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Shown above are the 2013 winners of the American Legion Auxiliary Poppy Poster and Americanism Essay Contest. Top photo, from left to right is Taylor Watts, Olivia Kinsler and Katina Galati. Bottom photo, from left to right is Trevor Anthony, Emily Bange and Nicholas Stone.

ALA Poppy Poster and Americanism Essay Contest winners Announced

 Posted on May 15, 2013 at 11:28 am

At morning assembly on May 10, the winners of the American Legion Auxiliary Poppy Poster Contest and the Americanism Essay Contest Winners were announced. Art Students at Clarence Cannon Elementary School and Ida W Cannon Middle School participated in the Poppy Poster Contest.  Winners were awarded certificates and advised that their posters had been sent to the District Level for competition.   The Class 1 second and third grade winner is

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  • Teacher Talk by Kim Jones

     Posted on April 19, 2013 at 8:47 am

    Pictured are quilts made by the FACS II students

    I always write about everyone else, so it is my turn to tell the readers what I do in my classes during the year. My FACS classes are general classes that deal with advertising, consumer skills, cooking, sewing and housing, one subject matter per quarter. After students take FACS I, then they can take FACS II, where we sew a few harder items and we cook ethnic foods, plus cover

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  • Teacher Talk by Kim Jones

     Posted on April 12, 2013 at 8:41 am

    “Teamwork makes Dreamwork” was a saying put to good use at Elsberry Schools lately. Three separate groups worked together to do something special for the residents at Elsberry Health Care Center. Keeping in mind the approaching St. Patrick’s Day, Karin Busiere, NHS Sponsor, arranged for a visit on Friday, March 15. NHS members went to the facility with fresh baked clovers and leprechaun sugar cookies made by FCCLA members and

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  • Elsberry R-II Honor Roll High School

     Posted on April 2, 2013 at 9:52 am

    Honor Roll High School – A Ninth Grade: Kaylee Calvin, Seferino Francisco-Gonzalez, Paige Parker, Josie Shanahan, Maggie Spratt and Savannah Vaughn. Tenth Grade: Tanner Bencomo, Olivia Brown, Kristy Burkemper, Madison Cleveland, Sheyana Curtis, Matthew Henry, Tara O’Brien and Amanda Jo Talbot. Eleventh Grade: Rebecca Almus, Rachel Brickey, Sarah Brickey, Anne Bufford, Kimberly Croxville, Kaitlyn Grills, Brittni Hagemeier, Anne Heintzelman, Joseph Henke, Alexandrea Hogarth, Breanna Johnson, Seth Lyskoski, Samantha Marre, Ethan

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  • Elsberry R-II Honor Roll Middle School

     Posted on March 29, 2013 at 12:12 pm

    Honor Roll Cannon Middle School – A Fifth Grade: Mardi Berryman, Raegan Boettcher, Olivia Dietrich, Danielle Georgie, Lyman Heras, Cydney Jordan, Hailey King, Shane Lewis, Meghan Moyer, MacKenzie Pruitt, Jacob Rimel, Michael Skaggs, Madison Steen and Dakota Thornhill. Sixth Grade: Trevor Anthony, Stephen Boedecker, Bishop Craig, Lauryn Eberhart, Eva Gladney, Megan Hagemeier, Josephine Horne, Harmon Kreuger, Kara lovelace, Nathan Miller, Jaime Richards, Cierra Russell, Tess Weakly and Carolyn Wehmeyer. Seventh

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  • Elsberry FFA Chapter wins Area Five Leadership Sweepstakes Award

     Posted on March 27, 2013 at 11:03 am

    On Wednesday, March 20, the Elsberry FFA Chapter competed against 18 FFA Chapters in the Area Five FFA Leadership contests held at Van-Far high School. Elsberry FFA members have been preparing since January for the Area Five competition to earn the right to compete at FFA District Contest held in Monroe City. Individual results are as follows: Division Two public speaking Competition Sheyana Curtis placed first, Samantha Marre place second

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  • Teacher Talk by Kim Jones

     Posted on March 22, 2013 at 8:34 am

    The science department at Elsberry High School is supervised by veteran teacher, Kenna Heitman and assisted by new teacher, Kelly Cullen. Mrs. Heitman teaches Physics, physical science and a research class. While Ms. Cullen takes on biology I, biology II and environmental science. She comes to Elsberry Schools after completing her Education Degree from Missouri State in Springfield. Along with teaching Ms. Cullen will be the girls’ soccer coach, as

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