This link is to the latest district newsletter. It breaks down Prop KIDS and lists the candidates running for school board.
https://sh1.sendinblue.com/vxxb4idtxpfe.html?t=1711559578
If your business would like to purchase a spot on the 2024-25 Rich Hill Athletic Calendar for $50, please download the form at https://5il.co/2hb13 and return it to Central Office with payment. Please make sure your business information is accurate and that you have provided the correct logo using the method selected on the form. All proceeds minus actual printing cost will go directly to student athletics.
JH Cheer Tryouts tonight from 4:15 to 5:00 in the dome for girls that have signed up and returned all paperwork to Mrs. Schenker.
Proposition KIDS Town Hall and Information
Here's a sample of what just went out in the weekly District Newsletter. The link to sign up is at the end:
The weather wasn't very cooperative last night, but we had a couple of community members who up to learn about Prop KIDS and then take a tour of the greenhouse which was paid for by a large grant and then district funds.
A couple of years ago, the board refinanced our debt at a lower interest rate. This cut 3 years off of the life of the loan. Since then, both the assessment and amount of personal property in the district has increased bringing in more revenue than what our payments require. The board has two options: lower the tax rate or prepay the loans faster than scheduled.
Proposition KIDS provides a 3rd alternative. If voters choose to approve Prop KIDS, the board can then flex the surplus revenue into operating funds to help with building and equipment repairs and maintenance before things reach a point where the board has to ask for more debt to be taken out. The money the board flexes into operating funds earns a much higher interest rate than what we are paying on our debt providing even more revenue for the district.
If voters don't approve Prop KIDS, then the debt will be paid off around 2028 or so and then the $1.0086 levy will fall off. This will drop district revenues by about $460,000 per year...or about 10% of the district's annual budget.
The district has leveraged millions of dollars in grant money and stretched our dollar as far as we can. Operating costs and minimum salaries continue to increase at a rapid rate while state funding has been flat for almost 10 years.
From now until the election, I will continue to post more information about Prop KIDS so the public can make an informed decision before going to the polls on April 2.
Sign up the newsletter here: https://d1fd8f10.sibforms.com/serve/MUIFAEYVwXgu0UWCK4kKVaBOQK588II_v75zh7gTxe8MMii55iaZrpxnpt6kkbn66yeNkwGOJi1qAyeB33JrBdui1xmmJcV-A2ZUVVNvG3oUbxP_zlChNfCsWhzF0kQ-U9616q7GZcUUJy8CVp4R2EdLSnTeyKWsC8PmD6VS73zbacp1moXQV8aEXifHgz0311Kfei6vzJ1hSh9h
Rich Hill will once again be making our own Sports Calendar for 2024-25. The company who has done this in the past has not contacted us and I informed them last year we would be doing it ourselves from now on. We have typically gotten one $300 check from them for all the ads sold to the community. I believe we can do better with all of the money going directly to our athletic program. We will begin working on an order form with prices and post it here and to Facebook shortly. Our goal would be to have calendars printed and ready to go by the beginning of August. Thank you!
Click the link to learn more about Prop KIDS in the district newsletter.
https://sh1.sendinblue.com/vphwgidtxpfe.html?t=1709324161
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First District Newsletter. Sign up if you haven't already. Here's a link to the first edition:
https://sh1.sendinblue.com/vla74idtxpfe.html?t=1708717893
It has taken a bit to figure out a format that works, but I've posted two yearbooks on the alumni page that are on Google Slides so they can be viewed easily and without software. I'll post a news story as well so I can give links and details.
Court Warming is tonight starting at 5:30pm in the dome.
As part of our Continuous Improvement Plan, the committee wanted the district to begin a newsletter. Sign up here: https://d1fd8f10.sibforms.com/serve/MUIFAEYVwXgu0UWCK4kKVaBOQK588II_v75zh7gTxe8MMii55iaZrpxnpt6kkbn66yeNkwGOJi1qAyeB33JrBdui1xmmJcV-A2ZUVVNvG3oUbxP_zlChNfCsWhzF0kQ-U9616q7GZcUUJy8CVp4R2EdLSnTeyKWsC8PmD6VS73zbacp1moXQV8aEXifHgz0311Kfei6vzJ1hSh9h
Join us for Basketball and Prom-posals!
We need some assistance from the Rich Hill community. The school is working on several records projects and we need information we don’t have. If you have any Rich Hill High School sports scorebooks from the past because you or a relative coached, we need those to create an accurate official school record book.
Also, the library is missing many years of yearbooks since these used to be part of general circulation and they would not get returned. Now we store the yearbooks as a historical record and they are not checked out to students.
I am working on a senior composite project and I will not be able to make all past senior composites available without a copy of each year’s Yearbook. If you have one you would like to donate to the school’s historical collection, please drop it by Central Office. If you have a yearbook and don’t want to part with it, if you could come by central office and let us scan in the senior portraits, that would also be very helpful.
Here are the yearbooks we need: 1881-1910; 1912-1945; 1947, 1948; 1952-1954; 1956-1962; 1964, 1966, 1967; 1969-1971; 1973, 1974, 1976; 1978-1987; 2000.
Thank you Rich Hill!
This is an important announcement from the Rich Hill R-IV School District. Due to the weather advisory issued by the National Weather Service extended through noon tomorrow, there will be no school on Tuesday; however, because temperatures will begin to warm through the afternoon, the basketball teams will still travel to Osceola. The bus will leave the school at 3:50 and the games will begin at 5:30pm. Thank you and stay warm and safe.
This is a reminder from the Rich Hill R 4 School District that there will be no school on Monday for students. Teachers will be in Professional Development on Monday. Thank you and have a great weekend!
Dear Community Members and Organizations:
This is the time of year when people are feeling gratitude for having things they need, wishing for things they want, or being acutely aware that they don't have the things they need or want. Several civic groups and individuals have approached me this year about making donations to the school for kids in need.
Some of you have been able to provide for specific things which have benefited kids greatly. But we do have students, especially our older students, who often need things immediately. Predominantly toiletries like shampoo, soap, body wash, toothpaste, and deodorant. We also have need to provide kids with sweats, underwear, socks, or hoodies for various reasons from kindergarten through 12th grade. If you can provide unopened toiletries for both boys and girls, or unopened underwear or sweats (new/like new) for boys or girls anywhere between 5T and 40 inch waist, or new or like new hoodies from 5T to XXL, you would help us provide the best possible learning environment we can give to children.
Other items our nurse uses to care for kids daily includes zip lock bags, Tylenol, ibuprofen, children Tylenol and ibuprofen (chewable), band aids, etc. (please only unopened items).
Through the state’s feminine hygiene grant, we have been able to stock a full year’s supply of feminine supplies and medication that is available to our female students so please do not donate these items.
If you would like to be put on a list to donate specific items such as a coat, or shoes, or any items we discover a child might need, please email me at kgoddard@richhill.k12.mo.us and I will make your name available and what you can provide to our principals and counselor.
All other items listed above may be dropped off at any of our offices.
Thank you all and the Faculty, Staff, Administration, and School Board wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
The bus barn has several used 11 22.5 bus tires both 12ply and 16ply. $100 each or best offer. Contact Kenny Kasner at the bus barn to take a look at them.
It has been brought to the school's attention that goods are being sold door to door as "school fundraisers." The school does not sell goods directly door to door. If it is a school fundraiser, it will be on an order form and items will be delivered at a later date or available for pickup at the school. This is also the time of year that "salesmen" will come to the door and say they are selling books, encyclopdias, etc. that the school "endorses." Again, the school does not endorse outside educational products that are not sold directly through the school or the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education's (DESE) website.
Phone call coming through with more details about the following. Also on website.
Tonight 6th instrument rental 4:30pm. k-5 Meet the Teacher and 6th Orientation 5:30-6:30. Meet the Team 6:30pm Dome.
First Day Tuesday 7:56am.
8th and Senior Immunization Clinic Thurs 8-24 2-3pm Nurse Office.
Everyone needs to complete online registration in Teacher Ease before first day.
Parent Pickup and Dropoff for pk-12 has moved back to the Dome Entrance for everyone. Details and maps on school website with new city One-Way Street on Poplar from 5th to 3rd.
Urgent Coaching Positions:
We really need your help filling the following positions so we can field teams this year for these kids:
1. Athletic Director-must be very organized, efficient, and a good communicator. Position requires 2-3 hours a day on average. Some work can be done from home. Some will need to be at school including help with certain athletic events.
2.Varsity Volleyball-Bachelors Degree or 60 College Hours. Experience and knowledge of varsity level volleyball.
3. HS Girls Basketball-Bachelors Degree. Experience and knowledge of varsity basketball.
4. HS Girls Assistant Basketball-60 College hours preferred.
Please contact the office to submit an application. 417-395-2418. All positions will require a fingerprint background check and the completion of MSHSAA coaching training modules.
Zane Becker earned 1st place at Class 1 District Track in Triple Jump! Congratulations!
Girls 4x800 earned 2nd place at Class 1 District Track! Congratulations Noelle, Kirsten, Kaylee, and Sydney!
