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Published by the Waynesville R-VI School District November 13, 2020

Christina Wallace’s Coding Club students at East Elementary are learning to code with the micro:bit. The BBC micro:bit is a pocket-sized computer that helps students learn how software and hardware work together. It has an LED light display, buttons, sensors and many input/output features that can be programmed.

East Elementary celebrated Veterans Day by hanging photos of Veterans and then writing about the importance of Veterans.

Waynesville Middle School Student Council put together a large, 6x10 foot flag for Veterans Day. Each student at the middle school was asked to participate by writing their appreciation for Veterans on a piece of paper. StuCo combined all those pieces of paper to make the flag. The flag is hung in the stairway entry on the east side of the building. Students entering and exiting the building every day pass by and see their collection of thoughts and thanks for our nation’s Veterans. StuCo students volunteered and came in on Saturday to make sure it was hung for all to see before Veterans Day.

Waynesville Career Center students enrolled in Tim Wallace’s video production class helped record the Waynesville-St. Robert Chamber of Commerce’s annual Veterans Day Ceremony so that it could be broadcast, allowing the event to be held virtually, but still shared with the public.

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Waynesville High School band students were named to the 2020-21 Central District MMEA All-District Honor Band. Pictured are first row left to right: Lauren Headley, Ashley Keown, Cheyanne Evans, Jennifer Boyd and Roberto Arzabala. Second row: Ryan Corp, Phillip Redden, James Knight and Faith Redden.

2020-2021 Central District MMEAAll-District Honor Band

ClarinetAshley Keown - 8th ChairLauren Headley - 12th ChairCheyanne Evans - 17th Chair

Tenor SaxophonePhillip Redden - 1st Chair

TrumpetRoberto Arzabala - 10th ChairJennifer Boyd - 11th Chair

TromboneFaith Redden - 5th Chair

TubaJames Knight - 1st Chair

Percussion - Option 3Ryan Corp - 1st Alternate

First graders at Wood Elementary enjoyed a room transformation, as their regular classrooms become a bat cave for a day. First graders arrived one day to school to see their ordinary classrooms transformed into a bat cave. They explored the caves to discover digraphs. They learned many facts about bats and wrote an informative paragraph about what they learned. They learned new vocabulary words and played a bat-themed game to review syllables. They went “batty” practicing their addition and subtraction strategies to solve up to 20. They distinguished between facts and opinions, and so much more. So many important first grade skills were covered during this day. The students enjoyed getting to learn all about bats in a unique and memorable way.

Ryan Rolshouse, a freshman, has been named the Waynesville High School Student of the Month. He was recognized during the Nov. 10 monthly Rotary Club meeting. He was recognized for best representing the word, “trust.”

One of his teachers said, “Ryan is a student who I hold the utmost respect for as a student in my class. I believe that he will give me his best when given tasks to accomplish, and others in the class see that as well. He is a reliable individual who works hard at any task he is given and elevates any group he is a part of; his high expectations for himself are also shared with others. His classmates give more because they know he is going to push them to be successful. I never hear him blame anyone or anything when mistakes are made and he is always quick to correct moments of error, although those are few and far between. He has a great sense of reserved maturity about him that will pay dividends when put into leadership roles. Ryan is an outstanding person who will be a reliable source of strong character in and out of the classroom.”

Jada Benito, an eighth grader at Waynesville Middle School, has been named the Waynesville Middle School Rotary Student of the Month and was honored Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020, at the monthly Rotary Club Meeting.

Benito, the daughter of Jose and Martha, is an outstanding student at WMS. She is an “A/B” Honor Roll recipient and was inducted into the National Junior Honor Society during 7th grade. Benito plays clarinet for the WMS Band and is taking high school Spanish 2. She plans to study marine biology and work in Alaska.

The Waynesville R-VI School District in partnership with OPAA! will continue to offer FREE meals to ALL K-12 students in the Waynesville R-VI School District, through May 27, 2021, the last day of school for the 2020-2021 school year; however, it is critical that ALL families complete the Free and Reduced Lunch Form at https://www.waynesville.k12.mo.us/Domain/908.

If you have not already done so, please complete the Free and Reduced Lunch form ASAP. Completed Free/Reduced forms are necessary so that the district can continue to qualify for and provide Breakfast in the Classroom and the popular After School Super Snack program.

“Having every family complete this form is critical,” said Billy Cobb, executive director of operational services. “Completing this form benefits all students in so many ways.”

If you have questions about the form, please call Faith Dunn at 573-842-2099.

In addition to traditional students receiving the free meals on school days, students who are enrolled in the district’s Tiger Virtual Academy may continue to pick up their week’s worth of free meals from 11:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. on Mondays at Waynesville High School. If Monday is a holiday, the meal pickup will be available on Tuesday.

Funds for breakfast and lunch meals are being provided through the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) in partnership with OPAA! Funding for super snacks are provided through funds from the Department of Health and Human Services Food and Nutrition Child and Adult Food Care Program.

Parents who would like a refund should download the “Student Lunch Refund Request” form at https://www.waynesville.k12.mo.us/cms/lib/MO01910216/Centricity/Domain/908/Student%20Lunch%20Refund%20Request.pdf and return to their child’s school. If the link does not directly open, please go to the district’s main website and click on the fork and knife icon on the page.

Pictured above are Dr. Brian Henry, superintdent; WHS Assistant Principal Kymberly Rodriguez, Ryan Rolshouse, his mother Itzel Rolshouse and Dr. Rosalind Pride, Rotarian.

Free meals to May 27; Free & reduced forms due

Rolshouse named WHS Student of the Month

Benito named middle school Student of the Month

Pictured are Dr. Brian Henry, superintendent; WMS Principal Brian Vernon; Jada Benito and her parents, Jose and Martha; and Dr. Rosalind Pride, Rotarian.

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Shannon Morrison, a Waynesville High School senior, signed to play volleyball for Culver-Stockton College in Canton, Mo., on Monday, Nov. 9. Morrison has been a part of the WHS volleyball program since her freshman year.

“Each year her skills have improved and the 2020 season was no different,” said Coach Megan Callis. “Shannon made big improvements offensively this season.”

Morrison not only improved her hitting percentage, but also had 19 more kills this season compared to last season. Toward the end of the season, Morrison also served and played some defense.

“Over the years, Morrison has brought energy and encouragement to the court, which will be greatly missed,” Callis said. “The Waynesville volleyball program is excited for Shannon to fulfill her dreams of playing at the next level and can’t wait to watch her in action!”

Morrison signs to play volleyball at Culver-Stockton

Pictured are grandparents Virgil and Stella Myers; mother Krista (Myers) Morrison; Shannon Morrison; and father Michael Morrison.

Naudia Evans, a Waynesville High School senior, has signed to play basketball at Grand Canyon University in Phoenix, Ariz.

Evans has been a standout on the girls basketball team and has been named to the All-State, All-District, All-Conference and All-Defense teams. Evans averages 22.3 points per game and totaled 56.7% of the team’s scoring last season. As she heads into her senior year, Evans is just 18 points shy of hitting 1,000. Evans has served as team captain for the last two years.

Pictured are front row: sister Nyomi Evans, father Anthony Evans, Naudia Evans, mother Daphne Evans, and niece Ameri; in back, Mike Clutts, assistant girls basketball coach; and Brittany Matlock, head girls basketball coach.

Evans signs to play BBat Grand Canyon University

Third-fifth grade students in Saralice Campbell’s Cutting EDGE class at Freedom Elementary put their engineering knowledge to the test by creating “fantastic contraptions.” They not only created the contraptions, but also demonstrated personal courage by sharing their knowledge of the engineer design model with their peers.

Three Waynesville High School students -- Bryan O’Barr, Alejandro Malave and Tessa Scott -- competed in the State Cross Country Meet on Saturday, Nov. 7, at Gans Creek in Columbia, Mo., with a limited number of spectators, due to COVID-19.

O’Barr (senior) finished in 35th place; Malave finished in 107th and Scott finished in 116th.

“Everyone sees the results and how well these athletes are performing at races but what they don’t see is the countless hours of training that go into it,” said Cross Country Coach Nicole Jarman. “These three have been running, training on their own when they had to. Despite the uncertainty of whether there would even be a cross country season they had faith and prepared diligently. Making it to the state meet is always an honor but this season we are even more thankful to be here, knowing that nothing was guaranteed.”

The first race of the morning was the Class 5 girls race. Scott, a junior, made her debut at the state meet. Despite nerves and representing the Tigers alone, she crushed the course, getting out strong and racing hard against the fastest Class 5 girls in the state. She finished 116th with a new personal record of 20:53.

“Throughout this season Tessa has been coming on stronger and stronger,” Jarman said. “She was in ‘beast mode’ at districts and then peaked at State with her best time ever.”

Next was the Class 5 boys race. Bryan O’Barr, a senior, and Alejandro Malave, a junior, were ready to go. O’Barr competed at state last year, representing the Tigers alone, so this year he enjoyed having a teammate there, too. O’Barr finished in 35th place with a time of 16:31. Malave finished 107th with a time of 17:26.

“I am glad these boys had each other on the starting line this year,” Jarman said. “There is no question that these boys deserve to be here. Not only are they some of the hardest workers you will ever meet, but they are good people. Both boys raced hard

today and came within seconds of their season’s bests. Giving the race everything is all I can ask them to do and they always show up ready to lay it on the line. It has been an honor to be Bryan’s coach for the past four years and I am excited to see where his running journey will lead him next. As for Alejandro, I am thankful to have him for one more cross country season and for the leadership he brings to the team.” Wood Elementary celebrated Unity

Day on Oct. 21 by encouraging all students to wear orange.

3 compete at State in Cross Country

Bryan O’Barr (senior) finished in 35th place.

Tessa Scott finished 116th

At left, Alejandro Malave finished 107th

Students at Freedom Elementary prove that beauty is in the “eyes” of the beholder with their artwork.