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Picture day is tomorrow, Tuesday, October 1st.

Tiger cross country traveled to Hermitage today for a big meet. There was 70+ schools, and 1,000+ athletes. The day started with varsity boys. Caisen Gwinn earned a medal with his 20th place finish running a 19:35.93, and Andrew Kithcart finished 28th with a PR time of 20:05. Lily Talbott Rich Hill's lone girl runner finished 16th in middle school girls with a time of 15:56.53. The highlight of the day was the middle s hool boy's who came home with the championship! there was 11 teams who had full squads, and 125 runners. this is the first ever team championship for any group in Rich Hills cross country programs history. Leading the tigers was Kaiden Fry with an 8th place finish, with a time of 12:40.98. Other tigers finished: Hunter Bolser 11th 12:42.49, Tracker Bolser 27th 14:01.57, Thomas Feild 38th 14:23.25, John Fletcher 46th 14:46.89 Matthew Kithcart 47th 14:50, and Mekhi Silva 99th 17:51.55. Congratulations to all the athletes, and a lot of theose times are personal best!

Picture Day is coming, Tuesday, October 1st! Feel free to order online at https://inter-state.com/order Once there use the JH/HS code: 87787BB

Homecoming Parade Route.... 1:50pm start time

Parents, we apologize for the inconvenience, but due to circumstances beyond our control, we will have to switch back to 3 routes starting tomorrow.

It's Homecoming Week!!!

FBLA Drive In for the Food Pantry is filling up!

Let's hear it for our Tigers! They decorated the hallways today with plenty of spirit!

Join us at 7:30 Saturday, September 14 at 7:30 pm in the parking lot for FBLA MovieNight. Family friendly fun for a $5 donation to benefit the food pantry! Bring your lawn chairs to the North lot.

This is an important announcement from the Rich Hill School District. On Monday, we will begin running 4 routes again. This will continue for 6 weeks. We will do our best to have someone trained to take over the 4th route at the end of 6 weeks. If we cannot get someone trained, we will have to return to 3 routes. On Monday, please be patient as bus drivers adjust their routes. Pickup and dropoff times may change some so please make sure to watch for your bus Monday morning.

Tiger Football is introducing an “Honorary Captain”. The football program will select a faculty or staff member as an honorary captain. This honor is to say “THANK YOU” for everything they do for our school and football program. For tonight's game against Jasper the Football Team has selected Ms. Wills. Thank you Ms. Wills for everything you do for the school, the classroom, and on Friday nights! We appreciate everything you do. Thank you! The Rich Hill Varsity football team will kick off at 7:00 pm tonight against Jasper. Come on out and support your hometown Tigers!

Little Cheer will perform at half time. The rock bleachers, sand pile, back of the old gym, and chainlink fence has been infested with red and yellow and black wasps. The area has been treated multiple times, but not all areas have been eliminated. Please keep children with you when they are not cheering. For safety reasons, golf carts will only be allowed into the stadium to go to a purchased Booster Club spot or to drop off a disabled individual with a chair or at the bleachers and then leave the stadium.

Well, the first week is down! Even though it was only 3 days, I think everyone is ready for the weekend. Thank you to all the parents who started transporting their children to and from school. This has helped with bus crowding tremendously. Please note that Homecoming is early this year. It will be on September 20 against Appleton City. The TShirt order form is attached to this message. You only have 6 days to get your order in. Order forms will be sent home with elementary students today. Finally, it is with regret that we cancel JH Football this year. With only 8 players out for the team, we felt that the risk of injury or having to forfeit a game if a player cannot take the field is too high to continue. The boys and cheerleaders are obviously disappointed. The boys were offered the opportunity to serve as managers for Varsity so they can help on the sidelines and become a part of team culture. Cheerleaders will continue to practice as they prepare for basketball season and will be involved in Little Cheer. We anticipate a large number of boys out for JH Football next year, so we are optimistic this is a one-year problem. Thanks for sending us your amazing kids every day! Have a great weekend!

Rich Hill High School Volleyball 2024 Please see the attached volleyball schedule for this season, Jamboree information, and admission updates.

Missouri has been approved to administer Summer EBT 2024. This program is a dedication and commitment between the lead agency, the Department of Social Services (DSS), along with DESE. Summer EBT provides Missouri children who are eligible for free and reduced-price school meals the opportunity to receive critical nutrition benefits. Households who need to apply can submit the application online (https://www.healthytogether.co/onboarding/missouri-sun-bucks) by August 31, 2024. Families can use the Missouri SuN Bucks Eligibility (https://mydss.mo.gov/sunbucks-eligibility) to see if they need to complete an application. Families with children who meet the criteria will receive an EBT card by mail, or the benefit will be added to their existing EBT card. Criteria for automatic eligibility includes: The household already participates in SNAP or Temporary Assistance; including extended eligible household members, or The child is age 7-17 and in foster care, homeless, a migrant, or The child attends a school that offers the National School Lunch or School Breakfast Program and the household income meets the requirements for free or reduced-price school meals.

Hello parents! I hope your children had a good first day of school. We have seen an increase in enrollment and as you know our bus routes have dropped to 3 until we can find another driver. These buses are very crowded and we got everyone home safe today. We are trying to put as many as 4 children per seat which means loading is a challenge so please do not change your child’s drop off location unless it is an emergency. If you have the availability to drop your child off or pick them up, I’m sure your child and all of those who must ride the bus will thank you! Also, this is the second year for all parent drop-off and pick-up being at the dome. For student safety, no children should be picked up in the student and faculty parking lot or dropped off there in the morning. If your child is trying to go out these doors, they will be redirected to the dome entrance to get picked up. If they manage to get past the teachers on duty or go out another entrance to sneak around to the student lot, just like last year they will face disciplinary action. We do have cameras viewing those exits and the parking lot so we will be able to identify children. All of these regulations are to protect the more than 330 students we serve from preschool to 12th grade. Thank you for your help as we try to get the school year off to a good start.

Tiger Football! The Tigers will kick off the season in Archie at the Jamboree this Friday. The games will be held at the practice fields by the Archie school and fans are encouraged to bring lawn chairs. *pocket sports calendars are now available in the HS office.

Little Cheer will be held Sept. 3rd - 5th. If interested, please complete the form attached and submit it to the Elementary office with payment by August 27th. Grades Pre-K to 5th grade $30 per cheerleader Performance: Friday, Sept. 6th

Dear Parents, School begins on Wednesday morning at 7:56am and we look forward to having your children back with us for the 2024-25 School Year. We are facing a bus driver shortage and so we will need your patience and cooperation regarding school transportation. For now, we will have 3 routes until we can train and hire another driver. All of our current drivers are retirees with limits on the number of hours they are permitted to work. Due to this, drivers cannot wait for children to come out of houses after the driver has stopped and honked the horn multiple times. Children need to be waiting at the bus stop when the driver approaches the stop. If the driver stops and children are not visible, the driver will proceed to the next stop. Children who miss the bus will need to be delivered to the school by the parent because drivers will not be able to return the house. The same applies in the evening. Bus drivers will drop the child at the designated bus stop. The driver is not responsible for verifying a parent is home before departing the bus stop. Parents must ensure there is an adult waiting at the designated stop. The school receives 20 to 40 bus drop off changes per day and each one requires the teacher, the child, and the bus driver to be notified by the office secretary. This takes time and creates confusion, especially when we do not receive calls until the last 15 minutes of school. Please try to call before 2pm if there is an emergency situation where a child needs delivered to another location than their normal stop. Please minimize call-ins to change your child’s drop off location as we are trying to deliver over 200 children home every day and each change increases the chance of the child getting delivered to their normal stop instead of the one you have requested that day. The first few days of school are always a challenge as we figure out how long routes will take and what time the bus will arrive. Because our routes will be longer, we are unsure of when buses will be at your home location. If you are in a rural location, please be looking for your bus as soon as 15 minutes before your normal time and it may arrive later than usual. Town route children should begin watching for their bus by 7am and most children will be picked up by 7:35am. Each day your bus time will become a little more accurate, but children should always be ready for their bus 10 minutes before it normally arrives. Thank you for helping us keep school buses the safest form of transportation in the United States.

We are building our crew for Friday & Monday Night Football Games! If you are interested in running the chains or being the announcer, please contact Damon Green or the HS Office. You will have free admission to the home football games and have the best seat in the house! dgreen@richhill.k12.mo.us 417-395-4191