
HHS hosts Lady Red Hawk Volleyball Scrimmage
Hiawatha High School held a volleyball scrimmage for the Lady Red Hawks on the evening of Thursday, Aug. 28.
Hiawatha High School held a volleyball scrimmage for the Lady Red Hawks on the evening of Thursday, Aug. 28.
The Hiawatha High School and Hiawatha Middle School Red Hawk football teams met on the practice field at HHS to participate in a pre-season morning scrimmage that took place on Saturday, Aug. 23.
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Three local area high school graduates won scholarships from Powhattan American Legion Post 373.
The Hiawatha High School Lady Red Hawk softball season ended their season at the Regional softball game taking place in Sabetha on Tuesday, May 20.
The Hiawatha High School Red Hawk Track and Field Team qualified for the upcoming State track and field championships in Wichita this weekend after competing at the Big East League track competition that took place at Royal Valley on Thursday, May 22.
¨Our flag does not fly because the wind moves it. It flies with the last breath of each soldier who died protecting it.¨
Hiawatha High School Journalism Senior Student Isabel Burnos placed third at the Kansas Scholastic Press Association (KSPA) State Contest. Burnos submitted her article in the Review Writing category. There were over 1,300 entries among 80 different schools and 26 different categories.
Citizens State Bank & Trust Company, Trustee for the H.O. Middlebrook Scholarship Trust, has announced the 2025 award recipient. The Middlebrook Scholarship was created by H.O. and Helen Middlebrook in memory of their son, James Holmes Middlebrook, who died in infancy. Distributions began in 1945, the year James would have entered college. The Middlebrooks themselves were administrators until 1962, when H.O. Middlebrook passed away. Mr. Middlebrook’s will stated that the scholarship be preserved in a permanent trust, with Citizens State Bank & Trust Company as successor administrator. The one-year scholarship was designed to help college students through that critical freshman year. To date, over 300 students have benefited from the Middlebrooks’ gift, totaling $224,700.00 from an original $40,000.00 contribution 80 years ago. This year’s recipient is Acacia Erdley.
Citizens State Bank & Trust Company, Trustee for the Edna Mae Schmitt Scholarship, announced the 2025 awards recently. The scholarships are renewable for three additional years without reapplying. Edna Mae Schmitt created the trust to benefit graduates of USD #415 and USD #430 with preference to students residing in the old Powhattan School District. Recipients were selected by the committees from each school district, made up of the high school principal, president of the school boards, a teacher selected by those two members, and the mayor of the City of Powhattan. Since the inception of the Edna Mae Schmitt Scholarship in 2010, there has been $54,500.00 in the scholarships distributed.