Deerfield USD 216 - Home of the Spartans

Spartans returned home for a matchup against conference rival Moscow. They got off to a fast start and never gave up the lead. We were winning 45-32. Coach Towle said after the ga...

Congratulations to Adam Leroux K-8th PE Teacher & K-5 Art Teacher, for being named the Spartan Pride Award winner for January. The award recognizes a USD 216 employee who has gon...

Congratulations to Grace Garcia, PK-12th grade Migrant Para & Adult ELL Educator, for being named the Spartan Pride Award winner for January. The award recognizes a USD 216 emplo...

Going up against a bigger school was going to be a challenge from the tip. They jumped out on us early but the Spartans fought there way back and kept it within 10 until the final ...

Last fall, the 2nd, and 3rd-grade classes incubated 12 eggs in hopes they would all hatch. Eight of the eggs did and are now healthy, growing chickens. We tied the project to mat...

The Satanta game was a challenging game for us. We did not shoot the ball well and then struggled to rebound and take care of the ball. The girls have been working hard and practic...

Spartans stuck to the game plan in the first half we’re down 19-9 going in at halftime. Couple layups rolled in and out or it would’ve been a closer game. Coach towle said “we did ...

Mrs. Aparicio and her STEAM classes have started a yearly tradition of making a gingerbread town. This project all started with the K-12 Global Gingerbread Community Project. Anyo...

Spartan Pride Award Congratulations to Courtney Griego 9-12th Classroom Manager for Science & 6-7th STEAM Facilitator, for being named the Spartan Pride Award winner for December...

Spartan Pride Award Congratulations to Sheryl Smith who is our 6-8th Math/Science Teacher and Lauren Hastings who is our 6-12th Ag Teacher, for being named the Spartan Pride Awar...

This was a tough game for both teams coming off of Thanksgiving break. They played hard and just came up short on A and B. Planning a longer practice Wednesday to prepare for Thur...

The girls played extremely hard and had the lead for most of the game. Rolla made a 3-point shot and a 2-point basket shortly after, and the Spartans gave up on defense. They play...

The Spartans struggled to score and put themselves in an early hole going down 0-16 in the first quarter. They fought their way back all game losing 45-12. The boys showed much im...

Hodgeman County is a really good team and was a great challenge for our young team. They were very physical, and our girls adjusted and did not back down from the challenge. The f...

We played like it was the first game of the season in the first half and dug ourselves a big hole. The girls adjusted and came out and played a solid 2nd half and erased the 12-po...

On Monday, the 4th-grade class had a fun math lesson working on solving a real-world problem. Mrs. Long explained to her class that she had bought 115 bales of hay. She sold 20 to ...

Deerfield, KS: USD 216 Deerfield has named the 2024 Elementary and Secondary Teacher of the Year winners. This program is put on by the Kansas Department of Education and is recog...

Our season came to an end on Friday after our game against Northern Valley. Their physicality bothered us all night on both ends of the ball and we struggled to move the ball on o...

November 1st: Mrs. Laurel Horton, long-time HS/MS Building Administrative Assistant, officially retired from USD 216. USD 216 honored Mrs. Horton for her service with a come and g...

We played very well offensively again, but I was more impressed with how our defense stepped up last week after not playing well against Ingalls. Elijah Byrne and Gabriel Crist s...