USD 430 South Brown County

EMS 5th and 6th grade Field Day will be Friday, May 1 at Everest. 6th grade 9:30-12:15 and 5th grade 12:15-2:30. Picnic lunch provided by Charger PTO

EMS track teams travel to JCN (Winchester) today for a 2:00 start time. Good luck Chargers

Congratulations to Makenna Patterson for placing first in Impromptu Speaking and qualifying for State and Wallace Wakole placed sixth in Poetry at Sabetha last night.

🎓Senior Showcase -- Dacey Callahan

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Your are invited! On Thursday, April 16th, the Charger Band and Choir will be performing for adjudication at Atchison Middle School and First Presbyterian Church in Atchison for the annual State Large Group Festival! Please make the trip out to support the students if you are able! Familiar faces in the crowd always help our performers feel at ease!

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Today EMS 5th grade took a Walking Career Exploration Field trip to Rainbow Communications. Thank you Rainbow Communications for having us!

Chargers are on the move! Softball and Golf are in action tonight!

Spring is on the way! Horticulture Students and FFA members have been working hard to prepare some amazing plants for our community! Our First day is April 29th! We have some exciting opportunities for you and would love to see you at the plant sale!

Spring is on the way! Horticulture Students and FFA members have been working hard to prepare some amazing plants for our community! Our First day is April 29th! We have some exciting opportunities for you and would love to see you at the plant sale!

Congratulations to our musicians that performed at Benedictine College on Saturday, April 11th for the KSHSAA Regional Solo/Small Ensemble Festival! While some results didn't turn out the way we were hoping, the students should feel pride that each of them made great improvements to their skills this season and I can't wait to see what they accomplish next year! Stay tuned to see how our State Bound Soloists do on Saturday, April 25th!

Congratulations to these 3 outstanding Seniors for their wonderful performances on Saturday, April 11, at the KSHSAA Regional Solo/Small Ensemble Festival.

This week in USD 430...

EMS track travels to Doniphan West (Highland) today for a meet starting at 1:00. Good Luck

Freshman Curtis Hammersmith turned in an impressive performance at Hiawatha Varsity Golf Meet on Friday ⛳️

Finishing just 2 strokes out of 1st place, he battled his way to a strong 4th place finish. Great Job!!

Today's softball tournament has been postponed due to rain. Today's games will be moved to next Wednesday the 15th. The schedule is as follows. 3:00 - Horton vs D-West 5:00 - Hiawatha vs D-West 7:00 - Troy vs Hiawatha

🚀✨ **Get Ready to BLAST OFF this Summer!** ✨🚀 Calling all Kindergarten–4th grade explorers! Join us for an *out-of-this-world* STEAM adventure during the first week of June (June 1–5, 8:00am–3:00pm)! Each day brings a new mission as students rotate through exciting stations, exploring space through hands-on science, technology, engineering, art, and math activities. Plus, we’ll have special guest visitors to make the journey even more stellar! Sign up by April 24 to secure your spot aboard the spaceship!

🎓Senior Showcase -- Noah Solis

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It's that time of year again, Auditions for the 2026-2027 Horton Harmony Advanced Choir!

Auditions will be done by video submission again this year! Videos are due to mcmanusv@usd430.org before 10pm on Friday, April 17th!

Results will be shared on Monday, April 20th.

EMS track team broke some records at Oskaloosa on Wednesday. Kail Bare 3200m 11:27.26-Emma Lentz 200m hurdles 32.83-Boys 4x400 (Josh Crismas, Mason Matthias, Benny Derobles, Kail Bare) 4:21.23 Girls 4x400 (Gentry Yaussi, Freedom Lowe, Avaylia Jelks, Gracie Matthias) 5:05.56