
Good morning! The snow is falling in the northern part of our district already this morning . With the current forecast combined with that school will not be in session Thursday March 10th.

Dear Parents/Guardians: USD #344 would like to welcome you to Parent/Teacher Conferences, Wednesday,March 9th, 4-7 pm. and Thursday, March 10th, 4-8 pm. Parents please report to the High School office to receive schedules. Look forward to seeing you there! Go Blu-Jays!

Your Lady Jays put forth a valiant effort tonight against Uniontown. They fought their way through four quarters. Unfortunately, when the dust settled, the Jays were on the short end of a 53-38 score. Nothing to be ashamed of in the loss. The girls put together a 15-6 season and showed a lot class in doing so. We want to congratulate our lone Senior, Bailey Myrick, and thank her for four years of hard work, dedication, and leadership. Congrats, ladies and coaches! Always proud to be a Blu-Jay!

Your Lady Jays play Uniontown in the second round of Sub-state tonight at Uniontown. The game starts at 7:30 PM. Admission prices are $7 for adults, $5 for K-12, and PreK are free. Make the drive and support your team tonight!

Your Blu-Jays played hard tonight. Unfortunately, they fell to Erie. This ends the Blu-Jays season. Way to fight all season long. Keep working towards next season. Keep getting better every day!

Girls' second-round of Sub-state will be held at Uniontown. Our Lady Jays will face Uniontown, and the game will start at 7:30 PM. Admission is as follows: $7 adult/ $5 K-12/ PreK is free. Let's cheer them on to a victory!

Your Blu-Jays travel to Erie tonight in the first-round of Sub-state. The game starts at 7:00 PM. Admission will be $7 for adults, $5 K-12 students, and PreK is free. Passes will not be accepted. Make the trip and support your team. Go Blu-Jays!

Congrats go out to the Lady Jays for defeating Southeast 43-26 to make it to the second round of Sub-state. They will play Thursday in Uniontown. Will post the time of the game when we find out. Congrats, Lady Jays.

Today, the Core Essential Experience team met with our students and shared a marvelous presentation on compassion. They also did a wonderful job addressing bullying with our students. We are most grateful to have this team come to our school each month to teach and instill character values within our students.



We are excited about Read Across America Week, next week. We hope your kids have a wonderful time dressing up and participating in the various festivities. In the spirit of Read Across America, we invite you and your children to dive into a good book together. The local library is a wonderful local resource. The librarians are very friendly and welcome families with young children. I encourage parents to stop by and check out one of your childhood favorites to share with your family.


Boys' first-round Sub-state game is Tuesday, March 1 at Erie. The game starts at 7:00 PM. Admission prices are as follows: $7 for Adults/ $5 for K-12/Free for PreK. Come out and support your Blu-Jays!

Girls' first-round Sub-state game is Monday, Feb. 28 in Pleasanton. They will play Southeast. The game starts at 7:00 PM. Admission prices are as follows: $7 for Adults/ $5 for K-12/Free for PreK. Come out and support your Lady Jays!

Your varsity Blu-Jays faced off with Southeast tonight. The boys fought hard against some very good competition. However, the score did not end in Pleasanton's favor. This was the last regular season game for the Blu-Jays. When we find out who/where they are playing at Substate, it will be posted (probably on Wednesday).

Your Lady Jay took on Southeast in varsity basketball action tonight. The game stayed close throughout, but the Lady Jays pulled out a 29-22. victory. That concludes Pleasanton's regular season. Our Substate opponent will be assigned tomorrow (Wednesday). I will post who/where we play when it becomes available. Good job tonight, Lady Jays.

In JV basketball, Southeast visited Pleasanton this evening. On the girl's side, in two quarters of play, the game was close throughout. However, Southeast managed to pull out a two point victory. The JV boys also played two quarters, and it was a very tight game as well. Southeast managed to put in a bucket in the last minute and pull out a 26-24 victory. Both games were exciting to watch. Tonight concludes our JV seasons.

In Blu-Jay basketball action tonight, Chetopa came to Pleasanton for a couple of varsity game match-ups. On the girls' side, your Lady Jays took an early lead and never looked back. The final score was 53 - 7. Your boys Blu-Jays game was much of the same. The boys also took an early lead and never relinquished it. The final score was 55 - 28 Pleasanton. Congrats goes out to both teams. Tomorrow evening Southeast visits Pleasanton. The JV girls will play two quarters (starting at 5:00 PM). The JV boys will follow that playing two quarters of their own. The varsity girls and boys games will conclude the evening. All games will be played in the main gym. Come out and support your teams!

HS basketball and Courtwarming coronation is tonight. The varsity girls play Chetopa at 6:00 PM followed by Courtwarming coronation around 7:15ish. The varsity boys game will conclude the evening. Come out and support your Blu-Jays!

The HS basketball game vs Southeast has been rescheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 22. The JV girls will start at 5:00 PM and will play two quarters in the elem. gym. The JV boys will follow that and will also play two quarters. The varsity girls will start at 6:00 PM in the main gym with the varsity boys to follow.

HS basketball update:
There will be no HS basketball games/Courtwarming on Friday, Feb. 18, as there will be no school. Courtwarming coronation will be held on Monday, Feb. 21, when we play Chetopa. The varsity girls will start at 6:00 PM. The Courtwarming coronation will be held between the varsity girls’ and boys’ games. The coronation will be at approx. 7:15 PM (or when the varsity girls’ game is over). There will be no JV games as our opponents do not have enough players to play JV. We are working on a make-up date to play Southeast. I will post when that date is finalized.

Good afternoon, due to the accumulation of snow and current road conditions school will not be in session Friday February 18th.