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October 19, 2023

Ram Page October 19, 2023

Students & Staff Reward Custodial Staff

The Akron School custodians were recognized for all their hard work and dedication. They keep our school looking great. The students and staff presented each of them a gift accompanied by a standing ovation and a huge round of applause!

Thanks Mike, Claudia and Cyrus for all you do for our students and school!

Town of Akron Donates to Building Trades Program

Mr. Johnson and his Building Trades students recently built some shelving for the Town Hall. Town Hall employee are shown below making a donation to the program to show their appreciation.

Mrs. Randel & Her Wellness Team

Mrs. Randel and her Wellness Class have worked hard putting together the Big Buddy Program and planning activities for the groups. They also plan the 7 Mindset monthly categories and daily questions for students to focus on.

Thank you Mrs. Randel & Wellness students!

Big Buddy

During the 2017-2018 school year, the Akron Middle School Student Council members began a Big Buddy/Little Buddy program through the Akron School. Every Akron Ram, from preschoolers to seniors, partnered up to create lasting memories and wonderful relationships. Students began meeting once a month with their big and little buddies to do different activities designed by the Akron MS Student Council. The idea behind the program was, and continues to be, to create role models, encourage leadership, and establish relationships throughout the building. All students are encouraged to have fun, invest in one another, and become the best Ram they can be.

During the 2018-2019 school year, the Big Buddy Groups changed a little. There were 12-14 students assigned to each classroom. This formed their yearlong Big Buddy Group. Activities were still planned once a month, and the overall goals for the program did not change. The program still promoted role models, leadership, and relationships.

Due to COVID restrictions the Big Buddy Program was put on pause, but it’s now 2023 and IT’S BACK! The Akron High School Wellness Class now creates activities once a quarter for Big Buddy Little Buddy Teams to meet. On October 19, teams met for the first time. Teams are made up of 12-14 students with all teams having one head coach/teacher and one assistant coach. Students were introduced to each other, hung out, and created a feather to be put on a bulletin board. The feathers from all students, preschool through senior, will be collected and hung to create a set of wings. The idea behind all the feathers coming together is to help spread the message that, “When we come together and support each other, we can all spread our wings and fly.” Big Buddy still has the same expectations it did when the program started back in 2017, and that’s to create role models, encourage leadership, and establish relationships throughout the building. Together, staff and students, can become the best Ram they can be.

Jessica Filla Teaches our 5th Graders about the Bee & Honey Business

Jessica Filla, with Filla Honey Company, was a guest speaker in 5th Grade Science this week. Thank you Mrs. Filla for sharing your knowledge and love of bees with our students!

Special Ed Students Sing at the Nursing Home

Our special ed students and their teachers traveled to the Washington County Nursing Home on Wednesday, October 18 to sing to the residents. The elders enjoyed the singing as much as the students did! There was even some dancing that happened!

Special Ed Students Visit the Pumpkin Patch

Akron 2023 Homecoming Royalty

Freshmen: Robert Thornton & Gracie Martinez

Juniors: Roger Madrid Jr. & Zaya Wells

Seniors: King Kalen Kemp & Queen Hailey Strozier

Sophomores: Kendal Zimmerman & Travis Wood

Football Homecoming Victory!

The Rams battled hard and were able to come away with a 36 - 28 Homecoming victory over the Sedgwick County Cougars!

Great job Rams!!

Akron Ram Volleyball

The Lady Rams continue to show up and work hard on the court despite their record.

Keep growing as a team girls!

Go Blue!

Middle School Boys Basketball is Underway

Below is the middle school basketball schedule for this season. If your student is playing basketball, please pay the $30 sports fee as soon as possible.

Go Rams!

E-Sports

Akron is kicking off its inaugural year of Esports this year. Esports has been an activity in the state for about 5 years now, and has been sanctioned with CHSAA for around 3. Even though more titles are offered, CHSAA sanctions 4 titles. Those titles are League of Legends, Super Smash Bros., Mario Kart, and Rocket League. Akron participates in the first 3 titles on that list. The kids appear to be having a lot of fun, as there are many laughs throughout the week. The participants are learning many social and teamwork skills while practicing and competing. We compete each week at the same date and time, and those times will be shared below along with the rosters of each team. We are working on getting a live stream set up so people can spectate the matches, but that has yet to be completed. We appreciate all the support that everyone has given us in our first year. Here are the rosters of those who have been involved with Akron Esports so far, but many others have expressed interest in the upcoming semester/season.


League of Legends Tuesday 4pm

James Cole

Aiden Stilwell

Ben Guerrero

Roger "Junior" Madrid Jr.

Carl McGuire IV

Gauge Shaver

Parker Molt


Super Smash Bros. Wednesday 4pm

Robert Thornton

Tristan Hall

Colin Stilwell

Jack Collins

Isaiah Mackey


Mario Kart Thursday 4pm

Tristan Hall

Will Lyons-Irvine

Drake Ritter

Isaiah Mackey

Treyson Bailey

Colin Stilwell

Akron High School Community Pride

We had 123 students participating in our annual community pride clean up day on Thursday. We had students cleaning up Main Street, local businesses, the community garden, golf course, senior center, roadside park, railroad museum, and fairgrounds. It was a great day for our students!

Akron PTSO Brings Treats to Staff

A BIG thank you to Akron PTSO for the homecoming treats they delivered to the staff to help get us through the week!

Thank you Akron PTSO!!

Dental Screenings

Salud will be here next week, October 24th-26th. If you are interested in having your child screened, please stop by the office to fill out a permission form.

What's Happening -

Friday, October 20

NO SCHOOL

4 pm HS Volleyball at Merino Leave at 2:50 pm

7:30 pm HS Football at Merino Leave at 4:45 pm


Monday, October 23

12:15 pm Girls Golf Meeting

4 pm HS JV Football vs Merino


Tuesday, October 24

Dental Screenings

3 pm MS Boys BKB at Wiggins Tourney

4 pm HS Volleyball at Idalia


Wednesday, October 25

8 am CU Science Discovery – NJC

12:15 pm FBLA Meeting


Thursday, October 26

4 pm – 8 pm Parent/Teacher Conferences

5:45 pm FCCLA Halloween Party


Friday, October 27

4 pm HS JV Volleyball vs Arickaree

5:15 pm HS V Volleyball vs Caliche *** Parents Night & Pink Out

7:30 pm HS Football vs Caliche ***Parents Night & Pink Out


Saturday, October 28

10 am HS Volleyball at Limon

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