Why does school attendance matter? What do “truancy” and “chronic absenteeism” mean and how do they negatively impact students and classrooms? Geary County Schools USD 475 Director of Student Support Services Alicia Scofield explains and gives strategies for helping your Read more
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Geary County Unified School District 475, in collaboration with the Junction City Education Association, has nominated Melissa Hall for the 2023 Kansas Master Teacher Award. Hall teaches a variety of STEM—science, technology, engineering and math—classes at Fort Riley Middle School. Read more
Geary County Schools USD 475 has nominated Michael Brown and Brittany Scott for 2024 Kansas Teacher of the Year Awards. Michael Brown is a vocal music teacher at Junction City High School and Brittany Scott is a first-grade teacher at Read more
Geary County Schools USD 475 recently received a $3,000 grant from the Dollar General Literacy Foundation to support its student literacy initiative at the North Central Kansas Regional Juvenile Detention Facility in Junction City. The grant is primarily being used Read more
Geary County Unified School District 475 has received a supplemental grant from the Office of Local Defense Communities Cooperation to continue construction of an elementary school on Fort Riley. The award of additional funding was announced October 26. The district Read more
Come find out what dangers and pitfalls await our youth on social media, where people stalk, bully and misinform, and information and images are easily shared and altered. Kansas School Safety Specialist John Calvert will discuss popular apps and how Read more
Junction City High School and USD 475 will celebrate Homecoming the first week of October. In addition to the traditional Homecoming football game and crowning of royalty on Friday, festivities will include a parade, bonfire, and dance as well as Read more
Morris Hill Elementary, in Fort Riley, has been named a 2022 National Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education. The Geary County USD 475 public school was one of only three schools in the state of Kansas, and Read more
Geary County Schools USD 475 honored staff members who had reached milestone years of service last school year at its 2022 General Session Friday, Sept. 2. All honorees were listed in the event program and those with 10 or more Read more
An Intergovernmental Support Agreement was ratified Tuesday, Aug. 30, by Geary County Schools USD 475 Board of Education President Ron Johnson and Fort Riley Garrison Commander Col. Michael Foote during a signing ceremony at Fort Riley Garrison Headquarters. The agreement Read more
USD 475 uses SchoolMessenger to send messages to parents/guardians about events, school closings, safety alerts and more. To receive text messages, you must opt in by texting “Y” or “Yes” to our district’s short code number, 67587. The system interacts Read more
As families prepare for the 2022-2023 school year to start, Geary County Schools USD 475 provides the following updates and answers to recent questions. The first day of school for USD 475 students in grades 1-12 is a half-day on Read more