YPS Bands Earn
Superior Scores

This year was a huge success for our Band program at every level.  Yukon Public Schools is the only class 6A school district in the state that had every band score superior in every category!  This includes the 7th grade bands and the 8th grade bands at both Lakeview Middle School and Indpendence Middle School and both High School bands at YHS!  Congratulations, Band Students!

Yukon Boys Golf Team 2008
Total Team Qualification

The YHS Boys Golf Team, under the instruction of Coach Steve Chard, made history with an entire team qualification for the O.S.S.A.A. State Golf Tournament!  Team member, Allen Shuford was named to the All-Region Golf Team!  Way to Go, Boys!  Awesome Job!

Yukon Wrestling 2008
District 3 Champions

The Wrestling team had a very successful year.  Coach Schneider and the staff lead the YHS team into victory at the MAC Conference as the conference champs for the 3rd straight year!  The boys became the first team to have an undefeated season in YPS school history, ending with a 14 - 0 dual record!  The wrestlers qualified for dual state , with 4 qualifiers from the team for the state championship!   They hold the Metro Conference Championship title for the 3rd straight year!   We are proud of you!

YPS Goes Green with VMware's
Virtualization Technology

In effort to reduce energy and hardware maintenance cost, the technology department has begun the process of using VMware Infrastructure technology in order to reduce the number of physical servers in the datacenter, from 30 to just 5, thus reducing the annual energy and hardware cost associated with operations.  We have implemented a cluster of three VMware ESX servers, which will host approximately 40 virtual servers by the start of the new school year.  The benifits of VMware Infrastructure include reduced costs and energy efficiency, improved flexibility with server consolidation, and decreased downtime.  This is an exciting step forward for our IT infrastructure!

Yukon Job Fair

Our first annual new teacher job fair was a huge success!  We had a large turn out of interested teachers. The guests were able to visit several different booths where they learned about programs and services that we offer our students and staff.  We believe that this event will continue to help us locate and hire only "Yukon's Best" annually!

Kayleen Browning
Named District
Teacher of the Year
2009-2010

Kayleen Browning was named District Yukon Public Schools Teacher of the Year!  Mrs. Browning is a Fifth Grade teacher at Skyview Elementary School.  Kayleen will represent our district at the state level and throughout the coming school year.  We are proud of her and wish her an incredible year ahead! 

New High School
Ground
Breaking

An exciting day took place in April as we broke ground on the site of the new Yukon High School.  Many community leaders, school representatives, and school board members joined us for the exciting event.  Even the Miller Man was on hand to help usher in a new era in the history of Yukon Public Schools.  We would not have had it any other way!                                                         

Energy Education Management
Yukon Awarded

Yukon Schools is excited to announce that we received the coveted Environmental Excellence Award from Energy Education Management.  There have only been 10 awarded to date. Making this more remarkable is the fact that this was our first year in the program. For conserving our precious resources by utilizing Energy Education Management Transformational System, Yukon Schools serves as a role model for energy conservation. Yukon Public Schools district wide saved 5576,495 kWh of energy consumption from October 2007 - September 2008, equating to a total avoided cost of $225,968 and avoided utility spending of 23.09% .

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Yukon Softball 2008
Regional Champions

The Softball team ended the season with a 28-10 record, finishing 3rd in the MAC Conference, winning a Regional Championship and qualifying for the State Tournament for the third year in row. Seniors Kelsie Deckard, Kacie Edwards, and Amy Madden made 1st Team MAC All-Conference and 1st Team All-region. Senior Amy Madden also made the All-State team.

Marathon Yukon
New Teacher Induction
2008-2009

During the 2008-2009 New Teacher Induction, Marathon Yukon, we "inducted" over 70 new teachers!  We pride ourselves in hiring "top-notch" teachers, each year!  We greet them with a 3-day workshop experience we affectionately call The New Teacher Induction.  Our new teachers are welcomed to our district in style. We think all inductees will agree, Yukon is a great place to be!  We anxiously await the new group coming in August of 2009.

Yukon Girls Tennis Team 2008
100% Team Qualification

The YHS Millerette Tennis Team, under the instruction of Coach Barney Moon, became the first team in YPS history to achieve 100% team qualification for the State Girls Tennis Tournament!  The team pictured from left to right are:  Kim Wiedemann, Jordan Smith, Morgan Henshaw, Kylie Lang, Ashley Fox and Wiebka Reuschenbach.  Outstanding Success, Ladies!   This is quite an accomplishment!

Julie Blose
Awarded Reading
Model School

Because of her dedication to instilling strong reading skills for her students, Ranchwood Elementary teacher Julie Blose has been recognized nationally for having a "model classroom."  Third graders in Mrs. Blose' class participated in the Accelerated Reading (AR) program and do so at an exceptional level.