During this Teacher & Staff Appreciation Week,
the Peabody-Burns USD 398 Board and Administration would like to say Thank You to all the staff members who serve this communities children. Through trying times this year you have risen to meet the challenges in order to provide a service for our students whether it was in the classroom, the building, the bus ride, or the cafeteria.
Thank You! We are Warrior Proud!
GRADUATION 2020
Graduation is scheduled for Saturday, June 27th @ 2pm. The ceremony will be held outside on the school grounds. The graduation ceremony will be held abiding by Governor Kelley’s Phase restriction at that time. The back-up date for graduation if needed for weather will be Sunday, June 28th @ 2pm. We will also have graduation practice on Friday, June 26th @ 10 a.m. for all graduates.
All athletes wanting to participate in a sport during the 2020-2021 school year is required to get a sport physical. The new form is located under Menu, Documents, Athletics. Reminder, you may not start practice for any sport until these are completed and turned in to the school.
New Scholarship Posted!
The George Holm Scholarship is posted on the website for Middle/High School, under the Counselor Information section in the scholarship folder.
This scholarship is for current seniors and alumni.
The scholarship is due on 5/4 at 12:30pm to Mr. Simmonds.
BOARD MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT: The April 8th regular board meeting has been postponed to April 15, 2020.
Spring Picture Order Information: If you are interested in ordering spring pictures for you students here are the instructions to do so. Follow the instructions as well as using the link below. Click on this link: https://inter-state.com/Support #warriorproud
Here is another resource for PB family:
Disaster Distress Hotline:
Text TalkWithUs to 66746 OR
Call 800-985-5990
PBMHS will be hosting a Facebook Live today (Friday, March 27th) at 2:00 pm. Updates, new information and questions will be discussed. #warriorproud
Middle School/High School Continuous Learning Schedule
PBMS/PBHS: Pick-up of all personal items, school packets, chrome books will be Wed March 25. 9:30am-12:00pm with students last names A-J, 12:30pm-3:00pm with students last name K-Z. If last names differ within the family please come according with oldest students last name.
Peabody-Burns Middle/School High School will be hosting a Facebook Live Video Chat @2:30 pm today on our
Peabody-Burns MSHS Facebook Page.
Due to order of the Marion County Health Department, the PBHS Weight room is closed until further notice.
Free Breakfast & Lunch Beginning 3/23/20 Through 5/15/20: Information located under NEWS
There's a lot of question's out there. Truth is, we only found out this afternoon about the schools being closed. Two main priorities are 1) food service and 2) teachers creating a viable means of providing education over the next couple of months. During this process we will be establishing schedules, protocol's, procedures, and a lot of information concerning things like; chromebooks, personal items, grades, expectations, and things we haven't even thought of yet.We will work on a process that best serves the child and you the parent through this process. Monday we will have staff back in the buildings. At that time we will begin our staff planning and will be better prepared to field the questions that coincide with a major event such as this. Thank you for understanding.
USD 398 2019-2020 School Year Update:
As indicated in the announcement today by Governor Kelly, the traditional educational process will be suspended for the remainder of the year. USD 398, like all districts in the state, will be moving to a Continuous Learning arrangement that will incorporate technology, online learning, face-to-face opportunities, and even packet lessons for the rest of the year.
All spring activities on the calendar have been cancelled. The KSHSAA has cancelled all spring activities for the remainder of this year. There will be no activities, programs, prom, graduation, etc, in order to avoid social gathering and transmission of the virus.
Teachers, administration, secretaries, and custodians will be reporting to their buildings on Monday to begin their planning for the implementation of this transition in this district’s educational process, and address building needs.
More information will be disclosed in the upcoming weeks as it applies to a variety of issues and plans concerning students completing the 2019-20 school year. Also, currently the district is in the process of getting a waiver approved so that we can provide meals to students in our district during this time of closure. The delivery of this service is currently in the planning stage. Continue to check the district web site and Facebook site.
As stated before, everyone can do their part by practicing good hygiene, constantly washing your hands, and practicing social distancing practices. Minimizing contact is the key to slowing the spread of this virus so that it does not overwhelm our healthcare system and its ability to provide proper services to everyone.
We are in this as a community, as a State, and as a Nation!
PBHS Update: There will be NO baseball or softball practice during spring break.
Resources for COVID-19 Information:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
http://www.kdheks.gov/coronavirus/index.htm
What a great day to be a WARRIOR. PBHS Voices sang the National Anthem at the 3A state basketball tournament today!!! Great job to all these students and Mrs.Leitnaker. #Warriorproud
Just a reminder: PBMSHS Spring Conferences are this Tuesday, March 10th, and Thursday, March 12th, from 5:00-8:30pm. Please follow the link below to sign up with your child(s) advisory teacher.
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050a4aa5ad28a3ff2-spring
NHS Blood Drive Today! A few moments of our time can go along way in helping a neighbor.
