The Republic School District will be closed March 11-15 for Spring Break. Have an awesome break!

Republic elementary teachers interested in teaching summer school can CLICK HERE for the application and associated details. Please complete the application by 4:00 p.m. on March 22. 

All other details about summer school will be released the week after spring break.

Attention incoming Republic School District Kindergarten families! Kindergarten screening and enrollment along with orientation dates have been set for the 2019-2020 school year! Any child who resides in the Republic School District boundaries that will be 5 on or before July 31 is eligible. Visit https://www.republicschools.org/kindergartenscreening to find dates and details. We will began taking screening appointments on March 4. Please help us share this information! We are excited to welcome the class of 2032 to school! #repmoproud

The Republic Community Foundation is seeking grant applications. Below is the description. CLICK HERE to apply (5th one down). Take note, you must create an account before being able to submit a proposal. For the organization's tax ID number, simply type in #00-0000000. 

The Republic Community Foundation works to improve the quality of life for individuals in the Republic area through thoughtful grantmaking and community leadership. The Republic Community Foundation is governed by a Board of Directors, chosen for their knowledge of the area. Grant decisions are made by the grant committee.

The unique role of a community foundation is to conduct a flexible community grantmaking program which addresses the most important needs of the community at any one time. The flexibility this requires is made possible by charitable donors who established unrestricted or field-of-interest funds and place the decision-making in the hands of the community leaders serving on our Board of Directors as well as dollars raised by the Republic Community Foundation.

Grant proposals are accepted according to an announced time table, and grant recommendations are made as funds are available.

501(c)3 organizations or other IRS approved entities (government entities, school districts and churches) serving the Republic area are eligible to apply.

• Applicants who serve the Republic area are encouraged to apply.
• Applicants may apply for up to $23,875 in funding for this grant cycle.
• Applicants will notified by April 9, 2019 of grant decisions.
• Contact Sandy Peabody with questions about this grant program (417-224-2356).
• Contact Bridget Dierks for questions about the application process or with technical questions (417-864-6199).

In awarding grants, affiliates of the CFO will not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or veteran status. Grantees must not, in the use of CFO grant funds, discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or veteran status either in its employment practices or in its policies and procedures concerning access to services.

PLEASE NOTE: This grant application system uses a character count on all grant questions. This character count includes letters, numbers, spaces, and punctuation.

Applications are due 11:59 p.m. on March 12, 2019.

Congratulations to the following individuals who are RepMO Hero nominees for the month of February! Each of them goes above and beyond the call of duty to meet the needs of our students and fellow teammates. We are truly blessed to call them RepMO Tigers! #repmoproud

EC: Alysia Brooks, Preschool Teacher (not pictured)

Lyon: Michelle Peters, Counselor

McCulloch: Terri Trimble, 4th Grade Teacher

Price: Janell Jones, Counselor

Schofield: Kelly Hobbs, 3rd Grade Teacher

Sweeny: Courtney Wallace, Special Education Teacher

RMS: Rochelle Opitz-Shumaker, PLTW Teacher

RHS: Sara Lile, French Teacher

CO/CIA: Andrea Pullan: Numeracy Specialist 

Preschool enrollment for the 2019-20 school year will be on Saturday, March 23th starting at 8:30 a.m. CLICK HERE

for class offerings and other details. The Intent to Attend Form and a $30 non-refundable enrollment fee is required to hold your spot on the 23rd. We're excited to welcome our youngest learners to school!

Over the last few years our community has experienced many changes in regards to where people are living within our school district. That said, this has created disparity regarding the number of students in each of our elementary buildings. To best meet the needs of our students and to help us achieve our mission of "preparing each student for a successful future", it is important that each of our elementary buildings have similar numbers of students being served in them. We've been monitoring these changes, and brainstorming ways to address this disparity over the last several months. In doing so, it has been determined that the best solution will be to update the elementary boundaries which will be implemented for the 2019-20 school year. Visit https://www.republicschools.org/boundaryupdate for additional information. Impacted families were notified via mailed letter and email the week of February 25.

In partnership with Cox Health Fitness, we are excited to announce the following FREE group fitness classes available to all district employees

beginning March 19! To participate, simply show up with the appropriate workout attire on, and a yoga mat if you're going to join that class. No registration required.   

Tuesdays: Cardio/Group Strength in the RHS mezzanine area at 5:45 a.m.

Wednesdays: Yoga in the Sweeny Elementary gym at 4:15 p.m.

Thursdays: Cardio/Group Strength in the RMS weight room at 3:15 p.m.

Contact [email protected] with questions. 

The Board of Education approved the revised 2019-20 school calendar on February 21.  CLICK HERE to review it. The calendar was revised to reflect changes regarding newly passed section 160.041, RSMo indicating that Missouri school district's must complete a minimum of 1044 hours of student instruction and " must include a minimum of 36 weather make-up hours for possible loss of attendance due to inclement weather and half the number of additional lost or cancelled hours up to 48, resulting in no more than 60 total make-up hours." 

Because of this change in legislation, the Republic School District Board of Education has approved for the district to use the three built-in holidays (MLK Day, President's Day and Good Friday) as snow day make-ups for next school year. However, NO SNOW DAYS beyond Good Friday will be made up. Therefore, the last day of school will be a half day on Thursday, May 21. Thank you to the Board of Education for this decision as it allows for families to make definite summer plans.