School News

The 2018-19 school year marked the 150th anniversary of Cassville Schools. One way the district celebrated was by compiling a time capsule that was buried on campus and will be opened by future Wildcats in the year of 2068. After staff and students worked together to compile what went inside the time capsule, maintenance staff built a concrete vault to protect the capsule from damage then buried the vault. ...

On June 26, the Southwest FFA Officer team began three days together in Eureka Springs, Ark., on an Officer Retreat. During these days, the students were challenged to team building, become better leaders, plan for the year and look for positive outcomes of the time spent. ...

The Washington Leadership Conference (WLC), as the FFA website describes it, “Provides exceptional leadership training to students of all experience levels through the utilization of a three-part, cohesive conference series called the Chapter Leadership Continuum. The final conference in this series is the Washington Leadership Conference.”...

Bear Partnership provides resources to students from underrepresented backgrounds. It’s housed in the College of Education at Missouri State University. Students who attend the week-long program explore what a career in education looks like. The program also focuses on easing the transition from high school to college...

U.S. Senator Roy Blunt recently met with FFA students from Cassville.

Cassville summer school students made lemonade out of lemons after getting rained out on Friday from going to the Aquatic Center.

Eunice Thomas Elementary has announced its May Students of the Month. Character word of the month was perseverance.

The Cassville FFA held its annual chapter banquet on May 5. The banquet was a time to reflect on the past year and install the future officers of the Cassville FFA.  Awards earned included: A total of 44 first-year members met the minimum requirements to receive their Greenhand Degree. Landry Mills and Dalton Anderson were awarded the Star Greenhand Award for their outstanding participation in the year’s activities...

On May 28, 2019, the Southwest FFA 2019-2020 officer team, along with other officer teams within the area, attended the LEAD Workshop at Crowder College. LEAD stands for Learn, Educate, Advance, and Develop. This a conference whose goal is to train chapter officers, and help them to reach their chapter’s full potential. They were given to opportunity to bond as a team and establish vital rules and goals...

The Southwest FFA Soils Team has placed seventh in the nation. Soils is a Career Development Event in FFA. During competing, students are taken to soil pits and must judge the properties, characteristics, and management of whichever soil they are given. Students answers are then graded and compared with other competitors...

Crowder College has announced Barry and Lawrence County students who were among the 578 who earned recognition on the school's Dean's List for the spring semester. To qualify, students had to earn a 3.5 grade point average and take at least 12 college credit hours...

The Shelter Insurance Foundation awarded a $2,000 scholarship to Rachael Lacey, a graduate of Wheaton. Shelter Agent Terri Lynn DeGraffenreid-Brattin sponsors and partially funds this scholarship. Beginning the fall after the recipient’s high school graduation Rachael can direct the scholarship funds toward tuition, fees, or campus housing for any course of study leading to an academic degree at any accredited college or university...

The Shelter Insurance Foundation awarded a $2,000 scholarship to Reilly Nichols, a graduate of Cassville.

Kindergarten and Kinder Academy students of the month for April have been named.

• 7th Grade A Honor Roll: Jianna Cha, Wyatt Gorman, Leonel Gomez, Kenzie Robbins and Hayden Royer. • 7th Grade A/B Honor Roll: David Bik, Eve Chaddock, Austin Cox, Zander Dutra, Michael Hang, Preston Johnson, Blake Morgan, Payton Pyle, Eakatrina Vue, Jakob Walling and Catherine Yang...

Cassville High School Seniors Colton Moore, left, and Alex Mackey have qualified for the National Speech and Debate Tournament, which will be held in Dallas the week of June 16.

• 7th Grade A Honor Roll: Jianna Cha, Leonel Gomez and Hayden Royer. • 7th Grade A/B Honor Roll: David Bik, Eve Chaddock, Wyatt Gorman, Preston Johnson, Blake Morgan, Payton Pyle, Kenzie Robbins, Hailey Vandegrift, Eakatrina Vue, Jakob Walling and Catherine Yang...

Earning a spot on Drury University's Dean's List means a student earned a grade point average of 3.6 or greater (on a 4-point scale) while carrying a full-time course load of 12 or more semester hours at Drury, a top Midwestern university, according to US News & World Report. In the spring semester, the following students made the evening school Dean's list:...

On May 13 at 6 p.m., the Shell Knob Chapter of Junior Honor Society inducted several new members. SKSJHS students are students who always go above and beyond in leadership qualities, and more specifically academic excellence. The elegance and small details put into making this evening special was in appreciation for the hard work of each student who is and will become part of this Leadership team...

Security Bank brought pizza for the Cassville School District Special Olympics athletes on May 14. 

Cassville Primary and Intermediate held their annual Field Day on May 10.

Students at Cassville Intermediate were recognized for earning proficient and/or advanced on the 2018 MAP test.

Central Methodist University student Shannon Mitchell, of Seligman, was recently inducted into the National Society of Leadership and Success (NSLS) — the nation's largest leadership society, according to Cassandra Frink, CMU's NSLS advisor. Students are selected for membership based on either academic standing and/or leadership potential. Candidacy is nationally recognized as an achievement of honorable distinction. Nationwide, with 655 chapters, the NSLS currently has 1,029,952 members...

Cassville Intermediate School has named its May Character Kids, chosen for showing empathy.

Dr. Diane Bartholomew, vice president of academic affairs for Missouri Valley College, has announced the Spring 2019 Dean's List. The requirements for the Dean's List are a 3.3 or higher grade point average; at least 12 graded hours for the semester and no "D," "F," or "Incomplete" grades for the semester...

Cassville High School seniors Mary Hayes and Kobe Blisard have achieved perfect attendance for all four years of their high school career.

Students with perfect attendance over the 2018-2019 school year have been named.

Students who completed a minimum of seven successful semesters of high school, earned 25 credits, and earned a 3.50 to 3.69 gpa are awarded the Bronze Cum Laude medal.

Soils is a Career Development Event in FFA, and during competing, students are taken to soil pits and must judge the properties, characteristics, and management of whichever soil they are given. Students answers are then graded and compared with other competitors...

The Roark Family Health Scholarship for $1,000 was recently awarded to Emalee Davis.

The May Cassville Middle School Students of the Month, sponsored by Willis Insurance, have been named.

Cassville Community Teachers Association (CCTA) Banquet that was held on April 29 in the Cassville High School Commons Area.

Cassville High School has named its valedictorian and salutatorian ahead of graduation Sunday at 3 p.m.

Samantha Cosper and Melanie Grossman have been selected as the recipients of the Cassville Board of Education Scholarships.

Exeter FFA placed 29th out of 347 chapters in the state, earning a Top Chapter Award at the 91st Missouri FFA Convention. Only 10 percent of state chapters receive a top chapter designation each year. The National Chapter Award Program is designed to recognize FFA chapters that actively implement the mission and strategies of the organization. ...

   About 600 miles separate Houston, Texas, from the towns of Joplin and Purdy, but on June 10 at 8 p.m., choruses from all three locations, having traveled well over 1,000 miles, will convene on the stage of Carnegie Hall to perform John Rutter’s Requiem, as part of MidAmerica Productions’ 36th concert season...

Cassville Middle School Technology Students Association (TSA) traveled to Joplin on April 14-16 where they competed in the state TSA competition on the Missouri Southern State University campus. Results are as follows: • Mass Production: 2nd Place, Jenna Crim, Jacob Martinez, Dixon Reid...

Cassville High School band members participated in the State Music Festival on April 27, taking home honors.

Four grants totaling $3,440.89 from the Cassville Education Fund were awarded to Cassville teachers at the annual Cassville Community Teachers Association banquet on April 29 at the Cassville high school commons. A grant of $2,028 was presented to high school librarian, Briana Kleine, for digital media production equipment for use in student and staff projects...

People’s Community Bank has chosen Clayton Elders to be the Student of the month for April.

New members were inducted into the Susan Doty Chapter of National Honor Society at Exeter High school on April 18.

Community Partnership of the Ozarks in Springfield has been awarded a grant using excess TANF funds allocated to the state of Missouri to implement a program in twenty counties within Southwest Missouri called the First Birthday Project.  This project is for pregnant women and families who have newborn infants up to one year of age and need safe sleep resources like a pack ‘n play and/or boxinette, crib sheets, halo sleep sacks, pacifiers, as well as educational resources on safe sleep practices. . ...

Southwest High School inducted 13 new members into its National Honor Society chapter and named officers for the 2019-2020 school year at a special ceremony last week.

Elizabeth Ross, of the Southwest FFA Chapter, placed fifth in the Division I prepared public speaking leadership development event at the 91st Missouri FFA Convention. Sixteen students from six districts were selected to compete at the state level. Ross’ advisors are Lena Alsup and Bill Caldwell.  ...

Leonel Gomez, left, 7th grade, son of Leonor Gomez, and Emily Gonzalez, 11th grade, daughter of Fernando and Kara Gonzalez, have been named Students of the Month in Wheaton.

The Cassville FFA Chapter won the meats evaluation career development event at the 91st Missouri FFA Convention. There were 48 teams in the competition. The team members include Cale Jackson, Kobe Blisard, Dick Nathan and Camden Roller. Individually, Jackson placed first, Blisard placed second, Nathan placed 31st and Roller placed 81st out of 188 participants. The Cassville FFA advisors are Jimmy Hinson and John Littlefield.  ...

The following students competed at the State Solo/Ensemble Vocal Music Contest.

Tom Ittner, with Thrivent Financial, issued a challenge to Cassville’s second-grade class.

Giovanna Hinojosa, left, 10th grade daughter of Efren Sr. and Maria Hinojosa, and Kelton Park. 9th grade, son of Chris and Jo Gina Park, have been named Students of the Month at Wheaton High School.

The Cassville High School Students of the Quarter, presented by The Elks Lodge in Holiday Island, Ark., was presented to Dalia Phelps and Andrew Littlefield.