Students in Fair Grove are teaming up with city leaders to educate the public on an upcoming ballot measure. On April 8th, voters in Fair Grove will decide whether to fund nearly a million dollars worth of improvements to the city’s aging wastewater and stormwater systems. For several weeks, high school marketing students have been developing advertising campaigns to help people in town fully understand the bond proposal.
https://www.ky3.com/2025/03/06/fair-grove-marketing-students-team-up-with-city-leaders-help-public-understand-bond-proposal/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR2Kd4beXThBizD7b3kv3RHGWb4PaUtRyDqG6Ns5Rxcb6WqbYsp7YMnDMqY_aem_Yhxa9rYGsjwnPL5ZQ1mUAA#6dzou3dmjcv3zmjjnaldi3wctekgluue
Nixa students put their hard work against Mother Nature. Third graders engineered houses to withstand natural disasters in honor of Severe Weather Preparedness Week. The students predicted how their creations would withstand wildfire, flooding, or dust storms. Then, their teachers unleashed homemade weather to see how the models fared.
https://www.ky3.com/2025/03/04/nixa-elementary-school-students-test-houses-against-mother-nature/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR23z9G7hzPvKeUdFaG9fWr7KPQDfDuzZRVhUvuJn1cKO9fqVArXkvh9bDA_aem_e5kcA2h5AoCeaoEBpDLWIw#3wi1f0qbqyngsgm1csjkun5z6vizgz2mj
Growing up, everyone learns the golden rule “treat others the way you want to be treated.” Students at St. Joseph's Pershing Elementary have taken things a step further with a mission to achieve 100 acts of kindness. “We’re not just in charge of educating their brains, we’re in charge of educating their hearts,” Pershing fourth-grade teacher Mary Sanders said. “So we are going to work really hard to make good people as they leave us.”
https://www.newspressnow.com/news/local_news/education/pershing-does-100-acts-of-kindness-for-community/article_97de9c62-f54e-11ef-b898-97ac8d974ca3.html?utm_campaign=snd-autopilot&https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fnewspressnow%2F&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR12aR0ukHLQesWrPnlozOdq1UJvc5USH8yf3MqAT2cfOUJmazx-CDWVLt8_aem_nVpurIEnaawszy2ykrmmBA
More than 50 business and community leaders stepped up Friday to be Principal for a Day. They shadowed Springfield Public School principals Friday morning, following them through their daily work and interacting with students. After a morning together, the community members gathered to share their experiences with each other. ”I think this is fantastic. They’re doing great things in the school system,” said Bob Helm, the chairman of the Springfield-Area Chamber of Commerce.
https://www.ky3.com/2025/02/28/more-than-50-community-leaders-participate-principal-day-springfield/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR1CsdSZEQieP55zzmZLoJe3RtutUNqSYNLlMyap0kFv0_YWmOtud-h558M_aem_cXNqZEUwZP_YsbA0I8qNLg
Some Neosho students will experience a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. The high school choir has received an invitation to perform at Carnegie Hall in New York City next year. About 100 students will make the trip and will get to hit a few of the popular stops in the city. The performance with a professional orchestra at Carnegie Hall will happen on April 26 of next year.
https://www.fourstateshomepage.com/news/neosho-choir-prepares-for-once-in-a-lifetime-performance/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_medium=referral&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3gJl6YzLmJS04D1m5ulUigXuDlK-ovd8WEdewXD26pQd5d4qlycB7KLW8_aem_L50pOMnMvsRC0-CZv6Iaww
After a year of preparation and meetings, high school students met face to face with NASA engineers at Columbia's Hickman High School on Monday as part of a national project-based learning program. Student teams from the Columbia Area Career Center's Columbia Aeronautics and Space Association program and various other high schools presented, demonstrated and reviewed their projects and received feedback from the engineers.
https://www.komu.com/news/midmissourinews/nasa-engineers-visit-hickman-high-school-to-review-student-projects/article_3b2b7496-f2d7-11ef-b567-43180f82539b.html
Most schools have closets for students to hang coats. But a closet to give away coats? That’s another story, one that plays itself out at nearly three dozen schools in seven different districts in the St. Louis area. The Kids Community Closet is a room that is stocked with new winter coats, hats, gloves, and other items for students in need of the essentials.
https://fox2now.com/news/missouri/kids-community-closet-provides-coats-hope-for-underserved-students/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0zr_aEXnhaoikB1oTjQIyB_JE7lGNMF6A1_RAgx1Bq9U4f2OxW7sCRlIc_aem_1l8oqURNJlPbcQuCjcJ-Mw
Hundreds of Missouri students visited Jefferson City recently to commemorate National FFA Week. The special week is February 15-22. FFA members drove tractors to the state capitol in a show of support for Missouri agriculture. The Show-Me State is home to 362 FFA chapters and more than 26,000 members, ranking eighth nationally for membership.
https://www.missourinet.com/2025/02/10/missouri-ffa-is-in-jefferson-city-helping-to-plant-the-seeds-for-the-next-generation-of-farmers/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0mP0GJI0n21IJ3TLa3JzbOAurTgcilpLd14hAW2BzG-nHCvpxg8KxLAU4_aem_uinkG-IaC3GaXjn3mcAC5Q
A contest for Missouri students that’s aimed at reducing litter on the state’s roadways is underway. No MOre Trash! targets young people in kindergarten through high school. Students are asked to use their artistic talents and creativity to decorate a 30-gallon or larger trash can to be located in a prominent area of the school or community, such as a cafeteria, gymnasium, ball field, library, church, park, etc.). The design must include the No MOre Trash! logo.
https://www.kcur.org/education/2025-02-10/missouri-statewide-contest-asks-kids-to-use-creativity-to-fight-roadside-littering?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0H5qCf3nA-byY4loAayH4txjqJx9Wg-0KsNdLk5LZFcykvtCB_YdvitJI_aem_bRwQwPNbTNTuXGeu9-_dFg
Students at Parkview High School in Springfield got to witness a mock crash simulation Friday afternoon. The scene looked gruesome, but it was not real. It’s all done by student actors and first responders to raise awareness about the dangers of impaired and distracted driving.
https://www.ky3.com/2025/01/31/parkview-high-school-students-witness-mock-crash-simulation/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR03TiJAWyZhlaFo5e7VPIdXzXvQeI4JGV6wnKuRKsxUpJ9Hi0Yhi2dp8D0_aem_D8_GU1UkAdxV0kqgopUSpA#sf6bmlr04js22mkl4qeucqvtbwpi85j
Students from Columbia's West Boulevard Elementary School tapped maple trees to make maple syrup. The fifth graders took part in maple sugaring at Boone County Nature School. The students are learning through "place-based education" with curriculum that is relevant in economy, culture, and ecology.
https://krcgtv.com/news/local/fifth-graders-tap-maple-trees-at-boone-county-nature-school?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR1k1NDblctx6DRQMzYqj0IZ531Ni2vKzxe6jFHnXVx78fTra5sluURtroA_aem_-nT8aXWIXPrjzhU4JRCKOA
Poplar Bluff High School students received an award from Patrick Mahomes for taking part in the Superbowl’s reading challenge. The students each received gift bags containing a trading card, water bottle, and pencil from the ‘15 and the Mahomies’ foundation as part of the ‘Read For 15′ challenge.
https://www.kfvs12.com/2025/01/23/pbhs-students-become-mahomies-through-nfl-stars-reading-program/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0P-xZ5XUqp5uRweku7R3D1-iJ7FeSVpBAijM1yWx3Rdg7A4XoRaV20Dvk_aem_LBYp-KaQ6j10wqjABeQQpw#qg1y2erqtgeu4e7k3e7pshonq3d2v94w
A group of seniors from Mehlville High School spent a few days sharing what they learned in a career preparation program with their peers. Students from the St. Louis Center for Advanced Professional Studies (STL CAPS) Program taught a Stop the Bleed class on Thursday and Friday, a CPR life-saving course for teens to have that experience if they ever needed to respond to an incident.
https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/education/students-teach-peers-cpr-skills-stl-caps-training/63-8dedd1c7-38e0-4dbb-a50b-28584715161c?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0Bm0uJC-TFWExPkF6moCo5spM_ebKogebYRT3o_uSNXS2ttAqzoBXTgxM_aem_gxR8Gqs9SyN9eah_RH3B0A
Central High School’s publications received top recognition from the American Scholastic Press Association. The yearbook took Second Place, while the news magazine not only secured First Place with Special Merit but also earned the coveted Most Outstanding High School Magazine award. Congratulations to the entire team!
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On Wednesday, MSBA took comments from the public, assisting Columbia Public Schools with the district's superintendent search. Three forums were held to hear from families and community members regarding the search. "The school board wanted to make sure there was a lot of opportunity for input from the community," said Linda Quinley, who is the lead MSBA consultant on the search. "It will help them narrow the pool of candidates to find someone who will fit the wants of the community."
https://www.komu.com/news/midmissourinews/parents-teachers-say-they-want-new-cps-superintendent-to-be-relatable-and-trustworthy/article_9f30bc50-cdf5-11ef-b6c5-1326166dfc0e.html
Artificial intelligence holds the promise of helping students with a range of visual, speech, language and hearing impairments to execute tasks that come easily to others. Schools everywhere have been wrestling with how and where to incorporate AI, but many are fast-tracking applications for students with disabilities.
https://apnews.com/article/artificial-intelligence-students-disabilities-ff1f51379b3861978efb0c1334a2a953
A southern Missouri middle school teacher has received a national teacher recognition award. Dallas DeWeese, a social studies teacher in Hollister, becomes his district’s first Milken Educator Award winner. Hailed as the “Oscars of Teaching,” the Milken Educator Awards are designed to inspire educators, students and entire communities to “Celebrate, Elevate and Activate” the K-12 teaching profession and encourage young, capable people to pursue teaching as a career.
https://www.missourinet.com/2024/12/19/missouri-teacher-wins-oscars-of-teaching-award/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3JzvlSkkuybTxR3Ke62MiyNHjesmTKCTRc83aRVlai27C97_35vaKCUx4_aem_xNUIqK-7YXakOdeRKc2LtQ
The Missouri commissioner of education was at Nixa Public Schools recently to launch the district’s registered youth apprenticeship program. The program allows students to participate in both school-based and work-based learning. It gives students the chance to remain in school while also getting their foot in the door of nearby businesses and to see what a potential career looks like ahead of time.
https://www.ky3.com/2024/12/16/nixa-schools-launch-districts-registered-youth-apprenticeship-program/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR35jHVqI1z_J_DMaG2w6HTnIXdp9Jeo89kog98o2ErdghnczQbzj06lBnM_aem_Nan9MwN6vA4NVJWTwzFSfA#
Every student at Columbia's Hickman High School is getting a free book this holiday season through the "Kewps Read winter break book fair." Organizers said this is the first of its kind event for high schoolers in the area and hope it will inspire a love of reading that will translate into the classroom. More than 2,000 books were ordered, with 150 titles across 10 genres.
https://www.komu.com/news/midmissourinews/hickman-high-school-students-get-free-books-ahead-of-the-holidays/article_3f060dd8-b98e-11ef-a787-a3d9cf16627b.html?utm_source=SocialNewsDesk&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=SND_facebook&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3nUNHreN0TQEjSfLZdkph-kZH0ksfoQbCKhdz7XJOFJeax9a6yUz4Zv38_aem_T3DqE4GFU0nvOGQNsy8ffQ
Central High School’s new volunteer club helped spread holiday cheer in St. Joseph. Students in the club visited Downtown businesses to deliver homemade cards and treats. “Unity for the Community” was created for the 2024-25 school year by two juniors at Central.
https://www.newspressnow.com/news/local_news/education/high-school-volunteers-bring-joy-downtown/article_c273f590-b718-11ef-b195-abb215138e84.html?utm_campaign=snd-autopilot&https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fnewspressnow%2F&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3qJvinFtm457WtbK3VwlZ4ZVb7sVebqp7U--CxTzyZv7KU7RgdIuV448U_aem_YyKDuMkDSkN2MuAR3olU9Q
