Luke MacKinney
Technology Director

South Barber High School was one of 39 high schools in Kansas recognized for academic excellence in US News & Word Report. To achieve the Bronze award, SBHS had to meet two of three standards established by US News & World Report and School Evaluation Services, a data research and analysis business. The standards emphasized that a school educate all students, not just the college bound students. To analyze this, they used state proficiency standards as the measuring benchmarks primarily focusing on math and reading proficiency rates.

As they gathered data, they determined whether students at SBHS were performing better than "average for similar students in the state." The achievement of this award recognizes the effort students and teachers put forth in striving toward academic excellence. SBHS also met the "Standard of Excellence" for two consecutive years (2006 and 2007) in both Math and Reading, plus Writing in 2007.

Click here to see for yourself how SBHS achieved this great honor.

Over the past week, the K-8 webpage has been revamped and completely updated. Also, track pictures and basketball pictures have been added to the high school webpage. Updates to come in the next few days include many sports pictures for the K-8 webpage and a student body page for the K-8.

Download a calendar in PDF format by clicking here.

Mission Statement

The mission of the South Barber school system is to enable all students to learn the skills, acquire the knowledge, and develop the attitudes necessary for them to reach their full potential as citizens who can meet the challenges of a changing global society.