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Below you will find news and information about the Republic School District. As a reminder, regular issues of Tiger Talk will be distributed on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of each month during the school year. Two summer issues will be distributed as well.
We look forward to welcoming our students back to school on August 11!
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Back to School Dates
Thursday is the big day! We are so excited to welcome our students back to
school August 11! Below is a list of events taking place throughout the rest of this week:
School Improvement Day
5:00-6:00 p.m. RHS Freshman Orientation
5:30-7:00 p.m. Lyon and McCulloch Open House
5:30-6:15 p.m.
EC morning classes Open House
6:00-7:30 p.m. RHS Open House for ALL Grades
6:30-7:15 p.m. EC afternoon classes Open House
6:30-8:00 p.m. 7th and 8th Grade Open House at RMS
*8TH GRADE FAMILIES: One parent for each student must attend a RepMO Ready Parent Orientation before the student will be able to take home a Chromebook during the 2016-17 school year. Parents can attend an orientation at either 6:00-6:30 p.m. OR 8:00-8:30 p.m. on August 9 (before or after the Open House).
*Free vaccination clinic available at RMS during Open House hours as well.
Wednesday, August 10
Teacher Work Day
Thursday, August 11
First Day of School
RHS: 7:30-2:30 p.m.
RMS: 7:40-2:40 p.m.
Elementary: 8:30-3:30 p.m.
Friday, August 12
Friday
Early Release
RHS: 7:30-1:30 p.m.
RMS: 7:40-1:40 p.m.
Elementary: 8:30-2:30 p.m.
A full 2016-17 school year calendar can be found
HERE.
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Send us Your FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL Photos!
We are so excited to welcome our students back to school this
Thursday, August 11! Each year our tradition is to collect your "first day of school" photos and place them on Facebook for all to see.
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Friday Early Release
Each Friday the Republic School District participates in an early release. Weekly release is a research based best practice which allows teachers and administrators time to work together each week in a structured manner. Students are dismissed one hour early each Friday per the below schedule. During this time teachers meet in grade level/departmental teams to focus on instructional practices and responding to student learning needs.
The first Friday early release will be THIS FRIDAY, AUGUST 12.
FRIDAY EARLY RELEASE SCHEDULE:
RHS: 1:30 p.m.
RMS: 1:40 p.m.
Elementary: 2:30 p.m.
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Text Opt-In: MUST REPLY "Y" TO CONTINUE RECEIVING TEXTS!
The district's new mass notification provider requires that before a device can receive text messages from the school, an opt-in confirmation must be sent from the device.
On July 28 a text with the following text message was sent to all numbers that have been provided to the district by employees and our families:
Republic R-3 School District text messages. Reply Y for aprx 3 msgs/mo. Txt HELP 4info. Msg&data rates may apply. See
schoolmessenger.com/tm
TO CONTINUE RECEIVING TEXT MESSAGES FROM THE REPUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT YOU MUST REPLY "Y" TO THE MESSAGE. OR YOU CAN TEXT "Y" AT ANY TIME TO 67587.
Keep in mind, the district uses text messages to inform you about important information like school cancellations, upcoming events, and emergency situations. To ensure you are as informed as possible, please
REPLY "Y" TO THE TEXT MESSAGE MENTIONED ABOVE (SENT JULY 28) OR SEND A NEW TEXT TO 67587 WITH THE MESSAGE "Y" TO CONTINUE RECEIVING TEXT MESSAGES FROM THE REPUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Answers to Frequently Asked Questions:
The text will come from 67587. Each device that you'd like to receive texts must individually opt-in.
If your confirmation was received you will get a text back stating
"Y
ou're registered 4 SchoolMessenger notifications."
If you do not receive a response, please contact your wireless device provider to have SMS messaging/premium content enabled.
Keep in mind,
ONLY NUMBERS CURRENTLY ON FILE WITH THE DISTRICT will receive this opt-in message. If you did not receive this message this means your number is currently not on file with us.
Contact the office of the building in which your child attends or that you work to get your contact information updated.
To opt-out, which is highly discouraged, either don't reply at all or reply back with an "N."
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Summer Professional Learning & Curriculum Work
What an incredible summer of learning and hard work our employees have had! Throughout the summer months our educators work hard to fill their toolboxes for the next school year.
Below are some celebrations we wanted to share with you!
Number of secondary teachers who worked on curriculum: Over 70!
Number of courses secondary teachers worked on this summer: 68!
Number of elementary teachers who worked on curriculum this summer: 80!
Number of elementary curriculum units created over the past 2 years: 350+!...WOW!!!
- Number of Professional Learning offerings this summer: 26 opportunities for teachers to select based on their own needs and the needs of their students.
- Number of FUSE (Blended Learning) training dates this summer: 4 days to welcome and train all 5th grade/8th grade/HS ELA & Science teachers not already trained.
- Number of APEX (PBL) training dates this summer: 3 days plus additional days throughout the school year to learn and plan.
- New Teacher Tech Days: 2 full days for new teachers to learn and receive their Chromebooks.
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Free/Reduced Meal Applications & Meal Prices
Applications are now available for free and reduced lunch rates. We encourage everyone to consider completing the application, even if you do not plan to use the benefit. A new application must be completed each year.
Click HERE for the form.
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$ 1.15 |
Reduced: Free |
| Lunch |
$ 2.30 |
Reduced: $ .40 |
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| SECONDARY |
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| Breakfast |
$ 1.30 |
Reduced: Free |
| MS Lunch |
$ 2.50 |
Reduced: $ .40 |
| HS Lunch |
$ 2.50 |
Reduced: $ .40 |
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| ADULTS/VISITORS |
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| Breakfast |
$ 1.85 |
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| Lunch |
$ 3.35 |
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Extra Milk or Juice: $.45
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RHS Fall Sports Parent Meeting, 8/10
The Republic High School Fall Sports Parent Meeting will be
hosted tomorrow night,
Wednesday August 10
, in the RHS auditorium starting at
7:00 p.m
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RepMo Ready: 2016-17 Plans
Last year we announced the district's plan to expand technology in our classrooms called
RepMo Ready. In summary, ALL students will have 1 to 1 or 2 to 1 ratios with technology devices by the 2018-2019 school year. We are already well on our way with this progression!
Click on the graphic to the left to see an outline of this plan.
Last school year we began with providing devices and training to ALL teachers along with numerous pilot classrooms across the district! We are very excited about what's in store for the 2016-17 school year!
Earlier this summer we released three short videos which further explain what RepMO Ready looks like for this coming school year. Check them out below!
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RepMO Ready: Nuts and Bolts |
In summary, adding technology
to our classrooms isn't simply replacing technology
for paper and pencil or textbooks...it's opening our students' learning environment to information beyond the four walls of their
classroom. Technology helps students go deeper
in their knowledge, and also gives them
opportunities to develop 21st Century skills like communication and collaboration. It helps us as a district prepare
each student for a successful
future, our mission.
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| RepMO Ready: Student Safety |
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| RepMO Ready: Learning Opportunities |
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Student Email Format Change: Grades 7-12
On August 1 the format of student email addresses in grades 7-12 changed to match student network usernames.
The new format will be:
(networkusername)@republicschools.org
In most cases this will be
(last two digits of graduation year)(last name)(first name initial)@republicschools.org, but there are exceptions depending on legal names provided to the district.
This change took place on August 1 so for students to login to their school email accounts they simply type in this new format and THEIR CURRENT PASSWORD. Student passwords will not change through this process.
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Peachjar E-Flyer Service
 Peachjar is an online service which houses electronic flyers approved by our district. Each building has a Peachjar page which can be found by clicking on the Peachjar icon on each building page. In addition, optional emails will be sent to parents with these flyers on a weekly basis. For those organizations interested in posting a flyer that meet district policy, please click
HERE.
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School Zone Flashers to be Installed Near RHS
 Over the summer many facility projects were tackled throughout the district! Specifically, we want to call attention to the upgrades that were implemented to address student and employee safety.
At RHS a new safety vestibule was created to mimic those in our other buildings. In addition, the walkway between the outer buildings at RHS and the main building were connected with fencing.
The middle school received several updates. Specifically the office area renovation is taking shape and will provide a more secure and workable space for the building.
We are also very excited about the upgraded radio system we are putting in place. The old system was 20 years old and beyond its lifespan. Behind McCulloch Elementary we have a new radio tower. This new system provides us with strong communication to the outskirts, and beyond, of our district boundaries. Specifically, it allows all buildings to communicate with one another more clearly than the old system. In addition, multiple channels provide building specific radio traffic options.
In partnership with the City of Republic and MODOT we are excited to announce that three school zone flashers will be installed near the high school at the beginning of the 2016-2017 school year! When flashing, the school zone flashers will require drivers to reduce their speed to 45 mph. We feel the addition of these flashers will assist in keeping our young drivers, and the entire community, safe when travelling near RHS. Below is a map with the approximate locations of the school zone flashers.
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STRIPES 360 Rate Update
In order to meet the needs of our growing programs, STRIPES 360 will be implementing a slight tuition increase for the 2016-17 school year. We are dedicated to providing a safe, engaging and enriching environment for our students before and after the school day as well as when school in not in session. To do so, additional funds are needed to provide the resources necessary. Please review the below chart for more details. Thank you in advance for your support of this effort. For questions or concerns, please contact Ashlee Liska at
ashlee.liska@republicschools.org.
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Full Monthly Rate
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Reduced Lunch Monthly Rate
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Free Lunch
Monthly Rate
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Tiger STRIPES
Full-Time Before School
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$77.00
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$57.75
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$51.50
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Tiger STRIPES
Full-Time After School
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$147.00
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$110.25
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$98.50
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Tiger STRIPES
Full-Time Before and After School
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$217.00
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$162.75
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$145.25
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Tiger STRIPES
Part-Time Before School
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$62.00
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$46.50
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$41.50
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Tiger STRIPES
Part-Time After School
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$117.00
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$87.75
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$78.50
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Tiger STRIPES
Part-Time Before and After School
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$172.00
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$129.00
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$115.25
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Tiger TEENS
After School
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$100.00
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Cub Care
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$20.00/day
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Winter Escape
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$20.00/day
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STRIPES 360 personnel will be at open houses to collect payment and answer questions.
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Student Immunization Requirements
The state of Missouri requires certain vaccinations for students in order for them to attend school. To see a full list,
CLICK HERE. Specifically, all incoming 8th grade students must have a Tdap vaccination and 1 Meningococcal vaccination record on file. In addition, all incoming high school seniors must have 2 Meningococcal vaccination records on file.
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District and Community Happenings
FREE VACCINATION CLINIC TONIGHT!!!!
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Upcoming Dates
August 11: First Day of School
August 12: Friday Early Release
**See section above regarding other Back to School dates.
For additional events and dates, visit the district calendar
HERE.
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For questions or comments please contact me via
email or by calling 417-732-3605.
Sincerely,
Josey McPhail Director of Communications
Republic School District |
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