UPDATE: BB and SB will play at 3:00pm against Central at CV.
This week, in 5th grade, students have been discussing how people overcome obstacles.Today, Robbie Nichols visited our 5th grade classroom to share with our class about how he reads and writes as a person who is blind. He shared how the Braille system works and even had the kids make a “human Braille cell” to make the alphabet. We learned so much and loved having him visit and share worth our class!
Here are the results from the HS track meet at Madison on Friday:
Justice-4th in 1600m
Kristian-3rd in 110H, 3rd in 300H
Brogan-5th in Disc
Kyndel-2nd in 100H, 4th in 300H
Braden-5th in Jav.
Reagan-6th in 3200m
4x800m-2nd (Kaylee, Alysa, Justice, Reagan)
The Spartan track team will be heading to Udall this Friday.
Here are the results from the MS Track meet at Caldwell last Thursday. Their last meet will be Thursday, May 2nd at Oxford for SCBL.
The 4th and 5th graders helped clean up Dexter today!
Don’t forget this evening’s K-5 Spring Music Program, featuring the K-3rd Grade performing the musical Squirm, the 5th Grade Band, and the 4th and 5th Grade performing the musical Go West. The concert begins at 7:00pm and is free to attend. Let’s get a great crowd for these awesome students!
Here is information on upcoming Early Childhood Screening through the Winfield COOP.
The 4th graders are ready to make history come alive! Please come and enjoy our Living Museum tomorrow (4/24/19)! Each 4th grader is portraying a famous Kansan! The museum will be open in the new gym from 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm. Hope to see you there!
Spartan Baseball beat Oxford 17-0 in 3rd and 17-3 in 5th. Spartan Softball won 9-3 and lost 4-2 to Oxford.
Today was National Jelly Bean Day!! Dexter Kindergarteners celebrated by using jelly beans to review these math skills: sorting, patterning, graphing, tally marks, comparing numbers, as well as addition and subtraction. What a fun day!!
A huge shout out to the Dexter Jr/Sr High School Band for receiving the highest rating of 1 at State Band Festival on April 11th. These students worked their tails off to prepare for this and improved leaps and bounds from their rating of 2 at SCBL Music Festival in early March. Celebrate your efforts. They were well worth it!
The Udall track meet was cut short due to lightning and weather. Here is a list of those that got 6th place or better:
Angelia Becker – 5th Shot Put
Devonte Harris – 1st Shot Put, 4th Discus
Gus Shelton – 4th Long Jump
Caden Woods – 3rd 75 M Hurdles, 6th 100M Dash
HS Track went to the Border Queen at Caldwell last night, here are the results:Justice-2nd in 1600m
Kyndel-2nd in 100H, 7th in 300H
Reagan-3rd in 3200m
4x800-3rd (Audrey, Alysa, Justice, Reagan)
Kristian-3rd in 110H, 6th in LJ
Brogan-4th in Disc, 7th in 100m
Braden-4th in Jav.
Great Job!! Spartan Track will travel to Central on Tuesday.
TONIGHT: HS JV Baseball will head to Flinthills to face the Mustangs. Start time is at 4:00pm. GOOD LUCK!! GO SPARTANS!!
ALSO, HS Spartan Track will head to Caldwell for the Border Queen Meet. GOOD LUCK!! GO SPARTANS!!
Congratulations to the Dexter High School Choir on achieving the highest rating of 1 at both the SCBL Music Festival (Cowley College) and Regional Music (Butler County), earning a trip to State Music on April 27th. You all are awesome! Good luck at State Music, and we hope you bring home another 1!
WEATHER ALERT FOR PROM - SATURDAY, APRIL 13th:
Outdoor pictures are planned for 5:30 p.m. at the stone barn. If it's too muddy, pictures will be on the steps of the Baptist Church at the corner of Main & Kansas Ave. downtown. In the event or rain, outdoor pictures will be cancelled altogether.
Walk-in will be at 6:30 p.m. Procession will begin at the south end of the high school down the east walk to the commons area. Parents, family and friends may gather on the lawn to watch. In the event of rain, the procession will be at the NORTH end of the gymnasium down the interior, east side of the gym. Onlookers may come inside and have a seat in the bleachers. Children MUST be seated and supervised. Public will be dismissed and doors will close at 7:00 p.m. for the gala to begin.
The 4th graders having been reviewing math skills during tier time, today they got to review while playing some fraction games!
Here are the HS Spartan Track results from last nights meet at West Elk:
Justice-3rd in 1600; Kaylee-6th in 100H; Kyndel-2nd in 100H, 3rd in 300H; Reagan-4th in 1600, 5th in Jav.
Kristian-2nd in 300H, 6th in LJ; Brogan-3rd in 100m, 4th in SP, 3rd in Disc; Joe-6th in Disc; Braden-6th in SP, 2nd in Jav. Great Job last night!! Spartan Track will travel to Caldwell on Tuesday for their next meet.
HS SOFTBALL MAKE-UP: May 2 at Cedar Vale
(1) Varsity Softball vs. Sedan @ 4 pm
(1) JV Softball vs. Sedan to follow
Preschoolers are enjoying a painting party after working hard to fill the classroom bucket with loops.
