Ashlee Kieler Staff writer

Contact Ashlee at akieler@theworldco.info.

Recent stories

Spring Training: Starside Running Club
By Ashlee Kieler
March 11, 2010
Students at Lexington Trails Middle School and De Soto High School recently began spring sports practices.
De Soto Youth Ministries collecting money for Haiti
By Ashlee Kieler
March 11, 2010
The De Soto Youth Ministries’ planned trip to earthquake ravaged Haiti was cancelled earlier this year.
Robotics camps reach out to area schools
By Ashlee Kieler
March 4, 2010
Robots took over the library at Rhein Benninghoven Elementary School in early February.
DHS senior essay second in 50,000 entries
By Ashlee Kieler
March 4, 2010
Jamie Zvirgzdins knows what perseverance is all about. The De Soto High School senior used the word to earn runner-up status in the “Being an American Essay Contest” earlier this year.
DHS students tackle two dramas for spring
By Ashlee Kieler
March 3, 2010
Local theater lovers will get a double dip this weekend from De Soto High School students as they present two dramas for the school’s annual spring play.
Mill Vally High School play promotes family values
By Ashlee Kieler
March 3, 2010
Family takes center stage in Mill Valley High School’s spring play debuting Thursday night.
Weekly podcasts provide updates on second-graders’ activites
By Ashlee Kieler
February 25, 2010
No one said there was an age limit on technology, young or old. Second-grade students at Starside Elementary School have been delving into the realms of technology with weekly podcasts.
Mill Creek students collect $700 for Haiti
By Ashlee Kieler
February 25, 2010
Students and staff at Mill Creek Middle School have the building’s mission statement down pat.
LTMS celebrates De Soto’s kindest
By Ashlee Kieler
February 18, 2010
Jennifer Henning could feel the love from her daughter Colleen last Wednesday. Colleen, an eighth-grader at Lexington Trails Middle School, read an essay she wrote about her mother during the school’s Kindness Assembly.
Wimmer sees no future in studied consolidation
By Ashlee Kieler
February 18, 2010
De Soto USD 232 found itself in the middle of the state of Kansas’ performance audit report for K-12 education released Feb. 8.

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Recent photos

From left, Malayia Reece, Sam Sloop, Cormac Badger and Marcus Grimes (seated) eavesdrop on their grandson in a scene from Mill Valley High School’s spring play “Over the River and Through the Woods.” The play runs at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday night.

Dylan Nimrod and Arianna Carlos take turns reading a script of weekly activities for Starside 2 News. The second graders in Jennifer Wiltse’s class record weekly podcasts, which are posted online for parents to listen to and comment on.

Dylan Nimrod and Arianna Carlos take turns reading a script of weekly activities for Starside 2 News. The second graders in Jennifer Wiltse’s class record weekly podcasts, which are posted online for parents to listen to and comment on.

Mill Creek Middle School students present a $700 check to David Moritz of Heart to Heart International for the Johnson County organization's efforts in Haiti.

Construction of three roundabouts, new curbs and sidewalks is planned for this spring on Mize Road. The construction will create a roundabout at the entrance of MCMS, access to the school will be available from 79th Street.

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