Rural Vista Schools USD 481 - Home of the Heat

Mrs. Janae Haslouer is our fourth grade teacher. She's been here for 7 years at White City. We asked Mrs. Haslouer about the most difficult part of her job. She tells us that i...

Kristopher Daggett is a veteran teacher here at White City and Hope. Mr. Daggett has been a teacher at Hope and White City for 3 years. Mr. Daggett teaches Social Studies, World H...

Regular BOE Meeting October 9 th , 2023 Hope, KS- School Library 7:00 P.M. 1. Call to Order 2. Pledge of Allegiance 3. Consent Agenda Approval ...

How is food delivered to students? It takes a lot of hard work. Let’s talk to some of the hard-working people who put meals on plates. To find answers, it was our recent p...

We would like to introduce the head custodian of White City School, Ms. Janice Benner. Ms. Janice has been head custodian for four years. She is in charge of maintenance, paperw...

The Freshmen had a great time at this year's Greenhand Conference! On September 20th 2023, the Freshman class of White City High School went on a trip to Salina for the purpose o...

This year the school finally has a music program again. Mr. Ben Schierling is the new Rural Vista music teacher. So far we have heard from many students that they are having a gre...

We interviewed Nurse Kathy Hubka from White City School about the recent school-wide vision screening. First, we asked Nurse Kathy about the purpose of the vision screening. She ...

White City does science! Six, seventh, and eighth graders are doing a unit on weather for science. To be specific, this project falls under the topic of “Weather Station Learni...

Mrs. Kari Hinkle teaches 3rd grade at White City Schools. Mrs. Hinkle is one of the most veteran teachers at White City! In fact, this is Mrs. Hinkle’s 34th year teaching. Wow! ...

We recently got a chance to sit down with the P.E. (Physical Education) teacher Mrs. Mackenzie Boltwood. Boltwood teaches Kindergarten-12th grade P.E . This is her 5th year teach...

We recently had a chance to get to know Brian Henry. Brian Henry is the head coach for the high school football team. He is also the White City HS math teacher, including Pre-Al...

On a recent day at White City School, a senior was going down the slide with a 1st grader. Somewhere near, a junior is playing on the monkey bars with a kindergarten student. On...

One of our most veteran teachers is beginning her fourth decade of teaching. On September 1st, as we came to visit , Mrs. Stilwell and her second grade class were having fun with ...

Why is that student wearing headphones? She’s not listening to music. In fact, she’s being tested. Annual hearing screenings were recently conducted in White City. A hearing s...

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P arenting After Divorce Parenting after divorce assists divorced or separated parents to work together to raise their children, instead of operating as fully independent pa...

We talked to Meagan Carson today about the school year and other school activities. Ms. Meagan is our school librarian. She started last year around the time of track season. Ms. ...

Our student journalists recently had a chance to sit down with Tracy Oelschlaeger. Ms. O teaches Agriculture and Shop. Ag Mechanics includes various types of welding, as well as...

We recently had an opportunity to meet with White City School Principal Mrs. Darlene Griffiths. If you don’t know, Mrs. Griffiths is a former math teacher of twenty-one years. We...