Atchison Public Schools

Congratulations to this week's Soaring Student, Kinley Gutierrez, from Mrs. Williams's 5th grade class! Good job! #WeAre409

Please help us wish Sara Lund a wonderful retirement. She is retiring after 25 years as a Speech Para at Atchison Elementary School. Sara plans to fish, work outside in her garden and flowers, and spend as much time with family as possible. Sara says, "Thank you, 409, for giving me an opportunity to make a positive difference in our students' education in Speech therapy." Enjoy retirement, Sara! #WeAre409

Today is School Bus Driver Appreciation Day!! Thank you to all our bus drivers who get our students to and from school safely!! #WeAre409

Best of luck next year to Alexander Lee and Madelyn Julo! #WeAre409 #MovinOnUp

Congratulations to the March AMS Triple A Winners! Students are chosen by the teachers for displaying approve Actions, Attitudes, and Academics! #WeAre409

Congratulations to the AMS Band for receiving a two at last week's Large Group State Competition!!! Click the link to hear them play! https://youtu.be/xtJHTQKH-Zc?feature=shared #WeAre409

Love the career exploration the middle school is doing! Each student has their picture and career of choice hung in the cafeteria and divided into each career pathway! Very cool to see all the awesome careers are middle schoolers are thinking about! #WeAre409

It's time to sign up for summer school! K-8th graders who are interested in having some fun this summer and continuing to learn sign up here! https://5382.edulnk.com/e/5euw4/P5QAro?__$u__ #WeAre409

Congratulations to Lachlan Adams and Caleb Williams as they are #MovinOnUp to great things next year! #WeAre409

Congratulations to the AMS 7th grade Basketball Team for going undefeated this year! The last group to do this in middle school was this year's Junior Class. They received a banner to hang in the AMS gym!! #WeAre409

Best of luck next year to Conrad Simecek and Jayme Avey!! #WeAre409 #MovinOnUp

Regional Music!🎵🎶🎼🎤🎺🎹 Our students had a great showing at Regionals this weekend. They ended Saturday at regionals with five soloists and two quartets qualifying for State Music. Pictured below is the Mixed Quartet (Chloe Brincefield, Dev Weinmannl, Daniel Wagner, and Luke Genail). Also qualifying are: Soloists: Jedd Casey, Joshua Stone, Chloe Brincefield, Adleigh Sagaser, Dev Weinmann, Treble Quartet: Lily Adams, Seija Bailey, Adriana Delgado, Abi Baker. Also qualifying for State Band: Austin Smith qualified for his Euphonium Solo, and Austin Smith, Ginny Lowe, and Jedd Casey qualified as a mixed trio. We are so proud of all of our students! Go Phoenix! #WeAre409

Congratulations to the AMS December Triple A Winners for showing great Attitudes, Actions, and Academics! #WeAre409

Our seniors are #MovinOnUp to great things next year! Best of luck to Aaron Fridell, Landen Goodman, and Ray Goner! #WeAre409

Thank you to everyone who came out for the AES Olympics!! Looks like it was a great time for everyone!! #WeAre409

It's that bittersweet time of the year when we recognize those USD 409 staff members retiring this year. While we will miss them, we know they look forward to a new chapter in their book! Our first retiree is Cindy Nedinger! Cindy has been a Kindergarten teacher at AES for 17 years!! In retirement, Cindy plans to ride her bicycle and kayak, attend a few St. Louis Cardinal baseball games, and help her mother! Thank You, Cindy, for the past 17 years at USD 409! The number of lives you have changed is immeasurable! Enjoy retirement! #WeAre409

Special shoutout to the 2024-2025 USD 409 Classified Employee of the Year, Donna Schwarz! Donna is the head custodian at AMS and she gives 100% in everything she does! Congratulations, Donna! #WeAre409

Congratulations to this week's Soaring Student Winner, Maya Pregont from Mrs. Myer's 1st grade class!!! #WeAre409

We are back with another Monday Minute! This week, listen to Nichole Honeywell, Director of Special Education, talk about the new Out of District Enrollment Policy. https://youtu.be/YahA7qhPeBo #WeAre409

Good luck to Kassidee Pennington, Xiomar Hernandez, and Kiera Kemp, who are #MovinOnUp to great things next year! #WeAre409