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Hello from Republic School District! Tiger Talk is an e-newsletter distributed the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of each month during the school year. Thanks for reading! Archives can be found
HERE.
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District Closed, 10/11: Cub Care Available
The district will be closed on Friday, October 11. For families in need of childcare, Cub Care through the STRIPES 360 program will be available for kindergarten through 8th grade students. CLICK HERE for more information.
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RepMO Hero Nominees
Throughout the school year we will take turns recognizing outstanding certified and classified employees through our RepMO Hero program. District employees submit nominations and then a nominee from each department group and building are submitted to a district selection committee who chooses one individual to be the RepMO Hero of the Month! That individual is recognized and receives $500 for his/her department or building to spend on resources of his/her choosing.
For September the following RepMO Hero nominees were celebrated! These individuals go above and beyond the call of duty to help us reach our mission of "preparing each student for a successful future." Thanks to each of them for their service! We'll share the RepMO Hero of the Month for September later this week!
EC: Jen Wojciechowski, Paraprofessional
Lyon: Shawna Laffoon, Secretary
McCulloch: Dustin Prest, Lead Custodian
Price: Marlen Seaton,Cook
Schofield: Sherry Kelley, Cook
Sweeny: Cierra Galyon, Computer Aide
RMS: Laurie Madson, Paraprofessional
RHS: Will Uzzell, Maintenance
CO/CIA: Melissa Bennett, HR Coordinator
Transportation: Shelley Keene, Bus Driver
Maint/IT/Security: Scott Umbarger, Director of Safety & Security
STRIPES: Nick Gideon, Site Leader
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Social Media Highlights: #repmoproud
As a reminder, you can find Republic School District on
Facebook and
Twitter! In addition, all buildings and the STRIPES 360 program have a Facebook pages. RMS and RHS also have Twitter accounts, and RHS is on Instagram. Check them out! Here are a few highlights:
SEPTEMBER 24:
How AWESOME is this?! Schofield Elementary students, families and staff raised $3248 through a coin drive for fellow student, Colston, who is battling cancer. WOW, that's a lot of coins and WOW what HUGE hearts you have, Schofield!!! #repmoproud #schofieldkidscare
SEPTEMBER 24:
The RHS Marching Band looked AWESOME at Friday night's game in the inaugural appearance of their brand new uniforms! They also sounded as equally amazing! You can check out their performance at https://youtu.be/tmK7HwJf0Rw. #repmoproud
SEPTEMBER 26:
Check out this story
(CLICK HERE) by Claudette Riley News-Leader to learn more about the "WHY" behind the investigation of a new Early Childhood Center and gymnasium at Schofield Elementary. #repmoproud
OCTOBER 4:
How fun is this?! "Paint the Principals" today at McCulloch in celebration of good attendance! #repmoproud
OCTOBER 7:
Such a simple, yet greatly important, life skill these Sweeny students learned during their "Special Impression Drill." Students have been reviewing best practices of greeting and talking with others. During their "drill" they were able to put their knowledge to work by greeting other students using good eye contact, smiles, firm handshakes, fist bumps and hugs. #repmoproud
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Expansion of Burrell Behavioral Health Partnership
This fall Republic School District will be expanding their partnership with Burrell Behavioral Health. Republic High School began their partnership with Burrell in January of 2019. As of October 1 all elementary buildings will be included in that partnership as well! This opportunity allows for eligible students to receive mental health services through Burrell in the school setting.
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Free Seasonal Flu Shots for Students
The Republic School District, in cooperation with Jordan Valley Community Health Center, is offering
free seasonal flu vaccine
to Republic students as supply allows.
The following conditions would prevent your child from receiving flu vaccine: allergy to vaccine components and moderate or severe illnesses.
If you are interested in your child receiving the inactivated influenza vaccine (Flu Shot), please complete and sign a consent form and return to your school nurse by October 15th. CLICK HERE FOR THE FORM.
If you have additional questions about the program, please contact your school nurse.
October 21st, Monday
RMS 08:00-11:00
Price 11:30-2:30
October 25th, Friday
RHS 08:00-10:00
Schofield 11:00-1:00
McCulloch 1:00-3:00
October 28th, Monday
Lyon 9:00-11:00
Early Childhood 11:30-12:30
Sweeny 12:30-2:30
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Open Positions
We're looking for two caring individuals who enjoy working with kids to join our teams at Sweeny E
lementary and the Republic Early Childhood Center as a paraprofessional and aide. To learn more or to apply for these positions or others,
CLICK HERE.
Please share!
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Text Notification Update
Our mass notification system's settings have changed. Any student, employee or guardian cell phone number in our system, beginning October 9, will automatically be opted-in to receive text messages from the district. Users will no longer have to opt-in to receive texts from us. That said, on October 9 at noon any cell phone numbers that have not yet opted in that are in our system will receive the following notification: "You're registered 4 SchoolMessenger messages. Txt STOP to quit, HELP 4 help. Std msg/data rates may apply. Freq varies. schoolmessenger.com/tm". No action is needed to continue receiving texts.
If you are already opted in and receiving text messages from the district, you will not receive this text and no action is necessary. As a reminder, at any time users can opt out of receiving texts. However, this is not recommended. If you have issues receiving text messages from the district make sure you have the correct phone number on file with us (can be done through the Parent Portal) or contact your wireless provider to ensure that SMS messaging is enabled.
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A Sub Above
We'd like to recognize Mr. Carey Higgins for being "A Sub Above!" Mr. Higgins is a substitute teacher for the Republic School District, and is being recognized for going above and beyond to serve our students. We appreciate you and are thankful you choose to sub in Republic! If you know of someone who would make an excellent substitute, they can learn more at
https://www.penmac.com/teach. #repmoproud
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District & Community Events
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Upcoming Dates
October 7 & 8: RMS Parent Teacher Conferences
October 8: RHS Parent Teacher Conferences
October 11: District Closed
October 18: End of Quarter, K-12 Grade Cards Distributed
October 28-30: Elementary Parent Teacher Conferences
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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