Don't forget to mark your calendars!
Kirksville Primary School PTA Fall Family Festival is September 30th from 4 to 7 p.m.
There will be inflatables, a dunk tank for dunking some teachers, cotton candy, games, snow cones, pumpkin painting, Kettle Corn, face painting, pizza for sale by Bellacino's, the big raffle and more!
Just a reminder...
We have received some amazing donations this week! Shoes from the Heart partnering with Kirksville Motors, donated shoes for KPS & RME and Shoe Sensation donated socks for students in need. Thank you to these great organizations for these much needed items!
Don't forget to stop by tonight!!
YMCA basketball sign up. You can either sign up online here: https://adairymca.org/program-details/K-6-Basketball or at the YMCA office.
Help still being sought! The lack of enough bus drivers is still heavily impacting our partner company EccoRide's ability to deliver timely transportation for our students. This graphic outlines the process of becoming a paid driver.
See you on Tuesday, September 5th!
On behalf of EccoRide and the District we apologize for the afternoon bus delays . We greatly appreciate your patience through this first day transition. A major part of the delays were caused by the safety checks being held at each stop. With new drivers being unfamiliar with the students, they are stopping at each location for a safety check to verify each student is the correct one to be let off at that location. Again your patience is much appreciated. We are confident it will get much better especially as additional drivers are being added.
NEWS RELEASE
KIRKSVILLE R-III SCHOOL DISTRICT
Enhanced School Security
Superintendent Robert Webb announced today part of the Kirksville R-III School Districts continuing efforts to strengthen security measures across the KVR-III schools. In the spring of 2023 results from a more than 600-page audit of the district safety procedures and equipment was presented to the Administration.
One element of the audit was the need to strengthen district protocols regarding visitors to each of the six school buildings. Included in those findings was the need to deploy an efficient identification validation and check-in process for those who enter a school beyond the office area.
Beginning August 22, 2023 all schools will have in place a system provided by KIDaccount whose software includes a visitor management process that we will require of all visitors to the schools during times when students are in session.
Each building will be equipped with a sign-in digital kiosk in the front entrance or office of the building. All visitors will need to sign in at the kiosk. To further ensure that guests are properly authorized for contact with individual students, when signing in each person will need to provide a government issued photo ID, preferably a driver’s license, to be allowed further entrance to the building.
We understand this process is new and may seem a little inconvenient at the beginning, but we are excited and confident that KIDaccount will bring an additional layer of security to each of our schools. We are grateful in advance for your understanding and patience. Additional information for parents can be found through this link.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IsDavumMx1sGdeUwqsAsmbmtxUuGIB1N/view?usp=drive_link
Social Media Post:
Ecco Ride, the new transportation provider for the Kirksville R-III schools is excited to partner with the school district as well as you, the community, in providing safe transportation to and from school for our students. Our drivers have a passion for students, and are excited to see them on the first day.
School is just a few weeks away! The District is actively seeking to hire two special education teachers, one at the elementary and one at the secondary level. We encourage retired teachers to apply as well as others with a college degree seeking to expand their influence.
The Early Childhood Center has a number of surplus items available for purchase. Please see the attached flyer. Bids for the items need to be submitted in writing.
Kirksville R-III is proud to announce that Kirksville Primary School and Ray Miller Elementary have been awarded the Capturing Kids’ Hearts National Showcase Schools® Award, two of four Missouri Schools.
Full details can be found at: https://www.kirksville.k12.mo.us/article/1165447
Do you have a volunteer's heart? Looking for ways to impact the life a child? Please watch this short video it may give you some ideas.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_u8u5M28RI
Say “hello” to two-way messaging in the Kirksville R-III
Schools app! The same district app now offers class
streams, class announcements, and parent-teacher chat.
Look for your personalized invitation to begin using this
feature in our app after May 31st.
Download for Android https://bit.ly/3M7Zwmp
Download for iPhone https://apple.co/3ajrpL8
Summer School starts this Thursday! Looking forward to seeing everyone!
The Adair County YMCA is offering FREE lunch options at dozens of locations throughout our community all summer long. Please share this post to help get the word out.
#kvproud
We are proud to announce that Kirksville Primary School has been awarded the Capturing Kids’ Hearts National Showcase Schools® Award.
The Capturing Kids’ Hearts National Showcase Schools® Award recognizes and celebrates schools producing exemplary outcomes using the Capturing Kids’ Hearts® Process. Award winners demonstrate a high level of performance and a positive culture and climate for learning.
For the 2022-2023 school year, the Capturing Kids’ Hearts National Showcase Schools® Award was granted to 468 school campuses across the United States.
Congratulations Diana Johnson and the entire KPS team!
On Saturday evening the YMCA presented the Kirksville R-III School District with the Community Partnership award. We are honored to be the recipients of this award. This partnership began 2 years ago to provide a safe, academic, and healthy place for children to go after school until 5:30.
The program continues to grow with approximately 80 students between Kirksville Primary and Ray Miller. It is run by teachers and paras who provide homework help, enrichment activities, crafts, community educational partnership programs, and a healthy snack.
Thank you YMCA and Kirksville R-III for continuing this much needed program for the families of our community!
Pictured L to R
Isaiah Prebe-YMCA director of fitness
Misti Harris- YMCA co-director
Jamie Sparks- Kirksville Primary director
Diane Meehan- Ray Miller director
Teresa Davidson-Kirksville Primary director
Kristin Rouner- YMCA director
Safety and cooperation are top of our list for the students and families we serve. To help us help you it is very important that parents who may have joint custody of the children keep the school offices updated on any guardian and emergency contact situations.
The schools strive very hard to ensure students are released only to those persons authorized by you. From time to time legal paperwork determines who those persons can be and it is crucial that school offices are made aware of these and any changes to the documents.
Feel free to contact the school district administration with any questions you may have.
