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USD 107 Board of Education Approves Resolution for March Bond Election

The USD 107 Board of Education has approved a resolution to move forward with a bond election on March 3, 2026. Please click on the link below to learn more information:

Bond Information .pdf

Congratulations to our top 10 readers for December! A special congratulations to our top 3 readers of the semester!

First place: Levi Waide with 102.5 points

Second place: Hannah Waide with 85.5 points

Third place: Carter Nelson with 77.5 points

They got to enjoy Sweden Creme with Ms. Keller for lunch!

We are extremely proud of all our students this semester. We earned a total of 1,159 AR points, nearly doubling our goal!

On December 10th Rock Hills Students competed in the 4th Annual Youth Entrepreneur Challenge (YEC) event. Seven students represented four teams for the 2025-2026 event.

The winning concepts were:

1st Prize $750: Meili Ost; Meili’s Knitted Goods

2nd Prize $500: Dalton Strnad, Myles Coil, & Morgan McMains; Caboose Cafe

3rd Prize $250: Karley Garst & Harlee Harris; Grizzlies Apparel

4th Place: Isabelle Wilburn; Need a sitter?

Winning students received just over $1875 in prize money courtesy of the following sponsors:

Network Kansas Winners Prizes

Nex-Generation Round Up for Youth $150 – Marketing Award to Caboose Café

Guaranty State Bank & Trust Co. $50 – Most Original Idea to Caboose Café

State Exchange Bank $50 – Most World Ready to Meili’s Knitted Goods

Central National Bank $50 – The People’s Choice to Meili’s Knitted Goods

Farmway Credit Union $50 – Best Tradeshow Pitch to Meili’s Knitted Goods

Jewell County Community Development $25 – Community Development Award to Need a sitter?

Thank you to our sponsors! Thank you to Mr. Gower - Rock Hills Business Teacher for being a great leader this year!

On Friday, December 12, the High School Ag students visited the elementary students. They taught the kids the lifecycle of a reindeer and the lifecycle of a Christmas tree.

Five students from Rock Hills High School were chosen to perform in the Kansas Music Educators Association honor band and honor choir. They auditioned using chosen selections and were selected to represent the best of the Northwest District musicians in a concert on December 6th at Beach Schmidt on Fort Hays Campus. The students came together with other students in the Northwest district to rehearse from 8 am until 3 pm and then had a concert following the rehearsal. Rock Hills band students were Meili Ost and Alex Fogo in the percussion section, Justin Luong in the clarinet section and Jordanne Jacobs in the trumpet section. Aidan Brown represented Rock Hills in the district choir as a Bass 1 vocalist. 

Students from Rock Hills  attended the Jr. High KMEA Northwest District Honor band and honor choir  concert  concert and clinic on Saturday, November 8 at Norton, Kansas. Students auditioned for a spot in the groups and then, when they were chosen, rehearsed Saturday from 8:30-3 with a concert at 3:30.  The Jr. High students each performed 4 songs with their groups.

Nolan Grout was chosen to be in the High school  Northwest District Jazz band concert and clinic on Saturday, November 8 at Norton, Kansas. Students from across northwest Kansas auditioned for a spot in the groups and then, when they were chosen, rehearsed Saturday from 8:30-3 with a concert at 3:30. Nolan Grout was chosen as 2^nd chair trombone in the High school Jazz band and had a trombone solo on one piece at the concert.

Rock Hills Elementary completed 20 miles to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Rock Hills! They got to celebrate with an icicle and 20 activities!