NEWS FROM CHASEAMERICA

The school year is off to an amazing start! Look at these 2nd and 3rd grade scholars partner reading!

From Jacob Bauman--------We had 4 HS boys squat 315+ today and one guy break the 405 barrier!!!

Santiago Torres - 405lbs - 16 years old
Malik Carson - 375lbs - 16 years old
Sebastian Torres - 345lbs - 15 years old
Elie Jaske - 345lbs - 15 years old

Also, HUGE DAY from incoming 8th grader Brentlee Hinderliter. She hit 300lbs at only 13 years old, and just barely missed 315.
How many 13 year old girls you know that are squatting 300+ pounds???

Last summer we had 12 kids (8 HS Boys, 2 Girls, and 2 JH Boys) make 75% attendance at summer weights. This year we upped our minimum standard to 80% and none of them made 100%. This year we had 18 kids (9 HS Boys, 5 Girls, and 4 JH Boys) make 80%, 11 kids make 90%, and 8 kids made 100% attendance this summer. We are super proud of everyone's work this summer. We had over 30 kids attend weights this year, compared to less than 15 last year. We are heading in the right direction.

Top 3 Overall (3 Lift Total)
Malik Carson - 875lbs
Santiago Torres - 840lbs
Sebastian Torres - 735lbs

Top 5 Relative Strength (3 Lift Total/Bodyweight)
Malik Carson
Trey Hudson
Sebastian Torres
Michael Weaver
Elie Jaske

Top 3 Overall
Brentlee Hinderliter
Emmabelle Bowen
Addison Kleinsorge

Top 3 Relative Strength
Brentlee Hinderliter
Emmabelle Bowen
Alyssa Beavers

Top 3 Overall
Kamden Weaver
Kaden Hunter
Cooper Doyle

Top 3 Relative Strength

Kaden Hunter
Cooper Doyle
Kamden Weaver

JH Boys Top 3 Squat
Kamden Weaver
Kaden Hunter
Cooper Doyle

Girls Top 3 Squat
Brentlee Hinderliter
Emmabelle Bowen
Addison Kleinsorge

HS Boys Top 3 Squat
Santiago Torres
Malik Carson
Sebastian Torres (tied)
Elie Jaske (tied)

Summer weights max week day 2 - Clean
Top 3 JH Boys
Cooper Doyle
Kaden Hunter
Kamden Weaver

Top 3 Girls
Emmabelle Bowen
Alyssa Beavers
Addison Kleinsorge (tied)
Kylie Sturm (tied)

Top 3 Boys
Malik Carson
Santiago Torres
Elie Jaske

Summer weights max week day 1 - Bench Press
Top 3 JH Boys
Kamden Weaver
Cooper Doyle
Jamey Wood (tied)
Kaden Hunter (tied)

Top 3 Girls
Harmony Bowen
Emmabelle Bowen
Addison Kleinsorge

Top 3 HS Boys
Malik Carson
Santiago Torres
Sebastian Torres

A very special person by the name of Chris Whitaker McDowell found this photo in her Father's possessions
and instead of throwing it away as she didn't know this person or was related that she knew of,
took the time to track the Chase Alumni down and send it to us. Thank you Chris!
This is Elmer Melson, Class of 1926 and according to the back of the photo
he was one of the all state halfbacks of 1926.
If anyone from the Melson family or you know the family and they want this photo
just email me and I will send it to you. colesherry312@gmail.com

Dreads VS Wild---- Stops by Chase. The mission: Closer to Jesus, deeper in the wild. �
Send off from KC with my family's blessing.

Excellent Summer School attendance reward. 11 kiddos earned it and 6 were able to attend

Our local celebrities with KSN celebrities Julia Thatcher & Lisa Teachman
Julia Thatcher is KSN news anchor and reporter
and Lisa Teachman is chief meterorologist
Fred Ford Class of 2006 and Becky Ford

Does anyone know the history behind these two tablecloths?
Message me, Sherry Cole @ colesherry312@gmail.com if you know anything plz.

USD 401 is excited to announce some of our new hires! Please join us in welcoming Carl Nolan Jr. for CHS Football Coach 2026-2027 and Pepper Unruh K-12 Agriculture Education.

I went to the High school first to do a little biz. While there Superintendent Kylee McDonald and new principal Ann Jones showed me several new murals. Two in the old gym of Felix and the Bulldog and one in the new gym for the students section (southeast corner) of a doghouse for the Bulldogs and Felix. Exciting things going on at CHS.

Summer Weights ended last week, and we had 13 kids hit our 75% attendance goal! 9 HS boys, 2 HS girls, & 2 JH boys. Proud of the work they put in this summer! Check the photos for their ending max totals. Thank you everyone who sponsored for the fundraiser. We raised over $2,000!

After a full body workout in the weight room, the kids went through a hard conditioning drill when we moved into the gym.

Finished the day with a 3v3 tournament. Pictured are your champions who finished with a 4-1 record.

Robert Devorss Malik Carson Aiden Hunter

One week of summer weights is in the books! Spent the first week testing 3 main lifts and getting a baseline for our workouts going forward. Pictured are the top 3-5 in each lift, including relative strength. Relative strength measures your max lifts divided by your body weight

Jarett Mermis's idea was to help clean the entrance into the city to help with some grant and funding opportunities. So he and wife Audrey (Pray) came up with some ideas they had seen and they found this idea from the Fort Worth stock yard signs that go over the roads. So they put a design together and presented it to city council. Tom Kizzar suggested Chase in red. They liked the idea and asked for it to be put to bid, Leon’s Welding and Fabrication out of Hays won that bid and the city has some ARPA funding from covid relief to use and elected to do so with that. So between their company (JM Builders) and Tim White they helped put it up and will get it cemented soon. Also big thank you to Ellinwood Roustabout and Jayhawk Pipeline for bringing their cranes to place it for us!