As another school year comes to an end it is time once again to say farewell to the graduation seniors, the Class of 2013. Commencement was held on Sunday, May 19 at 2 p.m. at the Elsberry High School Gymnasium. Fifty seniors, along with family, friends and faculty filled the gymnasium as Superintendent Tim Reller, Ed.D welcomed everyone for coming out. A video made by Brandy Hall, showed all those
It was quite an eventful night for the Elsberry R-II School District on Wednesday, May 8. Not only were many school board members, faculty and staffs busy with the night’s FFA Banquet, but also plenty of other business was being held beyond the doors of the high school gymnasium. Available board members Kandi Kinsler, Alan Lagemann, Mark Rhoades, Matt Jones, Mike Bange and John Boedeker met at 7:30 p.m. in
It was a bitter sweet night for many in Elsberry as the community joined together and celebrated the achievements of several students. Elsberry Athletic Director Ryan Parker led the ceremony and Krista Dye led the Invocation. Dye was also one of two students who received the MSHAA Sportsmanship Award. Braden Spratt was the other. Other awards included the Academic All-State Award, which was given to Becca Almus, Tanner Bencomo, Olivia
Many of this year’s high school graduates will be leaving home for a college campus in the fall. Such a departure is often bittersweet for kids and parents alike. Young men and women typically look forward to the freedom and independence that college life can provide, but those same men and women know they will miss the familiarity of home as well. Parents, too, have mixed emotions when kids
Students at Clarence Cannon Elementary participated in the third annual Math Carnival April 25th and 26th. Students sharpened their skills in the areas of using money, interpreting data on graphs, linear, mass, and capacity in the area of measurement, and number sense. These areas were the main focus which was followed up by free choice in the areas of pizza fractions, Yahtzee, Twister, Toss Across, Hands Down and Fantastic Tens;
Sometimes it’s hard to say goodbye. Sometimes it’s not what a person
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Sometimes it’s hard to say goodbye. Sometimes it’s not what a person
