Kirksville R-III School District

Reminder--no school tomorrow, December 5, 2025 for students. It is professional development for staff.

Other important upcoming dates:

December 19th: 2nd Quarter Ends
December 22nd: Winter Break Begins

January 5th: Teacher Return for Professional Development
January 6th: Students Return to School
January 19th: No School, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

We will be running buses on SNOW ROUTES ONLY on Thursday, December 4, 2025. Find snow routes here: https://aptg.co/cr7RHb

We will be running buses on SNOW ROUTES ONLY on Wednesday, December 3, 2025. Find snow routes here: https://aptg.co/cr7RHb

We will be CLOSED on Tuesday, December 2, 2025. It is a regular snow day.

Nous serons FERMÉS le mardi 2 décembre 2025. C'est un jour de neige ordinaire.

Estaremos CERRADOS el martes 2 de diciembre de 2025. Es un día de nieve normal.

We will have a 2-HOUR EARLY DISMISSAL today, December 1, 2025. Buses will continue to operate on SNOW ROUTES ONLY. Building dismissal times will be two hours earlier than normal. Bus drop off times will run two hours earlier. Snow routes will run two hours earlier than the times listed here: https://aptg.co/cr7RHb

We will be running buses on SNOW ROUTES ONLY on Monday, December 1, 2025. We will continue to monitor incoming weather conditions on Monday–should they require a cancellation or early out later in the day. Access snow routes here: https://aptg.co/cr7RHb

Snow routes primarily affect R (rural) routes. The stops and times listed are where and when the R routes will pick up and drop off on snow routes only days. When snow routes are called, they will remain in place for AM and PM routes.

Only a couple C (city) routes are also affected by snow routes. C-3 families down Michigan Trail will need to find the location and time listed on the snow routes for pick up and drop off. All other C-3 stops remain in place! C-5 families on Decker Road will need to find the location and time listed on the snow routes for pick up and drop off. All other C-5 stops remain in place!

All other C and Mobile routes remain unchanged during snow routes.

Reminder: Today, Tuesday, 11/25/25, is a full day of school. Thanksgiving Break begins this evening!

No School:
Wednesday, November 26, 2025
Thursday, November 27, 2025
Friday, November 28, 2025

Reminder: there is not school tomorrow, Monday, October 20, 2025. It is a staff development day!

Did you know that one of our three districtwide goals for 2025-26 is to increase daily attendance to 93%?

Just your average third day of school, sitting in American History Through Sports at Kirksville High School...

Except your teacher is a semifinalist for Missouri 2026 Teacher of the Year!

Only 17 teachers in the entire state made it this far — narrowed down from 34 regional winners. We couldn’t be prouder of Mr. Matt Kennedy!

The first day of school is coming, Tuesday, August 19, 2025! School supply lists can be found here: https://www.kirksville.k12.mo.us/page/2024-25-school-supply-list

Here is our list of upcoming back-to-school events by building:

Early Childhood Learning Center: Preschool Preview will be held on Monday, August 18, 2025. 10:00 am-12:00 PM. This is a chance to bring supplies and meet teachers.

Kirksville Primary School: Sneak-a-Peek will be held on Monday, August 18, 2025. 11:00 am-1:00 PM. This is a chance to bring supplies, check out classrooms, and meet teachers.

Ray Miller Elementary School: Meet the Teacher will be held on Monday, August 18, 2025. 12:00 PM-2:00 PM. This is a chance to bring supplies, check out classrooms, and meet teachers.

William Matthew Middle School: Open House will be held Thursday, August 14, 2025 from 9:00 AM-11:00 AM. This is a great opportunity to pick up schedules, bring supplies to lockers, locate classrooms, and meet teachers.

WMMS 6th Grade Orientation and Luau: Thursday, August 14, 2025 from 5:00 PM-7:00 PM. See flyer!

Kirksville High School: Open House for Freshmen and New Students will be held Thursday, August 14, 2025 from 9:00 AM-12:00 PM.

KHS Picture Days:
Seniors: Wednesday, August 13, 2025, 9:00 AM-2:00 PM
Juniors: Wednesday, August 13, 2025, 11:00 AM-2:00 PM
Sophomores: Thursday, August 14, 2025, 12:00 PM-2:00 PM
Freshmen: Thursday, August 14, 2025, 9:00 AM-12:00 PM

This guy, we are so proud of this guy!

Way to go Matt Kennedy, Kirksville High School Social Studies Teacher, on being named Regional Teacher of the Year by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education!

You can read about Mr. Kennedy and the other winners from across the state here: https://dese.mo.gov/educator-quality/educator-development/current-regional-teachers-year

Show Mr. Kennedy some love in the comments!

Don't forget that Thursday, May 22, 2025 is the last day of the 24-25 school year. Students will be dismissed two hours early. Early out reminders for Thursday: 🐅AM buses will run on normal times. 🐅Each building will dismiss students two hours earlier than normal. 🐅PM buses will each run routes two hours earlier than normal. 🐅Parent pick-up at buildings will start two hours earlier than normal. 🐅ECLC will dismiss at 12:45, no PM classes, and no Tiger Club. 🐅KPS will have no after school YCare. 🐅RME will have no after school YCare.

Powderpuff Girls Flag Football is tonight, Friday, May 16, 2025 at 7pm at Spainhower Field. This marks the second year the Kirksville High School Student Council has sponsored Powderpuff Football as a fundraiser for a charity. Last year was a huge success, raising over $1,000 for Lifeline! This year Student Council is donating all their funds raised to the Kirksville Humane Society. After meeting some dogs who live at the Humane Society, (for now) the council members want to meet and beat their donation amount from last year's event! Let's all go out and support this event and our KHS Student Council! Additional details: 🐅$3 admission 🐅Concessions sold by six different KHS clubs! 🐅Raffle with over 25 prizes from local businesses. (The local businesses donated the raffle prizes, allowing all raffle proceeds to go directly to the Humane Society!) 🐅Halftime performances from KHS Color Guard and Dance Team! 🐅KHS Jazz Band will be playing at the event! Bring the family out to this fun event!

Summer school runs June 2-27, 2025 and we still have some spots open! You can enroll your children who will be in Kindergarten through 9th for the 2025-26 school year at this link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSccd10BkPGIwsCbQ9wlC2nycRtgxpJvng8zb0bh9TRzV4CBvg/viewform Enroll through this Friday, May 16, 2025 to guarantee bus transportation on the first day. Students who have 100% attendance for all 20 days of Summer Journey earn a $100 Visa gift card and are entered into a drawing to win a new iPad.

The new parking lot in front of the middle school and high school is now open! The old parking lot and the driveway between the middle school and high school will be fenced off and closed tomorrow morning, Monday, 5/12/25. Thank you all in advance for your patience and understanding as we make this transition! Below is additional information that was released to our middle school and high school parents on Friday evening: Pedestrian access will remain open along the north side of the middle school, as well as the sidewalk connecting the west side of the high school to the middle school. Bus traffic will continue as usual. However, parents dropping off and picking up middle school students will be affected. Parent drop-off and pick-up of middle school students will take place within the new parking lot. Vehicles should enter the north end of the new lot (using the driveway that connects the front of the high school to Cottage Grove.) Traffic will move south through the parking lot to a concrete pedestrian pad located on the south end that will serve as the new WMMS student drop-off and pick-up location. Vehicles will exit from the south end of the new parking lot (using the driveway in front of the middle school--back onto Cottage Grove.) Please refer to this image for a visual guide. Also note that parents may still drop off or pick up middle school students in the parking lot behind the middle school (access via Hamilton Street) as an alternative. Access to the ECLC and KPS will stay unchanged via Hamilton Street. Parents dropping off or picking up high school students will continue as normal in the high school student parking lot.