E Sports are ROCKING this spring! Playoffs are starting this week, and 7 out of the 10 teams have clinched a spot in the playoffs in the Central Time Zone Region! Here are our E-Sports Teams and their recent performances! Smash Ultimate Teams made it to the top 64 playoffs ranked both 33rd (Crusader Gold) and 37th (Crusader Silver) of 137 teams. Buhler Gold: Tim Anderson, Andrew Stohr, and Jenna Shull with sub Isaak Neighbor Buhler Silver: Cole Davies, Reese Smith, and Christian Smith Rocket League Teams made it to the top 32 playoffs ranked both 17th (Crusader Gold) and 28th (Crusader Silver) out of 93 teams. Buhler Gold: Lucas Diaz, Carsen Blasdel, and Jayden Black Buhler Silver: Peyton Whitaker, Brock Stephens, and Talan Martin with sub Rack Lusk Madden players made it to the top 32 playoffs with (Dylan Jackson (9th) and Sidney Sorenson (11th) out of 81 students. In NBA2K, Calum Morgan made it to the top 64 playoffs ranked 53rd out of 202 students. Way to go, Buhler E-Sports!
12 months ago, Paul Erickson
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Special Olympics Fundraising Event Here's a fun, impactful way to spend this Saturday! This event has been organized by Buhler High School Senior, Paige Simmons! Talk about a positive world changer!!! Join in the fun at Wheatland Park and help support the Buhler Special Olympics squad!
12 months ago, Paul Erickson
Special Olympics
Just a reminder there is NO SCHOOL tomorrow, Friday, April 7th and Monday, April 10th. Looking ahead, there will be NO SCHOOL, FOR HIGH SCHOOL ONLY, on Wednesday, April 19th, as BHS is hosting the State Music Festival. Have a fantastic 4 day weekend! Happy Easter!
12 months ago, Laurie Willison
April 6
IT IS TIME FOR A STANDING OVATION!! Congratulations to the staff pictured below for "going above and beyond for students, staff, and/or community members." In a random drawing from this group of recipients, Josh Freking(math teacher at BHS) and Allison Weber(1st grade teacher at BGS), won a $25 gift card to Dillons. Thank you to The Buhler Education Foundation for supporting this program! Also, if you need a reminder of how much this means to our staff, when one person received their certificate, they said, "I don't know why I am crying." It is because words matter. In a world so quick to judge, please remember that words matter and BE KIND to one another. #Bexceptional
12 months ago, Buhler USD 313
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standing ovation
standing ovation
Hello Buhler Families! Polls close at 7:00pm tonight for our Raising the Standard bond issue. Visit our site here for detailed information about the project: https://www.usd313.org/page/raising-the-standard-bond-issue Visit the Reno County Clerk's page to find polling information here: https://www.renogov.org/138/Elections
12 months ago, Buhler USD 313
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April 4th is School Librarian Day!!! Special shoutout to our district Library Media Specialist team of Janea Gray, Melissa Newcome, Vicky Richardson and Trisha Burgey! You are the fuel to our fire when it comes to stoking a passion for reading among our students! You are innovative educators who keep us on the cutting edge with technology integration! We appreciate you! **Buhler Crusaders, please jump in and personally recognize these exceptional educators in the comments!**
12 months ago, Paul Erickson
Librarian
It's a week of appreciation in schools across the nation! Let's start off by recognizing our paraprofessionals! While the official day was April 3rd, let's make a week of recognizing and celebrating all of them! Paraprofessionals are the GLUE that make learning STICK with so many students! Your patience, flexibility, kindness, and grit are invaluable! We could not provide an exceptional educational experience for all without you! We appreciate you a million times over! **Buhler Crusaders, if a special paraprofessional has made an impact on you, your family or student, give them a personal shoutout in the comments!**
12 months ago, Paul Erickson
Para
Each month all USD 313 students and staff focus on a core essential skill. April's skill is humility. We practice being humility in many ways through the hard work of learning and growing together, both in the classroom and through extracurricular activities. Take some time to talk about humility with your students this month! #BetterTogether #Bexceptional
12 months ago, Buhler USD 313
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humility
humility
What a wonderful day honoring teachers at The Region 1 Kansas Teacher of the Year Celebration. Buhler is blessed with amazing teachers and were represented by Courtney Adkins and Brian Moler. Mrs. Adkins teaches 3rd grade at BGS and Mr. Moler teaches math at BHS. To learn more about the celebration, visit: https://www.ksde.org/Home/Quick-Links/News-Room/two-teachers-named-region-1-finalists-for-2024-kansas-teacher-of-the-year-1
12 months ago, Cindy Couchman
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Happy Friday! Just a reminder there is NO SCHOOL, Friday, April 7th and Monday, April 10th. Have a great weekend!
12 months ago, Laurie Willison
March 31 NB
Congratulations to our BHS Cru Winds team for their efforts at the Kanas KidWind State Finals! Andrew Morgan and Issak Neighbor, led by Mr. Gazaway and Mr. Morgan, placed SECOND! In this competition, team members work together to design, build and test a wind turbine using the materials of their choice. At each level of competition (regional, state and national), turbines are put to the test in a 48" × 48" wind tunnel at a wind speed of approximately 3.5-5 m/s (meters per second). Scoring is based on turbine performance and efficiency, a knowledge quiz, an instant challenge, and a presentation to judges where the team explains its design process. Their success at the State Finals qualifies them for the national competition!!! Learn more via this Hutch Post article: https://hutchpost.com/posts/21cd8d43-e83b-4528-9207-22568ad2d421. Again, congrats to these exceptional students and coaches!
12 months ago, Paul Erickson
Kid Wind
Raising the Standard is a multifaceted bond with efforts in four key areas. Ad Astra Academies In this phase of the project, we will create classroom and office spaces for our Ad Astra Virtual Academy and Ad Astra Alternative Academy students and staff. We are proud of Ad Astra’s explosive growth (over 170 students, including 10 adult diploma seekers, and a growing team of staff members) and are excited about creating a safe, flexible learning and work space that will accommodate our Ad Astra students now and well into the future Burkholder Administration Center Expansion Better Together is a Core Expectation in Buhler Public Schools. Bringing all administrative and support staff together under one roof is an exceptional effort toward being “better together.” This phase of the project also includes a multipurpose area that would function as our Board of Education room and Professional Development space. This room will also be a community storm shelter. Indoor Activity Facility The indoor activity facility will be a large, open activity space for students, staff, and the community to utilize. PE classes, band, cheerleading, dance, in-season practice and off-season workouts can all be maximized through the use of this facility. This space will also be heavily used for youth program practices, sports clinics, and various community events. Enhanced Playgrounds Through Raising the Standard, elementary playgrounds will be enhanced by repairing and replacing equipment, expanding green space and increasing accessibility. Building principals, staff, and PTO’s would lead the charge with leveraging these resources to meet the unique playground needs of each school. Early voting is open now at the Reno County Annex at 125 W 1st Ave in Hutchinson and election day is April 4th! See here for more information, including polling locations for April 4th: https://www.renogov.org/138/Election. #GoCrusaders
12 months ago, Paul Erickson
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Did you know that the Raising the Standard Bond project will NOT increase the bond and interest mill levy? How is this possible? We took advantage of historically low interest rates to refinance the two previous bonds from 4% down to 2.89%, and 3.37% down to 1.31%, respectively. State aid has also increased from 25% to 36% on each of those bonds. Finally, valuation has increased at a rate of 3.2% over the last 10 years. Financial analysis for this bond is based on a more conservative 2% growth in valuations. These savings, increased aid, and valuations will all assist in our ability to fund this project without increasing the bond and interest mill levy. Find more detailed financial analysis and more information about the project here. https://www.usd313.org/page/raising-the-standard-bond-issue Early voting has begun at the Reno County Annex at 125 W 1st Ave. Vote in person on April 4th! See here for more information, including polling locations for April 4th: https://www.renogov.org/138/Elections
12 months ago, Buhler USD 313
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Coaches and program directors in the district praise the exceptional potential that our proposed indoor activity facility has for USD 313 musicians, student-athletes and our youth feeder programs! “This would be a game changer for the future of our program because it will allow our youth and feeder programs to be able to have a space that more teams can utilize. It would also enhance my ability to be more involved with all our youth teams.” ~John Neill, Head Baseball Coach, Buhler High School “The facility provides additional shared space for our large program when rehearsing. It gives our color guard a field to practice on during their evening rehearsals that is more conducive to our performance process. It gives the band field space to work on visual (movement)/musical performance elements during inclement weather. It gives us more flexibility in our summer rehearsal/camp schedule to add/extend rehearsals into the mid-afternoon.” ~Nathan Biggs, Band Director, Buhler Public Schools “Finding space to practice is always an issue for cheerleading, so we end up having to "make do" with practicing in random, unaccommodating spaces. I think having another space for practicing will open up many possibilities and options for practice space as well as having space to host youth clinics, etc.” ~D’ana Heinlein, Cheerleading Coach, Buhler High School “By other sports using the facility, it gives volleyball the opportunity to grow our youth programs. We have multiple youth teams, 1st grade-6th grade rec teams and club volleyball teams, ages 11-17. Between the two, we have easily 100 volleyball players. Having gym space in the district to grow the skills and love of the game for all of these girls will directly impact the future success of the high school volleyball program.” ~Deanna Emel, Head Volleyball Coach, Buhler High School “The size of the facility is set up to be utilized by multiple programs at one time. Space is a premium because of the many diverse offerings USD 313 provides for our youth programs all the way up to our HS programs. The indoor facility will also help the gymnasium usage across the district. The indoor facility will allow more availability for our VB and BKB youth teams needs because we can allow our outdoor HS/MS and youth programs that indoor practice space in the colder weather months or when inclement weather pops up. Simply, this facility will have a positive impact on USD 313 students for years to come!” ~Justin Seuser, District Activities Director, Buhler Public Schools Our coaches and program directors see the exceptional benefits and potential in the indoor activity facility! Early voting is open now at the Reno County Annex at 125 W 1st Ave and election day is April 4th! See here for more information, including polling locations for April 4th: https://www.renogov.org/138/Elections #GoCrusaders
12 months ago, Paul Erickson
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Coaches and program directors in the district praise the exceptional potential that our proposed indoor activity facility has for USD 313 musicians, student-athletes and our youth feeder programs! “This would be a game changer for the future of our program because it will allow our youth and feeder programs to be able to have a space that more teams can utilize. It would also enhance my ability to be more involved with all our youth teams.” ~John Neill, Head Baseball Coach, Buhler High School “The facility provides additional shared space for our large program when rehearsing. It gives our color guard a field to practice on during their evening rehearsals that is more conducive to our performance process. It gives the band field space to work on visual (movement)/musical performance elements during inclement weather. It gives us more flexibility in our summer rehearsal/camp schedule to add/extend rehearsals into the mid-afternoon.” ~Nathan Biggs, Band Director, Buhler Public Schools “Finding space to practice is always an issue for cheerleading, so we end up having to "make do" with practicing in random, unaccommodating spaces. I think having another space for practicing will open up many possibilities and options for practice space as well as having space to host youth clinics, etc.” ~D’ana Heinlein, Cheerleading Coach, Buhler High School “By other sports using the facility, it gives volleyball the opportunity to grow our youth programs. We have multiple youth teams, 1st grade-6th grade rec teams and club volleyball teams, ages 11-17. Between the two, we have easily 100 volleyball players. Having gym space in the district to grow the skills and love of the game for all of these girls will directly impact the future success of the high school volleyball program.” ~Deanna Emel, Head Volleyball Coach, Buhler High School “The size of the facility is set up to be utilized by multiple programs at one time. Space is a premium because of the many diverse offerings USD 313 provides for our youth programs all the way up to our HS programs. The indoor facility will also help the gymnasium usage across the district. The indoor facility will allow more availability for our VB and BKB youth teams needs because we can allow our outdoor HS/MS and youth programs that indoor practice space in the colder weather months or when inclement weather pops up. Simply, this facility will have a positive impact on USD 313 students for years to come!” ~Justin Seuser, District Activities Director, Buhler Public Schools Our coaches and program directors see the exceptional benefits and potential in the indoor activity facility! Early voting is open now and election day is April 4th! Early voting is open now at the Reno County Annex at 125 W 1st Ave and Election Day is April 4th! See here for more information, including polling locations for April 4th: https://www.renogov.org/138/Elections #GoCrusaders
12 months ago, Paul Erickson
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Inside
Inside
Did you know? Our school district does not currently have a space conducive for professional development that comfortably accommodates our entire elementary or secondary teaching staff. Below you will see a photo of our elementary team learning in a music room at folding tables and student chairs. This was only half of the elementary team, while the other half was in the library learning from a second trainer we contracted for the day. You will also see a photo below of this year’s ACT testing at BHS. There are a number of testing days at the high school that require the use of either the gym or cafeteria due to the requirements to spread students out. On these days those spaces are often unavailable for other purposes. The Raising the Standard Bond project would provide a comfortable space for teachers to learn and collaborate as teammates and professionals. It would accommodate the entire elementary or secondary staff at tables and our full teaching staff arranged in rows of chairs. Students would also be able to utilize this space for testing, freeing up space at the high school for normal activities. The space would also serve as our new board of education room. In addition to uses for our staff and students it would be available for the community to use for events and it will be built as a storm shelter for all. Early voting has begun at the Reno County Annex at 125 W 1st Ave. Vote in person on April 4th! See here for more information, including polling locations for April 4th: https://www.renogov.org/138/Elections
almost 1 year ago, Buhler USD 313
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act testing
Today is the day! New preschool and kindergarten students may attend the application clinic at Buhler Grade School. Bring with you: Birth certificate Immunization Record Proof of Residency (Visit our enrollment page to see which documents will qualify as proof of residency here: https://www.usd313.org/page/enrollment-information-forms) Buhler Schools' preschool and new student kindergarten enrollment roundups are coming up in March! We offer FREE half day preschool for 3 and 4 year olds AND low cost 1/2 day child care in the SAME building. Attend any of the times listed on the flier, regardless of the school your student would attend. If your student is a current Buhler PreK student, you do NOT need to attend for kindergarten roundup. Come join us!
about 1 year ago, Buhler USD 313
Prek roundup
See the message below from Taryn Horning and Lindsay Warner, seniors at BHS, regarding their Passion Pursuits project. We are both seniors at Buhler High School and long-time members of the cross-country team. We are hoping to put on a fun event and share our passion for this sport. We welcome all kids K-5 to join in! All information can be found in our flyer attached below. Please sign up using the QR code included or by using this link: https://forms.gle/pMrgg3Jrbb53uHz96. You can contact me at tarynhorning@gmail.com for any questions
about 1 year ago, Buhler USD 313
fun run
Check your mail! All registered voters in Buhler USD #313 school district boundaries should be receiving a FAQ postcard about the bond election which will be held Tuesday, April 4th. Early voting at the Reno County Annex starts Monday, March 27th. If you want to see this postcard and the trifold flyer, check out our website at https://www.usd313.org/page/raising-the-standard-bond-issue
about 1 year ago, Cindy Couchman
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At our BOE meeting Monday, our school calendars for 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 were accepted. These calendars were developed by our teacher representatives who did a fantastic job. Some items to note are: *The August 18th (half day PD and half day work day) has been moved to February 9th. *Using feedback from our parents and staff, the fall high school conferences not be held but the high school will have class as usual the week of October 23rd. *A new symbol has been added to note attendance center closings that are different on that day (marked with a red stop sign). *All parent teacher conference times now end at 7:30 pm. *January 3rd is now a professional development day which will be a county-wide PD day.   The calendars can also be found on our website: https://www.usd313.org/documents/about-us/one-page-calendars/222963
about 1 year ago, Cindy Couchman
one page calendar
one page calendar