Rural Vista Schools USD 481 - Home of the Heat

On Monday, November 20, 2023, Rural Vista Middle School girls and boys played a home game against Centre. The girls won 41-7. #23 Kaimey Evans scored 20 points. Kaimey Evans said,...

White City recently held its annual Veteran’s Day program. Veteran’s Day is celebrated annually on November 11th. The assembly started at 1:00 pm, Nov 10, 2023. It began with ...

The Job Olympics offer skill learning opportunities for special education students to help them with the skills required for future jobs. According to their web site, this competi...

On Tuesday, Oct 24, 2023, the White City High School went on a trip to the Hutchison Career Fair. The Hutchinson Career Fair is a large event, where students can walk around and e...

Mrs. Lorri Kasten has been a counselor at White City Schools for 12 years. Some of her duties are helping kids with emotional problems and career exploration and Red Ribbon Week a...

We are excited to announce the dates for our Winter Concerts for USD 481 students in both Hope and White City! Hope will host their concert on Tuesday, December 12th at 7 pm. Wh...

After almost a decade of slowly decreasing numbers, Hope is back on the rise in the 2023-2024 school year. The last time Hope Schools saw an increase in student numbers from the p...

Miss Brooke Wiebe recently completed her allotted days of student teaching at Hope Schools. Miss Wiebe is graduating from Tabor college this fall after completing her undergraduat...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...