Tri-City Day School - USD 261

Tri-City Day School - USD 261 Public School

🐊 There was no shortage of winning at TCDS today!Last week’s Wheel of Wins winners collected BIG:🍳 A special breakfast f...
09/18/2026

🐊 There was no shortage of winning at TCDS today!

Last week’s Wheel of Wins winners collected BIG:

🍳 A special breakfast for Middle School
🍨 Ice cream sundae bars for Lower Elementary and Middle School
🎭 One very lucky student earned the right to make the administrator wear a costume all day!

Students who are currently at Emerging or Independent Tier status can be entered into the weekly Wheel of Wins drawing by returning their signed point sheets. During our Best of the Best Assembly, three names are drawn and those students get to spin the wheel!

Our clubs were also in full swing today:

🥞 Cooking Club griddled—and devoured—pancakes, pancakes and more pancakes in several different flavors!

💪 Weightlifting Club continued its quest to get absolutely ripped!

🔬 Science Club put curiosity into action through hands-on exploration and experimentation!

🏃 Marathon Club logged nearly two miles as members continued building their endurance!

💛 September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, and we celebrated Ms. V’s class as the winner of this week’s Great Weight Coin Collection Contest! Her class collected an impressive 7.5 pounds of change for our Coins for Kids campaign benefiting Love, Chloe.

Throughout September, our students are learning about the experiences of children and families affected by childhood cancer. Along with collecting change for Love, Chloe, students are creating cards and keychains for children receiving cancer treatment at Wesley Children’s Hospital.

These projects give our students meaningful opportunities to develop empathy, think beyond themselves and discover how even small acts of kindness can make a real difference.

As always, Best of the Best allowed us to recognize students and staff for their accomplishments, growth, kindness and GRIT!

Unfortunately for the administrator, the Wheel of Wins continues to be his nemesis. For the second time this year, he received a pie in the face—and he once again has a full day in costume headed his way!

It was another fantastic Friday in the swamp!

🦸 Not all heroes wear capes—but quite a few Gators did today!Our students and staff dressed as superheroes to honor the ...
09/09/2026

🦸 Not all heroes wear capes—but quite a few Gators did today!

Our students and staff dressed as superheroes to honor the real heroes: children bravely fighting cancer, along with the families, doctors, nurses, and researchers standing beside them.

Each year, approximately 15,000 children and adolescents in the United States are diagnosed with cancer. That’s one reason we don’t simply recognize Childhood Cancer Awareness Month—we take action.

💛 Tomorrow, wear gold or yellow as we GO GOLD for kids fighting cancer!

Next week, TCDS will begin our Coins for Kids fundraiser benefiting the Love, Chloe Foundation. Start gathering that spare change, Gators—together, even the smallest coins can make a meaningful difference! 🎗️🐊






🎗️ Get ready, Gators—Spirit Week begins Tuesday!Throughout the week, TCDS will join the Love, Chloe Foundation in recogn...
09/07/2026

🎗️ Get ready, Gators—Spirit Week begins Tuesday!

Throughout the week, TCDS will join the Love, Chloe Foundation in recognizing Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. Check out the flyer for each day’s theme, and help us fill the school with spirit while showing our support for children and families affected by childhood cancer.

Let’s have some fun, show our Gator pride, and GO GOLD for kids! 💛🐊

What do you do when excessive heat forces you to cut your annual zoo field trip short? You improvise—and then improvise ...
09/04/2026

What do you do when excessive heat forces you to cut your annual zoo field trip short? You improvise—and then improvise some more!

We spent the morning exploring the zoo and attended a lesson about how animals use camouflage. After lunch, we headed to the Haysville Splash Pad to cool off…but it wasn’t working.

After speaking with Haysville Public Works and the Haysville Activity Center, we learned it might take about 20 minutes to fix. Naturally, we did the only reasonable thing: took a quick detour to Bionic Burger for ice cream cones!

When we returned, the splash pad still wasn’t working. As a last-ditch effort, we contacted Haysville’s Sedgwick County Fire Station #34 to see if they could come to TCDS and spray down our students.

Did they ever come through!

As one student perfectly stated, “This is way better than the splash pad!”

If that wasn’t enough excitement for one day, we also held our Friday Best of the Best Assembly—on Thursday, because that’s how this week went! We celebrated two Good Things recipients, two Positive Office Referrals, and one Staff GRIT Award.

We finished with the Wheel of Wins, where one student won a Water Bar for the entire school and another won an ice cream sundae party for their class!

It may have been a short week, but we managed to fit it all in!

A huge thank-you to Bionic Burger, the City of Haysville, and Sedgwick County Fire Station #34 for helping us turn an unexpected change of plans into an unforgettable day for our students!



The Gator Wheel of Wins delivered for Eli! 🐊🎉Eli landed on “Lunch for Your Class,” earning lunch for himself, his classm...
09/01/2026

The Gator Wheel of Wins delivered for Eli! 🐊🎉

Eli landed on “Lunch for Your Class,” earning lunch for himself, his classmates, and their staff. Eli and his classmates took it from there, working together to prepare their own taco and burrito feast! 🌮🌯

The cookware used to prepare today’s meal was purchased through a generous grant from Be the Change Volunteers. We are grateful for their support and for opportunities that allow our students to practice teamwork, independence, and real-world skills.

Congratulations, Eli—and thank you, Be the Change Volunteers!





What a week at tTCDS! 🐊Our students explored the brain in the GRIT Lab this week—an important part of Dr. Bruce Perry’s ...
08/28/2026

What a week at tTCDS! 🐊

Our students explored the brain in the GRIT Lab this week—an important part of Dr. Bruce Perry’s work and our focus on helping students Regulate, Relate, Reason, and Reflect.

We also celebrated our first Birthday Table celebration, the grand opening of the Gator Brew Crew, enjoyed clubs, clubs, and more clubs, and recognized our weekly Best of the Best, Student of the Month & Golden Gator recipients, and staff members receiving Gator GRIT Awards!

Then came the Wheel of Wins. Our principal spent the day dressed as a pickle before the wheel treated him dirty one final time—with a pie to the face, much to the delight of our students.

Learning, leadership, kindness, clubs, coffee, costumes, and a little chaos—just another great day at TCDS! 🐊💚




What a Friday at THE TCDS! 🐊Friday afternoon began with our first Service Learning and Clubs, giving students opportunit...
08/21/2026

What a Friday at THE TCDS! 🐊

Friday afternoon began with our first Service Learning and Clubs, giving students opportunities to serve others, explore their interests, build relationships, and learn through hands-on experiences.

We then celebrated students and staff during our Best of the Best Assembly and spun the Wheel of Wins! One class won a popcorn party, another earned a water-bar party, and one fortunate student won the opportunity for our principal to wear a costume for an entire school day.

The students believe they won that last one. The principal also believes he won. This may become a problem.

A great day of recognition, service, community, and Gator fun!



What a first week back in the swamp! 🐊We kicked things off Monday night with our Back-to-School Outdoor Movie Night, wel...
08/15/2026

What a first week back in the swamp! 🐊

We kicked things off Monday night with our Back-to-School Outdoor Movie Night, welcomed students and families for Meet the Teacher on Wednesday, and officially returned to class on Thursday!

Today, we wrapped up the week by recognizing some outstanding Gators at our first Best of the Best assembly of the 2025-2026 school year—followed by root beer floats for everyone. It was the perfect ending to a busy and exciting first week!

We’re so glad our Gators are back. Here’s to a great year of belonging, growth, and plenty of reasons to celebrate!




🐊 TCDS Gator Families — we’re almost back!Join us tomorrow night from 5:30–6:30 PM for our Back-to-School Night as we ki...
08/12/2026

🐊 TCDS Gator Families — we’re almost back!

Join us tomorrow night from 5:30–6:30 PM for our Back-to-School Night as we kick off another year together at THE Tri-City Day School.

Come meet your teachers, visit classrooms, drop off supplies, and help us start the year with a little Soirée in the Swamp fun!

Then, it’s officially go time:

📚 First Day of School: Thursday, August 13, 2026

This year, we’ll continue building around the work that matters most:

💚 Regulate. Relate. Reason. Reflect.

We can’t wait to welcome our Gators back and get the 2026–27 school year started!

🐊 See you in the swamp!




🎬🐊 Don’t forget — TCDS Family Movie Night is MONDAY!
08/08/2026

🎬🐊 Don’t forget — TCDS Family Movie Night is MONDAY!




Address

1975 W. Grand Avenue
Haysville, KS

Opening Hours

Monday 7:30am - 2:30pm
Tuesday 7:30am - 2:30pm
Wednesday 7:30am - 2:30pm
Thursday 7:30am - 2:30pm
Friday 7:30am - 2:30pm

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+13165542324

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