Superintendent Hilary Bales read to students on Monday, April 1, 2024, at East Elementary to celebrate Love of Reading Week. #wayschools
From our Athletic Office:
The following events have been rescheduled due to impending weather;
COED JV Track at Marshfield has been rescheduled for April 3
Boys Tennis versus Salem has been rescheduled for April 23
C Team Baseball at Rolla is TBD
#wayschools
April 1-5 is Disability Acceptance Week
Superintendent Hilary Bales recognized the Waynesville R-VI Board of Education members for Board Appreciation Month during their March 25, 2024, board meeting. Each of the schools gave small tokens of appreciation to the board members for their many hours of volunteer service. Pictured are (front row): Treasurer Andy Anderson, Vice President Rick Harne, Secretary Janel Rowell, Superintendent Hilary Bales; second row: Layne Lercher, Aaron Pondrom, Charles Quinn and President Paul Shultz II. #wayschools
Nathan Wilking, a senior at Waynesville High School, has been named the Rotary Student of the Month for March 2024. His parents are James and Sara Wilking.
Wilking was selected to represent the word “integrity.” His nominator stated, “Nathan is a student that is remarkably dependable. Although he participates in a significant number of extracurricular activities, he is a student that I can count on to get things done. He shows up ready to work, never complains, is attentive, and asks questions when needed - and is always willing to help his peers when asked to. He is one of my strongest students and one that I will miss when he graduates.”
Wilking is an outstanding student who carries a 4.19 grade point average, ranking in the top 5% of his class, and has a 97.54% attendance rate for all four years of high school. He is involved in the National Honor Society, Freshman Mentor Program, and A+. On top of the extracurricular activities, he is involved in during the school day, he also runs cross country and plays tennis. Upon graduation, Wilking plans to attend Kaskaskia College where he received a two-year full-ride tennis scholarship. His plan is to become an architect. #wayschools
Bus route 20B was involved in a minor accident at approximately 8:20 a.m. when the bus backed into a mailbox near Stirrup and Stamper in Waynesville. The school nurse is checking out the students. Parents of the students who were on the bus at the time are being contacted. #wayschools
Fourth grade students from Freedom Elementary recently hosted a Gallery of Presidents. Tasked with researching past influential presidents, students demonstrated their knowledge to fellow classmates and staff in an interactive presentation. #wayschools
AUSA Fort Leonard Wood - Mid MO Chapter leaders volunteered with Snack in a Pack before Spring Break to help pack bags for more than 500 students in the Waynesville R-VI School District. Once completed, the team presented the Snack in a Pack program leaders with a donation of $1000 to help support their mission of feeding hungry kids over weekends and holidays.
About Snack in a Pack
Snack in a Pack (SIAP) is a supplemental food program that feeds approximately 550 students in the Waynesville R-VI School District over weekends and extended school breaks. SIAP is a 100% donation-driven program that relies on the generosity of its partners, donors, and community volunteers to continue its mission to feed hungry children and improve educational success.
The current cost of maintaining the program is $2,500 per week at roughly $4 per student. The program costs an average of $100,000 a year and relies solely on donations from organizations and members of the local community to operate successfully.
To learn more about Snack in a Pack go to https://www.waynesville.k12.mo.us/Page/11286.
If you are interested in helping donate food or funds to Snack in a Pack, please email spack@waynesville.k12.mo.us or call (573) 842-2250 for more information. #wayschools
The Waynesville R-VI School District will offer Summer School May 30-June 27 for students entering grades K-12. There will be no summer school on June 19 in observance of Juneteenth.
For summer school, students register for the grade level they will attend in the fall.
Information on summer school programming is available on the district’s website at https://www.waynesville.k12.mo.us/Domain/1831. (Students who will be entering grades K-9 this fall will be bringing home paper copies of the brochures and registration forms later this week. High School students can pick up a paper copy of the form in the HS office. You can also print a copy of the forms from the webpage.) Please contact your student's school if you have additional questions.
Again, the link to Summer School forms is https://www.waynesville.k12.mo.us/Domain/1831.
From our Athletics Office:
Today's (March 25, 2024) tennis match vs. West Plains at Waynesville is cancelled.
On March 14-16 , 2024, delegations from WHS and WMS traveled to Carthage, Mo., to attend the Missouri Association of Student Councils 76th Annual State Convention. Carthage High School hosted the event and planned three days of team-building activities, discussion forums, a charity event and guest speakers to inspire young leaders. WHS and WMS students in attendance had a chance to network and share ideas with peers from around the state. The energy at convention is palpable and students return energized to end the school year while starting to plan for the upcoming school year.
WHS Student Government Association is sponsored by Joshua Mize with assistance by Nancy Swick. WMS Student Council is sponsored by Kayla Atchison with assistance by Angela Rougely-Garcia #wayschools
Waynesville Middle School Student Council members were awarded the Missouri Association of Student Councils Gold Honor Council Award at the 76th Annual State Convention in Carthage, Mo. WMS Student Council is sponsored by Kayla Atchison with assistance by Angela Rougely-Garcia.
The criteria are established to honor those councils that have a comprehensive program in promoting student activities and student leadership. Activities include school service, spirit, community service, student and teacher recognition, and leadership training activities.
"This is our second year receiving this prestigious award," Atchison said. "I am beyond proud of our students and their commitment to serving our school and community with pride!" #wayschools
The Waynesville High School Student Government Association hosted a Spring Egg Hunt for the community at Tiger Stadium on Saturday, March 2, 2024. In addition to the egg hunts by grade level, the two-hour event included: face painting, color station, chalk art, sack races and a cake walk. The SGA sponsor is Joshua Mize.
All activities were free for families with kids Pre-K to 8th grade to enjoy. The WHS students worked hard to provide an opportunity for families to get out and enjoy the nice weather. Amongst the candy filled eggs were golden eggs that earned kids a trip to the prize table to select a large candy and a squishmallow. This was the first year that the Student Government Association hosted such an event, and based on the feedback during the event, SGA hopes to host the event again next year. #wayschools
WHS students participate in Polar Plunge,
raise funds for Special Olympics
A group of Waynesville High School students participated in the 2024 SOMO Polar Plunge - Columbia on Saturday, March 9, 2024.
This annual event is a fundraiser for the Special Olympics of Missouri. This year's group of plungers from WHS consisted of students from Student Government Association and the CID classes. The week leading up to the plunge students held a penny war fundraiser at lunch in addition to fundraising individually. In total WHS's 10 participants raised $1837 for the Special Olympics. The top fundraisers from the group were Aaron Littleton with $512 and Mackenzie Henderson with $355.
The 10 WHS students and staff who participated were: Emma Stark, Citlali Arzabala, Danika Em, Kaden Crone, Mackenzie Henderson, Mackenzie Workman, Wyatt Carter, Aaron Littleton, and teachers Stephanie Peace, and Nancy Swick. #wayschools
Waynesville High School students, staff and district leaders spoke with Missouri elected officials in D.C., including Sen. Eric Schmitt, and their staff about the importance of Basic Impact Aid. Waynesville R-VI Superintendent Hilary Bales is also pictured with Congressman Mark Alford. #wayschools
We hope this graphic helps clear up confusion over market value vs. assessed value.
For example: A home with a market value $200,000 has an assessed value of $38,000. The 10-cent tax levy on $100 assessed valuation would mean an increase in real property taxes of $38 a year for that homeowner.
If the same homeowner in our example also had vehicles with a market value of $60,000, the assessed value on those vehicles would be $19,980. That would mean an increase in personal property taxes of $19.98 a year.
Combined together (the real and personal property ), the increase in this example would be $57.98. For the purposes of the graphic below, we rounded up to $60 a year.
All 3/19 baseball games have been canceled.
Other baseball updates include:
C team:
No game 4/17 vs. St. James
No game 4/23 vs. St. James
Added game 4/30 vs. Houston at Bandy Field starting at 4:30 p.m.
JV/V:
Rolla game 4/25 moved to 4/24 #wayschools
March is School Board Recognition Month in Missouri and the Waynesville R-VI Board of Education members will be recognized on Monday, March 25, 2024, for their dedicated service. President Paul Shultz II; Vice President Mr. Rick Harne, Treasurer Andy Anderson, Secretary Janel Rowell, and members: Charles Quinn, Aaron Pondrom and Layne Lercher. #wayschools
Parker Preschool in Waynesville is now taking applications for students for the 2024-25 school year. Forty students will be selected for the program through a random lottery.
Parents who are interested in enrolling their students at Parker may begin applying for the lottery at 9 a.m. Monday, March 25, 2024, at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1I4kLS-ybKn-ExuykdRSOvjJ_ek_UijyBbP-yNjemKJA/closedform. Please note that the link to the Google form will close at 4 p.m. on April 12.
Eligibility to apply to be in the lottery drawing:
· Students must turn age 4 before Aug. 1, to be eligible for Parker Preschool, which is located inside the Parker Educational Center, next to Waynesville Middle School.
· Students must provide their child's transportation to and from the center
· Students must reside within the boundaries of the Waynesville R-VI School District.
Applicants will be chosen through a lottery drawing at 1 p.m. on April 25. Parents will be notified by May 3 if their child is accepted into the program.
Students who are selected to attend through the random drawing will:
· participate in a screening in June
· need to complete the enrollment process with the Waynesville R-VI School District
If the link above does not work after 9 a.m. on March 25, the application form will be available via a link on Parker Preschool’s webpage. NOTE: The If you have any questions please email mmitchell@waynesville.k12.mo.us. #wayschools
From our Athletics Department:
The Waynesville R-VI School District's Activities Department is accepting nominations for the Athletic/Activity Hall of Fame Class of 2024-25. This winter we honored the first official inductees of those individuals or groups whose actions, achievements and character bring honor and distinction to the heritage of Waynesville High School.
Congratulations again to our 2023-24 Waynesville Athletic/Activity Hall of Fame inductees;
Norman Anderson, Bobby Dodds, Kenny Foster, Gary Hansen, Dwight Hensley, Vic Lynch (1951 State Runner-up Basketball Team)
Rick Vernon (Football/Coach)
Richard Gan (Wrestling/Athlete)
Russell Sheldon (Cross Country/Athlete & Coach)
Beginning Friday, March 15, 2024, nominations are being accepted for the 2nd annual Waynesville Athletic/Activity Hall of Fame. A maximum of four nominees may be inducted each year unless determined otherwise by the selection committee. A silent ballot will narrow the selection field down to a final 10, including up to eight nominees from athletics and two team nominations. The Waynesville High School Activity/Athletic Hall of Fame Committee looks forward to your nominations and is proud to recognize those who have led the way. The deadline for nominations is June 30, 2024.
Nominations may be made electronically or by paper copy using the following links:
Online:
https://www.waynesville.k12.mo.us/cms/lib/MO01910216/Centricity/Domain/1681/Waynesville%20High%20School%20Hall%20of%20Fame%20Nomination%20Form.pdf
Paper:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeDGw6Z5OjLfqmwPp4Ndwjxe4b5xRa1lPU_qF0JCqBNW2YyqQ/viewform
The Hall of Fame serves as a means of recognizing, preserving, and honoring individuals or groups, living and deceased, who made significant contributions to the athletic/activities programs. The Hall of Fame honors the contributions and accomplishments of individuals or groups who are worthy of recognition and are examples for others to emulate. #wayschools
