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Our mission is to provide our students with the best educational environment possible - in a way that is engaging, authentic, student-centered, innovative, career-oriented, and which promotes an appreciation for life-long learning.
We are an academic institution committed to excellence. This commitment requires not only respect for the differences in students and staff from widely diverse cultural, economic, social, intellectual, linguistic, and educational backgrounds, but also a sustained effort to use our diversity to achieve this commitment. We celebrate our diversity through varying student career interests and post-secondary plans of study. Our hope is that “if our students can dream it, they can be it!”
We are sure that, with your cooperation, we all can accomplish and reach our goals!
Sincerely,
Mrs. GG Booth, Principal
GenniferBooth@usd475.org
785-717-4200
News & Announcements
![USD 475 Names Master Teacher]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1765230708/usd475org/z0786wtucnw4vvwglg5p/0M1A1812.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1765230708/usd475org/z0786wtucnw4vvwglg5p/0M1A1812.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1765230708/usd475org/z0786wtucnw4vvwglg5p/0M1A1812.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1765230708/usd475org/z0786wtucnw4vvwglg5p/0M1A1812.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1765230708/usd475org/z0786wtucnw4vvwglg5p/0M1A1812.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1765230708/usd475org/z0786wtucnw4vvwglg5p/0M1A1812.jpg","width":2200}])
Geary County Schools USD 475 and the Junction City Education Association are proud to announce that Fort Riley Elementary fifth grade teacher Emily Chandler and Junction City Middle School ELA teacher Elizabeth Spaulding have been named the district’s nominees for the Kansas Master Teacher Award.
![USD 475 PAT Program Honored]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1764967627/usd475org/lvk6idymzvgynxgenjbm/577649228_1160670529520315_6838980022148270966_n.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1764967627/usd475org/lvk6idymzvgynxgenjbm/577649228_1160670529520315_6838980022148270966_n.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1764967627/usd475org/lvk6idymzvgynxgenjbm/577649228_1160670529520315_6838980022148270966_n.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1764967627/usd475org/lvk6idymzvgynxgenjbm/577649228_1160670529520315_6838980022148270966_n.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1764967627/usd475org/lvk6idymzvgynxgenjbm/577649228_1160670529520315_6838980022148270966_n.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1764967627/usd475org/lvk6idymzvgynxgenjbm/577649228_1160670529520315_6838980022148270966_n.jpg","width":2048}])
The Kansas State Department of Education recently announced that Geary County School USD 475’s Parents as Teachers program is one of only 11 outstanding Kansas PAT programs state-wide to achieve the prestigious Blue-Ribbon Endorsement from the Parents as Teachers National Center.
![Cole's Amazing Journey]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1764955049/usd475org/rqsh2r3wpyfekzgbuua8/0M1A2370.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1764955049/usd475org/rqsh2r3wpyfekzgbuua8/0M1A2370.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1764955049/usd475org/rqsh2r3wpyfekzgbuua8/0M1A2370.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1764955049/usd475org/rqsh2r3wpyfekzgbuua8/0M1A2370.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1764955049/usd475org/rqsh2r3wpyfekzgbuua8/0M1A2370.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1764955049/usd475org/rqsh2r3wpyfekzgbuua8/0M1A2370.jpg","width":2200}])
Amber Cole’s journey to becoming a first-grade teacher at Westwood Elementary has been anything but traditional. Her impact though once she got into teaching has been nothing short of extraordinary.