Kinsley High School - Kihischo Yearbook (Kinsley, KS)

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and Its Programs USD No. 347 budget for 1984-85 school year exceeds $1.5 million Table 1 Budget Allowance --1984-85 School Year USD No. 347 - Kinsley-Offerle Description Dollar Amount Percentage 1. Salaries-Teachers, administrators, counselors $796,372 53% 2. Salaries-Non-certified: Secretaries, nurse, custodians 129,600 8.7% 3. Superintendent's office-BOE expenses 42,000 2.8% 4. Teaching supplies 98,000 6.5% 5. Student activities 32,000 2.1% 6. Utilities-Electricity, gas, water, sewer, telephone 95,500 6.3% 7. Building maintenance and supplies 20.000 1.3% 8. Fixed charges: Social Security, Blue Cross-Blue Shield, building insurance, health insurance, annuities, unemployment. workmen's compensation 147,200 9.8% 9. Transfers: Special education, food service, vocational education, drivers’ education, transportation 142,871 9.5% Totals: $1,503,543 100.0 I NUU-M nivd s » »JO »'lOJH « ® Board of education members and administrators have budgeted $1.5 million for the 1984-85 school year with the money divided as indicated in Table 1. Salaries for certified as well as non-certified staff account for 61.7 percent of the budget with fix charges and the transfers demanding 19.3 percent. Areas needing explanation include these: Superintendent’s office. BOE expenses: Funds allocated for computer service with Cimarron Investment Company; the ser vices of the auditor, the board of education attorney, the negotiator; expenses for staff to attend school-related meetings (retirement, health insurance, investment, curriculum, etc.). Teaching supplies: Funds allocated for instructional supplies used within the classroom. Textbooks are purchased from rental fees collected. Student activities: Funds allocated for extracurricular programs, including these: officials for athletic events, musical supplies, athletic supplies, meals and lodging for approved student activity trips. Administrators try to use a rotational plan in purchasing necessary equipment. Building maintenance and supplies: Funds allocated for the day-to-day care of the buildings. Major equipment purchases and building construction or projects are funded through capital outlay. Transfers: The majority of these funds allocated to the Tri-County Cooperative, Garfield, for special education services. Allowances for the remaining programs supplement the funds received from the State of Kansas for local operation. Alberta Barnes, bookkeeper for the school district, commends G.L. VonFeldt, the Lamed auditor, who helps establish the school budget. “These figures are very accurate. Mr. VonFeldt knows school finance and has the skills in adapting the state finance guidelines to the local situation. Investments Dispersements from the Ed wards County treasurer come six time per year: January 20. March 5, May 20, July 20, September 5, October 31. The largest sums of money come January 20, July 20, and October 31, says Mrs. Barnes. School officials continually keep funds invested. When I began working with the school district six years ago, the longest time period that we could invest funds and still meet current expenditures was 30 days. Because of the success of our financial planning under Mr. Shanks’ direction, we can invest some funds for three months. Interest earned from invest ments for the 1983-84 fiscal year, according to Mrs. Barnes, came to $87,931.70. This money goes largely to capital outlay-spent in doing major repairs for the school district buildings or in purchasing major pieces of equipment. Funds are invested through the three financial institutions within the school district: the Farmers State Bank of Offerle, the Kinsley Bank as well as Investors Savings and Loan Association in Kinsley. These institutions bid on the funds that we have available for a specific period of time, explains Mrs. Barnes; the institution submitting the highest bid gets the funds. These institutions have been most cooperative in seeing that the school district gets at least the Treasury Bill rate for the invested funds, says Mrs. Barnes. Juniors participate in PSAT NMSQT Tuesday Approximately 25 local juniors will take the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test next Tuesday. According to Nadine Stallard, counselor, students take the PSAT NMSQT for several reasons. It is the qualifying exam for those wishing to participate in competitions of the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. It also allows students to find out how they rank among peers. 26

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Its People . . . V OMS teachers find students do reach out to show concern; through participation, students examine other perspectives How is Kathy doing? . . . Did she get our cards? Mr. Inman ... was the balloon approach successful? How do the doctors do that? Offerle Middle School students have repeatedly showed that they care during the past four weeks of school with two of their members suffering serious medical problems: Bill Inman, principal: Kathy Kregar, sixth grader. Mr. Inman has been hospitalized in Wichita hospitals twice for heart-related matters; he now has returned to the school on a limited basis. Kregar was airlifted to University Hospital, Denver, September 26 for emergency treatment dealing with kidney problems. She remains hospitalized in Denver. It’s amazing how frequently the classroom conversation turns to Kathy or to Mr. Inman. says Lois Behnke, sixth grade teacher. And the majority of the kids want some way of showing their concern. Banket of apple During Mr. Inman’s last stay in the Wichita hospital, the students made cards. Mary Kallaus' fourth grade class made a basket of apples with Mrs. Kallaus making from construction paper a large basket. Each student then wrote a get-well wish on an apple that fit into the basket. Before Mr. Inman underwent one of his major tests at the Wichita hospital, says Mrs. Behnke. the card arrived. The nurse saw to it that Mr. Inman saw this basket of apples. The message came back to us that particular day that this card from the students meant a great deal to Mr. Inman. When Mr. Inman returned to school Monday, October 1, Lyn del Adams, fifth grade teacher, says, he came around to the various rooms, thanking the students for their thought fulness. The mood of the room was one of excitement; you could just see the pride that the students felt as they seemed to say, ‘I’m glad that I made that card for Mr. Inman.’’’ Contribution Students immediately began considering how they could help Kregar when they learned of her emergency trip to the Denver hospital. The students and I had been putting coins into a Statue of Liberty bank this fall, says Mrs. Behnke. We had earlier agreed that whenever a student uses poor grammar, the student would put a coin into the bank to help refurbish the Statue of Liberty. But the Friday after Kathy’s trip to Denver, the students asked if that money could be sent to Kathy, continues Mrs. Behnke. By the end of the day. a sufficient amount had been collected from all of the students, staff, and faculty members at OMS. Mrs. Marcy of the Offerle Post Office paid the express postage so that the Kregar family could get the money the following day. “It was the day of homecoming at the high school, Mrs. Adams says. But when the students were given an opportunity to give, you saw those students digging into places you wouldn’t believe and bringing forth pen nies, dimes, quarters. I heard comments such as this: “I don’t really need to go to the Potpourri today.’ Two days later, continues Mrs. Adams, students were still bringing money in- some saying that this is from my family’; others saying that ‘I want to help Kathy.’ We have learned that it’s not quantity but quality that counts. This was most evident when Mrs. Miller announced over the intercom how much money had been collected for Kathy; the kids just yelled! Teaching sensitivity How does a teacher teach students to care? Mrs. Behnke responds. I don’t teach it; I do it. She finds some construction paper and begins making a card and soon the majority of the students want to do the same. (Continued to page 24) Middle school students define caring. . . OMS student Jason Cooper designs a card for his classmate. Kathy Kregar. Cooper says that several differences exist between a hospital in Denver and the local county hospital. Caring is . . . someone who cheers you up when you are sad. someone who gives you flowers on a rainy day. someone who misses you when you are gone. - Shelley Mund-henke Caring is . . . loving enough to show it. - Jennifer Groen Caring is cheering a friend up when they’re down. Caring is sharing happy times. Caring is sending a get-well card when a friend is sick. -Renee Overstreet Caring is helping people and taking care of people and sharing with people means loving them too. -Dustin Lee Davidson. Caring is sending someone a card who is sick. Giving is getting someone special a gift. Sharing is letting someone use your belongings. Love is caring enough to send something on a special holiday.-Justin Panzer 25

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Counseling Communication takes time, but activity proves worthy W ith Nadine Stallard, cooperation has always been of great importance. Born and raised in Lawrence, Miss Stallard chose to go into teaching because, as she says, I was influenced by a social science teacher in high school. She received her teaching degree in social science. “When I graduated from college, I accepted a position in a high school where there were no other social science teachers.” Her teaching experiences include one year at Marion High School, three years at Chase County Community High School, and four years at Great Bend High School where one-half of her responsibilities were connected with counseling. During her summers while teaching at Great Bend, Top: Rod Habiner ip'l s help. Bottom: Miss Stallard aids Barry Mucklow. Miss Stallard went to the University of Kansas and received her Master’s Degree in guidance and counseling. Miss Stallard came to Edwards County in the fall of 1961 where she spent four years as a cooperative counselor serving the high schools of Offerle, Lewis, and Belpre-Trousdale. During these summers, she received her Specialist’s Degree from KU. Miss Stallard assumed her present counseling duties at Kinsley in the fall of 1965. Before her tenure in Great Bend, Miss Stallard spent nine years at the Hertzler Clinic and Halstead Hospital and she taught mental hygiene and abnormal psychology in their school of nursing. Miss Stallard was active in the counselor’s organizations, serving as president of the Kansas School Counselors’ Association for two years, and serving as national vice president of the American School Counselors’ Association for two years. These responsibilities resulted in missing some school, but she found local school administration most cooperative in providing her released time to do these duties. “This gives one a good feeling about the com munity when you get that kind of support. Kinsley is a nice place to live. Concerning her occupation. Miss Stallard says, Most counselors have strong interests in the curriculum of the school. I try hard to hold such classes in the curriculum as physics, chemistry, advanced mathematics, and English.” In her work. Miss Stallard is often a go-between in communications with parents, students, and teachers. This takes effort, but it is well worth any time spent.” Below: Miss Stallard plans ahead. 27