Linn Schools

As we close this teacher appreciation week, I want to take a moment to recognize our teachers at Hanover and Linn Schools for all the hard work, dedication, and care they give to their students, families, and communities! Our teachers at USD 223 are simply amazing at what they do! We are very proud of our schools and their accomplishments which is largely due to the work and dedication of our teachers/staff and family support. Thank you also to the communities for your support of our schools, teachers and staff! It is only in working together that we can accomplish this tremendous task of educating our youth! Our 2023 state assessment scores and ACT scores are again among the highest in the state and I would expect a 2024 results to be the same! Congratulations to our seniors on their up coming graduations this Sunday. They are well prepared for post secondary life thanks to their hard work as well as that of our teachers, staff, coaches, families and the support of the respective communities!

The first and second graders had a great time visiting their nursing home friends today! It was our last visit of this school year! We wish them all a wonderful summer!

Senior students signed letters of intent for their future plans last week during Senior Signing Day! Congratulations to all of the soon-to-be graduates!

Come a little early to Awards Night this evening at 7pm and view the HS Art Exhibition! Some amazing work is on display by our Art Bulldogs!

As we wrap up the JH Track season, here are the updated records after the completion of this season. We had some kids really excel this year, and hope they continue to work hard and push themselves to get better! * Special Note on the 8th grade Boys: They did not have a High Jumper, 800 M, 1600 M, or 3200 M entry this season.

Girls Basketball Players: Reminder make sure you get registration paid to Coach Kuhlman for all 3 on 3. We are currently missing 7 of the 28 signed up. Shirts have already been ordered. Thanks.

High School Football Player Reminder: Epic Camp forms are due this Friday with money. KWU can be paid later in the summer, but need to get Epic Forms mailed in. Currently have 11 of the 18 with forms in (8 paid.) Please be getting that done this week. Camp is July 12th @ Clyde.

Join us tonight for Spring Sports and Scholarship Award Night at 7pm in the old gym! Upcoming 7th & 9th grade orientation is immediately before at 6:30p in the cafeteria.

Kelsay Mueller was recognized as Rotary Student of the Month in Washington today! Congratulations Kelsay!

We had 9 chicks hatch today! The first graders have been extremely excited about this! Maren and Isaak took them home after school and will take good care of them!!

Due to the potential severe weather, we will not be traveling to Republic County today for JH track.

High School Football Player Reminder: Epic Camp forms are due this Friday with money. KWU can be paid later in the summer, but need to get Epic Forms mailed in. Currently have 11 of the 18 with forms in (8 paid.) Please be getting that done this week. Camp is July 12th @ Clyde.

Girls Basketball Players: Reminder make sure you get registration paid to Coach Kuhlman for all Summer activities. HS MAYB June 1-2: $45 JH MAYB June 1-2: $30 (will have a team for sure) All 3 on 3: $15 HS Hastings Team Camp : $30

BIA

Summer Athletic Development teams as drafted by our captains. Captains were chosen by L Club this year. If I missed someone, please let me know and we will get them on a team. Weights begins May 28th and will end on August 2nd. We will offer this everyone Monday/Tuesday/Thursday/Friday. Sessions will run from 6-8 am (boys), 7-9 am (girls) , and 7-8:30 pm (make up session). Hope to see everyone there getting better!

Seniors participated in the annual Senior Send Off at Linn this week. Students rotated through ten stations covering a variety of "real-life" topics from healthy eating, car maintenance, personal safety, mental health and more. We greatly appreciate all of the community members who volunteered their time to share their expertise.

Due to a shortage of meets and cancellations, we were able to get into a JH Track Meet on Monday at Republic County. This is a completely optional meet, and I do not expect everyone to want to go. I will be talking to kids today and seeing who plans on going. Because this is short notice, we will not practice today (practice Thursday and Friday.) since kids may not have brought stuff for practice. Thanks.

Results from yesterdays JH BVL Track Meet at Washington. Kids battled through adversity while keeping their composure and competing hard. Proud of the year they have had. I will be posting personal bests for each kid later on in the day.

CCCC Art Day - Pt 2 - "Art Outlaws ~ Best of the Midwest" - Here are more of our HS Art students who received awards for their artwork: Gabe Roetter - "Most Inspirational" Trophy & Gold Medal - Drawing Jenna Merritt - 1st Place - Painting Morgan Wurtz - 1st Place - Sculpture Hunter Ordoyne - 1st Place - Mixed Media Britney Madera-Gutierrez - 2nd Place & two 3rd Places - Painting Sofia Uffman - 2nd Place - Painting Gretchen Bott - 2nd Place - Drawing Congrats to all!

CCCC Art Day - Pt 1 - Linn HS Art knocked it out of the park for CCCC Art Day! The theme this year was "Art Outlaws ~ Best of the Midwest" and Linn Art showed off their best work! Awards went to the following students in this group of photos: Amber Kolle - 2 Gold Medals - Photography Anthony Ayala - Gold Medal - Mixed Media & 2nd Place - Ceramics Sofia Uffman - Gold Medal - Drawing Tobi Reiber - 1st Place - Sculpture & 2nd Place - Drawing Marcela Huerta - 1st Place - Mixed Media Matt Kearn - 1st Place - Sculpture Nathaniel Carpenter - 1st Place - Mixed Media Abril Alvarado - 2nd Place - Sculpture & 3rd Place - Painting Noah Thalmann - 2nd Place - Drawing Rylan Schaaf - 2nd Place - Sculpture Elijah Rogge - 2nd Place - Mixed Media Congrats to all! Look out for MORE HS Art students who won awards in the next group of photos!