Drawing winners who helped recruit new staff named
Meghan Chavez received the Rising Star Award and Maranda Schierding received the Support Super Star Award during Convocation on Aug. 11, 2025. Dr. Jamie Goforth, assistant superintendent of personnel services, presented the awards and also named the winners of the drawing for staff members who helped recruit new teachers to the district.
Chavez is a science teacher at Waynesville High School. The Rising Star Award honors a teacher who is new to the field of education and has demonstrated a positive impact on students.
Schierding is a paraprofessional at the Waynesville Sixth Grade Center. The Support Super Star Award honors a staff member for being a support person who has demonstrated a positive impact on students and on education.
In addition, staff members who helped recruit new teachers to our district and who met the criteria for recruitment were entered into a random drawing for either an iPad or $200 for their classroom and the following are the winners Naomi Austin, Jake Kloeppel, Sarah Luttrell, Josh Mize and Tim Wallace who selected iPads and Vanessa Mason and Melissa Vernon who selected $200 for their classroom/school.
The Waynesville R-VI School District honored its staff members celebrating 30, 25 and 20 years of service during Convocation on Aug. 11, 2025.
Those celebrating 30 years of service are Maria Butler, Melissa Childs and Jason Helton.
Those celebrating 25 years of service are first row: Donna Murray, Robyn Justice, Ruth Ann Justus, Tina Budding, Kellie Scott, Jeanie Wade, Andrea Wessell. Back Row: Jason Davis, Jon Dye, Peggy Arnold, Maranda Beck, Mary Myers, Saralice Campbell, Matthew Johnson and Michael Thompson.
Those celebrating 20 years of service are first row: Jenni Robbins, Linda Luckritz, Denise Holtzcher, Amy Benson, Candace Turner, Jaime Erlewine, Priscilla Perez, Rebecca Robertson, Traci Simpson, Melissa Vernon, Annette Salcedo. Back row: Dawn Smith, Shelly Oliver, Olivia Horton, Jack Berger, Amaris Breton, Kelly Jackson, Kelly Gard, Tabitha Guzman and Scott Turner.
Waynesville R-VI bus drivers will be driving their routes today-Aug. 15, 2025, practicing their schedules for the first day of school. The first day of school will be Monday, Aug. 18, 2025.
Please note that buses will be running late in the afternoons during the first few days of school.
As a reminder, Meet the Teacher will be held at the 6th Grade Center from 4 to 6 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 14, 2025.
Meet the Teacher will be held from 4 to p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025, at WMS.
Meet the Teacher will be held from 4 to p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025, at WHS.
As a reminder, Meet the Teacher will be held at Wood from 4 to 6 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 14, 2025.
Meet the Teacher will be held from 4 to p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025, at the Waynesville Career Center.
As a reminder, Meet the Teacher will be held at Pick from 4 to 6 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 14, 2025.
As a reminder, Meet the Teacher will be held at Partridge from 4 to 6 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 14, 2025.
As a reminder, Meet the Teacher will be held at Freedom from 4 to 6 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 14, 2025.
As a reminder, Meet the Teacher will be held at East from 4 to 6 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 14, 2025.
WHS will host Meet the Teacher from 4 to 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025.
WMS will host Meet the Teacher Night from 4 to 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 13.
A friendly reminder about tonight’s Parent-Athlete Meeting
• All 7th graders and their parents/guardians who plan to participate in athletics
• All 9th graders and their parents/guardians who plan to participate in athletics
• Any new student-athletes in 8th, 10th, 11th or 12 grades who have not participated in athletics at WMS or WHS and their parents/guardians
If your child plans to try out and/or participate in ANY SPORT at Waynesville High School or Waynesville Middle School, you and your student should need attend the parent-athlete meeting at 6 p.m. tonight (Aug. 7, 2025) at the Waynesville High School Gym.
If you are unable to attend this event or have questions, please email jball@waynesville.k12.mo.us for more information.
Waynesville High School 24-25 yearbooks (that were pre-purchased) will be distributed from 4 to 6 p.m. on Aug. 12 and on Aug. 14 in the Lecture Hall at WHS.
The Lecture Hall is located on the 9th grade side of the building. Please enter through the Lecture Hall side door.
A limited number of 24-25 yearbooks are available for purchase on distribution nights for $65 each.
Multiple guest readers have participated in reading at the Tiger Book Express, including John Moore, Pastor Brett Reith and Superintendent Hilary Bales who are pictured here. The final Tiger Book Express will be held from 9 a.m. to noon tomorrow, Aug. 7, 2025.
