Rural Vista Schools USD 481 - Home of the Heat

The date was September 26, 2025 and Rural Vista faced Wakefield. The final score ended up being 52-0. It started with a coin flip and Rural Vista received the kickoff. Rural V...

We asked Kim Sanford, the new secretary in the office, some questions about being a secretary. We wanted to find out all about her. We asked her about why she wanted to be a se...

Homecoming was a huge victory for RV! On September 19th 2025, Rural Vista defeated Goessel by a score of 46-0 at the half. Coach Brian Henry said, “Rural Vista started out slug...

Parents and teachers are united in White City. P.A.W.S. (People Always Willing to Support) is a parent-teacher volunteer organization committed to assisting the school and com...

White City High School recently got a new teacher. His name is Charles Bogess, or Mr. Bogess. We went and asked him questions to find out “How is your school year going?” He sa...

It’s that time again! The time when we watch the students dress their best to impress. It’s part of the tradition to crown a King and Queen as part of the Homecoming celebratio...

We finally got the chance to talk with Mr. Isaac Lopez about how his school year went last year, and if he's excited for this coming school year. He said that his school year i...

We recently had a chance to talk to Ms. Kristin Oleen, who teaches 4th grade, and asked about her school year so far. She said, “It is going great! The support from the parents,...

Revenue Neutral Rate Hearing to be held at 6:45 pm on September 8th, 2025

August 20, 2025 Dear Parent/Guardian, Each year, parents of students in Title I schools have the right to know about the professional qualifications of their child’s teachers...

USD 481 has openings for paraprofessionals for the 2025-2026 school year. If you are interested in working in a great learning environment with excellent staff and great students...

Click here for the Nonresident Application For questions about KSHSAA eligibility, https://www.kshsaa.org/Public/PDF/Open%20Enrollment%20and%20Eligibility.pdf

On March 4th, the Kindergarten through 4th grade classes went on a trip to see a play at Great Plains Theatre in Abilene. We asked Mrs. Hinkle, the 3rd grade teacher at our schoo...

We recently were given the opportunity to talk with Mrs. Diana Newey about how her semester has been going. She told us that “The new semester is going well.” and that the weathe...

During the week of March 3 through March 7, 2025, White City Elementary celebrated Dr. Seuss Week. During Dr. Seuss Week, there were multiple Dr. Seuss related events, such as a ...

On February 12th 2025, White City Elementary held its annual spelling bee. This year, the Bee was moderated by Mrs. Susan Miller, and judged by Mrs. Lorri Kasten, Mrs. Debbie Bly...

Now that the first semester is over, we asked our science teacher Mrs. Fiest about her opinion on the new phone policy, she replied, “I approve of the policy. It has been nice t...

Recently the Rural Vista 481 school district enacted a new policy for cell phones. Rural Vista is following the lead of other districts. The goal is to reduce the amount of dis...

Some of our students began to notice something funny happening last week. The teachers weren’t dressed in their normal professional attire. Here’s what happened: White City’...

The National Convention was in Indianapolis during October. This year's National Convention was held between October 21, 2024 - October 26, 2024. There are multiple different thi...