Rural Vista Schools USD 481 - Home of the Heat

Our local Thanksgiving tradition is back again, with a history that goes back more than fifty years. On November 8th, the White City United Methodist Church held their annual Tur...

Mrs. Tanna Kasten is our Title One/Kindergarten teacher. Owing to recent staff changes, she recently moved over to temporarily teach Kindergarten. She has been teaching for 20 yea...

Recently, Junior High and High School have started playing basketball. Junior High basketball started before high school. Thus far, Junior High Boys and Girls have played three g...

On Sep.27, 2023, Multiple school FFA chapters gathered together for another FFA event, Land Judging. Stakes were high, as this event only occurs once a year. Ms. O had brought her ...

Dairy Cattle Judging was hosted in Linn, Kansas on October 25th. Dairy Cattle Evaluation promotes skills in students related to the selection of dairy cattle and the management of...

October 23rd 2023 was the beginning of an annual event called Red Ribbon Week. Red Ribbon week is an event where adults and children all around the nation pledge to learn about th...

We recently had the opportunity to interview Ms. Laudemann. We asked Ms. Laudemann some questions about her role as a teacher. It was our pleasure to find out about this veteran ...

On October 26, 2023, the Freshmen class was fortunate enough to have the Bank of Flint Hills come down to our school and expand our knowledge on several different things. There we...

On October 27 2023, the elementary and high school kids came together for an afternoon of fun! The very first thing that happened: we were assigned to a classroom. The teachers pa...

Don’t come to Science! Science comes to you! On November 2nd, students were given the opportunity to explore the KDHE (The Kansas Department of Health and Environment) Mobile La...

Mrs. Diana Newey joined our school on January 3, 2023. Her teaching career is just beginning, but she brings to us a lifetime of experience. She teaches 6th and 7th ELA, Science...

The school recently wanted to encourage everyone to be early. This was for Count Day. Count Day is the day that determines how many state dollars the school receives to run the ...

White City had the Fall 2023 Homecoming on Friday, Oct. 6. Every year, White City High School has a float competition. This float competition allows the individual classes to show...

Mrs. Fairbanks handles Special Education services for the elementary side of the school. Before this, she was in Special Education for the High School. Overall, she has been tea...

Meet Ms. Samantha Rice . She is from White City, Kansas. She has been teaching preschool for 2 years and has been a para for 11 years. For Ms. Rice , White City is a family busin...

USD 481 Proposed Non-Resident Policy - JBCC The USD 481 School Board will hear comments regarding the aforementioned proposed policy at 7:00 pm on Tuesday, November 21, 2023 i...

Students in grades K-12 gathered in the gymnasium on Friday, October 27th to celebrate their accomplishments for the first quarter. The Rural Vista football team was recognized f...

Mrs. Diana Newey and Mrs. Lorrie Mayfield both applied to Heartland STEM Inc. for additional resources to be used in their classrooms for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mat...

Ms. Hammersmith is the Junior High math teacher at White City Schools. Starting in 1990, she has been teaching for a total of 34 years. She told us that the current year has been ...

Our student journalists here at White City School recently had a chance to interview one of our great educational professionals. Her name is Mrs. Dallas Friedli. Mrs. Friedli is ...