
South Elementary School Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) September Newsletter #WildcatExcellence


Our youth football team hit the field with the high school squad yesterday. They wanted to make sure they got a good workout in! 💪🏈 #WildcatExcellence #OneTeamOneTown




Our friends at MU Extension in Benton County will be hosting a family-fun event on Saturday, September 14th. Youth ages 3-18 are invited to participate in the events and all ages are welcome to attend.


South Elementary PTO would like to invite students to a back-to-school dance on September 27th at the Community Building. Please visit the Facebook event for more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/863446049075927.


Who says learning can't be fun? Mrs. Alcantara's 3rd grade class had a blast with water cycle experiments this week. 💧🤩



Here is a quick rundown of what is happening across the district this week. Stay in-the-know by visiting our events page: https://www.warsawk12.org/events. #WildcatExcellence


Thank you to the Marine Corps veterans from the Warsaw Leathernecks that donated and gave an educational presentation to 4th and 5th grade students at South Elementary earlier this week. It was very informative a wonderful experience for students & staff. #WildcatExcellence






South School did a great job today, 8/30, during our lockdown drill. Once again, if this was a real situation, then we would be sharing out more information. Thank you for your patience today!

At this time, our South School is practicing our lockdown drill. If this was a real situation, then we would putting out as much information as possible through our text alert system.

During this week of school, our students have been practicing our emergency drills. We have practiced Fire Drill and Tornado Drill. Today (8/30), we will practice our lockdown drills. The district office will be sending out alerts during those times for each building text group.


We'd like to give a huge shout out to our amazing facility crew for all of their hard work over the summer. As everyone gets settled into the new school year routine, please remember that is takes every single one of us to keep our facilities looking nice! #WildcatExcellence











Who knew running a district could be this sweet? 🧁
Superintendent, Mr. Gemes, was lucky enough to personally wish this preschooler happy birthday today. The cupcake was just the icing on the cake. 😁


Here is a quick rundown of what is happening across the district this week. Stay in-the-know by visiting our events page: https://www.warsawk12.org/events. #WildcatExcellence


2nd graders in Mrs. Hargrave's class spent the first week learning and practicing their classroom/school routines and procedures. They had fun becoming detectives and solving puzzles to determine the difference between "Strong" and "Weak" choices. #WildcatExcellence





Students in Mrs. Alcantara's 3rd grade class practiced events from the Olympics. They also learned about taking chances and trying new things. What a way to make learning fun! #WildcatExcellence







Friendly reminder that our first day of school is tomorrow, 8/20. Our teachers have been hard at work preparing for students to return. Let's make it a GREAT year that is rooted in tradition & united in excellence. #WildcatExcellence


We can't wait to see all of our students back at school this week! Here is a quick rundown of what is happening across the district this week. Stay in-the-know by visiting our events page: https://www.warsawk12.org/events.
#WildcatExcellence


Huge thank you to our Warsaw Shrine Club for donating a $50 gift card to each elementary school within the district. We appreciate all that you do for the community! #WildcatExcellence



As part of this week's professional development our SRO officers have hosted Emergency Preparedness Training to all faculty and staff. In the unfortunate event an emergency occurs, our entire district will have the tools and resources needed to act quickly & keep students safe.



Reminder: All Warsaw R-IX Buildings will host an Open House tonight (8/15) from 5p-7p.
6th Grade Orientation will be hosted in the JBMS Gym at 5:45p
Freshmen Orientation will be hosted in the HS Gym at 6:15p
We can't wait to see all of our students back in the buildings!


