Bulldog Bytes - Updated May 2018
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News briefs about the people, places, and events of the Carl Junction School District.
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May 6: Vocal Music's Spring Finale Concert at Stark Performing Arts Center, 3 pm
May 7-11: Teacher Appreciation Week
May 10: Family Library Night, 3:30-6:30 at K-1, 2-3, and Int Libraries (no-checkout, but fun activities!)
May 10: 6th/JH Band Concert at Starks Performing Arts Center, 7 pm
May 11: Early Childhood & PAT - Outdoor Playgroup at PreK Playground (K-1) @ 9 am
May 14: 6th Grade Band/Treblemakers Finale Concert, Intermediate Gym @ 8:45 am
May 16: Baccalaureate Ceremony, 6 pm in the Stark Performing Arts Center
May 16: Senior Awards Ceremony, 6:45 pm in the Stark Performing Arts Center
May 18: Graduation, 7 pm at the Leggett & Platt Center on MSSU Campus. Doors open at 5:30 pm.
May 19: CJ Day at the Springfield Cardinals Game, 6 pm
May 25: Last Day of School, early out at 11:30 am
June 4-29: Summer School!
August 16: First Day of School 2018/19
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For more information, check out your
student's building newsletter or daily announcements:
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Congratulations Graduates!
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Congratulations to the approximately 220 graduates in the Class of 2018!
- May 16: Baccalaureate, Stark Performing Arts Center, 6 pm
- May 16: Senior Awards, Stark Performing Arts Center, 6:45 pm
- May 18: Graduation, MSSU Leggett & Platt Center, 7 pm
Co-Valedictorians: William Bebee, Christopher Bennish, Kate Dreiling, Joanne Kim, Hayden Massey, Brooks Neria, and Jera White
Salutatorian: Caden Cristy and Cathryn Denny
Additional Top 10%: Madison Beecher, Lucas Berliew, Frankie Goforth, Natosha Hill, Felicia Holbrook, Taylor Howard, Faith Mills, Kinsey Morey, Kaylee Myers, Breely Pilgrim, Aaron Skiles, Alexis Tackett, Andrea Tackett, Jenna Thompson, and Weston Wendt.
Also consecutively graduating with Crowder College Associates Degree: Frankie Goforth
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Summer Library @ CJ Schools
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When: June 4-29 (weekdays, select hours)
Where: Intermediate Library
"Rock and Read"
We are excited to announce that the Intermediate library will be open to all students aged Pre-K thru 6th grade in the month of June (4-29). Check out a book, read to a dog, maybe even win a prize!
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District Teacher of the Year:
Tobin Schultz
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Elementary Teacher of the Year:
Caroline Corbett
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Secondary Teacher of the Year:
Susan Hogard
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2018 Support Staff of the Year - HS Registrar Heather Whelan!
Nominees included: Michael Lutz, Carrie DeGraff, Heather Whelan, Mitzi Klute, Robin Taylor, Paddi Eppard, and (not pictured) Mike McClintock
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2018 School Volunteer of the Year - Jill Wilkins! Nominees included: Walter Hammond, Kody Wohlenhaus, Jill Wilkins, Lauren Laning,
and Lori Scott Dreiling.
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The Carl Junction Board of Education held their reorganization meeting following the April elections. Kasey Cowger and Incumbent Christie Hutcheson won seats on the Board.
Front row (l to r): Kasey Cowger, Foundation Trustee Representative Travis Spencer, and MSBA Delegate Claudia Cox.
Back row: Vice President Christie Hutcheson, President Larry Cowger, MSBA Alt. Delegate Brian Massey, and Frank Pittman.
Jennifer Kennedy was appointed Secretary to the Board and Robin Grosse was appointed Treasurer.
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Thank you!
Thank you to Dr. Glenn Coltharp for all of your years of service to the students and staff of Carl Junction Schools.
- Superintendent: 1996-1998
- School Board Member: 2004-2014 & 2015-2018
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Superintendent Dr. Phillip Cook and Dr. Glenn Coltharp.
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Bright Futures - Stuff the Bus
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Stuff the Bus is coming in July and we need your help!
Volunteers are needed to help collect donations of school supplies at a local Walmart. These supplies will help CJ students who might not otherwise have the items they need to start school in August. Did you know that over 35% of Carl Junction students live at or below the poverty line?
We will be stuffing the bus on Friday, July 27
and Saturday, July 28 from 9-3.
This is a great opportunity for families to volunteer together. We are looking for 4-6 volunteers for each 1.5 hour shift. How you can help:
Time:
select a day and time that works for you, call to sign up, come to your shift to volunteer.
Talent:
Share this information with friends and encourage them to get involved.
Treasure:
If you aren’t free to volunteer on those days, please consider donating a few school supplies on our list or even making a monetary donation to this effort.
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Carl Junction Seniors (from left to right) Joanne Kim, Taylor Howard, Mary Poage, and Jera White have been selected to The Joplin Globe Area Academic Excellence Team.
Twenty area students were chosen to the team based on an overall score using grade point average and ACT (or SAT) scores.
The students attended an awards banquet that honored them and their chosen teachers recently at MSSU.
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Congratulations to our Staff Retirees for 2018. We will miss you, best of luck!
- Amy Barnum - Teacher 2/3
- LeAnn Bogart - Teacher K-1
- Paula Bohm - Teacher HS Math
- LeRoy Alan Crane - Maintenance
- Mona Donnel - Instructional Coach
- Jim Hawkins - Maitenance
- Leoria Hemby - Para Intermediate
- EJ Logan - Teacher Satellite School
- Debbie Yates - Para Early Education
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Austin Rose, senior at Carl Junction High School, has received the final Golden Lion Award for this school year.
Along with coursework, Austin also takes part in many clubs and activities and does volunteer work through them. One particular highlight, as Vice President of Future Business Leaders of America, he helped raise $9,000 for local breast cancer foundations. He also serves as an intern at the Carl Junction Chamber of Commerce.
After graduation, Rose has plans to attend Missouri Southern, entering into their Honors College to study Business.
The Golden Lion program selects a local junior or senior, who is nominated by a faculty or community member for notable enthusiasm in both their education and community service. Each month, a selected student receives a $1000 scholarship to Missouri Southern State University.
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Storm Shelter Information
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The storm shelter at the High School will be open for
public use
when NOAA issues Severe Thunderstorm Warnings or Tornado Warnings 24/7. The public entrance is on the southwest side near the main stadium entrance.
For more information about the shelter, location, shelter rules, and volunteering see our webpage:
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Saturday, May 19 is Carl Junction Day at the Springfield Cardinals game. The 6
th
grade audition choir, The Treble Makers, has been selected to sing the National Anthem before the start of the game at 6 pm and a special section of seats is reserved for Carl Junction fans.
Tickets are $12. Four dollars of each ticket will go back to the Intermediate School Music Dept. Only pre-sold tickets will count for the fundraiser, so call the Intermediate Office at 417-649-5760 to order your tickets. The deadline to purchase tickets is Friday, May 11. A free Springfield Cardinals hat voucher comes with each ticket purchased at the Intermediate Building.
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The Carl Junction High School bands recently received high marks at State-level competitions for both large group and small ensembles/solo.
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State Vocal Music Results
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The choirs competed at state large group contest (held in Webb City) on April 12
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. All three choirs received Exemplary “1” ratings from all of the floor judges. These choirs were Cantabile, Spirito, and Dynamics.
Students competed at State Solos and Ensembles (held in Columbia) on April 27
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. Jarrett Little earned a gold medal with his vocal solo. Miles Stamper, Davin Ducre, and Nick Harms all earned silver medals with their vocal solo. The double quartet earned a silver medal as well. The double quartet members were Heather Wallace, Olivia Bliss, Madisyn Leary, Taylor Lewis, Davin Ducre, Logan Earll, Carlos Rodriguez and Andrew Doyle.
Don't miss the finale concert on Sunday (5/6) at 3 pm
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Organizations Achieving Honors
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Be sure to keep up with us on
Facebook
! This time of year we have many of our clubs and organizations achieving great things at District and State-level competitions and beyond!
Congrats to our achievers in:
Scholars Bowl, FBLA, FFA (all FFA achievements are listed on their own
Facebook page
-"like" them!), and many more!
Good luck to those moving on to Nationals/Globals!
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FBLA students at the State Competition
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Carl Junction High School inducted the following individuals and team into the Carl Junction Athletics Hall of Fame on May 2:
- Bob Hackney, Class of 1983
- Tina (Keller) Montez, Class of 1995
- The 1957 Undefeated Carl Junction Football Team.
The 2017-18 Bulldog Awards: Will Bebee, Madison Beecher, Makayla Donham, Kate Dreiling, Dawson Fenix, Karli Frazier, Abigail Hodson, Jakob Jasperson, Sydney Johnson, Paige Kalm, Olivia Lewis, Tyler Markham, Kinsey Morey, Zachary Morris, Breely Pilgrim, Halle Roper, Aaron Skiles, Zeke Wall, and Weston Wendt.
The 2017-2018 Iron Dog Winners: (Athletes earning at least seven varsity letters during their high school career) Will Bebee, Madison Beecher, Lucas Berliew, Aaron Ludders, Alexia Miller, Brooks Neria, Samuel Repsher, and Zeke Wall.
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Presenter Steve Dennis & Inductee Tina (Keller) Montez
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Presenter Clay Deem & Inductee Bob Hackney
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The 1957 CJ Football Team, yearbook photo
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Members of the 1957 Football Team with Coach Buckmaster (Back row, far right)
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For Bulldog Athletics updates:
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