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
Junior High practices will start Monday, August 19th.
Attention Junior Parents we will be having a meeting Thursday the 22nd at 7:00 pm in the high school library.
Please see the attached Tax Rate Hearing Notice. Per Prop KIDS, the levy will be held even with last year's levy, except 45 cents will be shifted into Fund 4 to help pay for facility repairs and improvements. This 45 cents will generate about $150,000 per year and will be added to the district's transfer of operating funds and other allowable transfers into Fund 4. The board has authorized the development of a Master Facility Plan to identify and prioritize capital improvement needs from Fund 4.
6th Grade Orientation is Thursday, August 15th at 5:00 pm in the HS Auditorium
*Meet & Greet with Core Teachers
*Find your Locker
*Pick up your Schedule
*Tour of your classrooms
*If you need to rent a band instrument--
---Parents: Please be prepared with some form of payment to complete the rental process.
To our 23/24 graduates: If you ordered a yearbook, they will be in the High School front office. The rest of our 23/24 yearbooks will be passed out within the first two weeks of school starting.
If you want to purchase our new 24/25 book, our online store is live now!!
https://tinyurl.com/368y7zkd is the link to our store.
Go Tigers!!
Fall Athletics Practice Schedules: High School practices will start on Monday, August 12th.
Football: 3:30-6:00pm
Volleyball: 3:30-5:30pm
Cheer: 5:30-7:00pm
Cross Country: 7:00am
Junior High Athletics will start practice on August 19th
Calling all HS Band students! We will be having a back to band camp on Tuesday, August 13th, and Thursday August 15th from 6:30-8:00 PM in the new music room at the High School. I would also like to invite color guard to this event so that we can get acquainted and begin looking at the music for our fall show.
We will have refreshments and forms for band and color guard t-shirt orders!
If you have any questions, please contact me at pdavis@richhill.k12.mo.us
See you there!
UPDATED SENIOR INFORMATION:
The senior banner pictures will be held on Friday, August 16th at 1:30 pm in the Dome. We will be photographing all Fall and Winter activities as well as the group activity senior banner.
Football, Volleyball, Cheer. Cross Country, Marching/Pep Band, Trap Shoot, Basketball, & Choir.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact the High School office at 417-395-4191 or email tjblack@richhill.k12.mo.us
Attention Seniors and Juniors: Due to a new master schedule, we are adding a day of registration specifically for juniors and seniors. It will be held on Wednesday August 7th from 8:30 AM to 11:00 AM.
The planned registration for Thursday August 8th will be for sophomores and freshmen from 8:30 AM to 11:00 AM and junior high will be from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM.
Class of 2025! Senior Banner Pictures to be held: Tuesday, August 6th at 2:00 pm in the HS Auditorium.
Fall Senior Banner Photos: Football-Volleyball-Cheer-Band-Trap
Your first senior banner is free (provided by the Booster Club)
Additional Banner : $30
8x10 Prints available
Seniors will need to make contact with their Coach or Sponsor if uniform or equipment is needed.
Seniors may take one picture with all activities represented if they desire.
*If you have questions please contact Tj in the office. Office hours will start August 2 from 7:30-3:30.
tjblack@richhill.k12.mo.us
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Jr. High Summer School were able to experience the Truman Library last Thursday.
Track throws camp- July 13th
Summer Food Service is available. Please see the notice at the following link: https://5il.co/2oiev.
Reminder: HS football weights this week 6-7:30am, and HS football camp at 8 am.
Open weight room is Mon-Thur. 7-8:30am.
Monday's and Thursday is cross country training for HS/JH.
We need to fill the weight room and get in shape! A lot of next season's success depends on it!
If you have any questions contact your coach or Coach Green.
JH volleyball parents our new JH coach is Stephanie Cameron! She has set up the Band App group. She will be using this app to send out information on summer activities as well as the upcoming season. Attached is the link for this app group. There is a volleyball camp in Butler June 18-20 that she is interested in taking the altletes to. If your kiddo is interested please contact her through the app, or contact Coach Green at his school email. https://band.us/n/a5ac0dLcl8Dd8
Varsity Football will be making a change to the Team Camp next week. Team Camp will be Tuesday 6/4- Friday 6/7 from 8am-10am.