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Grainfield, KS : Schools : Wheatland Elementary School

Enrollment:
Preschool:
3-5 year olds
Tuesday-Friday
8:10am-11:30am		 Elementary:
Kindergarten-4th Grade
Monday-Friday
8:10am-3:20pm

Course Offerings:
  • Reading (Accelerated Reading)
  • Writing
  • Math (Accelerated Math)
  • Science
  • Social Studies
  • English
  • Art
  • Music
  • Physical Education

Special Course Offerings:
After School Program
3:30 - 4:30pm
3 days per week

Summer School
 June/July for students needing additional services

Curriculum Honors:
Standard of Excellence scores for Kansas Assessments

Other Educational Opportunities:
Fine Arts opportunities provided by Western Plains Art Association

K-State Research and Extension Office provides Wellness programs

Northwest Kansas Service Center seminar

Sports Offered:
  • Saturday basketball for 2nd-4th grade students
  • County-wide Football and Volleyball offered

Contact:
Darrin Herl, Superintendent/Principal
785.673.4223, dherl@ruraltel.net

Bev Zimmerman, Secretary
785.673.4365, beverlyz@ruraltel.net

Web: www.usd292.org
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 WHS building Accreditation Status: Fully accredited - Quality Performance Accreditation (QPA)

Years of Service: 75+ years

Mascot: Thunderhawks
  • New mascot under cooperative agreement
  • Formerly known as Wheatland Shockers
History:
  • South end of the building built in 1931
  • North addition constructed in 1961
  • Served as a 1st-8th grade education institution until 1980
  • Kindergarten—added later as a half-time program/Now is a full day - 5 day/week program
  • Head Start (now a home-based program) and Preschool programs added in recent years
Original Consolidation (1968):
  • Grainfield, Park & Gove unified in the fall 1968 becoming Wheatland USD 292
  • Each community kept its own elementary school from 1968 until:
    - Gove Elementary closed in May of 1988 & Park Elementary closed in May of 1991
    - Students attended Grainfield Elementary
  • Name changed from Grainfield Elementary to Wheatland Elementary
  • 7th & 8th students attended middle school at the Wheatland Middle School-High School building starting around 1980
Cooperative agreement with Grinnell, USD 291 (2007):
  • Each town has its own Preschool-4th grade building
  • USD 291's and USD 292's 5th-8th grade students attend Grinnell Middle School located in Grinnell
  • USD 291's and USD 292's Freshmen-Seniors attend Wheatland High School located in Grainfield
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