back to school

We stopped, we dropped, we’re going!
Leevi Godfrey, of Cassville, plays on the train set in the pre-kindergarten room at Stop, Drop and Go at Cassville Primary School on Thursday.

Backpacks packed, ears lowered at Extravaganza
Finley Stensrud, 9, of Washburn, may have grimaced at the clippers but left the chair school-ready after receiving a haircut from Richard Reed, with Awesome Barbershop in Butterfield, at the Barry County Neighborhood Center’s Back to School Extravaganza at the Family Life Center in Cassville on Thursday.

Trout Tales, Aug. 21
After enjoying 102 days of delayed alarms, on Tuesday I think I woke up earlier than an Opening Day Blue Wing Olive hatch at Roaring River. I got ready just fast enough to sit in the worst traffic of the year in Cassville, riding along with my bosses as we took their fourth-grade daughter into her new class.

Kyle Troutman: First-day differences
Having done news photography for going on 15 years now — and spending the last five years as the father of a school-aged child — not many mornings school. Through the chaos of parents and kids trying to get to their classes or lockers, the gamut of emotions is bottomless.

Play is for all ages on first day of school at Cassville
Cassville Student Body President Jonathan Stults, right, took on Teresa Stewart, Family and Consumer Science teacher, in a bubble wrestling match at Cassville High School on the first day of school Tuesday.
Cassville back to school info released
Calendar, enrollment, ParentSquare, schedule info given The Cassville school district has released information for parents and guardians regarding the upcoming school year. The first day of school for students is Tuesday, August 20.

Merlyn Johnson: Anticipation building for new school year
The 2024-2025 school year will begin on Tuesday, August 20. We are excited to welcome our students and staff back for another great year at Cassville R-IV School District.