Moving Day: Basehor Elementary students arrive at new school

Archive for Monday, January 11, 2010

Basehor Elementary third-, fourth- and fifth-grade students arrive Monday morning, bags of school supplies in their arms, at their new school off 155th and Hickory streets.

By Kaitlyn Syring

January 11, 2010

Photo by Kaitlyn Syring

Principal Teri Boyd greets her students as they walk into their new building for the first time.

With noses and cheeks pink from the snowy weather, Basehor Elementary students were all smiles Monday morning as they walked through the doors of their new school.

Monday marked a day in Basehor-Linwood history, as the third-, fourth- and fifth-graders moved from their old school on Leavenworth Road into a new building off 155th and Hickory streets.

The snow and frigid temperatures delayed the move, which was originally scheduled to take place Jan. 6, but the transition took place smoothly. The students were dropped off at the old Basehor Elementary as usual and were bused to Basehor Elementary School 3-5 all together. District staff and administration were eagerly standing by inside the building to welcome the children.

"I'm so, so excited," USD 458 School Board member Wynne Coleman said as she waited for the buses to pull up to the building.

To read more of this story and to see additional photos, look for Thursday's issue of the Sentinel.

Basehor Elementary 3-5 Moving Day

Basehor Elementary School 3-5 students look out the windows at the front of their school Monday and say the Pledge of Allegiance together. Monday was the first day the students has classes in the new building. Enlarge video