ADAIR COUNTY R-II NEWSLETTER
SEPTEMBER 1, 2009 Brashear, Missouri
CLASSES
RESUMED AUGUST 19TH
The
Adair County R-II School year began on Tuesday, August 18 for teachers and
staff with an in-service beginning at 8:30 a.m. Classes resumed for students on Wednesday, August 19.
Breakfast
and lunch will be served each day. Breakfast
prices will be $.85 for students K-6, $1.10 for students 7-12, and $1.35 for adults. Lunch prices will be $1.85 for students
K-6, $2.25 for students 7-12, and $2.75 for adults. Milk can be purchased for 30 cents a
carton. Free and reduced price
meals will be offered upon submission of a qualifying application for those
meals. Applications were sent home with
your child(ren) on the first day of school.
Keep in mind that you may complete an application at any time during the
school year if your financial situation changes. Kindergarten snack milk will be 30 cents a day. This cost is not covered by the free and
reduced meal application. Parents are
encouraged to pay for snack milk at the beginning of each month.
With
the new school year, we would like to welcome the following new employee:
Steven Kerr has been employed as
our 7-12 social studies teacher. Mr.
Kerr received his Bachelor of Arts degree in History/Political Science from
Culver-Stockton College in May 2009. He
was a four-year member of the Culver-Stockton football program. Mr. Kerr will be assisting Knox County R-I
with their middle school football team.
He and his wife Samantha are making their home in Kirksville.
Please join us in welcoming him
to our district.
ASBESTOS
REPORT
The district must ensure that students and/or their
guardians are informed about asbestos inspections, reinspections, surveillance,
response actions and post-response action activities at least once a year.
The most recent Asbestos Reinspection will be available in
the district office for public viewing during business hours.
PRESCHOOL NEWS
Busy Bees will meet for the first time on Monday, September
14, 2009 from 8:30-11:00 a.m. in the Parents as Teachers (PAT) classroom. Children in our district ages 3-5 years are
eligible for this program.
For more information, please call Mrs. Toni Tuggle at
323-5272 ext. 33 or e-mail toni_tuggle@brashear.k12.mo.us.
THANKS
Thanks to the generous donations of the friends and family
of Carol Chambers, the Adair County R-II Library now has over 50 new books in
the library. These books represent all genres and cross all reading
levels. The books chosen were the
complete sets of the Missouri State Book Awards for 2009-2010. These include
nominations for the Missouri Show Me Award, the Missouri Mark Twain Award, the
Missouri Truman Award, and the Missouri Gateway Readers' Choice Award.
BREAKFAST/LUNCH MENU
Breakfast
each day includes milk and juice. The
following items are offered daily for students to choose from in lieu of the
main entrée: yogurt or a peanut butter
and jelly sandwich.
September
1-4
Tuesday:
Egg omelet, toast/Tacos, lettuce, refried beans, mandarin oranges,
cookie, milk
Wednesday:
Bacon, hard boiled egg, toast/Garlic cheese bread, roasted
potatoes, vegetable, fruit, brownie, milk
Thursday:
Sausage, egg & cheese biscuit/Spaghetti, lettuce, cottage
cheese, strawberries, white cake, milk
Friday:
Long john, fruit/Pizza, corn, pears, jello, ice cream, milk
September
7-11
Monday:
No School
Tuesday:
Breakfast bites, syrup/Hot ham & cheese pockets, tater tots,
lima beans, mandarin oranges, no bake cookie, milk
Wednesday:
Cinnamon roll/Sub sandwich, chips, corn, pears, pumpkin bar, milk
Thursday:
Biscuits & gravy/Country fried steak, mashed potatoes, green
beans, peaches, chocolate cake, milk
Friday:
Scrambled eggs, bacon, toast/Hot dog, chips, baked beans,
applesauce, cookie, milk
September
14-18
Monday:
French toast sticks, syrup/Hot ham sandwich, tater tots, baked
beans, mandarin oranges, cookie, milk
Tuesday:
Sausage, toast/Chicken nuggets, macaroni & cheese, sweet
potatoes, applesauce, brownie, milk
Wednesday:
Breakfast pizza/Mr. Ribb, mashed potatoes, green beans, peaches, peanut
butter bar, milk
Thursday:
Pancake, syrup, sausage/Hamburger, fries, vegetable, strawberries,
white cake, milk
Friday:
Biscuits & gravy/Taco casserole, lettuce, vegetable, fruit,
Oreo® pudding, milk
September
21-25
Monday:
Cereal, toast/Nachos, lettuce, carrot sticks, mandarin oranges, no
bake cookie, milk
Tuesday:
Muffin/Chicken & noodles, mashed potatoes, green beans,
applesauce, blueberry cake, milk
Wednesday:
Biscuits & gravy/Hot dog, chips, vegetable, fruit, pumpkin
bar, milk
Thursday:
Pop tarts/BBQ pork, cheesy potatoes, baked beans, peaches,
chocolate cake, milk
Friday:
Donut, fruit/Pizza, corn, pears, jello, ice cream, milk
September
28-30
Monday:
Apple or cherry strudel/Walking taco, lettuce, refried beans,
mandarin oranges, cookie, milk
Tuesday:
Waffle, syrup, sausage links/Tenderloin, fries, baked beans,
peaches, chocolate cake, milk
Wednesday:
Breakfast pizza/Ravioli, garlic bread, peas, cottage cheese,
pears, banana bar, milk
HOMELESS
STUDENTS
If you
are homeless and going to school, let the school know about it. Being homeless and going to school would be
hard for any child regardless of age or grade level. Many things that you
normally would not have worried about before become issues, such as transportation,
space to do homework and school attendance. Some families are afraid to let
their child’s school know that they are in between places for fear of being
judged or, even worse, being reported to DFS.
There
are some things you should know about being homeless and going to public school:
·
There are laws that protect your child’s rights and your
rights as a parent to be treated as any other participant of the Adair County
R-II School.
·
The school district has a program to help homeless families
with resources to help your child stay on track and can direct you to agencies
that can help you during your period of homelessness.
·
It is your choice to let the school district know that you
are homeless.
·
The school district, like any other agency that mandates
reports, must have a reason to call DFS. Homelessness, depending on the
circumstances, is not grounds to make a DFS report.
Homeless
students have the right to:
·
Be enrolled without a birth certificate, immunization record
or other required documentation.
·
Attend the school that he/she attended before the family
lost its home.
·
Be transferred to a school closer to where he/she is staying
now.
·
Get assistance with free transportation to and from school.
·
Have access to materials such as books and supplies to
ensure an equal opportunity to participate in school.
·
Receive any special services that he/she might need. These services include:
1. Special education
2. Bilingual services
3. Gifted and talented education
services
4. Free lunch and breakfast program
5. Counseling services
6. Before and after school programs
7. Tutoring services
·
Attend school free of judgment.
Parents
and guardians of homeless children have the right to:
·
Be involved in your child’s education.
·
Be notified of and involved in any decision that your
child’s school makes regarding his or her social or academic career.
·
Request a Student Alert team meeting for your child and
include people of support. These may be a social worker or counselor from an agency
you are working with or someone that has tutored your child at an after school
program.
For
More Information Contact:
Don
Wilburn, Homeless Coordinator
Adair
County R-II School
205
West Dewey Street
Brashear,
MO 63533
Telephone
(660) 323-5272
SMILES FOR
EDUCATION
Our local Hy-Vee store is participating in "Smiles for
Education".
To participate, it’s as easy as 1, 2, 3. . .
1) Each
week, register your school and (K-12) student.
2) Shop
and save with Smiles for Education products throughout the store.
3) Ten
winners will be selected each week. The
winning student receives a new white Macbook® laptop computer and the school
receives $5,000.
Registration forms are available in-store or are available
to download at www.hy-vee.com/company/community/smiles-for-education-2009.aspx.
TIGER PRIDE
Last
spring students in grades 4-6 participated in the Adair County Soil & Water
Conservation poster contest. The theme
was “Dig It! The Secrets of Soil.”
Local winners are as follows:
|
4th
Grade |
5th
Grade |
6th
Grade |
Soil
Paint |
1st |
Caitlee
Hall |
Abigail
Kerby |
Allison
Thompson |
Sidney
Sykes |
2nd |
Brianne
Hart |
Kylie
Williams |
Gabe
Thomas |
Kourtney
Arnold |
3rd |
Saydie
Potter |
Skylar
Housman |
Chance
Hill |
Damien
Zajac |
HM |
Kacie
Mihalovich |
Tyler
Findling |
|
|
Other
Adair County schools participated in the contest as well. Judges chose two posters out of the winning
posters from all the schools to proceed to the state poster competition. Abigail Kerby’s poster was chosen as Adair
County’s overall winner and was sent to the Missouri Association of
Conservation District’s Poster Contest.
She received a gold medal.
Sidney Sykes received a silver medal for her poster that placed 2nd in
the overall soil paint category.
Twenty-eight
students exhibited artwork at the NEMO Fair last July. Champion winners were Megan Taylor, Austin
Alexander, Hannah Bishop, Sydney Slavin, Katie Smith, Rose Cloud, Justin Hazen,
Kelsey Hocker, Alexa Acton and Kayla Snelling.
Reserve champion winner was Johnathon Perry. Other exhibitors were Miranda Creason-2 Blue; Mary Coy-Blue;
Morgan Taylor-3 Blue; Megan Taylor-2 Blue; Amanda Horton-Blue; Johnathon
Perry-Blue; Olivia Wheeler-Blue; Nicole Wagster-Red, Blue; Austin
Alexander-Blue, White; Trae Treasure-Blue; Paige Longano-Blue; Natasha
Findling-Red; David Walker-Blue; Hannah Bishop-3 Blue; Sydney Slavin-Blue;
Katie Watson-Blue; Katie Smith-2 Blue; Jordan Berry-Blue; Rose Cloud-Blue;
Justin Hazen-Blue; Stephanie Elsea-Red; Angela McKim-Red; Kelsey Hocker-Blue;
Alexa Acton-2 Blue; Meredith Thomas-Blue; Nikkie Moncrief-Red; Dakota
Williams-Blue; and Kayla Snelling-Blue.
Congratulations
to art instructor Becky Hazen and her students for a job well done!
PUBLIC NOTICE
All
responsible public agencies are required to locate, evaluate, and identify
children with disabilities who are under the jurisdiction of the agency,
regardless of the severity of the disability, including children attending
private schools, children who live outside the district but are attending a
private school within the district, highly mobile children, such as migrant and
homeless children, and children who are wards of the state, and children who
are suspected of having a disability and in need of special education even
though they are advancing from grade to grade.
The Adair County R-II School District assures that it will provide a
free, appropriate public education (FAPE) to all eligible children with
disabilities between the ages of 3 and 21 under its jurisdiction. Disabilities include autism, deaf/blindness,
emotional disorders, hearing impairment and deafness, mental
retardation/intellectual disability, multiple disabilities, orthopedic
impairment, other health impairments, specific learning disabilities, speech or
language impairment, traumatic brain injury, visual impairment/blindness and
young child with a developmental delay.
The
Adair County R-II School District assures that it will provide information and
referral services necessary to assist the State in the implementation of early
intervention services for infants and toddlers eligible for the Missouri First
Steps program.
The
Adair County R-II School District assures that personally identifiable
information collected, used, or maintained by the agency for the purposes of
identification, evaluation, placement or provision of FAPE of children with
disabilities may be inspected and/or reviewed by their parents/guardians. Parents/guardians may request amendment to
the educational record if the parent/guardian believes the record is inaccurate,
misleading, or violates the privacy or other rights of their child. Parents have the right to file complaints
with the U.S. Department of Education or the Missouri Department of Elementary
and Secondary Education concerning alleged failures by the district to meet the
requirements of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA).
The
Adair County R-II School District has developed a Local Compliance Plan for the
implementation of State Regulations for the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act (IDEA). This plan
contains the agency’s policies and procedures regarding storage, disclosure to
third parties, retention and destruction of personally identifiable information
and the agency’s assurances that services are provided in compliance with the
General Education Provision Act (GEPA).
This plan may be reviewed during regular school hours on days school is
in session in the Office of the Superintendent of Schools.
This
notice will be provided in native languages as appropriate.
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1 JV/V Softball w/ Knox County—Here 5:00 p.m.
3 SB/BB w/ Macon County—Here 5:00 p.m.
4 JV/V Baseball w/ LaPlata—Here 5:00 p.m.
7 No School—Labor Day
8 SB/BB w/ Novinger—Here 5:00 p.m.
9 Renaissance Breakfast
10 JV/V Softball w/ Canton—There 5:00 p.m.
11 Grandparents Eat w/ 1st Grade—Here 10:45 a.m.
11 Kindergarten Grandparent Gathering—Here 2:00 p.m.
11 SB/BB w/ LaPlata—Here 5:00 p.m.
12 Schuyler County JV Softball Tournament —There TBA
14-18 SAT10 for Grades 6-11 and OLSAT 8 for Grades 2 & 7—Here TBA
14 Busy Bees—Here 8:30-11:00 a.m.
14 Junior-Senior Parent Meeting—Here 6:00 p.m.
15 SB/BB w/ Atlanta—There 5:00 p.m.
16 Early Dismissal-Teacher In-service—12:45 p.m.
17 Citizenship Day
18 SB/BB w/ Green City—There 5:00 p.m.
21 All School/Senior Picture Day—Preschool at 8:00 a.m.
21 Busy Bees—Here 8:30-11:00 a.m.
21 JV/V SB w/ Marion County—There 5:00 p.m.
22 JV/V SB w/ Bucklin—Here 5:00 p.m.
23 SB/BB w/ Bevier—There 5:00 p.m.
25 Elementary Awards Assembly—Here 2:45 p.m.
26 Schuyler County V Softball Tournament—There TBA
28 Busy Bees—Here 8:30-11:00 a.m.
THANK YOU
The
district would like to thank all of the volunteers who donated their time and
efforts at our work days on August 12-13.
Your help was greatly appreciated as we completed last minute projects
around the school before classes began.
We
would also like to thank the First United Methodist Church of Kirksville,
United Way of Adair County, VFW Men’s and Women’s Auxiliary, Salvation Army,
Quota Club, Elenora Houghton Memorial, Davena McKim, Cassy Graham, and Lonnie
& Sandy Osborn for their donation of school supplies for our students.