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Thursday, May 12th: Chamber Coffee, 10am in Memorial Auditorium, with host Galaxie Business Equipment. Everyone is welcome to gather for Daylight Donuts and No.7 coffee.

Tiffin Meyer, 4th Grade Teacher at Kennedy Elementary in Wellington, received a Golden Apple Award from KAKE for her inspirational and creative classroom programs. The award recognizes local teachers for supporting, motivating and encouraging a lifetime of learning. In addition to the award, Meyer received hundreds of dollars worth of school supplies and a free oil change from Davis-Moore. Photo courtesy of USD 353

With Wellington’s High School Graduation coming up on May 15th, you may be looking for a creative way to preserve special memories. The answer is a T-Shirt Quilt. This project is a great way to repurpose those tubs of t-shirts that are to old, to worn, or just no longer the right size into a cuddly, soft quilt.

Hey, it’s Shelby. Back with the answer from last week’s Shelby Says “What’s this?” If you’re on TikTok, you sing ‘caught a vibe’.

Eisenhower Elementary School held their Color Run fundraiser on windy and warm April 29th . Funds raised during the event are used for classroom resources, technology, class field trips, art supplies, and STEAM materials.

The 11th Annual Career and Technical Education (CTE) Showcase held at Wellington High School on April 27th celebrated the accomplishments of CTE students as well as touted employment opportunities available to student interns.

Construction and installation of a robust, reliable, future-ready buried fiber infrastructure is now underway in Wellington. KanOkla Networks, headquartered in Caldwell, KS, is a community communications provider currently serving south central Kansas and north central Oklahoma, now expanding to serve Wellington.

Thursday, May 5th: Chamber Coffee, 10am in Memorial Auditorium, with host Mill Creek Lumber and Supply. Everyone is welcome to gather for Daylight Donuts and No.7 coffee.

The Wellington School District announced that John Nance will be the next principal of Wellington High School and will be joining USD 353 on July 1, 2022. Currently serving as an Assistant Principal at Wichita North High School, Nance has worked in education for 18 years.

Smidgen is a handsome 1-year-old tuxedo cat that loves being petted. He currently lives in one of our cat colonies and gets along well with everyone. He would love to have a family of his own and a house with lots of windows so he can watch the world go by.