Parsons District Schools

The USD 503 Board of Education was approached Monday regarding the former Washington School site being used to build a new indoor/outdoor tennis facility. “I’ve always had a dr...

There are a wide variety of clubs for high school and middle school students reflecting interests in everything from chess to anime and running to community service. What there...

As the winter holidays drew near, the newly formed Viking Dance and Color Guard burst onto the scene of area communities with energetic performances in Christmas parades and other...

USD 503 wishes all our Viking families a very Happy Holidays! Below you will find a link to the district's new quarterly newsletter. We hope you enjoy it. Each quarter we will s...

When young, we often base our ideas regarding our future professional pursuits off those things we are familiar with, but as we are exposed to the broader world we can be taken i...

At its regular board meeting Dec. 18, the USD 503 Board of Education looked at the Strategic Plan from 2020-2023 in preparation for creating a new strategic plan. The process f...

FireMon Manager of Engineering, Jesse D’Angelo, today lives in the Kansas City area with his wife Laura, and their two children, Maxwell and Marianna. His path to that career w...

Members of Parsons High School and Parsons Middle School’s C.A.M.P. Club were invited to participate in a logo contest to represent the new club. C.A.M.P. stands for Cultural A...

Clubs are a popular way for high school and middle school students to get involved with others who share similar interests, and let them explore, broaden their perspectives, devel...

You never know the possibilities unless you try is a concept that’s sometimes hard to teach children as instructors strive to instill greater confidence in students. Occasional...

When Sherry Woods isn’t rocking educating students in her classroom at Parsons Middle School, you can often find her rockin’ with the band Final Warning, that her and her husband ...

A sixth-grade student is still walking the halls of Parsons Middle School today thanks to the quick response of one of the boy’s teachers this week. The student at Parsons Middle S...

Parsons USD 503 schools welcomed two new therapy dogs this year, Louie and Sophia. They joined Jack, at Lincoln, Jaxx at Parsons High School and Callie at Parsons Middle School,...

Rachel Newland was not sure of her career path while she was attending Parsons High School. When she graduated PHS in 2012, she headed for the University of Kansas and pursued ...

Many people today, both young and old, tend to notice the negatives each day, but how often do they take note of the positives around them? At Garfield Elementary School, stude...

State and national data are showing a large increase in student behaviors everywhere following the pandemic, Assistant Superintendent Jeff Pegues told the Board of Education Monda...

Cooking a nutritious breakfast and lunch for your children at home can be a task. Cooking a nutritious breakfast and lunch for hundreds of children is a monumental task, but on...

Mary Gilpin, of Girard, has committed a good deal of her time to honoring veterans in various forms, which led her recently to helping more area veterans to be able to participate...

Following an extensive evaluation, Communities In Schools of Mid-America (CIS of Mid-America) began operating under the new name SparkWheel in July, as it separated from the natio...

Truancy and chronic absenteeism seriously escalated across the nation following COVID, and rather than dropping to pre-pandemic numbers as the virus has ebbed, numbers continue to...