Announcement of cheer teams for 2022-2023! Congratulations all!
Assessment season is upon us. We ask that you review the attached information in regards to the Kansas State Assessments that your students will be taking. Your child’s attendance is vitally important during this time. We are required to administer these assessments during the assigned testing window. These assessments are relatively brief, but are very important to our school. We are able to take a snapshot of what each student knows and can do. From that, we can determine where we can improve as a school to better meet the needs of our students.
Feel free to reach out with questions.
Cody Calkins, Lakin Middle School
Lakin Athletics Hall of Fame - Featured Athlete
#getBETTER
New Curriculum Materials for Reading USD 215
For the last few months, two committees of USD 215 English Language Arts teachers have been meeting to select a new ELA series for the district. One group was grades K-6 and another 5-12 . The overlap was to support the transition from elementary to middle/high school. The groups of teachers representing every grade level K-12 reviewed the Kansas state standards, discussed priorities for a new series, and reviewed recommendations from EdReports (an independent, non-profit that publishes free reviews of instructional materials to help educators make informed decisions when purchasing new materials).
With that background, each group requested sample materials from 3-4 publishers. Each company provided materials and virtual presentations allowing teachers time to ask questions that arose from the preview materials. Needless to say, this was a time-consuming process for the teachers who did the majority of the material review on their personal time.
Lakin Middle and Lakin High School have selected Into Literature published by Houghton Mifflin-Harcourt. Lakin Grade School selected Wit and Wisdom published by the company Great Minds. For both groups, one priority was to raise the rigor for students of USD 215. Based on the current Kansas standards and the need for a literate population, the committees looked for materials that will challenge Lakin students. Careful consideration was given to grade-appropriate content, and it was determined that two different publishers would be best for the district.
Next fall, families with students in Lakin Grade School can expect to see materials labeled with the Great Minds and/or Wit and Wisdom copyrights. Students will be learning a great deal of content knowledge that includes science and social studies topics as well as improving their fluency skills and understanding of how the English language works. This was a high priority for the elementary teachers since the Science of Reading clearly builds towards high-level comprehension skills. Students’ background knowledge is a critical to comprehension and adding more nonfiction reading will support that.
Beginning a new series is exciting and challenging. More information will be shared in the future.
Surplus sale at LGS from 5:00 to 6:30 pm in the LGS gym. Sales will be cash only.
Lakin HS track teams competed in Syracuse today. Both the girls and boys teams won the meet. The kids battled the wind (again) and competed tough! Next meet will be in Scott City a week from tomorrow.
Lady Broncs go 1-1 tonight at Elkhart! The Broncs will take a break the rest of this week and be back at Home on Tuesday against Sublette.
Lakin Boys Golf played in the annual Lakin Bronc JV Invitational today. Tristen and Kaden played hard, and got better.
Boys golf will be back out Thursday for the Varsity Tournament.
#SwingBetter
There will be a surplus sale at LGS tomorrow from 5:00 to 6:30 pm in the LGS Gym. There will be filing cabinets, a couch, some tables, and many other items.
*Tuesday, April 12th event changes*
*MS Track @ Lakin
After conversation with coaches and administration, the National Weather Service out of Dodge City, and the Athletic Directors involved in tomorrow's track meet at Lakin, we have decided to cancel this event due to expected weather conditions.
This meet will NOT be made up.
*HS JV Golf
HS JV Golf has been POSTPONED until Thursday April 14th due to expected weather conditions.
Sorry for any inconvenience.
HS Track and Field
Activities Week at a Glance
3:00 PM - HS JV Golf (H)
3:00 PM - HS Track @ Syracuse
4:00 PM - HS SFB @ Elkhart
4:00 PM - HS BSB @ Elkhart
Softball Weekly Schedule April 10-16th
Thank you to Lakin Lanes for hosting LHS students during club day. It was a blast!
Lady Broncs fall to Scott City tonight going 0-2. Lady Broncs will be back on the road on Monday.
Boys Golf played REALLY well in Leoti today.
Jayce - 51 1st (Eagle on hole 2)
Servando - 56 8th
Kayden - 77
Boys are getting a lot better!
#SwingBetter
Annual trip to the Kansas Cosmosphere. 6th grade toured the Hall of Space museum, viewed the stars at the Justice Planetarium, learned about Rocketry in Dr. Goddard’s Lab, and enjoyed ice cream made with liquid nitrogen.
Congrats to Lili Burch on signing with John Deere. She received a full ride scholarship to Southeast CC in Milford, NE.
