Parsons District Schools

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...

The Parsons High School debate team kicked off its season at a tournament in Pittsburg Saturday. Many of the usual schools showed like Independence, Chanute, Coffeyville, and For...

Parsons USD 503 teachers know leadership can be learned, and leadership skills developed, for those students willing to put in the time and the effort. Creating a positive envi...

When he was in high school, Kyle Hutley’s college and career plans weren’t set in stone. As he approached his senior year at Parsons High School, he had some thoughts about eng...

Those attending the rivalry varsity game between Parsons and Labette County High School may have noticed the detailed painting of the football field, from the large Viking head in...

Amid the serious business of educating students, teachers and administrators in USD 503 do find time in their busy days for a few laughs and a little light-hearted fun when possi...