.net/page/online-enrollment-homepage
Reminder from USD 431: Students 7th through 12th grades out for athletics will need their KSHSAA sports Physical and Concussion Form. Check for all places to sign by both the parent and student. Turn those in ASAP.
Keep your eyes peeled for information about USD 431 enrollment for the 2023-2024 school year coming soon. To prepare make sure you can log into PowerSchool. Issues with your username email Jordan at jmooney@usd431.net.
Online Enrollment will be open for new and returning students from July 17th, 2023-August 10th, 2023, so mark your calendars! More information will be available later, so keep an eye on the website and the USD 431 app for that. Thank you.
The Blood Drive Scheduled for Hoisington High School has been moved to Hoisington Lincoln Elementary for today June 21st. This Blood Drive will run between 12:30 pm to 6:30 pm. Please enter on the south side of the building off of 5th Street. Parking is available in the front of Lincoln Elementary on Oak Street or in the back of the building.
Find more information or to make an appointment at the following link: https://www.redcrossblood.org/give.html/drive-results?order=DATE&range=10&zipSponsor=67544
From the Hoisington Public Library:
Hoisington Post Office is one of the post offices in the state of Kansas that has art painted in the 1930s. Learn all about it and others in “A New Deal for Public Art in the Free State,” by Kara Heitz at 10 a.m. June 17.
This is brought to the Hoisington Community by a $500 grant from the Kansas Humanities program.
Refreshments will be served. Hoisington Public Library, 620-653-4128.
Did you know kids lose up to 25% of reading progress during summer break?
Visit Hoisington Library, 169 S. Walnut, this summer to borrow 1,000s of books for free!! Open MW, 10 am – 6 pm: TTH, Fri., Noon- 6pm; and Sat. 9 am-1 pm or call 620-653-4128.