There will be no in-person school in the Waynesville R-VI School District on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 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.
All AMI days begin at 8:30 a.m., including Wednesdays.
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.
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
NOTE: All inclement weather "snow day" days are AMI days in the morning.
Mackenzie Henderson, a senior at Waynesville High School, has been named the Rotary WHS Student of the Month for February 2025 for best representing honor/honesty. She was recognized on Feb. 11, 2025, during the Rotary Club of Pulaski County meeting, which her parents Christopher and Madeline Henderson also attended.
Henderson’s nominator stated, “Mackenzie is an absolute joy to have in class. She demonstrates honesty in group work, speaking up when she needs help and giving credit to others for their contributions. When working on a class project, she made sure to acknowledge her teammates’ ideas. She embodies the true meaning of integrity, making our classroom a more positive and fair space for everyone.”
Henderson is an outstanding student that carries a 3.97 grade point average, ranking in the top 10% of her class, and has a 95% attendance rate for all four years of high school. She is involved in many clubs and activities at WHS, including serving as president of the French Club, secretary of the All School Student Government Association, a member of the cheer team, National Honor Society, and is advancing to state for Family, Career and Community Leaders of America. Upon graduation, Henderson plans to attend Mizzou and become a therapist for Veterans. #wayschools
Waynesville’s Drill Team members finished 3rd overall in their first drill competition of the 2024-25 school year on Feb. 8, 2025.
The team tied for 2nd place, but lost the tie breaker, in a field of 12 other high schools from Missouri and Kansas.
The results are as follows:
· 1st Place Armed Exhibition
· 2nd Place Unarmed Regulation
· 2nd Place Unarmed Exhibition
· 2nd Place Armed Color Guard
· 3rd Place Armed New Cadet
· 3rd Place Armed Inspection
· 4th Place Unarmed Inspection
· 5th Place Armed Regulation
Joseph Mendiola earned 2nd place in the Armed Exhibition Solo.
Peyton Stuart and Addison Smith earned 3rd place in the Unarmed Exhibition Dual.
Lord Torres earned 5th place in the Armed Exhibition Solo.
Waynesville’s Drill Team will next compete on Feb. 15 at Smith Cotton High School in Sedalia.
Rhythm Nation, Waynesville High School’s dance team, has qualified for State competition for the first time in the team’s history.
The team took 1st place in the Pom division and 1st place in the Hip Hop division in class 5a/6a at the Parkway Central 2025 Invitational on Feb. 8, 2025, in Chesterfield, Mo. In addition, the team received an Excellent rating for their Duet, performed by Aniyah Smith and Tatum Scott, and choregraphed by Smith.
“I’m so proud of their hard work, encouragement of one another and dedication,” said Coach Cat Poole. “Perhaps even more impressive than their performance was their support of all of the dancers in the competition. Their enthusiasm proved to be contagious and helped create a positive environment – so much so that a parent from another school reached out to me to let me know how much she appreciated their cheering for all teams.”
The Waynesville High School Courtwarming queen and king were named on Friday, Feb. 7, 2025, between the JV and varsity boys basketball game. Mariah Palmer was named queen and William Figueroa was named king. The court included Brenna West, Sawyer Baker, Danica Leet, Ethan Scarbrough, Athena Pittman, Aden Maust, Mariah Palmer (queen), William Figueroa (king), Renae Alailima, Montera Owens, Brayden Weigelt, Aayden Mantle (not pictured) and crown bearers Sawyer Ross and Avery Bales.
Feb 9-15 Athletic Schedule
Attention WHS Juniors and Seniors!
Fort Leonard Wood is hosting a College & Career Fair at Nutter Fieldhouse on Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025. Juniors and seniors: Please sign up using this Google Form by Friday, Feb. 14, at 2:35 p.m.
WHS will provide bus transportation for juniors and seniors who register by Feb. 14. Buses will depart WHS at 11:30 a.m., and return to school by 1:45 p.m. Parent Permission slips will be distributed through the WHS Counseling Office.
Students MUST return their signed parent permission form to Ms. Dennis by Wednesday, February 19, 2025.
The most recent edition of the Waynesville High School Counselors Newsletter is at https://secure.smore.com/n/gnhms
The musical “Margaret’s Mind” will premiere in the United States on Waynesville High School’s stage in April 2025.
“I am over the moon excited that we can personalize this musical,” said Maria Butler, WHS theatre director and Thespian Troupe 1669 director. “The show includes 40-plus named characters and we can add characters as needed. With a record number of students (58) auditioning this year, more students than ever will have an opportunity to be involved.”
Debuting the show opens countless opportunities for creativity. With no pre-existing backdrops, costumes or dance choreography, WHS will create and design the dance moves, color scheme, costuming and blocking – the movements and positioning of actors.
“In addition, they are writing the music for us,” said Butler. “This is a beautiful opportunity for our students’ talent to shine.”
The musical chronicles the fictional experiences of Margaret, a 14-year-old high school student, who battles low self-esteem and social anxiety, but writes about “the perfect Margaret” who is confident and popular. The website https://www.margaretsmind.com/ states, “…Things get worse when her estranged older half-brother, Ashley, discovers her writing. A struggling composer, Ashley finds great beauty in Margaret's words and secretly uses them as inspiration for his next project, Margaret's Mind: A New Musical. While Margaret is initially horrified at discovering her private writing has been developed into a budding Broadway show, it is the start of her journey to accepting who she is in a story of dreams, friendship and self-love.”
Sian McBride at Cheltenham College originally produced Margaret's Mind and played a large part in its original development. After reading the feel-good dialogue about teenage growth, Butler connected with the musical’s author – Alex Gatherer of the United Kingdom – in a directors’ group. They discussed the possibilities of performing the show at WHS and not only did Gatherer say yes, but he also invited WHS to premiere the show in the U.S.
'I'm thrilled to have Waynesville High School producing the North American Premiere of Margaret's Mind!,” Gatherer said. “From speaking to Maria, it was clear that the school was exceptionally passionate about the performing arts and recognized the importance of their place in a child's development. I can't wait for Margaret's Mind to join the list of fantastic productions created by the WHS students and staff, and just down the road from where the show is set! I'm hopeful everyone involved will find it an empowering, challenging, and joyful experience and look forward to WHS students blowing audiences away with their talent and passion come April.”
Butler also looks forward to the show’s debut. “This fell into my lap,” Butler said. “It’s twice as hard because there is nothing to go on, but it’s a director’s dream come true. This opens up endless opportunities for collaborating across curriculums.”
Butler says that students in theater, choir, band, art, construction technology, JROTC and others will be engaged in this project.
Waynesville High School’s Theatre students and Troupe 1669 will perform the musical at 7 p.m. April 24, 25 and 26 and at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, April 27, in the WHS Auditorium.
A courtwarming king and queen will be announced between the JV and Varsity Boys Basketball games tomorrow, Feb. 7, 2024. The JV game will begin at 5:30 p.m. and Varsity will begin at 7:00 p.m.
Pictured are this years court;
Top Row: William Figueroa, Brayden Weigelt, Aayden Mantle, Montera Owens, Mariah Palmer, Renae Alailima
Bottom Row: Brenna West, Sawyer Baker, Ethan Scarbrough, Danica Leet, Aden Maust, Athena Pittman
First practice/tryout dates announced for SPRING sports
The first practice date/tryout date for Waynesville High School spring sports will be March 3, 2025.
The first practice date/tryout date for Waynesville Middle School spring sports will be March 3, 2025.
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See the flyer below for important information or go to https://core-docs.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/4597/WHS/5275766/SPRING_TIGER_Sports_News_TIGER_Sports_News__1_.pdf
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Spring sports
Spring sports at WHS are
Baseball
Track B/G
Girls' Soccer
Boys' Tennis
Boys 'Golf
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Spring sports at WMS are
MS Track B/G
MS Baseball
MS Softball
For more information
For more information, please contact Athletics at 573-842-2450.
Waynesville Athletic Event Schedule Feb 3-9
Fourteen members of Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) are advancing to the State competition in April 2025. Waynesville High School’s FBLA members earned the right to go to state by competing in districts on Jan. 29, 2025. At districts, WHS FBLA students won a combined total of 25 medals with 14 advancing to State.
“I am super proud of these kids and want everyone to wish them luck in April,” said FBLA Advisor Amy Nichols. #wayschools
The Waynesville Career Center hosted its Open House on Jan. 30 where guests took tours of the facility, watched students and staff demonstrate their skills and viewed completed projects. #wayschools
An ambulance was dispatched to Waynesville High School at approximately 2:20 p.m. today, Jan. 31, 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. Some buses may be delayed this afternoon.
Waynesville High School Tiger Swim competed in the COC tournament on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025. "This year the team is largely new to swim so a lot of these girls started with zero background in the water. The last meet was a testament to their resilience and major improvement on the season! Almost everyone had large cuts in time in their individual events and the 200 Free Relay improved on their state consideration time. We have 2 more meets left to get that time down to make top 32 to attend state. So we are focused and ready to embrace that challenge", commented head coach Nicole Stone.
To find out more information on tiger swim meets, please visit https://www.waynesville.k12.mo.us/o/whs/page/athletics.
Waynesville High School JROTC hosted the 10th Annual Waynesville JROTC Inter-service Drill Competition on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025. "On behalf of the Waynesville JROTC program, we want to thank all of the teams that attended and congratulate Ozark High School JROTC for taking home the overall win. Thank you to all of our coaches, families and supporters, the Waynesville Tiger Battalion and our wonderful JROTC parents group, to Waynesville High School, Waynesville Career Center, and the Waynesville School District, to the Maneuver Support Center of Excellence and Fort Leonard Wood for our great judges and volunteer support from the Noncommissioned Officers Academy, and to the MSCOE CSM, CSM Azabala and the MSCOE DCG, BG Leonard for attending our awards ceremony", commented Col. (Ret.) Charles Williams. #wayschools
Tiger BB tonight!
Thirteen Waynesville High School students have qualified to compete at the National Beta Convention by placing at the Beta State Convention in Branson on Jan. 16-18, 2025.
The following WHS students are eligible to compete at Nationals this summer:
· Don Cing – 1st place Biomedical 11th grade
· Siessa Kpessokro – 2nd place French 10th grade
· Kaydence Long – 4th place French 11th grade
· Serina Chen – 2nd place Math 11th grade
· Mason Thompson – 1st place Math 12th grade
· Elyssa Scarbrough – 1st place Psychology 11th grade
· Logan Giles – 4th place Psychology 12th grade
· Elaine Wu – 1st place Social Studies 11th grade
· Kyle Wilking – 1st place Social Studies 12th grade
· Carter Pondrom – 1st place US History 12th grade
· Kimora Godwin – 5th place Speech Division 2
· Citlali Arzabala – 3rd place Performing Arts Vocalist
· Evelyn Carrol – 5th place Painting Division 2
