USD 503's Spring Recess is March 16- 20. Enjoy!

about 20 hours ago, Colleen Williamson
A poster announcing spring recess March 16-20

There will be No School Friday March 13. See you after Spring Recess. Enjoy!

2 days ago, Colleen Williamson
Poster stating no school March 13 for Conference Comp Day.
Middle school students from Fort Scott, Riverton, Independence , and Pittsburg joined Parsons for the Middle School Mass Orchestra Thursday, hosted by Parsons again this year. Beginning in the morning, the nearly 150 students practiced a variety of pieces conducted by their instructors and then they perform them together at the end of the school day before an audience. The performance included music such as the Porcupine Pantomime and Cielito Lindo.
2 days ago, Colleen Williamson
orchestra 6
Cellos and basses play.
An instructor directs the mass orchestra.
A teacher conducts the mass orchestra.
students playing violas and violins.
Two instructors joined in on acoustic guitars for Cielito Lindo.
Trumpets join in for the performance of Cielito Lindo
Students play basses and cellos.
Students play basses and cellos.
An instructor conducts the mass orchestra.

We Are Hiring: Elementary School Counselor

4 days ago, Matthew Peak
We Are Hiring: Elementary School Counselor
We Are Hiring: High School English Teacher
4 days ago, Matthew Peak
We Are Hiring: High School English Teacher
In Daisy Smith's preschool class, rainbows came before the predicted storms Tuesday night.
4 days ago, Colleen Williamson
A student paints a rainbow.
Rainbows 2

Mrs. Hunn taught Garfield students the art of weaving paper to create other works of art. One little girl planned to make her weaving into a fish. Another student planned to make a basketball and another planned a watermelon while a few others were still making up their minds.

4 days ago, Colleen Williamson
Two students work on weaving paper.
Mrs. Hunn guides a student in over and under technique.
A little girl cuts out the shape of a fish body for her paper weave project.
Mrs. Hunn guiides a student in finishing steps of his weaving.
A table of students have finished the first part of their project..
Stdents cut added strips of paper needed.
Minutes from the February 9, 2026 Board of Education meeting. https://aptg.co/gmTnRT
4 days ago, Matthew Peak
USD 503 BOE minutes for the 02.09.26 meeting.
Important Info from the Parsons Public Library.
4 days ago, Parsons District Schools
You're invited! All ages welcome! • Innovation Day @ PPL 4 p.m. - 7 p.m. 3D •-• Wednesday, March 18 Learn about and experiment with technologies such as Laser Engravers 3D Printers Drones Robots VR Headsets Cricuits 00 * Parsons + 1909 Public Library 1 Presented by Parsons Public Library and the Southeast Kansas Library System
Important Info from the Parsons Public Library.
4 days ago, Parsons District Schools
Spring Break at PPL March 16-March 20, 2026 4 p.m. -Story Hour for ages 7-10 4 p.m. -Candle Making for teens Heritage proid 5p.m. - Line Dancing for all ages * Parsons * Bright hif 1909 Future Public Library 6 p.m. - Family Bingo for all ages 10 am. - Sensory Hour for ages birth-3 4 p.m. - Bead Craft for all ages 4 p.m. - Anime Club for teens 10am. -Story Hour for ages 2-6 3 p.m. - How to Train Your Dragon Live Action Movie for teens 4 p.m.- Story Hour for ages 2-6 4 p.m.-7 p.m. - Innovation Day for all ages (See backl 10 am. -Childrens Cooking Class for ages 7-10 4 p.m. - Board Games for all ages 4 p.m. - SWITCH freeplay for teens 10 am. - Family Morning Movie Freakier Friday for all ages 4 p.m. - Let's Cook! for teens Parsons Public Library 6 p.m. - Karaoke for all ages 311 S. 17*, Parsons, KS 620-421-5920 parsonslibrary.org See info. about Innovation Day on the back!
80 degree weather and sunshine afforded the perfect day for kindergarteners to learn about the sun and the shade and about shadows. Students learned they get vitamins from the sun, among other benefits, and that they should get some sunshine every day that its possible.
5 days ago, Colleen Williamson
Some students stand in the shade of the building and others in the sun,
Kindergarten students lay down on the warm sidewalk in the sun.
Pne student traces another student's shadow with chalk.
A student colors in her shadow outline.
A student draws details into his shadow outline.
Warming temperatures provided a prime opportunity for a little water play during rotations in Daisy Smith's preschool classroom.
5 days ago, Colleen Williamson
Two boys play in a water  basin with boats and sharks and other toys.
Two boys play in a water  basin with boats and sharks and other toys.

March 7 is Maintenance Worker Appreciation Day and we want to thank our incredible maintenance crew for all they do, every day, to help us meet our mission!

7 days ago, Colleen Williamson
A poster thanking our maintenance crew during Maintenance Worker Appreciation Day.

Parsons Middle School seventh graders visited PHS to learn about career and technical education classes and what careers the skills learned in those classes could prepare them for.

8 days ago, Colleen Williamson
Students learn from Jim Gilpin about carpentry and woodworking.
Students hear from J.R. Keene about the Viking Speed Shop.
Students learn about embroidering clothes and screenprinting  t-shirts.
Students hear from  Larrian Kendricks about Media/Technology and Journalism.
Students learn about robotics.
Students look around the Viking Speed Shop.
Students learn from a yearbook staff member about taking pictures and designing  the yearbook.
Students hear from Travis Brumback about welding class.
Students hear from Jim Gilpin about construction of the greenhouse.
Students learn about making banners in graphic design.
Board of Education Agenda for the March 9th, 2026 Meeting: https://aptg.co/qj41d4
9 days ago, Parsons District Schools
BOE Agenda for 03.09.26
Just a reminder that school dismisses early Friday March 6.
9 days ago, Colleen Williamson
A poster announcing  noon dismissal March 6.
Wednesday PHS Drafting instructor Bruce Rea and PHS students attended the ground breaking for the Veterans Memorial to be located by the Parsons Municipal Building. Rea and students have been involved from almost the beginning with the project. PHS students provided CAD drawings of the memorial and helped build the colonnades that will support the arched beam on the memorial. They also built and donated a 3/4 scale Humvee and all the molds to make it for the veterans to auction off to help cover the cost of building the memorial.
10 days ago, Colleen Williamson
Jim Zaleski speaks at the ground breaking
Due to rain Veterans and others involved in the memorial stand with shovels in the basement of the municipal building for the ground breaking ceremony.
Parsons High School students stand outside with the Humvee donated by USD 503 tohelp pay for the memorial.
An artist rendering of the memorial.
Carl Hoskins receives a signed shovel for his efforts in leading the way to getting the memorial.

March 1-7 is National Social Worker Week and we are celebrating ours!

12 days ago, Colleen Williamson
A poster saying It'd National Social Worker Week and that we love our social workers Kristina Mayhue and Marcie Ryan.

Fifth generation mason Doug Strong , owner of Strong Masonry Constructors LLC, assessed the precise seating for the granite oval featuring an engraved photo of Douglass School, as the memorial for the school at the corner of Appleton and Central neared completion Thursday,

15 days ago, Colleen Williamson
Doug Strong holds up a level determining last minute adjustments before setting the granite oval for the memorial in place.
Doug Strong makes last minute adjustments to the angle of the oval stone before seating it in its bed of mortar.
Fifth generation mason Doug Strong cleans mortar  from under the freshly laid granite oval featuring aan engraved photo of Douglass School, as the memorial for the school nears completion.
Parsons Middle School eighth grade got an early glimpse of college life Thursday as they toured LCC, giving them ideas of what they could pursue in high school for dual credit or what degree they may want to pursue after graduation.
15 days ago, Colleen Williamson
A group of eighth grade boys toure the LCC workout room.
A group of 8th grade girls learn about the food and necessity pantry at LCC.