Seniors had their last school sponsored college campus visit of the semester today, Wednesday, November 20th. 35 students toured Pittsburg State University. The welcoming atmosphere, beautiful facilities, and knowledgeable staff and student-staff made for an excellent day!
We Are Hiring - Kitchen Staff at Parsons Middle School
PHS Anatomy and Physiology students completed a lab on diffusion and osmosis Monday. For the lab, students used eggs, which have semi-permeable membranes. The membranes act as a barrier that water can move across based on concentration gradients, demonstrating the principles of osmosis (a type of diffusion), where water moves from a region of high concentration to a region of low concentration. Students placed eggs in solutions of vinegar, and water, dark corn syrup or light corn syrup and studied how the eggs reacted. The shells dissolve with the vinegar, leaving the membrane. The eggs then swelled as they absorbed water through osmosis, or shrank as water moved out of the egg to balance the concentration levels on either side of the membrane.
PHS Events for the week!!
The Viking Coalition is fundraising for our yearly activities. Club members are selling raffle tickets for $2 each. The community has given generous donations in support of the Viking Coalition. Thank you Parsons community! 💙💛
A select group of seniors visited Neosho County Community College's Main Campus in Chanute Wednesday, November 13th for their Panther Preview event. Students toured both campus and the Mitchell Technology Center learning about academics, athletics, financial aid and much more!
Parsons High School will perform "Emma! A Pop Musical" Thursday and Saturday Night at 7 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Parsons Municipal Auditorium.
Emma, a senior at Highbury Prep, is certain she knows what’s best for her classmates’ love lives, and is determined to find the perfect boyfriend for shy sophomore Harriet by the end of the school year. Come watch this musical filled with hit songs and lessons teens learn, sometimes the hard way. Cost is $10 for adults and $5 for students.
Parsons High School Drama Department Presents "EMMA! A Pop Musical". Please come support these students as they put on a great show at Parsons Municipal Auditorium!
Thursday - 7pm
Saturday - 7pm (Students get in free Saturday!)
Sunday - 2pm
PHS Spring 2025 semester schedule changes are taking place now. If you're a junior who needs an additional course to fill your required 7 class periods, consider adding College & Career Explorations to your schedule. Contact Ms. Lucas for more information!
Reminder: Winter sports parents meeting at 6:00 on Tuesday in the PHS Auditorium.
Parsons USD 503 Special Education students volunteered Monday to assist veterans to the tables with their drinks and meals at the lunch following the VFW Post 704's Veterans Day program. The students were please to get to help those who served this country!
Attention recent PHS graduates! Would you like to donate your graduation regalia back to the school for future graduates to use? Staff are looking for the blue gown with gold stripes on the sleeve, the gold stole, blue caps, and tassels. Any help is much appreciated! Thank you!
Let's make every day count! Our PHS Quarterly Attendance Challenge, sponsored by SparkWheel, kicks off Monday, November 11th encouraging students to stay engaged and build positive habits. Let's see those classrooms full and reach our attendance goals together.
*Winner takes home a 40" Smart TV
*Drawing will take place on 12/20
*Must have at least a 95% attendance rate to be entered
#attendancechallege #vikingstogether #everydaycounts #showup
The debate team hosted its annual tournament for the South Kansas NSDA. Hosting is always a challenge but thanks to the community members who judge, parents providing food (special shoutout to Viking Farms for the lettuce) and Bert Smith, the event is always a success.
Touch-A-Truck is November 9th from 10:00 - 2:00 at Marvel Park.
Today in Viking Coalition students worked in pairs to create boats out of foil to see if they could hold weight without sinking!
Thank you to Tom Davis 's Business Manager Bernice Shepard who spoke to PHS automotive students about what it takes to buy a car from a dealership. She talked about requirements such as age, credit, and employment, that determine the kind of car someone can purchase.
PHS honor's biology students did a lab on thermodynamics using hydrogen peroxide and yeast. Students were determining with the increase or decrease in temperature if an endothermic or exothermic reaction occurs. Students had to write a formal lab report over the experiment.
