Tiger Newsletter
October, 2025
CLICK TITLES MARKED BY "👉 👈" FOR MORE INFORMATION!
2025 FSHS FALL HOMECOMING COURT!
QUEEN CANDIDATES: Sadie Claypool! Raylee Cowan! Anna Farrington! Shiloh Lamb! Aubrey Yarick!
KING CANDIDATES: Jacob Adams! Kanin Brown! Kaden Cannon! Dierks Kegler! Dexter Williams!
The official photo is not scheduled until this Friday, October 3rd,
and will be posted on the FSHS website at usd234.org and on the FSHS Facebook page.
FSHS HOMECOMING EVENTS!
Wednesday, October 8, 7 p.m.: Powder Puff Football Game, Frary Field
Thursday, October 9th: Community Bonfire/Pep Rally, Bourbon County Fairgrounds
Friday, October 10th
10:25 a.m.: Homecoming Pep Assembly, FSHS main gym
6:30 p.m.: Coronation Ceremony, Frary Field
7:00 p.m.: Homecoming Football Game vs Chanute, Frary Field
9:30 p.m. until 11:30 p.m.: Homecoming Dance, FSHS Courtyard (weather permitting)
Thespians offer face-painting at home football games as a fundraiser and face-paint in the community for Fort Fest and the Downtown Halloween Parade. Members also help lead the FSMS Drama Club on Fridays and have an Improv Acting Troupe that meets on Tuesdays. The group will travel to the Renaissance Festival on October 13th. Entrance fee is $15, but students who show A/B grade cards get in for free on that day. To become an official member of the International organization, students can fill out an application, earn 100 Thespian points, and pay a $35 one-time fee for lifetime membership.
IT'S TEA TIME!
The Fort Scott High School Thespians are hosting the 8th Annual Royal-Tea & Friends Party from ten a.m. until noon on Saturday, October 18th, at Fort Scott High School. Children are invited to take photos with their favorite princesses and princes, superheroes and villains and other characters as they make crafts, have treats and play games. Fort Scott High School Thespians will be dressed in character and children attending are also encouraged to come in costume. Tickets for the Royal-Tea & Friends Party are $6 per child. All children attending must be accompanied by an adult (no fee for the adults).
FSHS PARENT-TEACHER CONFERENCES THIS MONTH!
OCTOBER 20th & OCTOBER 22nd!
Monday, October 20th: 4:30 until 8 p.m.
Wednesday, October 22nd: 4:30 until 8 p.m.
Doors open at 4:30 p.m.
FSHS Key Club was fortunate to help The Fort Scott National Historic Site set up and tear down for the Naturalization Ceremony. The Naturalization ceremony is such a special event for many and we were honored to play a small role in helping it be successful!
--submitted by Madeline McCoy-Martin, Key Club sponsor
The FSHS chapter of KS Community Empowerment strives to serve and beautify our community. This month, the club is rewarding $10 dollars a day to students chosen by random drawing who show Tiger Pride by dressing up during Homecoming Week. Members will also lead Fort Scott's Downtown Halloween Parade at 10 a.m. on October 25th. The group will also assist the Bourbon County Garden Club with their pool Garden Cleanup on October 28th at 2:00 p.m.
NOTE FROM THE FSHS KITCHEN!
Please make sure your student's lunch balance is not delinquent.
THE BIG APPLE BECKONS!
High school students are invited to join friends for Spring Break in New York City!
They will see the major attractions like the Statue of Liberty, Top of the Rock, 9/11 Memorial, Museum of Broadway, Central Park, Battery Park, Rockefeller Center and much much more.
The trip includes three Broadway shows, airfare and a stay at a hotel near Times Square.
Monthly payments began in September so we will want to get your student signed up as soon as possible.
Buy your 2026 Crimson Yearbook for $55 by November 30th before prices increase www.yearbookforever.com
Crimson yearbook staff needs to know if you have a preferred name to use in the yearbook.
If so, complete this form:
SENIORS ONLY:
- please fill out this form for your activities to be published next to your senior portrait in the yearbook: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdGFpxSWtYPrXMnkJd0kDdZ-2xbKhSIP4c2DgAdlxEU_bBdPQ/viewform?usp=dialog
- Senior Portraits are due by November 21st (or email us the date you will be able to submit). Please have your photographer email them to fshsyearbook@usd234.org Portraits must be vertical with any background but with no props/objects. Email with any questions.
- Senior Tributes in the yearbook can be purchased online at Just click on "Get Started" at the bottom of page to order a Senior Ad https://www.yearbookforever.com/school-store/Q32y3Vt0PN83I2eIcx3xg81F