The winter weather this year is unusually challenging for students, staff and faculty. Not just snow but dense fog, too. There were mornings when dense fog made traveling difficult that I considered cancelling school. After the sunrise when fog is not as dense or disappeared completely driving conditions improved considerably. Many school districts implement two-hour delays when weather conditions make it questionable to drive and waiting a couple of hours greatly decreases the danger with improving weather conditions.
Read More

Students at Pleasant Ridge High School (Easton, KS) traveled to Topeka, Kansas on February 1, 2010 to compete in the statewide championship of the We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution .

  Pleasant Ridge students have studied for months to prepare for their role as experts testifying on selected constitutional issues.  Simulated congressional committees consisting of Constitutional scholars, lawyers and government leaders judged the students' performances. 
Read More

Nicole Miller, a senior at Pleasant Ridge High School, was notified yesterday by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation she is a national merit finalist.  She is one of 15,000 students in the United States to earn this distinction.  This is less than 1% of the students in the nation who took the PSAT/NMSQT test.  She is still in the running to be designated a National Merit Scholarship winner.  We will know by March if she earns that recognition.    Nicole is the daughter of Jeanette Miller, a teacher at Pleasant Ridge Middle School and Douglas Miller of Leavenworth.
Read More

Your local school district and all public schools in Kansas provide free special education services for eligible exceptional children ages 3 through 21 or high school graduation. For more information please click the attachment below.

Once again Kansas State Department of Education awarded Easton Unified School District Schools Standards of Excellence in reading and math based on the 2009 Kansas State Assessments. 

Read more

The PRHS Journalism Department is entering the 21^st Century!  The school newspaper, The Ridge, is now online. The online edition of the newspaper will be updated daily with sports and activity updates, as well as local and community news written by student journalists. Also featured on the site will be video interviews, student accomplishments, and occasional polls and contents. Comments are welcome and appreciated for real-life experience. To access the online newspaper, follow the link below or go to the High School homepage and click on The Ridge Newspaper.