The Waynesville Sixth Grade Center hosted its Diversity Night on Jan. 16, 2025, with 186 students in attendance.
Students and their families enjoyed crafts and snacks while learning about seven countries – India, China, Sweden, Japan, Guatemala, Mexico and Australia. In each room, Lighthouse team members shared a slideshow, offered information about the country, led students in a craft and offered a snack.
All elementary schools in the Waynesville R-VI School District were recognized on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025, for being named 2025 Best Elementary Schools by U.S. News and World Report during the Waynesville R-VI Board of Education meeting.
East, Freedom, Partridge, Thayer and Wood have earned the 2025 Best Elementary Schools badge, which will be on display in their buildings, along with their "Best of the Best" banners.
The 2025 public elementary rankings were released in November. The schools earned the U.S. News and World Report badge for being among the top 40 percent of all elementary schools in Missouri.
Waynesville 3rd-5th graders in STEM/PLTW investigated the structures and functions of the human body and then shared what they learned with Waynesville Middle School students as one of their final projects of the first semester.
The students are in the Science Technology Engineering Math/Project Lead the Way Launch and Gateway Medical Detectives programs. The students explored and investigated the structures and functions of the human body. The multiage teams of students also dissected and analyzed sheep hearts and brains.
Finally, the learning module ended in December with 3rd-5th graders in the STEM/Launch program hosting a Health Care & Human Body Symposium in the WMS lower commons. During this time, STEM/Launch students shared and displayed their knowledge, prototypes and learning experiences with WMS students. WMS students not only served as guests, but also as peer evaluators of the presentations. #wayschools
There will be no school in the Waynesville R-VI School District on Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
Waynesville R-VI Superintendent Hilary Bales praised Waynesville Career Center staff members for their successful, engaging and innovative AMI lessons during their Super Session on Jan. 15, 2025. After Bales provided an update on ongoing district initiatives, Dr. Jamie Goforth, assistant superintendent of personnel services, led staff in a communication activity.
Enrollment has opened for the 2025 Tiger Preschool, a temporary preschool that is staffed by Waynesville High School juniors and seniors who are enrolled in the Child Development 2 class.
Tiger Preschool is scheduled to begin Feb. 26, 2025, and the Meet the Teacher for Tiger Preschool is scheduled for Feb. 25, 2025. Dates are subject to change, due to inclement weather days.
To qualify for enrollment, a child must be between the ages of 3-5, be potty-trained and not already in kindergarten. The enrollment form is at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScUXt1Umz2Vc_dFu0Ttj_KgOLzpuNcyeYpc_Wh09lIhjuDqaw/viewform.
For more information, contact Chrystal Bohrer via email at cbohrer@waynesville.k12.mo.us or check out the Tiger Preschool webpage at https://www.waynesville.k12.mo.us/o/whs/page/tiger-preschool.
Waynesville Middle School students participated in a Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025, led by the Waynesville AmeriCorps Program. AmeriCorps members facilitated the activities as a part of national service to help improve communities. WMS students participated in service learning and volunteer projects, such as making dog toys for the Waynesville Animal Shelter, making cards for veterans and first responders, bookmarks for libraries, creating kindness rocks with positive messages to be shared throughout the community, and making bird feeders to give to nursing homes and homemade laundry detergent to distribute laundromats and shelters.
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Stuffed animals received “healthcare checkups” on Jan. 16, 2025, at Parker Educational Center and Williams Early Childhood Center with health science students from the Waynesville Career Center conducting the “checkups.” The collaboration between the health science students and preschool programs allowed the high school seniors to gain practice and interaction with pediatric patients, while preschool students learned that pet ownership includes regular medical checkups.
The WCC's health science course is a 1-year program offered to high school seniors that provides students with skills related to the healthcare industry such as taking vital signs, body mechanics, medical terminology and other entry-level skills. Students receive CPR and first aid training. Qualifying students will also be given the opportunity to take the state Certified Nurse Assistant examination. More information about the program is available at https://www.waynesville.k12.mo.us/o/wcc/page/health-science-2024. #wayschools
There will be no school on Friday, Jan. 17, 2025, for a teacher in-service day.
The Waynesville High School varsity basketball team narrowly lost to Camdenton with a final score of 50 to 51 on Jan. 14, 2025. WHS cheerleaders, band and dance team performed during the evening, and the game was live streamed by Tiger TV.
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The St. James Boys Basketball Tournament schedule (Jan. 20-25) is at https://core-docs.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/4597/WHS/5195152/Jan_20__23____25__2025_STJ_BBB_Tournament.pdf
The St. James Girls Basketball Tournament schedule (Jan. 21-25) is at https://core-docs.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/4597/WHS/5195190/Jan_21_24____25__2025_STJ_GBB_Tournament.pdf
*All games for the St. James Boys & Girls BB Tournament will be streamed at https://www.youtube.com/c/AllenHilliardSports
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Tournament Information
All tournament schedules are posted under “Tournament Central” on the Athletics website at https://www.waynesville.k12.mo.us/o/whs/page/athletics. Schedules are typically posted one week prior to the tournament.
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All Athletic Schedules
• Specific individual sports schedules are at https://www.waynesville.k12.mo.us/o/whs/page/athletics. Click on the “24-25 Game Schedules” link on the left side of the page to find a specific sport
• To view all high school athletic events, go to https://www.waynesville.k12.mo.us/o/whs/events and click on Freshman, JV or Varsity athletics under the word “Calendars” on the left.
• To view all middle school athletic events, go to https://www.waynesville.k12.mo.us/o/wms/events and click on 7th grade and 8th grade athletics under the word “Calendars” on the left.
Ayden Gerber, a senior at Waynesville High School, has been named the WHS Rotary Student of the Month for January. His parents are Jeremy and Kyla Gerber.
Gerber's nominator stated, “Ayden has always put others first. On the soccer team he was the last to leave the field after home or away games, ensuring everything was cleaned up and put away. He has been dedicated to the culinary arts program spending extra time helping in a variety of ways. Ayden wants people to be happy and works to continuously put others before himself.”
Gerber is an outstanding student with a 3.5 grade point average and 96.61% attendance rate for all four years of high school. He is actively involved in soccer at WHS and the culinary arts program at the Waynesville Career Center. Gerber has played varsity soccer his entire high school career and has volunteered at the middle school soccer camps. Through the culinary arts program, Gerber has volunteered countless hours, selling bread for fundraisers and assisting with the Father Daughter Dance. Gerber is currently training to be a part of the SkillsUSA competition. Upon graduation, Gerber plans to use his A+ Scholarship at State Fair and then transfer to Missouri State University. He would like to become a Michelin or private chef. #wayschools
An ambulance was dispatched to Waynesville High School at approximately 2:30 p.m. today (Jan. 14, 2025) to treat an individual student with a medical condition. A parent/guardian has been contacted and will decide what, if any, further medical treatment is necessary.
Students at Thayer Elementary explored the library to find books to read and then checked them out. They also enjoyed listening attentively as Kennedy Beauchamp, Thayer's library media specialist, read a story to them. Community members may volunteer to read to students through our "rocking chair reader" program. For more information on volunteering, go to https://www.waynesville.k12.mo.us/page/volunteering-in-the-waynesville-r-vi-school-district or call 573-842-2250. #wayschools
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Kindergartners practiced counting and writing numbers from 1 to 20 during a fun and interactive flex lesson at East Elementary. Cassie Wilson, a library media specialist, guided the hands-on, creative learning experience. #wayschools
There will be no in-person school in the Waynesville R-VI School District on Friday, Jan. 10, 2025; however, Waynesville R-VI students will attend school virtually this morning as this is an AMI day.
School will be in session using an Alternative Method of Instruction (AMI online) from 8:30 a.m. to noon for grades K-12 and Parker Preschool.
Williams Early Childhood Center AM classes will be online from 8:30 to 10:15 a.m. and Williams PM classes will be online from 10:15 a.m. to noon.
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Instructions for PreK-6th graders are at https://5il.co/342dn
Instructions for 7th-8th graders are at https://www.waynesville.k12.mo.us/o/wms/page/ami-days
Instructions for 9-12th graders are at https://5il.co/342j7
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NOTES: All inclement weather "snow day" days are AMI days in the morning. If an inclement weather day occurs on a Wednesday, online learning will begin at 8:30 a.m.
Tiger Wrestling faced off with the Rolla Bulldogs last night, Jan. 8, 2025. #wayschools
Waynesville Athletic Event Update Jan 9th, 2025
9/JV/V Girls BB (Postponed/TBD)
7th & 8th GBB @ Republic (Postponed/TBD)
8th Grade Boys Basketball @ Camdenton (Postponed to Jan 10 & 11)
Both Waynesville Middle School and High School programs will have practices, but Activity buses will not run tonight.
Waynesville Sixth Grade Center students are excited to participate in an interactive music lesson today, Jan. 9, 2025. #wayschools
