Jr High/High School

If you tried out for Varsity Cheer…check your email!!!!

​We have applied with the Bates County Commission for American Rescue Plan Funds to help the district start a daycare program. There are several teachers with little ones or expecting that can no longer find childcare in Rich Hill since all providers have closed since the COVID shutdown. We know there will be a few teachers who will have to resign if there is no childcare available. Since this is a COVID caused issue, we have applied for $287,408 to provide a facility, equipment, and first year staffing expenses to help us get up and running at a reasonable daily rate for staff. Open spots after staff would be available to working community members at a reasonable cost. The district would expand its daycare and preschool program according to demand from the community to provide working parents seamless care from birth to 5 years old. We thank the Commission for their work in distributing available funds. We think this would be a huge benefit to many families in the Rich Hill community and would benefit all of the students in the district as we would be able to keep our quality teachers by providing childcare to them.

Congratulations to the athletes who made All District teams! Magal Chol-Case (POY) Dillon Coonce Kayden Coonce Maysi Miller

Here are the final basketball standings for the WEMO Conference this year. Also, congrats to the following players for receiving all conference honors; Boys Final Standings: 1. Rich Hill 9-0 2. Adrian 8-1 3. Archie 7-2 4. Drexel 6-3 5. Liberal 5-4 6. Osceola 4-5 7. Jasper 3-6 8. Lakeland 2-7 9. App City 1-8 10. Midway 0-9 All-Conference Team Colin Kramer Adrian 1st Team POY Magal Chol-Case RH 1st Team Jojo Mitchell Drexel 1st Team Matt Boehne Liberal 1st Team Mason Rusow Adrian 1st Team Brock Smith Archie 1st Team Dillon Coonce RH 2nd Team Briar McIntire Archie 2nd Team Braxton Brownlee Lakeland 2nd Team Cole Hamilton Adrian 2nd Team Wyatt Cawyer Jasper 2nd Team Zane Becker RH 3rd Team Kolbi Nichols Drexel 3rd Team Chase Ray Liberal 3rd Team Dyson Barker Osceola 3rd Team Owenn Cavin Midway 3rd Team Girls Final Standings: 1. Adrian 7-2 1. Archie 7-2 1. Jasper 7-2 1. Drexel 7-2 5. Liberal 6-3 6. Lakeland 4-5 7. Appleton City 3-6 8. Osceola 2-7 9. Midway 1-8 10. Rich Hill 1-8 All Conference Team Keara Mattingley Archie 1st Team POY Emily Wheeler Drexel 1st Team Crystal Smith Jasper 1st Team Brett Frost Lakeland 1st Team Elyse Evans Adrian 1st Team Riley Hoppers Osceola 1st Team Taylor Swarnes Liberal 2nd Team Kaitlyn Newport Archie 2nd Team Izzy Richardson Drexel 2nd Team Mercadez Scott Jasper 2nd Team Maysi Miller Rich Hill 2nd Team Makenna Wilkins Lakeland 3rd Team Riley Essenpries Adrian 3rd Team Olivia Engeman Appleton City 3rd Team Ellaina LaNear Liberal 3rd Team Laney Uchtman Osceola 3rd Team Information posted from WEMO Athletics and Activities.

What a fantastic way to end our week! We had a very brave kindergartener help save the day on Tuesday. Alecsus Entrikin's grandma picked her up after school. On the way home, Alecsus noticed an elderly woman that had fallen in front of her home and was trying to flag down some help. Alecsus told her grandma they needed to turn around and go help. Needless to say, she saved the day! Alecsus was recognized today by the city and our local policemen! She received a certificate of appreciation from the city of Rich Hill for honorable achievement! Congratulations to Alecsus for being so brave!

Don’t forget the winter sports reception tonight! Coaches will be recognizing high school cheer and high school basketball. This will start at 6:30 in the auditorium.

Congratulations to Brayden Smith, Tesah Swarnes, Rory Adams, Sophie Green, Mason Buckman, and Kaiden Fry for completing their black belts in Band Karate today! They had to pass off a series of songs in front of their peers and they didn’t miss a single one! Great job! 🎺🥁

The junior high semiformal dance is this Friday from 5-7 PM! Students must be in good academic standing to attend. Eligibility is based off of 3rd mid-quarter grade check. If a student was failing a class and did not raise that to a passing grade since that time, they are not eligible for the dance. If you unsure of their eligibility, please check your child's Canvas for current grades.

Rich Hill High School Band and Choir members did an excellent job at District Solo and Ensemble Contest! We had so many participants this year and they all played wonderfully! Noelle Abend: Gold Rating - Flute Solo Hayden Schapeler: Gold Rating - Trumpet Solo Noah Smarr: Gold Rating - Snare Solo Noelle Abend: Silver Rating - Piccolo Solo Juliana Abend: Silver Rating - Clarinet Solo Oscar Green: Silver Rating - Clarinet Solo Emily Black: Silver Rating - Vocal Solo Clarinet Quartet: Silver Rating Trumpet Quartet: Silver Rating Vocal Sextet: Silver Rating Serenity Laughlin: Bronze Rating - Clarinet Solo Karmen Delephimne: Bronze Rating: Bass Cl. Mady Ephland: Bronze Rating - Bari Sax Emily Black: Bronze Rating - Bari Sax Noah, Hayden and Noelle are moving on to State contest in April!!!🥇Congrats!

Rich Hill R-IV School is beginning the 6th Cycle of the Missouri School Improvement Program. If you are a parent or community member, please fill in the following anonymous survey--no personal information is collected or saved. District staff may also fill out this parent and community survey. Separate staff and student surveys will be sent to staff and student email accounts. This survey will close on Friday. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfpwQdKGKf8--yt_QVDmMeLMwkCydJrH3J4FMeC930ylxJl6g/viewform?usp=sf_link

Good Luck!!

Spring Sports: There will be a parent meeting for Softball and junior high/high school track and field on Wednesday, March 8th. This meeting will be held in the elementary cafeteria at 5:00 pm. If you are unable to attend please reach out to your athlete's coach.

Let's go Scholar Bowl! Cheer on our Varsity Team as they compete at WEMO competitions.

Are you known for a certain food dish? Are you willing to share the recipe? Mrs. Bruce’s Computer Application class is looking for your family’s favorite recipes! If you don’t mind sharing your recipe with others, we would love to compile them into a cookbook. Please share your recipe with Mrs. Bruce by March 21st. Ways to share your recipe: • Send a copy with your child. o For elementary students, Mrs. Toppass will kindly collect them. o For high school students, please bring them to Mrs. Bruce or Mrs. Black in the office. • Email a copy to mbruce@richhill.k12.mo.us The cookbooks will be for sale once we collect, organize, and bind the cookbooks. The cookbooks will be $10 and the proceeds will go to the High School Student Award Trip Fund.

Winter Sports Award Reception (HS Basketball & Cheer) Tuesday, March 7th @ 6:30pm High School Auditorium

Tiger Nation Thank you doesn’t seem like enough! From our players, cheerleaders, manager, coaches, students, parents, staff members, community members, and businesses. THANK YOU!!! The season didn’t end how we wanted it to last night, but these boys fought hard until the end! Players, we are so proud of you! Your attitude on and off the court was classy and kind. Your heart for the game is clear! As we watch two important players walk into a new phase of life in a few short months, we wish them all the best. We have some solid players on this team and will have so new additions with the upcoming freshmen. We can’t wait to see what you can do next year! Parents! Thank you for your support! All of the food, goodie bags, encouragement, and strong belief in these boys has been amazing!! To our fearless Manager! Thank you for keeping our boys hydrated and encouraged! Cheerleaders! Thank you for keeping our fans and players pumped up! Staff, students, and Community! You rallied around this team and kept them encouraged!! Please know the boys noticed and loved every minute of it! And to our team! Thank you for a season we could all be proud of. We all hope that you are as proud of yourselves as we are proud of you! Your representation of Rich Hill was outstanding. We are so proud of both of our basketball teams and are excited to see you next year!

There has been a ton of information sent out the last couple of days, please read through all of it and pass on this information to anyone who may have missed it. Spring practices start tomorrow these include softball, and track and field. Track practice will start at 3:20 at the track and due to the boys advancing to Sectionals practice will be done at 4:45 sharp to allow kids that are going to be able to leave on time. If you are picking your kids up from practice make sure they are picked up on time to allow everyone to get to the game. Softball practice will start at 3:30 at the ballfield and they will be finishing early as well. Kids have a minimum amount of practices before their first contest, so they need to be at practice. Thanks everyone!

Don’t forget, if you plan to attend Monday nights sectional game in Willard, you will need to purchase your ticket online. Please go to the MSHSAA website. https://www.mshsaa.org Look for the MSHSAA ticket. The event is under boys basketball, class 1, sectional 3 & 4. #wearenotdoneyet #proudtobeatiger

Please find the permission slip for the pep bus at the following link: https://5il.co/1pseq This is open to junior high and high school students. If you do not have printing capabilities, there will be copies in the high school office Monday. Forms need to be turned into the office before the end of the school day Monday. Thank you!

Your Rich Hill Tigers will be traveling to their sectional matchup versus Thomas Jefferson Independent at Willard High School. It is slated for a 7:45 tipoff on Monday February 27th. There is a pep bus that will be traveling to Willard for the game if there is enough interest. Please fill out the following Google Form if your child intends to ride the pep bus (https://forms.gle/UNtzjaeP2GrH4ncW9). This is open for all 6-12th graders. There will be a permission slip that must be signed by parents prior to the end of school on Monday for your child to ride the bus. We will push that out sometime tomorrow and will have copies in the office if you do not have printing capabilities. Additionally, we will have a late start on Tuesday, February 28th due to the distance and timing of the game on Monday night. School will begin at 10:00 AM. Congrats Tigers on a great game but we're not done yet!