Pettis County RV School District

Community and Children Teaming Up 4 Success C.A.C.T.U.S. is a nonprofit organization located in Sedalia, Missouri, that acquires and distributes school supplies to students who need them throughout Pettis County, Missouri. Monday, August 7 and Tuesday, August 8 will be the 2023 dates for packing and distribution of school supplies for Pettis County students. Print and fill out the registration form and bring it with you to distribution at the designated time. If you can't print the form, you can pick one up at Open Door, Salvation Army, Pettis County Health Center, Pettis County Community Partnership, or Missouri Valley Community Action Agency. Forms will also be available at distribution.

We are seeking a paraprofessional to work at Northwest Elementary next school year. The position begins August 17th with a training on August 8th. The position is a full-time position with health insurance, life insurance, retirement and paid leave. Come join our fantastic elementary team! Please contact elementary principal, Kelly Weathers, at kweathers@nwmustangs.org or call the school at 660-827-0772 for more information or to apply. EOE

In an ongoing effort to best serve Missouri students, we are asking that school districts assist us in recruiting educational surrogates. The Missouri State Plan for Special Education, pages 85-86 requires that Responsible Public Agencies assist DESE in recruiting educational surrogate volunteers and submit their names and addresses to the Department. We have found that only a few surrogates are being asked to serve the majority of students in need of educational surrogates. In order to maintain a fair and reasonable division of assignments; 1. We need to recruit more surrogates, especially in our southwest, southeast, and central Missouri areas; and 2. We need requests to respect assignment limits of our current surrogates. We will not assign additional students to surrogates who are at or exceeding their desired workload size. In order to assist you in your recruitment efforts, we shared a recruiting video on our Facebook page on May 15, 2022. We also have a YouTube video that can be found at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_u8u5M28RI. Our Twitter page can be found at https://twitter.com/MOEducation where we also posted on May 15, 2022. Feel free to share these links from our social media pages. Pages 84-87 of the State Plan outline the expectations for an educational surrogate. Our Educational Surrogates webpage contains all of the information that an interested party needs to know about becoming an educational surrogate.

Pettis Co. R-V School District has openings for bus drivers, route and substitute. Interested individuals must have a Class B CDL with P and S Endorsements or be able to obtain one. The route position has full benefits including paid health insurance, paid leave, life insurance, and retirement. Route drivers guaranteed minimum of 20 hours per week during the school year at $22 per hour, additional hours may be possible driving extra trips. Please contact the transportation director, Mr. David Sanders, at 660-287-3505 or the district office at 660-827-0772 for additional information. EOE

Northwest FFA members participated in a National FFA Leadership Conference in Washington D.C. last week. Students attended several leadership workshops and participated in service projects. They also visited the Whitehouse, many national monuments, and visited several museums. It was a trip packed with learning and memorable experiences.

The Missouri Cross Country and Track association awarded Academic All-State to the following students: Katie Martin Kimbree Pummill Zoe Richardson Lain Tichenor Well done - we are proud of you!

FYI The ambulance, helicopter, and emergency personnel in Houstonia & Hughesville are responding to a community need. The activity does NOT involve the school. Thank you

Pettis Co. R-V School District has openings for bus drivers, route and substitute. Interested individuals must have a Class B CDL with P and S Endorsements or be able to obtain one. The route position has full benefits including paid health insurance, life insurance, and retirement. Please contact the transportation director, Mr. David Sanders, at 660-287-3505 or the district office at 660-827-0772 for additional information. EOE

Our FBLA Chapter received their National Banner today! We ended the year with a Silver Champion Chapter award. The banner symbolizes the hard work we have displayed throughout the program this year. Well done!

This year Isaac Nieters and Jace Bales were recognized at Rotary Scholarship Finalists. Throughout the course of the year we had multiple Rotary Students of the Month: Jace Bales, Isaac Nieters, Harley Allee and Katie Martin. Congratulations! We are proud of your accomplishments!

CONGRATULATIONS! The following softball players were recognized for excellence on the field. All-Conference: Gabby Meyer Val Meyer Karli Smith Mary Walker Honorable Mention - Grace Walker All-District: Gabby Meyer Val Meyer Zoe Richardson Karli Smith Grace Walker Mary Walker

Baseball team plays for District Championship tonight at Leeton at 5:00pm. Good luck gentlemen!

Baseball Awards - Congratulations Gentlemen! Academic All-State Team: ranked 5th in class baseball with team GPA of 3.46 Academic All-State: Grant Burson, Gavin Killion, Isaac Nieters & Lain Tichenor Senior All Star Selection: Grant Burson, Gavin Killion & Isaac Nieters

Congratulations!

Baseball games for tonight, May 11th are cancelled.

Evan Buckley, Isabella Plotnic, and Anastasia Donets attended the MS Music Contest and received an Exemplary Achievement rating. Congratulations!

New requirements:

Congratulations JH track athletes! At the last meet there were 63 schools and over 1100 JH athletes. 800 meter 7th Bristen Douglas 200 meter 8th Bristen Douglas 4x100 meter relay 9th Bristen Douglas, Chase Sanders, Michael Novak, Zach Sanders

Northwest has an opening for an evening custodian at the high school. We hope to hire at our May 17th Board of Education meeting. The position will begin June of 2023. Please contact the school at 660-827-0772 for additional information. If interested in the position, please email the Superintendent at afagg@nwmustangs.org for an application.

Softball update: Tomorrow, Tuesday, April 25th, NW Softball plays against Stover at Versailles City Park (across from McDonald's) at 5:00pm.