Stockton USD #271

No School – Monday, October 20, 2025

USD 271 will be closed to students on Monday, October 20, as we host a league meet with 11 participating districts during the school day.

This will remain a workday for certified staff and for classified staff as assigned.

HOME HS Volleyball Quad today starting @ 4:00 p.m.
Good luck, ladies!

JH Volleyball & Football is @ HOME this Thursday! Go tigers!

Fields of Faith is on Wednesday, October 15th at 7 p.m. It will take place at Tiger Stadium, and the guest speakers will be Cody Jarvis and Rhonda Rogers!

📢 **USD 271 – Winter Coaching Openings**
USD 271 is seeking applicants for the following **Winter 2025 positions**:
🏀 **SJHS Assistant Girls Basketball Coach**
🏀 **SHS Assistant Boys Basketball Coach**

Interested individuals can pick up an application from:
**Marcia Hrabe**, USD 271 Board Clerk
📍 105 N. Cypress
📞 785-425-6367
✉️ [mhrabe@usd271.com](mailto:mhrabe@usd271.com)

Come be a part of Tiger Athletics and support our student athletes! 🐯

The theme for tomorrow night's HOME high school volleyball games is BLACK OUT! Good luck, girls!

"October 5 marks World Teachers' Day 2025, a day of acknowledgment for educators everywhere. With the theme “Recasting teaching as a collaborative profession,” it focuses on how shared effort transforms education." USD 271 has the most amazing teaching staff! We are not teaching in silos...we are collaborators! #TigerPride271

🎶 Congratulations to Our Junior High Honor Choir & Honor Band Students! 🎶 We’re proud to announce our talented students who have been selected for this year’s Junior High Honor Choir and Honor Band! 👏🎼🎺 Come support them at the Honor Concert on 📅 Saturday, November 8 📍 Norton 🕞 3:30 PM These students have worked hard and we can’t wait to hear the music they’ll bring to life! 🎵💙 #HonorBand #HonorChoir #MusicMatters #TigerPride271

🔥 October is Fire Safety Month! 🔥 A big THANK YOU to our local firefighters for all that you do! 🚒 This past Friday, our students and staff at SGS got a warm (and heroic!) welcome as firefighters greeted everyone with high-fives to kick off the day! 🙌 We’re grateful for your service and for helping teach our community about fire safety. ❤️ #FireSafetyMonth #ThankYouFirefighters #TigerPride271 #CommunityHeroes

🏐🏈 What a Night for Our SJHS Tigers! 🏈🏐 Thursday was a total sweep for SJHS athletics! 🎉 💙🤍 Volleyball brought the energy and took home wins in the A, B, AND C games! 💙🤍 Football dominated the field with an 80-40 victory! We’re beyond proud of our Tigers for their effort, stamina, and huge improvement each week. Way to represent, Tigers! 💪🐯 #TigerPride271 #SJHSAthletics #BlueAndWhiteFight

🐾 Week 7 PAWsitive Office Referrals! 🐾 Shoutout to our amazing students showing leadership, kindness, and responsibility this week! 👏 Your positive actions don’t go unnoticed — keep up the great work and continue making our school a fantastic place to be! 💙✨ #PAWsitiveReferrals #Week7Wins #TigerPride271

Good luck to our high school volleyball team tomorrow as they play in the Ellis tournament!

Anti-Bullying Awareness Week
Stockton Grade School
October 6-10

Poster contest:
Make a poster, large or small, regarding bullying. It can be anti-bullying or from the viewpoint of someone being bullied. Put your name and grade on the BACK of the poster, and turn it in to Ms. Gidget by Friday, October 10.

Let's show positive self-care and wellness with post-it notes! Write or draw on the post-it note according to the theme of each day. Give your notes to Ms. Gidget to be displayed in the hallway:
Monday - Write words of encouragement
Tuesday - Write or draw your favorite happy place
Wednesday - Write or draw your favorite relaxing thing to do
Thursday - Choose a touchstone and write or draw how you show that touchstone
Friday - Write or draw how you show kindness

Make sure to wear PINK on Friday to support anti-bullying.

#TigerPride271

Yearbook sales are underway! Yearbooks cost $45 until March 13, 2026. After that, there will be a price increase. If you go to yearbookforever.com and type in Stockton High School (make sure you choose KS), you will see that the store is open. Cash or checks can be brought to the SHS office- Checks can be made out to the SHS Activity Fund, or you can pay online.

Come PINK OUT the stands tonight as the football team faces Rawlins County at HOME starting @ 7:00 p.m.

If you live in the Stockton area & ordered a shirt for Bobbi’s fundraiser, they are ready and can be picked up in the SHS office!

HS Cross Country today at the Cawker City Golf Course!

Apologies for the mistake on the last JH post. The games will be at HOME tonight!

The JH Stuco & HS Stuco officers attended Regional Conference on Tuesday in Quinter. The Stuco members are pictured with Kate Garnes, the conference guest speaker.

The SHS football team was a huge help last night! They moved bales in preparation for the pumpkin patch, and we greatly appreciate it. Thank you, boys, for your engagement in the school and the community!