Please be aware Summer School bus routes are running 10 - 15 minutes behind the posted schedule.
During our retirement celebration, JD Findley received a special award from the Missouri Highway Patrol for his 46 years of service as a bus driver.
Happy Retirement to Liz Beck, Roxana Eckhoff,and JD Findley!
Thank you for everything you have done for our school district!
#WildcatPride
Congratulations to our STEM teachers of the year! South first grade teachers Mrs. Breanna Collins and Mrs. Holly Redd! A big thank you to Anglers Port Marine for sponsoring this award!
Our baseball team won districts last night. The sectional round of the state tournament is scheduled for Tuesday, 5/21, at 5pm.
We are moving our regular board meeting to Monday, 5/20, at 6:30pm.
South School First Grader Rozlynn Pennington won first place in the Benton County Farm Bureau "Thank a Farmer Week" coloring contest. She received a medal and certificate from Farm Bureau. way to go, Rozlynn!
Today, all of the Millionaire Readers from South Elementary were treated to lunch at El Camino Real. These students each read over 1 million words using the accelerated reader program. This accomplishment took a lot of dedication and hard work, and we are so pleased to honor these students!
Yesterday, all South students, preschool through 5th grade, participated in a fun-filled day of outdoor games, water activities, and much more. The South PTO provided popsicles for all students. We were very grateful that the weather cooperated for the most part. What a great way to help close out the school year! Tomorrow (5/16) will be our last day, which is a half-day dismissal.
This week, the fourth graders from South attended a field trip to the Wonders of Wildlife Museum and Aquarium in Springfield. They had a great time and enjoyed a great learning experience!
We had a celebrity on KY3 tonight! Please use the link to view KY3's broadcast about JD Findley's retirement: https://www.ky3.com/2024/05/13/warsaw-school-district-honors-bus-drivers-after-nearly-5-decades-service/
Thank you KY3 and Marina Silva for your coverage!
Correction: Bus E is running about 15 minutes late. Bus B is on time!
Bus B is running about 15 minutes late.
Today was a beautiful day for a field trip! Third-grade students at South had the awesome privilege of traveling to the state Capitol in Jefferson City. Students toured the Capitol, met legislators, and even had Representative Roger Ready provide pizza for lunch. The students had a great experience and tied in a lot of learning with the 3rd grade Missouri History & Government units.
Yesterday, third graders from South Elementary invited their families and community members to a chess match. Third graders have an enrichment chess unit each year as a reward for working hard on the end-of-year assessments. Students were thrilled to host and play with their families, district staff/ administrators, and community members such as the Mayor of Warsaw, Eddie Simons. All had a great time!
South 5th-grade parents, on Monday, May 13th, we will be sending our 5th-grade students by bus to JBMS. Students will tour the middle school and meet the administration and staff. If you wish to have your 5th-grade student opt-out, please call the South office at 660-438-5965.
Yesterday the Warsaw Preschoolers going to North Elementary next year got to ride the bus in and visit the kindergarten classrooms. Meanwhile, the students staying at South Elementary visited the kindergarten teachers. Everyone had a great experience and enjoyed seeing their classrooms for next year. The kids are so excited about going to kindergarten next year.
The South School Firsties have been learning about life cycles in reading and science. They made diagrams of the butterfly life cycle using different types of dry pasta noodles to represent the different stages of growth. They labeled each stage of the life cycle and made sure to include a title!
Free Physicals at school on May 9th during school hours. Golden Valley will be offering free physicals at their clinic throughout the month of May to all students. Please use link to view news article: https://www.warsawk12.org/o/warsaw/article/1582132
The South School Firsties have been working hard on studying the importance of plants and trees as well as the plant life cycle in celebration of Earth Day for the past few weeks! For two weeks, our students cared for grass plants, and when they grew nice and tall, they were able to give them cool new haircuts and hairstyles before taking them home! The first graders were very proud of their creatures and learned a lot in the process of caring for them!
