Baby Announcement!!! Chris and Megan Broeckelman of Natoma, Kansas, announce the birth of their son, Henry James Broeckelman, born on August 29, 2019, at Rooks County Health Center. Henry weighed 8 pounds 7 ounces and was 20 inches long. Henry is welcomed home by his siblings, Kayden, Gabriel, Eli, Claire and Sophia. Henry is the grandson of Joel and Connie Bienhoff of Kensington, Kansas and Joe and Cathy Broeckelman of Selden, Kansas and the great-grandson of Gerald and Arvi

Big Changes in Town! Monday, September 16, a City-Wide Clean-up Day was led by Denise Miller and the Thunder Ridge High School Adult Living and Life Management classes. Giving back to the community is an important part of being a responsible adult and TRHS is working to instill this in our youth. “We received $4,000 in grant funds to help us with this project. My students have really shown an incredible enthusiasm this year, and initiative I haven't seen in the past. I'm so V

Photo by Robin Billings Smith County Community Foundation helps Thunder Ridge Elementary Last school year brought many indoor recess days. Between colder weather, snow, and rain, the students at Thunder Ridge Elementary spent many of their recesses indoors. Hoping to help make this year's indoor recesses more fun, organized, and team building, the school applied to Smith County Community Foundation for some help. They requested funds to purchase several indoor games to help t

Welcome Back students and staff! The 2019-2020 school year is well underway at Thunder Ridge. Teachers and students have been busy since school started August 15th. The Back to School Bash was held Sunday, August 25th with many in attendance. The first high school volleyball games of the season were played Friday, August 30th, at Natoma while a football Jamboree was played in Kensington hosting Rock Hills, Stockton and Wilson.  Middle school will kick-off their season with ga