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Picture Day is coming up on 09/20/2024! Order online before Picture Day at https://inter-state.com/FlyerEntry/87787BF.

The Rich Hill Lady Tigers started their season with a strong showing, securing victories for both Varsity and Junior Varsity teams against the Miami Eagles. The Varsity squad won a thrilling match 3-1, with set scores of 25-19, 17-25, 26-24, and 25-11. Meanwhile, the Junior Varsity team is also 2-1, with set scores of 24-26, 25-14, and 25-14. Lanie Phelps led the team with 10 aces, followed by Izzy Swope and Emily Mackey with four aces a piece. Maysi Miller showed up with 23 kills for the team with Briley Steuck earning 8 kills. Ava Tialino, Leeanna Bell, and Abi Reed supported the team with blocks and plays at the net. The Lady Tigers will look to build on this momentum as they prepare for their first home games next week. They'll face off against Jasper on September 9th and Golden City on September 10th. Don’t miss the chance to cheer on the Lady Tigers as they continue their season! -Coach Lemcke & Coach Castillo

Students in grades 9-12, please join us for our FBLA welcome pancake breakfast Wed., September 4 @ 7am in the Library. See the Rich Hill FBLA Band app for details!

Congratulations to the 2024 Softball Academic All-State Members! Izzy Swope, Lanie Phelps, Mady Ephland, Avery Wheatley Not Pictured Graduates: Gretchen Brooks & Kayden Coonce

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Well, the first week is down! Even though it was only 3 days, I think everyone is ready for the weekend. Thank you to all the parents who started transporting their children to and from school. This has helped with bus crowding tremendously. Please note that Homecoming is early this year. It will be on September 20 against Appleton City. The TShirt order form is attached to this message. You only have 6 days to get your order in. Order forms will be sent home with elementary students today. Finally, it is with regret that we cancel JH Football this year. With only 8 players out for the team, we felt that the risk of injury or having to forfeit a game if a player cannot take the field is too high to continue. The boys and cheerleaders are obviously disappointed. The boys were offered the opportunity to serve as managers for Varsity so they can help on the sidelines and become a part of team culture. Cheerleaders will continue to practice as they prepare for basketball season and will be involved in Little Cheer. We anticipate a large number of boys out for JH Football next year, so we are optimistic this is a one-year problem. Thanks for sending us your amazing kids every day! Have a great weekend!

Rich Hill High School Volleyball 2024 Please see the attached volleyball schedule for this season, Jamboree information, and admission updates.

Missouri has been approved to administer Summer EBT 2024. This program is a dedication and commitment between the lead agency, the Department of Social Services (DSS), along with DESE. Summer EBT provides Missouri children who are eligible for free and reduced-price school meals the opportunity to receive critical nutrition benefits. Households who need to apply can submit the application online (https://www.healthytogether.co/onboarding/missouri-sun-bucks) by August 31, 2024. Families can use the Missouri SuN Bucks Eligibility (https://mydss.mo.gov/sunbucks-eligibility) to see if they need to complete an application. Families with children who meet the criteria will receive an EBT card by mail, or the benefit will be added to their existing EBT card. Criteria for automatic eligibility includes: The household already participates in SNAP or Temporary Assistance; including extended eligible household members, or The child is age 7-17 and in foster care, homeless, a migrant, or The child attends a school that offers the National School Lunch or School Breakfast Program and the household income meets the requirements for free or reduced-price school meals.

Junior High Football Update: Unfortunately, due to low numbers for the junior high football team, we are canceling the 2024 junior high football season.

Hello parents! I hope your children had a good first day of school. We have seen an increase in enrollment and as you know our bus routes have dropped to 3 until we can find another driver. These buses are very crowded and we got everyone home safe today. We are trying to put as many as 4 children per seat which means loading is a challenge so please do not change your child’s drop off location unless it is an emergency. If you have the availability to drop your child off or pick them up, I’m sure your child and all of those who must ride the bus will thank you! Also, this is the second year for all parent drop-off and pick-up being at the dome. For student safety, no children should be picked up in the student and faculty parking lot or dropped off there in the morning. If your child is trying to go out these doors, they will be redirected to the dome entrance to get picked up. If they manage to get past the teachers on duty or go out another entrance to sneak around to the student lot, just like last year they will face disciplinary action. We do have cameras viewing those exits and the parking lot so we will be able to identify children. All of these regulations are to protect the more than 330 students we serve from preschool to 12th grade. Thank you for your help as we try to get the school year off to a good start.

Tiger Football! The Tigers will kick off the season in Archie at the Jamboree this Friday. The games will be held at the practice fields by the Archie school and fans are encouraged to bring lawn chairs. *pocket sports calendars are now available in the HS office.

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