School News

Cassville FBLA students Avery Chappell, Ryan Knight, Jazmin Bradford, DJ Glidewell, Courtney Wall and Meadow Richardson recently earned first place in the Product-Commercial category at FBLA Entrepreneurship Day.

Employees at Arning Companies recently made a donation of $500 to the Industrial Arts Program at Cassville Middle School.

For the first time in two years, the Cassville FBLA Chapter traveled to the District V competition in Monett, where they had 48 medalists and 24 students qualify to attend the State Leadership Conference in April.

Pittsburg State University has released the honor rolls for the 2021 fall semester. To qualify for Dean’s Scholastic Honors, a student must complete at least 12 semester hours, receive a grade point average (GPA) of 3.6000 for all credit course work that semester and have no grade lower than a B and no grade of incomplete in any course during the semester. ...

Missouri State University awarded 1,509 degrees to students in fall 2021. Students who graduated with honors completed at least 30 credit hours with a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.5. The following local students earned degrees: Kallie Dickson graduated Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science in Education, Physical Education...

Southwest Baptist University has released its fall 2021 honor roll lists. Two Purdy students made the lists. They are: Hallie Henderson, dean’s list; and Garret Knight, trustees list. To be listed on the semester's honor roll, students must carry at least 12 hours of college work at Southwest Baptist University and earn at least a B (3.00 GPA), with no grade below C: Trustees’ List, 3.85-4.00; President's List, 3.70-3.84; Deans’ List, 3.50-3.69; and Honor's List, 3.00-3.49...

Two Cassville High School Speech and Debate students were named conference champions at the Big 8 Conference Tournament Friday, Jan. 21 at Seneca High School. Jillian LeCompte was named champion in both humorous interpretation and informative speaking events. Treva Samuel was named champion in the prose event. Individual results from the tournament also...

Cassville High School’s Speech and Debate team traveled to Webb City recently to compete in the Webb City Tournament.

Ryan Stockton, left, chief executive officer of Arning Companies, and Rachael Freeman, Arning’s marketing manager, present Cassville superintendent Merlyn Johnson, middle, with a check for $500, which was donated to the Backpack Program at Eunice Thomas Elementary...

Senior Ethan Fuchs and junior Jillian LeCompte have been named Students of the Quarter for the second quarter at Cassville High School.

January Character Kids, recognized by Exeter Elementary School for exhibiting honesty in the classroom.

Merlyn Johnson, Cassville superintendent, accepts donated coats from Bill DuParri, Justin Barnes and Leigh Ann DuParri, of American Dream Realty, to be given to students in the Cassville School District.

Seniors at Cassville and Wheaton high schools have the opportunity to apply for a $1,500 scholarship sponsored by the Shelter Insurance Foundation and Shelter agent Terri DeGraffenreid Brattin. The recipient of the scholarship will be selected by a committee of local high school officials and community leaders, without regard to race, disability, religion, national origin or gender of applicants. ...

Fourth-grade student Liliana Burgess on first place in the fourth- and fifth-grade spelling bee at Cassville Intermediate School last week, allowing her the opportunity to compete in the Joplin Globe Spelling Bee on March 18.

The Cassville FFA Chapter recently attended the 94th Annual National FFA Convention & Expo in Indianapolis, Ind., where students learned about careers in the agricultural industry, competed for awards and discussed the future of the National FFA Organization...

Students of the Month for November, sponsored by Willis Insurance, were recently announced by the Cassville  Middle School.

Drury University has announced the names of students on the Fall 2021 Dean's List. They include: Clay Henderson, of Purdy; Clayton Kaiser, of Monett; Sean Lowry, of Wheaton; Alexis Mann, of Cassville; Cole O’Neill, of Cassville; Kennedy Parnell, of Cassville; and Gwen Sloan, of Cassville...

Makenzi Dilbeck, a senior at Cassville High School, recently made history as the first community service state officer for Missouri’s Jobs for American Graduates (JAG) program. Dilbeck, daughter of Rusty and Staci Dilbeck of Cassville, found out she had been selected as vice president of community service in October after completing a two-step interview process. ...

Eunice Thomas Elementary announces Kinder Academy students of the month for October.

November Character Kids, recognized by Exeter schools for exhibiting respect.

Cassville Intermediate recently announced third-grade Students of the Month for October.

Wheaton Junior High and High School recently announced October students of the month.

Kelsey Harris, left, senior at Cassville High School, was recently selected as the local winner of the Jobs for American Graduates (JAG) essay contest, which asked students enrolled in the program to answer the following question: “What has made Missouri great over the past 200 years?”...

Avery Crain, senior at Cassville High School, took first place in Missouri Southern State University’s annual Media Showcase Dec. 7 with her entry in the animation video category.

Southwest High School recently named September students of the month.

Two Cassville High School students were recently named to the Southwest Missouri District All-District Honor Choir. 

Nurses in the Cassville School District plan to use $6,000 from the Arvest Foundation’s recent donation of $7,500 to purchase a portable device that will allow them to complete a vision scan for every child. With the device, the vision screening will be able to detect nearsightedness; farsightedness; astigmatism; amblyopia, also known as “lazy eye;” anisometropia, a condition where one eye sees clearly and one is blurred; anisocoria, a condition where the pupils are unequal; and misalignment, where an eye turns in or out.. ...

Senior Landy Parnell (middle right) and junior Jacob Martinez (middle left) were recently named Students of the Quarter for the first quarter at Cassville High School.

The Cassville R-IV School District Special Education Department recently received a $1,500 contribution from the Arvest Foundation.

Cassville Intermediate recently announced Students of the Month for September.

Victoria Robertson, Cassville High School communication arts teacher, was recently awarded $500 through Arvest Bank’s annual "We Love Teachers" campaign. Robertson said she plans to use the money to purchase grade-level books as well as books her students are interested in based on their feedback. She is also considering purchasing a new piece of furniture to help give her classroom a little more space...