
November 8, 2021
USD 456 is pleased to share the following announcement from the Kansas State School Board and Randy Watson, Commissioner of Education for the Kansas Department of Education! ...

October 1, 2021
We are pleased to announce a new, convenient, voluntary option for students, staff, and community members to now get the COVID-19 vaccine! USD 456 - Marais des Cygnes Valley will ...

September 16, 2021
The elementary book fair is scheduled for the week of September 27. All purchases at the book fair help put more books in our classrooms and our library.
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August 27, 2021
On Friday, August 27th, 2021, the USD 456 Board of Education convened a special meeting to address concerns about rising numbers of COVID-19 positives and close contact quarantine...

July 30, 2021
Welcome to the 2021-2022 school year! We are excited to see you all and cannot wait to get back together as a school family!
As a reminder for this school year:
No enrollme...

May 6, 2021
The Unified School District #456 Board of Education is proud to recognize Thad Thurston, Math Teacher at Marais des Cygnes Valley High School, as the USD 456 Teacher of the Year...

May 6, 2021
Back in July 2020, USD 456 - Marais des Cygnes Valley decided to take the initiative to join the Kansas Department of Education's School Redesign Project as part of the Apollo II ...

April 22, 2021
USD 456, in conjunction with the City of Melvern, is pleased to announce the receipt of a grant from the Walter S. and Evan C. Jones Testamentary Trust, Bank of America, N.A., Tru...

December 2, 2020
As the district is in the midst of our temporary remote learning, USD 456 would like to thank our students, parents, staff and other stakeholders for their efforts in making remot...

December 2, 2020
As this school year has progressed, USD 456 has certainly experienced change in various forms, mostly related to the COVID-19 pandemic. With those changes comes new perspective, n...

November 20, 2020
Trojan Family,
These past few weeks have been noticeably more difficult for our USD 456 students and staff than we have experienced all semester. At this time, the elementary b...

November 11, 2020
The elementary school was unable to host its annual Veteran's Day Program this year. Instead of having all of the area veterans come to the building we are doing it virtually her...

October 1, 2020
The elementary's annual fall book fair is going virtual ! Shopping can be done anytime October 1 - October 14. The book fair is a great way to get new books into the hands our th...

September 24, 2020
Today, USD 456 - Marais des Cygnes Valley was notified by the Osage County Health Department that a student at Marais des Cygnes Valley High School has tested positive for COVID-1...

September 10, 2020
At its September 9th, 2020 meeting, the Unified School District #456 Board of Education passed an update to the "Back-to-School Plan," including the addition of the district's Rem...

July 30, 2020
The time has come. The start of the school year is here!
As we have traversed down this path of uncertainty this past spring and summer, the time has come for Marais des Cygn...

July 28, 2020
USD 456 - Marais des Cygnes Valley is proud to announce their selection to be a part of the Apollo II Redesign Project through the Kansas Department of Education! Per KSDE: KSD...

June 11, 2020
UPDATE 7/29/2020: USD 456 has approved its "Back-to-School Plan. Please follow the link: https://5il.co/itp0 After a spring of cancelled schedules, redesign of learning mod...

May 1, 2020
To begin, the district would like to extend a huge THANK YOU to everyone that has been involved and affected by the change that we have experienced over the past month and a hal...

April 28, 2020
For many years, the Kansas Masonic Literacy Center has supported language learning in schools throughout Coffey, Lyon and Osage counties in the form of school district grants. Spe...