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The Hutchinson High School Little Cheerleader Clinic has changed a bit for 2017.

The HHS cheer squad will put on the clinic for students in kindergarten through sixth grade. Unlike past years, however, the clinic will be on a Saturday with the game the following Friday. In the past, the clinic and game at which the students cheered was the same night.

Nine USD 308 teachers have been nominated to attend the second annual ECET²Kansas conference in November at Overland Park.

ECET² stands for Elevating and Celebrating Effective Teaching and Teachers. The goal of the conference is to help teachers grow, collaborate and lead.

Nominated to attend from Hutchinson are Kristi Link, Jesse Ediger, Rachel Hill, Kris Jenkins, Heather Ramos, Jessica Self, Jaime Tilton, Ashleigh Vieyra and Megan Yoder.

The 19^th class of the Wall of Honor at Hutchinson High School features a trio of HHS alumni.

The 2017-18 honorees are Dr. Rick Bright, class of 1984; Sean James, class of 1987; and Dr. Susan Killian Myers, class of 1973.

Sponsored by the HHS Alumni Association, in cooperation with HHS Student Council, the group will be honored during a banquet at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 5, in the HHS Career and Technical Education Academy, 800 15^th Circle.

The public is invited and encouraged to attend as the groups celebrate three individuals who have dedicated their lives to making Hutchinson and the world a better place.

Tickets must be purchased in advance for the banquet. Tickets cost $10 each and can be purchased weekdays at the HHS main office, 810 E. 13^th Ave., from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. through Oct. 3.

The three honorees formally will take their place on the Wall of Honor prior to the Homecoming Game at about 6:20 p.m. Friday, Oct. 6, at Gowans

Stadium. In addition to the game, the three individuals will be honored during the Homecoming Parade at 3:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 6.

Brief biographies of the honorees follow.

A program designed to support the theater program at Hutchinson High School will continue for the 2017-18 school year.

Additionally, the Theater Department has added a fundraiser show for 2017-18.

The nearly 900 Hutchinson Public Schools staff members formally began the 2017-18 school year with the annual opening convocation Monday, Aug. 14, 2017

Several educators were honored during the event. The Davis Foundation made its annual Teachers of the Year Awards. The elementary winners were Jean Gaeddert, Avenue A Elementary School instructional support teacher, and Cassie Sturgeon, Avenue A sixth grade teacher. The middle school winner was Brian Brillhart, HMS-8 English language arts teacher. The high school winners were Amber Carithers, Hutchinson High School English teacher, and Clayton Evans, HCTEA business teacher.

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More than 500 Hutchinson High School students made the third trimester honor rolls for 2016-17. For the full honor roll, click here.

Two more head coaches have been hired for fall sports at Hutchinson High School.

Daniel Vieyra has been hired to coach boys’ and girls’ soccer at HHS while Edgar Gutierrez has been hired to coach the combined cross country team.

With the 2016-17 school year winding down, three Hutchinson Public Schools staff members have received district honors.

Martin Vieyra, Title I aide at Graber Elementary School, has been named Classified Employee of the Year. Jesse Ediger, fourth grade teacher at Graber, and Chanin Aumiller, social studies teacher at Hutchinson Middle School – 8, have been nominated as the district’s entries in the Kansas National Teacher of the Year competition.

Long-time Hutchinson Public Schools educator and coach, Ted Webster, is the new Hutchinson High School head boys’ basketball coach.

Webster, who has taught social studies for the district since August 1995, was freshman head coach under Chad Wintz. Webster has coached at both at both the middle school and high school level in USD 308.

“I have had the privilege of coaching for 20-plus years all in the Hutchinson school district at every level from seventh grade up to lead assistant at the high school,” Webster said Monday. “I am a product of some great coaches, including Phil Anderson, Nate Henry and Chad Wintz. In that time, I have been a part (albeit very small) of an undefeated state championship and was on staff the last time we advanced to the state tourney.”