The Worth County School Board, at their regular board meeting, hired Trisha Ross as an additional second grade teacher and Angie Lamb as a route bus driver for the upcoming school year.
The next meeting date will be June 17th at 7:30 am.
The board approved a contract with ACES for the upcoming school year.
The board approved participation in the Federal Meal Program and set prices for the upcoming school year. For breakfast, elementary is $2.10. High school is $2.30. Adult is $2.60. Reduced price meals are 30 cents.
For lunch, prices will be $2.95 for elementary, $3.25 for high school, $4 for adults, and 40 cents for reduced price.
The state evaluated the school based on the Comprehensive School Improvement Plan that the school is required to do every few years. The school got all 42 points out of 42 points possible from the state.
High School Principal Josh Smith reported that credit recovery for seventh through twelfth grades will run through June 1st.
For the final month of the class attendance challenge, the winners were the seventh grade with a score of 96.55%. The runner-up was the juniors and third place went to the eighth grade. Students volunteered at the Mobile Food Pantry on May 4th, The Junior High and High School Spring Concert was May 6th. Athletic Awards night and Senior Awards night was May 7th. Worth County hosted a district track meet on May 10th. Academic awards were recognized on May 15th.
Elementary Principal Amber Hawk reported on end of year activities for her building. Elementary students who made the honor roll for any one quarter got to attend a skating party. A career day and third graders got to rotate through different stations and learn about different professions.
The elementary students got to go on field trips. Pre-K and K went to St. Joseph to Inspire U. First through third graders went to Remington Nature Canter and Bodie Ice Rink. Fourth through sixth graders went to the Belt Entertainment in St. Joseph.
A MAP testing was held for third through sixth graders with a kickoff party held April 22nd and testing taking place from April 23rd through May 6th. A MAP incentive party was held May 11th. All students who showed great effort during MAP testing got to play outside games and have slushies.
Local law enforcement had a pizza party with the top five fundraisers for the Heart Hero challenge. All students who raised $25 or more got to attend a skating party with local law enforcement April 27th. Fifth graders got to attend a Fishing Day at the Seat Farm east of Denver. An elementary spring concert was held on May 6th.
Four new records from the Elementary Track Meet were announced. First grader Savanna Hill broke the 100 record with a time of 17.76 and the Long Jump record with a jump of 8’1”. Addison Cass broke the fifth grade record in the 800 with a time of 3:14.12. It was discovered that Kinley Fletchall broke the sixth grade record for the 800 last year with a time of 3:07.15.
Students got to move up to the next grade and learn expectations for the next year.
A Teacher Appreciation Week was held and teachers were treated to a food truck one day. The Missouri State Highway Patrol recently conducted an inspection of Worth County’s school buses. All buses passed inspection.
The board approved participation in the Missouri Career Advising Initiative and appointed Cree Beverlin as the rootEd advisor. The board approved a proposal by the seniors to paint individual parking spots. The board approved participation in Make48, a grant-funded STEM innovation program for high school students.
The board voted to continue sixth grade eligibility for junior high softball, basketball, and track.
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