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Click the links below to view school supply lists for the 2020-2021 school year: 2020-2021 School Supply List – LPC Elementary 2020-2021 School Supply List – DG Elementary 2020-2021 School Supply List – Middle School

The updated baseball & softball schedules have been posted. We hope to see you there to cheer on the the Knights! #UKnighted Updated Baseball & Softball Schedules

Preschool registration packets will be available on Monday, May 18, from 4 pm to 6 pm at the LPC Elementary and Dysart Elementary Preschool buildings. Please bring a birth certificate (or a photocopy), a current physical, and immunization card. Registration materials will be distributed to families in a drive-by style. The packet will be handed to you …

Kindergarten Roundup registration packets were mailed to parents of prospective 2020-2021 kindergarten students at Union Community School District.   If you did not receive a packet, please contact the elementary building where your child will be attending. In La Porte City that phone number is 319-342-3033, or email Principal Todd Parker at t_parker@union.k12.ia.us. In Dysart …

April 29, 2020 Dear Class of 2020 & Parents: The purpose of this letter is to set out a plan for graduation of the class of 2020. On Wednesday, April 22, the high school sent out  a survey for parents and students to complete to help us think through this process and analyze the options …

Join us Thursday at 5:00pm join Superintendent Travis Fleshner for his second  LIVE  update on the Union Community School District Facebook page.

Several Union Middle School Band members participated in the NEIBA Solo Ensemble Contest on March 5th, 2020.  The contest was a great success. A Red ribbon and “Excellent” rating was awarded to 6th grader Jill Hanson on trumpet.  Blue ribbons and “Superior” ratings were awarded to 6th graders Melanie Yuska on alto saxophone, Will Asmussen …

Due to newly-released USDA guidance, caregivers may pick up meals for children at Grab & Go meal sites effective immediately. This includes the sites at Union High School in La Porte City, and Union Middle School in Dysart. USDA recognizes that in this public health emergency, continuing to require children to come to the meal …

I would like to extend a grateful and heartfelt thank you to the communities of La Porte City and Dysart, for stepping up and joining in our efforts to provide meals for our students during the state-wide school closure for Corvid-19. Yvonna Krutzfeldt  of Crosspointe Church in Dysart, along with Jeff and Angie Hutton of …

Good afternoon Knights, The Union Community School District has received our waiver to provide free meals to children 18 years of age and younger. All children may participate in this program. Please see the attached flyer and menu. At this time we are not delivering meals; guidance on this is being developed at the state …

Last evening, Governor Kim Reynolds recommended all schools in Iowa close for a period of four weeks.  Union Community School District is currently on spring break; we will comply with the Governor’s request to close all buildings and cancel all activities.  This includes any open gyms, athletic practices, rehearsals, youth activities, and weight training. We …

Bright Star tells a sweeping tale of love and redemption set against the rich backdrop of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina in the 1920s and ’40s. When literary editor Alice Murphy meets a young soldier just home from World War II, he awakens her longing for the child she once lost. Haunted by …

The Union High School Fine Arts Department has again proven that hard work and determination pay off.  The musical theatre entry of “Bright Star” has been selected to perform at the All-State Speech Festival for the Iowa High School Speech association.  Members of the ensemble include Natalie Tecklenburg, Riley Davis, Noah Damro, Tyson Fleshner, Sunshine …