School's Out! Have A Great Summer!
Reminder: Early dismissal today!
Think you might want to drive a bus? Come give it a try!
After a 2 hour rain delay PHS Viking Golf is competing at sub-state today at Woodland Hills in Ft. Scott. Follow along at www.kansasgolfscores.com
or www.kshsaa.org
Go Vikes!
State Tennis update: Cole and Kai drop a hard fought match against McPherson 6-8. They finish in 6th place. Great season.
State Tennis update: Cole and Kai with an impressive 8-6 victory over Buhler after being down 2-6. They will play for 5th place. Go Vikes!!
Congratulations to Wyatt Shultz. He is your 4A Singles State Tennis Champion!!!!!
Another record broken!!! Ayanna Robertson jumped 37' 7.25" in the triple jump at the SEK League meet today in Pittsburg to break the school record of 36' 8" set by Iniya Hinman in 2022. GO VIKES!!!
59 YEARS!!! Brelin Summers broke the Parsons High School 110m Hurdle Record last Friday at Chanute by finishing with a 14.71 second run. The previous record of 14.8 seconds was set by Jim McCarty in 1967, tied in 1984 by Pete Hall, and tied again in 1987 by PHS Principal Rob Barcus. Great job and GO VIKES!!
NEW SCHOOL RECORD ALERT!!! Braelyn Hinman-Mitchell shatters the previous school javelin record of 138' 7" set in 1995 by Vonetta Gatewood. Braelyn threw 142' 8" at the league meet today. Go Vikes!!
PHS Viking Golf is competing at the SEK League Championships at Crestwood in Pittsburg today. Follow along at www.kansasgolfscores.com
Go Vikes!
Softball and baseball drops their games against LCHS this evening. Both teams play their last regular season games tomorrow against Independence. Softball will travel to Indy and baseball will play at home for senior night.
Parsons High School Salutatorian Lillian Ward welcomes everyone to the 2026 graduation ceremony. Co-Valedictorians Sadie Ray and Shealeigh Clark then spoke to the graduating Class of 2026, and their families and friends gathered to celebrate this momentous occasion with them.
Parsons High School graduating senior Jack Curtis was honored with the ACT Scholar Award for scoring 32 or above on his ACTs. Kyas Smith was honored with a Perfect Attendance medal for not missing a single day his senior year.
During the PHS gradation ceremony Sunday, Principal Rob Barcus recognized the top 10% of the graduating Class of 2026: Connor Largent, Laila Haviland, Jack Curtis, Cadence Manners, Anthony Bauer, Trinity Darling, Autumn Sands, Lillian Ward, Sadie Ray and Shealeigh Clark.
2026 KSHSAA Citizenship Award honorees in the 2026 graduating class were Cole Kennett and Kadence Ball. The KSHSAA Citizenship Award is an annual recognition presented by the Kansas State High School Activities Association to one girl and one boy from the graduating class who demonstrates exceptional respect, responsibility, and service to their school and community.
Sadie Ray is the PHS Class of 2026 recipient of the Dale M. Dennis Excellence in Education Award. The purpose of this award is to provide schools the opportunity to recognize a senior for his/her citizenship, service, scholarship, and demonstration of self-awareness.
This award is given in honor of Dale M. Dennis, Deputy Commissioner of the Kansas State Department of Education. Mr. Dennis has given many years of service to public education and has helped provide the leadership for financial support and academic excellence in Kansas schools. Mr. Dennis was named the Distinguished Kansan of the Year for Education in 2010. Kansas City’s Business magazine also named Mr. Dennis an icon of education, citing long term dedication and commitment.
This award is given in honor of Dale M. Dennis, Deputy Commissioner of the Kansas State Department of Education. Mr. Dennis has given many years of service to public education and has helped provide the leadership for financial support and academic excellence in Kansas schools. Mr. Dennis was named the Distinguished Kansan of the Year for Education in 2010. Kansas City’s Business magazine also named Mr. Dennis an icon of education, citing long term dedication and commitment.
After reading The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, Mrs. Ramirez's ELA class took a field trip to The Outsiders House Museum in Tulsa. While there, students got to see where scenes from the movie were filmed, see artifacts from the movie set that were donated by the actors, tour the Curtis brothers' house and stand on the same wood flooring, and learn more about how the movie was filmed.
PHS Seniors arrived early to school Friday for a special breakfast, receipt of their honors cords and National Honor Society stoles, followed by graduation ceremony practice, photos and walk-throughs at all the schools. Graduation and final farewells to 503 are Sunday.
