Paraprofessional Appreciation Day fourth fact: even if your child doesn’t have a one-on-one para or get to work with one daily, chances are they have one somewhere that has taken time to encourage them and be a positive role model for your kiddo. Here is our team of paras from Kirksville Primary School! Pictured from left to right, top to bottom in the "Part 1" pic: Christine Aldrich, Joshua Anderson, Kelly Chaumont, Debbie Grgurich, Christiana Eitel, Teri Gibbs, Vanessa Gomez, and Sophia Hoskinson. Pictured from left to right, top to bottom in the "Part 2" pic: Meredith Kinney, Lauryn Shoush, Joshua Meehan, Kenda Roberts, Audrey Sandefur, Jill Stewart, Tracie Rieger, and Whitney Ward. Thank you KPS paras for all that you do each day! #welovekirksville #kvpride #kvtigers
Paraprofessional Appreciation Day fifth fact: other names for paraprofessionals include paraeducators, teaching assistants, or instructional aides. We call our paras at the Early Childhood Learning Center assistant teachers. No matter what you call them, they are the glue that holds together our district. We couldn't do it without the over 70 paras we celebrate today!
Here is our team of assistant teachers from the Early Childhood Learning Center! Pictured from left to right, top to bottom in the "Part 1" pic: Alaena Bradshaw, Tessa Attebery, Zoe Bowen, Robert Bray, Karen Burns, Dannan Crossgrove, Katie Grossnickle, Rachel Haley, Jennifer Smith, Taylor Kissee, Kristen Gunnels, Alexis Luebbering, Tracy Mathews, and Natousha Moots.
Pictured from left to right, top to bottom in the "Part 2" pic: Jimi Motter, Michelle Muffley, Pam Kilmer, Jennifer Potter, Angelica Roland, Shanea Rusk, Samantha Taylor, Sheila Smith, McKayla Stonecipher, Sarah Trauernicht, Zan Tyler, Janelle Vorkink, Sarah Ward, Krystal Wilcox.
Thank you ECLC assistant teachers for all that you do each day! #welovekirksville #kvpride #kvtigers
Info on our summer school program, Summer Journey, went home last week! Forms are due back to the school offices on Monday, May 6, 2024 to receive busing for the first week!
Summer school runs June 3-June 28, five days a week.
Paraprofessional Appreciation Day second fact: some paras work one-on-one with the same student each day, sometimes they even follow that student through multiple years of their education.
Here is our team of paras from Kirksville High School! Pictured from left to right, top to bottom: Anita Morales, Bryce Munn, Adriana Ovalle, Jackie Webb, Jessica Meyers, Hillary Lyons, Linda Luu, Jami Johnson, Amethyst Harmston, Heather Habel, Christie Elliott, Virginia Anderson
Thank you KHS paras for all that you do each day! #welovekirksville #kvpride #kvtigers
Kirksville R-III is grateful to our voters for their support of the Progress. Perform. Protect: Bond 2024. #kvpride #kvtigers #welovekirksville
Our music departments have been celebrating Music in our Schools Month all March. This month is set aside to draw attention to the importance of music education. Our Tri M Music Honor Society students have coordinated this video with students from across our campus, check it out! #kvtigers #kvproud #welovekirksville
https://youtu.be/yMyaSUmxn4g
Reminder, there is no school on Friday, March 29, 2024 or Monday, April 1, 2024. Enjoy your Easter weekend!
Tonight at the KPS gym is the joint Kirksville Primary and Ray Miller Folk Dance Night from 6:00pm-7:30pm!
We need community feedback concerning our adult practical nurse program at Kirksville Area Technical Center. Tag your friends in healthcare and graduates from our program!
Check out this link for details and to send your comments:
https://core-docs.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/2933/KATC/4100081/MSBN_Comment_Request_2024.docx.pdf
Happy Tuesday, Kirksville! We are looking for a few local food truck vendors for an upcoming event on Friday, May 24, 2024 from 11am-12:30pm. Please tag local trucks! If you are a food truck vendor interested in more details, please email: communications@kirksville.k12.mo.us
Kirksville Schools are proud to announce two familiar Kirksville faces to coaching positions for the fall 2024 season!
Retiring Truman State University head football coach, Gregg Nesbitt, has been named our new head football coach at KHS. Coach Nesbitt has an impressive record of experience in high school and college football. He brings with him an abundance of knowledge. His coaching career spans 44 years, including state high school championships, and the last 14 seasons at TSU.
Kirksville High School alumna and Clinton, MO head coach, Sydney Snyder, has been named the new head softball coach for KHS. Coach Snyder is currently head softball coach and PE teacher at Clinton High School. She graduated from KHS in 2015; she went on to play softball at John Wood Community College before finishing her degree at Truman State.
We are proud to have both coaches switching to orange and black this fall. #kvtigers #kvproud #welovekirksville
Attention families of 3rd thru 6th grade girls:
Coach Totta would like to invite all Kirksville area 3rd-6th grade girls to the Tiger Youth Basketball League (TYBL) this spring! For more info and to sign up use this link!
https://forms.gle/HGzYzjMoBLb5AjnZ6
This Roar of Applause goes to Brad Hudson! He is a band teacher at WMMS and KHS. Thank you Mr. Hudson for always being there for our students and for our community overall! Join us in congratulating Brad for this "ROAR!" 🎉🐅 #kvtigers #kvproud #welovekirksville
Just a reminder to save these dates!
#kvtigers #kvproud
Kirksville R-III Schools will be running a 2-hour late start this morning, 2/28/24, due to icy road conditions. Refer to our inclement weather page for details on 2-hour late starts at: https://www.kirksville.k12.mo.us/page/inclement-weather
Looking for FREE family entertainment for tonight, 2/23/24? Check out this opportunity from the Missouri Department of Conservation at WMMS 6pm-9pm.
Our Special Olympics team is holding a fundraiser sale: https://kv-specialolympics.spiritsale.com/
They are also still accepting teammates for their track and field team, email Coach Starkey at estarkey@kirksville.k12.mo.us or call/text 660-665-2834 by February 24th.
Day five of no football, anyone else looking forward to next season? We are actively recruiting for our next head varsity football coach. Please share and cross-post. Apply here: https://kirksville.tedk12.com/hire/ViewJob.aspx?JobID=2550
There is no school on Friday the 16th for professional development; there is also no school on Monday the 19th for Presidents' Day.
We never know what Missouri winter has planned for us, but our school year calendar accounts for this. May includes make up days labeled "MU." So far, we only have four hours to make up! That will put us into May 23rd. Stay tuned for surprises!
