Success Happens

This has been a very busy year for the jr./sr. high school. As of today, March7, our students in grades 7-12 have participated in; 1 school play, 2 junior high science fairs, 2 music performances, 6 forensic competitions, 12 FFA competitions, 21 football and volleyball competitions, 22 scholars bowl competitions, 78 boys and girls basketball competitions, as well as several business and academic contests. Our school has hosted both a high school and junior high school scholars bowl meet, the KSHSAA Regional Scholars bowl meet and the finals of the HPEA basketball tournament. And yet, as busy as they are, our students continue to achieve a high level of success in the classroom.
You may be wondering why I am mentioning all of this. It’s because none of this would be possible without a cooperative effort between the staff, the students, the parents, and the community. When you stop to think about just how busy students are in today’s society, you can see how easy it would be for them to get overwhelmed and shut down on some level, but our students continue to thrive. Success happens when we have parents who support their students and the school by volunteering to help with homework assignments and at ball games and activities. Success happens when we have teachers who are willing to work with students before and after school to get caught up after missing a class, teachers who are willing to tutor students after school, teachers who also volunteer their time to help with ball games, hospitality rooms, and act as judges and moderators for scholars bowl or forensics. Success happens when we have students who are driven to succeed, students who spend the extra hours on assignments after being absent due to illness or activities, students who come to school with a positive attitude toward learning. Success happens when we live in a community where people, both those with and without students in school, support our school by attending games, plays, and concerts, and by volunteering to help with the forensics, the scholars bowl, the athletic events, and anything else when a volunteer is needed.
The bottom line is success happens because of everyone! I want to thank the teachers, the students, the parents and the community for helping to make our school on of the top schools in the state.