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The Junction City High School tennis team claimed runner-up accolades at the Kansas State High School Activities Association Class 6A Regional on Thursday in Wichita.
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Geary County Schools USD 475 hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for its upcoming brand-new state-of-the-art Early Childhood Center on Friday morning.
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Junction City High School JROTC instructor Sergeant First Class Ted Ehlers was recently selected as a Claes Nobel Educator of Distinction by The National Society of High School Scholars.
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They say secretaries are the front porches of every school and at Milford Elementary Lisa Thomas has been a mainstay for principal Phyllis Boller for the last 10 years.
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Geary County Schools USD 475 is proud to announce that Spring Valley Elementary first grade teacher Denise Acosta and Junction City High School audio and video teacher Easton Lager have been named the district’s nominees for the Kansas Horizon Award Program.