Buhler USD 313

Buhler USD 313 is seeking a design and copy coordinator to begin immediately. This person serves our teachers and staff by printing the majority of the material used in our classrooms each day and occasionally helping to design programs, brochures, calendars, etc... See the job opening and apply online at: https://www.applitrack.com/buhlerschools/onlineapp/default.aspx?Category=Staff+Support Please share with friends and family who may be interested in this position. Thank you!

Did you know? Mrs. Neill's journalism students get real world writing experience by publishing articles to the Buhler High School News page. Check out some of their most recent work here: https://bhs.usd313.org/o/bhs/news

Families of USD 313 and Reno County Education Co-op adaptive students, be sure to join us at the YMCA for Adaptive Family Night on October 5th from 6-8pm. This will be an open gym and swim time. We are looking forward to joining our USD 308 friends for a night of fun! #Bexceptional #BetterTogether

We are thrilled to share our nominees for Kansas Teacher of the Year! Mrs. Kristy Adams is our elementary nominee. Mrs. Adams teaches 3rd grade at Union Valley Mrs. Denise Ingalls is our secondary nominee. Mrs. Ingalls teaches 6th grade social studies at Prairie Hills. Both will represent USD 313 extremely well through the application process and make exceptional candidates for teacher of the year. Help us congratulate these two amazing teachers! We wish them luck as they complete the paperwork for state teacher of the year. #Bexceptional

Our child care centers, Crusader Corner and Buhler Beginnings are complete and are now accepting children, ages birth-3! Be on the lookout for open house details. We can't wait to show them off! We are accepting formal applications through our web platform, called Playground. If you had already joined our waitlist via Google Form you should have received a message to officially apply through Playground earlier this week. Don't worry, we have saved your waitlist position! Playground will allow you to see your waitlist status (applied, waitlist, accepted, dropped), and will allow staff to communicate with you throughout the process. If you have not already joined our waitlist and are interested, please click the links below to apply and grab a spot in line. If you are interested in both locations you will need to complete information at both links. Buhler Beginnings (Located in Buhler at Buhler Grade School) https://app.tryplayground.com/listings/fnSCbSl39LPT4egreGT4 Crusader Corner (Located at 509 East 56th Ave in Hutchinson) https://app.tryplayground.com/listings/N6KRqUwjk0VHHkCv72VX

We had the privilege to notify two of our teachers that they have been nominated for the Kansas Horizon Award! Each year the Kansas State Department of Education recognizes exceptional 2nd year teachers through this award. Our nominees this year are Mr. Brayden Witthuhn, 5th grade teacher at Union Valley, and Mrs. Rylie Sanders, Vo-Ag and Industrial Technology Teacher at BHS. They each completed an exceptional first year of teaching in May and will represent our district well through the application process! Congratulations, Brayden and Rylie! We are lucky to have you on our team! #Bexceptional #CommittedtoExcellence

REMINDER: If you haven’t completed the survey below, please do so by September 8th. We are asking for your help as we develop the 2025-2030 strategic plan for Buhler Public Schools. Creating a plan that reflects our values and mission will require thoughtful input from you and many others. The perspectives and priorities of our district families are essential to this process that will guide our focus and work in the years to come. Please consider taking 10 minutes to complete our anonymous online survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/USD313SP Sincerely, Cindy Couchman, Superintendent of Schools Monte W. Cross, President of the Board of Education

It's a BIG week with Spirit Night at Buhler High School on Friday, August 30th! With this BIG week, comes a BIG opportunity to support a positive world changing project by one of our students who is a national spokesperson for Shriners Children's Hospital. Check out the information below to see how you can participate in her Toy Drive and support Shriners Children's Hospital on August 30th! It's a GREAT day to be a Crusader and a great opportunity to impact others! #RollCru

Congratulations to our Prairie Hills Middle School Jazz Band for their outstanding achievement in being selected to perform at the Kansas Music Educators Association (KMEA) state conference! This group was selected by blind audition and will be one of only seven middle school groups from around the state to perform at this conference. The PHMS Jazz Band meets twice weekly before school at 7am, starting in October and running through May. This prestigious invitation is a testament to their hard work, dedication, and exceptional talent!

WE NEED AND VALUE YOUR INPUT! District families, employees, and patrons are invited to support the Buhler Public Schools strategic planning process by sharing personal perspectives in an anonymous online survey. As the strategic planning process continues this fall, it will depend on thoughtful input from across the community. Thank you for sharing your opinions and ideas with us by completing the anonymous survey before September 9th. Survey Link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/USD313SP

Buhler Frolic 5K is BACK! Please consider joining us for our 5K on September 28th at the Buhler Frolic. Sign up to participate via this link: https://tinyurl.com/BWell-5K You'll find all the details in both the registration form and the flyer below. DEADLINE for signing up is August 23rd! We hope to see you there!

Our special education partner, Reno County Education Cooperative (RCEC), is seeking paraeducators for a few of our buildings. We would love to have you join us! Click below to view open positions and apply. Please share with friends or family who may be interested! https://rcec610.freshteam.com/jobs

Buhler Schools is looking for help in our food service department! Come join a great team!! Apply here: https://www.applitrack.com/buhlerschools/onlineapp/default.aspx?Category=Food+Service

Buhler Schools utilizes a tiered system of start days for various grade levels. Please refer to the graphic below and the building start and dismissal times. On 2 hour early dismissal times, buses will run two hours early. Cares Club on the 2 hour dismissal, August 13th, will be in session for an extra charge of $4 or $12 total.

The Primary Election is on Tuesday, August 6th, for many of our elected officials. We depend on elected officials to support our issues, services, and funding. Voting is the language of a democracy. To find your polling location and view a sample ballot, enter your name and date of birth at this site: https://myvoteinfo.voteks.org/voterview/ Polls open at 7:00 am and close at 7:00 pm.

The B-Well Frolic 5K is back again this year! We had nearly 100 runners/walkers/joggers last year from our district, in the community and even a few out of state! We are excited about hosting the 5K again this year on September 28th. Please use the registration form below to sign up! If signing up multiple folks, please complete a new registration for each one. https://tinyurl.com/BWell-5K We are excited about the B-Well Frolic 5K and hope to have YOU there! Please reach out via email to Paul Erickson (perickson@usd313.org) with any questions!

Our summer meal program has been a SMASHING success! From May 28th to July 20th, we have served 18,768 breakfasts and 18,768 lunches. By the end of this week, we will have served over 20,000 of each! Friday, August 2nd is our last day serving summer meals. Those who grab meals will, per usual, have meals for the weekend. A massive thank you goes to our Food Service Director, Robin McGlynn, and her exceptional summer staff, working out of the BHS kitchen. Their time and effort this summer are beyond appreciated! Thanks to all who have grabbed meals this summer, too. We have enjoyed seeing so many students and families over the summer!

Buhler USD 313 is in search of additional school-based child care help. Our Cares Club after school program at Buhler Grade School seeks a director and aide. Plum Creek elementary is seeking preschool child care help for our preschool care programs. Help is needed both during the school day and after school. View positions and apply online here: https://www.applitrack.com/buhlerschools/onlineapp/default.aspx?Category=Support+Staff We also continue to hire for our day care centers that we will open in September for birth-3 year olds. View positions here: https://www.applitrack.com/buhlerschools/onlineapp/default.aspx?Category=Child+Care+Centers Word of mouth from our amazing community is our best recruitment tool. Please share with friends and family who may be interested!

As online enrollment charges on you may be heading out school supply shopping soon. Our supply lists can be found here: https://www.usd313.org/documents/parents%2Fstudents/supply-lists/223574

Buhler USD 313 is seeking a technology technician. This is a full time, year-round position and our board of education recently approved a wage increase to start at $14.25 per hour. See below for details. Come help teachers and students make the most of the technology at our disposal! Apply online here: https://www.applitrack.com/buhlerschools/onlineapp/default.aspx?Category=Technology Please share with friends and family who may be interested.