Cottonwood Elementary School

This is for all current Pre-K through 11th grade USD 480 students who will be returning to USD 480 for the 2026-2027 school year Parents/guardians will receive an email from t...

Esto es para TODOS los estudiantes actuales del USD 480, desde Pre-K hasta el 11º grado, que regresarán al USD 480 para el año escolar 2026-2027. Los padres recibirán un correo...

In August, nominations opened for the USD 480 Teachers of the Year. Nominations were submitted by parents, community members, and USD 480 employees to select a teacher of the year...

The time has come, once again, to nominate your favorite USD 480 teacher for Teacher of the Year. Nominations will be accepted until September 21, 2025. Teachers may be nominat...

The highlight of the Board of Education meeting on Monday, May 5, 2025, was a performance from students at Cottonwood Elementary. They sang one of the songs from their performanc...

Cottonwood Elementary recently hosted its highly anticipated Annual Archery Competition on March 6th, 2025, bringing together young archers from three surrounding schools—MacArthu...

Cottonwood Elementary will host a Patriot Day Ceremony at 9:30 a.m. on September 11, 2024, in the North Parking Lot at 1100 W. 11th. The event will honor First Responders, Men and...

The time has come, once again, to nominate your favorite USD 480 teacher for Teacher of the Year. Nominations will be accepted until May 31, 2024. Teachers may be nominated for ...

THE NURSE’S NOTE: RESPIRATORY ILLNESS Each fall and winter, it is typical for illness rates to increase. In attempts to hinder the spread of contagious illness in school, ...

This week’s USD 480 Teacher Feature is Sylvia Villa, first grade teacher at Cottonwood Elementary. Mrs. Villa has been teaching first grade at USD 480 for the last 14 years, but h...

Last March, nominations opened for USD 480 Teacher of the Year. Nominations were submitted by parents, community members, and USD 480 employees to select a teacher of the year for...

Plan del distrito para un regreso seguro a la instrucción en persona y continuidad de servicios PARTE I. Describa cómo el distrito mantendrá la salud y la segurida...

District Plan for Safe Return to In-Person Instruction and Continuity of Services PART I. Describe how the district will maintain the health and safety of...

USD 480 2021-2022 AÑO ESCOLAR INFORMACIÓN COVID-19 PARA PADRES USD480 continuará trabajando con el Departamento de Salud del Condado de Seward y seguirá las guías de...

USD 480 2021-2022 SCHOOL YEAR COVID-19 INFORMATION FOR PARENTS USD480 will continue to work with the Seward County Health Department and follow the guidance of the Kan...

Beginning June 1, USD 480 will be offering free breakfast and lunch to any child 18 and younger. The program will run Monday through Friday until August 6 and will not require spe...

Don't forget to submit your nomination for USD 480 Teacher of the Year. Anyone can nominate a teacher from any school in the district. Click the link below to fill out the short f...

USD 480 has been advised that we close tomorrow due to the potential for rolling outages. There will be no school on 2/17/2021.

Due to weather conditions, there will be no school tomorrow, February 15, 2021. This includes practices and events.

Tomorrow, 2/9/21, there will be a 2-hour delayed start for school. No AM Pre-K.