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Preparing Each Student for a Successful Future
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As a reminder, the Staff Communicator will be distributed each Thursday that we are in session, and two summer issues are also distributed. Archived copies can be found on the "Communications Department" web page.
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Chats with Chance: First One 9/12
Below is the schedule of meeting times for "
Chats with
Chance." As a reminder, each month Mr. Wistrom will visit a building to host conversations with employees. These meetings are casual opportunities where employees can visit with Mr. Wistrom regarding any topic of their choice. Building libraries will be the location of these meetings.
ALL employees are invited to EVERY meeting, if you'd like to attend! Mr. Wistrom looks forward to visiting with many of you through this opportunity!
CHATS WITH CHANCE SCHEDULE
September 12: Lyon at 7:30 a.m.
October 17: RMS at 6:30 a.m.
November 14: Sweeny/EC at 7:30 a.m. (at Sweeny)
November 29: Transportation Department at 8:30 a.m.
December 12: RHS at 6:30 a.m.
January 9: Price at 7:30 a.m.
February 13: RMS at 6:30 a.m.
March 6: Schofield at 7:30 a.m.
April 10: RHS at 6:30 a.m.
May 8: McCulloch at 7:30 a.m.
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RepMO Hero
The Republic School District looks forward to honoring staff members who go above the call of duty through the RepMO Hero program! Each month (September-April) either a certified or classified employee from each of the building/department groups listed below will be honored for their part in implementing our district mission of preparing each student for a successful future. Those individuals will be recognized individually by their building/department group and by Central Office.
Then, a committee will review the nominations of those individuals and one employee will be chosen as the RepMO Hero of the Month. The RepMO Hero will receive $500 to be used at his/her discretion to purchase resources for his/her building/department. In addition, the RepMO Hero of the Month will be recognized at the following month's Board of Education meeting and through district communication channels.
RULES/GUIDELINES:
There is no limit on how many different employees you can nominate per month.
Nominations will be accepted throughout each month using the deadlines below. Nominations will start over after the first of each month so previous month's nominations will not carry over to the new month. A new nomination must be submitted.
You can nominate ANYONE! They do not have to be a part of your nomination group (listed below).
NOMINATION GROUPS:
1. Custodial, nurses, aides/paras and food service building employees will be nominated by schools.
2. Departments will nominate staff members according to the schedule.
3. School Resource Officers, Maintenance, and IT will combine for the nominations.
4. Central Office (including SPED office, Federal Programs office, and Food Service office) and CIA will combine for the nominations.
5. Transportation will nominate staff members according to the schedule.
6. STRIPES 360 Staff members can be nominated by STRIPES or sites.
7. Sites can nominate an additional person from any of the departments in numbers 2 through 6.
NOMINATION SCHEDULE:
Per the above schedule, classified employees will be honored for the month of September. Between now and September 30 use the link below (form link also under the "Staff" tab on the website) to nominate a classified employee for RepMO Hero.
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Springfield-Greene County Library Partnership
The Republic School District is thrilled to be the first pilot district to partner with the Springfield-Greene County Library for the student access card program. This initiative provides access to a number of reliable databases full of endless resources! A few examples of the resources available include Tumblebooks, Credo, Biography in Context, Mango Languages, Lynda.com, Culturegrams Kids...and SO MUCH MORE!
Because of this partnership our students and employees have access to resources they may not have otherwise, we can ensure that the information they are obtaining is credible and they can access it in a safe manner 24 hours a day! Yes, this resource is available any time using the "Springfield-Greene County Library Database" link under "Quick Links" at republicschools.org. To gain access use your district assigned Google username as the login and password.
Please contact your site's librarian should you have questions.
We will be sharing more about this partnership with parents in the coming weeks, but it is up and running and ready to use! What a tremendous opportunity we have with this partnership. Thank you Springfield-Greene County Library!
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Elementary & EC Teachers: Smore is Ready!
Elementary and EC teachers, your grade level Smore accounts are up and running! Earlier this week you should've received details via email.
CLICK HERE to review that message.
Contact Doug Greek or Josey McPhail for support!
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STAR Summit Call for Presenters
We are excited to partner again this year with Nixa, Ozark and Willard schools to provide a great day of professional learning at STAR Summit on November 7.
 The CIA Department is currently securing presenters at all grade levels and all content areas. Please consider presenting at the event! If you have prepared training for local PD, have something unique happening in your classroom, or just want to share your great instructional and technological ideas -
WE NEED YOU!
You may present up to two sessions - it can even be the same topic - and be paid $50 per session! You can even present with a friend and split the $50! OR you may consider doing a "Deep Dive" session that spans across two sessions. There will be 3 breakout sessions, 50 minutes each, or one deep-dive and one 50 minute session. The maximum number of sessions that you can present is two 50 minute breakout sessions or one deep-dive session (1 hour 40 minutes).
A more detailed agenda of the entire day will be shared in the upcoming weeks.
Follow the link to submit a proposal:
Call for Presenters will be available through September 22.
For questions or comments please contact:
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SI Day, September 22
There will be no school for students on Friday, September 22 for a scheduled School Improvement Day. Cub Care will be available for kindergarten through 8th grade students. The deadline to register is 4:00 p.m. on September 20.
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Get FREE Newspapers for Your Classroom!
Republic teachers can get the local
newspaper delivered to their classroom weekly through The Greene County Commonwealth's
Newspapers in Educat
ion program.
NIE introduces
newspapers to young readers and helps teachers bring the community into their classrooms.
Classroom subscriptions will be delivered weekly, September through April.
Newspapers are offered on a first-come, first-serve basis; so, don't wait to sign up!
To sign up, email [email protected]
with your name, school and how many copies you will need each week. Digital subscriptions are also available.
**This is a wonderful partnership the Republic Monitor offers to our classrooms. We just ask that if you choose to use this service, you keep in mind the nature of content that can sometimes be included might not be appropriate for every grade level. Thank you!**
SEPTEMBER 30 IS THE DEADLINE.
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Helping Our Own: Sgt. Darrell Rader
As many of you may be aware, our Director of Safety and Security, Darrell Rader has been recently diagnosed with cancer in his neck. He has undergone several surgeries over the last few months, and will be doing radiation and chemotherapy moving forward. He arrived Wednesday of this week to MD Anderson in Houston for treatment.
His wife, Becky, has created a
Caring Bridge site that we've received permission to share with our employees should you like to follow his journey:
CLICK HERE.
To help offset the cost of related expenses, we'd like to share two opportunities with you. First, the Crackerjack Shack has created a
$15 t-shirt that can be purchased at the following link. All proceeds will help assist with the aforementioned costs.
CLICK HERE
 In addition, a
dinner and silent auction event will be held on Saturday, November 11 at Spring Creek Venue (7368 W. FR 186 in Republic) from 5:30-10:00 p.m. To learn more visit the Facebook event page by
CLICKING HERE.
The event planning committee is working to gather
silent auction items. If you'd like to donate, the event page also has that information or you can reach out to Teri Howard at RMS (
[email protected]).
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Required Text Opt-In...If you haven't already!
To receive texts from us be sure you have opted in to do so! If you haven't opted in yet, the below directions might help!
*This is especially for new employees of the district!
If you are pretty confident your cell number is in our system first try manually texting "Y" to code 67587. If that goes through, you will receive a confirmation text letting you know you are signed up to receive future texts. If that works, you are good to go.
However, if that does not work please contact Shawna Laffoon at Central
Office (
[email protected]) to ensure we have the correct number on file for you in SISK12. If we have to put a new number in the system for you then you should receive the opt-in message the next day.
If your number is already in our system correctly, the issue is most likely with your wireless carrier. In that case you will need to contact your wireless provider and let them know you are unable to receive SMS messages. They should be able to turn them on.
ATTENTION STUDENT TEACHERS/INTERNS:
If you'd like your number to be added to our district text and mass voice calling list, please email it to
[email protected]. Thank you!
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District & Community Events
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Upcoming Dates
September 8
: RHS Progress Reports Distributed
September 8: K-8 End of Progress 1
September 15: K-8 Progress Reports Distributed
September 21: RHS End of Progress 2
September 21: Board of Education Meeting, 7:00 p.m. at Central Office
September 22: School Improvement Day, No School for Students
September 22: Football Homecoming
September 29: RHS Progress Reports Distributed
For additional dates, please view the website calendar
HERE.
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Sincerely,
Josey McPhail
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