There were many, MANY scholarships given at the Awards Night held Monday, May 14th in the gymnasium.  Two new scholarship this year included a $1500 Dream Big award by Colleen, Chris and Curtis Ellis to Trevor Greathouse.  A second $500 Big Dog award by Chris Ellis and Mike Wade was presented to Jenna Jacobs. 
           
                                        Ann Ellis with the two recipients, Trevor and Jenna.

Thousands of dollars in scholarships were presented at the Awards Night, along with many service and honor awards.  See the complete list.  (Updated 5-16-12)
Pawnee Heights would like to take this opportunity to thank you for helping provide scholarships and awards for our students.  Without these opportunities, some of our students might find it difficult to continue their education.  Thank you for your generosity and support.

Print off your Summer Rec Schedule.  Game schedules available soon.

Our first annual Academic Fair and Open House was a great success!  Many people, parents, students, and patrons were in attendance of the event. 

 First Graders have been learning about insects in Science and got to see the life cycle of the butterfly first hand.

  iPad Tablets have come to Pawnee Heights! In keeping up with technology and technology trends, the high school students are now using Ipads in their classrooms! Although the high school teachers have had Ipads for a couple of months in preparation, each high school student has now received their own Ipad and already are using them in the classroom.

The news was just released! Our great success continues!  Pawnee Heights High School has won a Governor's Award for Best High School!  Only 18 high schools from all over the state of Kansas have received the award this year.  Only 18!!  This award is based on many factors, but mostly our high scores on the 2011 Kansas State Assessments.  

  lol!
All of the relatives gathered together in the hospital waiting room tensely waiting the Doctors report. Finally after what seemed like hours the Doctor finally came out. “Well” he said “I have good news and bad news. The bad news is I am afraid his brain doesn’t work anymore, but the good news is that there is a new procedure called a brain transplant. But I am afraid it’s quite expensive and it’s not covered by insurance. After a few seconds one of the sons asked “well how much does it cost.” The Doctor replied “it’s $10,000 for a male brain and $2,000 for a female brain.” The moment turned quite awkward and despite the seriousness of the situation some of the men actually started smiling. Finally one of the men couldn’t control himself and asked the question everyone wanted to ask. “Why is the female brain so much less.” “Oh that’s just standard pricing procedure,”the Doctor replied “you see we have to charge less for the female brain simply because they’re used.