Congratulations to LMS 8th grader Aaliyah Gonzalez. She won $1,700 as a finalist in her category/division in the Kansas Entrepreneurship Challenge for her presentation on Fruta Fiesta Designs.
In addition, Aaliyah's group won 1st place in the Design Challenge that kicked off the event. Participants were placed in groups of 4-6 people and were presented with a challenge that a real business was having. Groups had two hours to come up with solutions to help the local business overcome their challenge.
Congratulations, Aaliyah!
Congratulations to Lyons Middle School 8th grader Aaliyah Gonzalez who was named one of only 15 middle school and high school students statewide to qualify for a wildcard position in the state finals of the Kansas Entrepreneurship Challenge (KEC) to be held on April 17 in Manhattan. The KEC is sponsored by Network Kansas, Kansas State University Research & Extension, and Kansas State University Center for the Advancement of Entrepreneurship to promote entrepreneurship and small business development in Kansas. The competition is for student-created, managed, and owned ventures. Aaliyah was judged based on her submission of an entrepreneurship plan and a video pitch.
You can watch her video pitch at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDjMKvWqwXw.
Good luck at the state competition, Aaliyah!
Congratulations, LMS science teacher Austin Gautier, for your nomination in the Kansas Teacher of the Year program! Your dedication to your students is appreciated.
Reminder: All Lyons schools will be dismissed early today at 2:00.
The Lyons Rotary Club is holding a Bicycle Safety Fair and Touch a Truck event Saturday, March 8 at the north parking lot at Central Elementary from 9:00 a.m. until noon. The first 160 participants will receive a free bicycle helmet and bicycle headlight. There will be a bicycle inspection station and safety course. Six lucky winners will receive a brand new bicycle courtesy of the Rotary Club of Lyons. One bicycle will be awarded to a Park Elementary boy, a Park Elementary girl, a Central Elementary boy, a Central Elementary girl, a middle school boy, and a middle school girl. The drawing will be held at 12:00 pm.
The Touch a Truck activity will allow children to interact with vehicles from the Rice County Public Works Department, the Lyons Police Department, the Rice County Sheriff's Office, the Rice County EMS, and the Lyons Fire Department.
To participate, children need to bring a permission slip signed by parents. Forms will be available at check-in.
There will be a public reception in the LHS cafeteria today from 4:00-5:00 in honor of Doug Higgins. Doug has spent over 40 years contributing to the Lyons Schools, including duties as a teacher, coach, coordinator, AD, assistant principal, director, and principal. Since his "retirement", he has continued to support the Lyons Schools as the "Voice of the Lyons Lions" by broadcasting hundreds of football, basketball, baseball, and softball games on Ad Astra Radio as well as officiating volleyball.
Prior to the start of the varsity girls' game tonight vs Minneapolis, Doug will be inducted into the Lyons Schools Hall of Fame.
Please join us in the cafeteria between 4:00-5:00 and at the ballgame.
Lyons Schools will be in session Thursday, February 20th. Please make sure your students dress warmly. The City of Lyons has asked the district to reduce the temperatures in the buildings due to a request from Black Hills Energy because of a supply issue. The school buildings' thermostats have been turned down in most cases from 72 to about 68 degrees in classrooms.
Lyons Schools will be closed tomorrow, Wednesday, February 19.
Lyons Schools will be closed on Tuesday, February 18 and will start two hours late on Wednesday, February 19. Stay warm and safe!
Due to the impending snow storm Lyons schools will be closed tomorrow, Wednesday, February 12.
Homecoming game starts at 8:00
Homecoming ceremony starts at 7:30
Game officials and coaches will meet shortly. We will post an update in a few minutes.
The high school Homecoming ceremony and football game are on an indefinite delay. As soon as the lightning and heavy rain allow, we will post the time that the ceremony and game will start. Keep checking! Go Lions!!!
Lyons High School and Lyons Middle School are on a soft lockdown at the moment. Students will not be allowed to leave while the lockdown is in effect. A cell phone call was placed to 911 from the campus, but the caller hung up. Police are at the school attempting to find out who placed the call. We will update you as soon as we have any additional information.
The 6th Annual National Night Out will take place in Lyons at Tobias Park and the City Swimming Pool, Tuesday evening, August 6, 6:00-8:00 with free swimming and free ice cream.
Congratulations Dee Orth on your induction into the Kansas Teachers Hall of Fame!
Attention Disc Golfers!
Santa Fe Trail Open at the Lyons High School Disc Golf Course, June 15!
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Confidence in Kansas Public Education Task Force announces 2023 Challenge Award recipients
TOPEKA — The Confidence in Kansas Public Education Task Force has named 97 schools as recipients of the 2023 Challenge Awards based on criteria met during the 2022-23 school year.
The awards recognize Kansas schools that are making a notable difference in student achievement despite facing significant challenges in their school population. Since its inception in 2002, more than 1,900 awards have been presented to schools across the state.
The Challenge Award recognizes schools for outstanding achievement and uncommon accomplishments based on Kansas assessment results in math and reading, graduation rates, chronic absenteeism rates and the socio-economic status of those taking the test.
For more information about the Challenge Awards program, call Tamla Miller, public service administrator for Communications and Recognition Programs at the Kansas State Department of Education, at (785) 296-4950.
Lyons had two schools qualify for the 2023 Challenge Award including Central Elementary and Lyons Middle School.
Lyons High School Art Teacher Leah Bowers was recognized with the El Potrillo Above & Beyond Award for March. According to one of her two nominations, she was the ringleader and planner for a fundraiser for a fellow employee who is undergoing difficult times with a health situation. According to her other nomination, she organized a silent auction and gathered over 40 items for a silent auction that generated almost $6000.
Each month, the Above & Beyond honorees are given a $25 gift certificate to El Potrillo courtesy of the restaurant.
Other nominations for the month of March include: Stephanie Geeves, Ardynn Hershberger, Dan Reazin, Julie Tommer, Trish Stover, Swain Williams, and Laura Rhodes.
