McDonald County R1 School District

📖 History in the making for McDonald County Schools! 👋 A big send-off today for McDonald County High School wrestlers headed to the Missouri state wrestling tournament in Columbia, MO. 🎉 8️⃣ Eight of our student-athletes on our boy's wrestling team qualified for state this year, the most the school has ever sent! 😲 💪 Good luck to the following wrestlers listed with their weight classes: 🤼 106 Eberson Perez 🤼 113 Robinson Yoshino 🤼 138 Blaine Ortiz 🤼 144 Levi Smith 🤼 175 Colter Vick 🤼 190 Malosi Sosef 🤼 215 Samuel Murphy 🤼 285 Jayce Hitt 🥹 We’re so proud of your hard work and accomplishments this year! Go MC! ❤️ 🖤

🌊 Diving deep into the study of sea creatures without leaving the dry ground. 🐠🐟🦞 🔬🦑🧑‍🔬 Dissection day in Mr. Putney's Zoology class at McDonald County High School found students taking advantage of the nice weather to go outside to examine squid! 😯 🔪 By dissecting a squid, our students are learning about its anatomy, including its organs, systems, and functions. They're also examining its unique adaptations, such as the beak, ink sac, and chromatophores. 🦐🧠 Not only are our students developing their dissection skills, but they're also building their scientific inquiry skills by formulating hypotheses, designing experiments, and drawing conclusions. 🤓 We're proud to offer our students these valuable learning experiences and can't wait to see the amazing things they'll accomplish! 🙌 Just another way McDonald County Schools - and its teachers - make a difference in every child, every day, whatever it takes! ❤️🖤 #McDonaldCountyHighSchool #ZoologyClass #SquidDissection #Anatomy #Adaptations #ScienceSkills #HandsOnLearning #Education #FutureScientists #MCR1 #WeAre1 📚🔍👨‍🔬👩‍🔬 🦑

📣 How about a big shout-out to some real heroes in McDonald County Schools? 🦸💪 Wednesday, February 22 is National School Bus Driver Appreciation Day! 🎉🚌👏 With more than 420 square miles in the school district, our bus drivers travel hundreds of thousands of miles each year to get our students safely transported to and from school. 🙌🏫 To all our dedicated bus drivers, we want to say a big THANK YOU for everything you do. Your commitment to ensuring the safety and well-being of our students is truly valued and appreciated. 🙏❤️ Let's give a round of applause to all the hardworking and caring school bus drivers out there who make a difference in every child, every day, whatever it takes!! 🎉👏🚌

👀 Here’s a new way to look at measuring up! 📏 👩🏼‍🏫 🧑‍🎓👩🏻‍🎓 Students in Mrs. Ramsey’s second-grade class at Anderson Elementary made a 1,000-link chain that was longer than the entire class lying down! ⛓️ Not only was it a blast for the students, but it also helped them learn important math and number concepts. By measuring, counting, and manipulating the chain, the students practiced their understanding of length, distance, and numeracy. 🧮📏 We're proud of their hard work and can't wait to see what they'll achieve next! 👍👏 Just another way McDonald County Schools - and its teachers - make a difference in every child, every day, whatever it takes! ❤️🖤 🎓🏫👨‍🏫👩‍🏫👩‍🎓

🔦 Shining the light on learning. 📚 Students in Mrs. Martin’s 5th-grade class at Noel Elementary turned out the lights 💡 to learn a lesson about the sun and shadows. 🌚 🌅Using flashlights🔦, animal figurines🦓🐘, protractors📏, and paper📈, these young scientists👨‍🎓👩‍🎓 are exploring how the angle of the sun🌞 affects the length and position of shadows. 🤔What can they learn from this lesson? Well, by measuring and analyzing the shadows, they can gain a deeper understanding of the movement of the Earth, the rotation of the sun, and how they both contribute to the changing length and direction of shadows throughout the day. 🌎🕰️ Without a shadow of a doubt, these students are some of the brightest around! 😁 Just another way McDonald County Schools make a difference in every child, every day, whatever it takes! ❤️🖤

It’s National School Resource Officer Appreciation Day! 🎉👮‍♀️👮‍♂️ 🗓️ Today, we celebrate and honor the incredible work of our SROs here in the McDonald County School District. From ensuring the safety and security of our students to serving as positive role models and building relationships within our community, our SROs go above and beyond in their line of duty. They work tirelessly to provide a safe and welcoming learning environment for our students and staff, and their dedication is truly appreciated.💪 So let's give a big shoutout and thank you to all of our amazing SROs for making a difference in every child, every day, whatever it takes! 🙌👏

💗 We’re ready! 💕 💘 Hearts cut and glued. 💘Cards made with help from high school friends. 💘 Balloons filled and delivered. All across the district, our students are “valentined” up! 🫶 We hope you are too! 💓 Happy Valentine’s Day from your friends at McDonald County Schools! #HappyValentinesDay #Balloonsfilled #CardsMade #Heartscutandglued #McDonaldCountySchools #MCR1 #WeAre1 #BeMine

👏👏🎊 How about a round of applause for our construction trades students at McDonald County High School? 👏👏 Several qualified for state competition at the recent Southwest District Skills USA conference in Monett. 💪 🏅 The winners and the skills they qualified for include:🏆 🚿 Plumbing 💧 Miguel Melendez - 1st place 💧 Jake Mackenzie - 2nd place 👷 Teamworks - 2nd place (group) 🔨 Dominic Blackwell 🪚 Landon Talley 🔧 Kaden Price 🗜️ Gabrial Alejandro ⚡ Electrical 🔌 Diego Valdez - 2nd place This is the first time since 2019 we’ll send a team to a state competition! 🥇 👏 Congratulations to these young men. Your hard work and dedication are paying off. ⚒️ Building students’ success for the future! Just another way McDonald County Schools make a difference in every child, every day, whatever it takes! ❤️🖤

❤️🖤 Happy National School Counseling Week! ❤️🖤 We want to give a big shoutout to the amazing counselors of the McDonald County School District! 🎉 Thank you for all you do to take care of our students! 💗 You truly make a difference in their lives by: 🤲 Providing emotional support 🤲 Helping students navigate through challenges 🤲 Encouraging academic success 🤲 Offering college and career guidance 🤲 Promoting mental health and well-being We appreciate all that you do and the positive impact you have on our students' futures! 🙌 Thank you for helping McDonald County Schools make a difference in every child, every day, whatever it takes! ❤️🖤 #NationalSchoolCounselingWeek #MCSCounselorsRock #StudentSuccess #McDonaldCountySchools #MCR1 #WeAre1 #SchoolCounselingMatters ❤️🤍💙

🎉🎉CELEBRATING 🎉🎉 four McDonald County student-athletes for signing their letters of intent to play for area colleges! Teammates, friends, and family members gathered in the McDonald County High School gym to congratulate the group as they made public their decisions on their future college careers. 🏈 Jack Parnell will be taking to the football field at Benedictine College in Atchinson, KS. 🤼‍♂️ Blaine Ortiz will be wrestling at Missouri Valley College in Marshall, MO. ⚾️ Cross Dowd will be playing baseball at Coffeyville Community College in Coffeyville, KS. ⚾️ Isaac Behm will also be attending Coffeyville Community College in Coffeyville, KS, to play baseball. 💪🏼We couldn't be more proud of these talented young men and can't wait to see what the future holds for them! 🔥 #McDonaldCountySports #CollegeBound #StudentAthletes #FutureStars #MCSCelebrates #AthleticSuccess #FutureCollegeAthletes #MCR1 #WeAre1 #BenedictineCollege #MissouriValley #CoffeyvilleCommunityCollege 💪🏽🎓🥇💥

🔴 🚨 Important announcement from the McDonald County School District: 🏮 ⚠️🌨️❄️ Many roads across the county are still slick and hazardous, so for the safety of students and staff all McDonald County Schools will be closed on Friday, February 3. 🚫 This is NOT an AMI day. No schoolwork is required today. ⛔📚 🫵 Stay safe and stay warm! 🔥❄️ #McDonaldCountySchools #WinterWeather #SchoolClosing #OnceAgain #NoSchoolwork #MCR1 #StaySafeStayWarm

➡️⛔️ Important announcement from the McDonald County School District: 🏮 💥 🌨️❄️ Many roads across the county are still slick and hazardous, so for the safety of students and staff all McDonald County Schools will be closed on Thursday, February 2. 🚫 📚 This will be AMI Day 5. 5️⃣🖐️ Students, please follow the AMI procedures given by your teachers. 🧑‍🏫 🫵 Stay safe and stay warm! 🔥❄️ #McDonaldCountySchools #WinterWeather #SchoolClosing #OnceAgain #AMIDay5 #MCR1 #StaySafeStayWarm

📣 A big shoutout to our awesome maintenance and custodial crews with McDonald County Schools! 💪 The team is hard at work clearing steps, scraping sidewalks, and pushing snow and ice off the parking lots at our school across the county. We caught up with a couple of maintenance workers at the McDonald County High School parking lot as they cleared the ice pack. 🚜🧊 🙏 Thank you all big time for doing your best to battle the winter weather so McDonald County Schools can make a difference in every child, every day, whatever it takes! ❤️🖤 #MCR1Grateful #SnowWarriors #MCR1SafetyFirst #McDonaldCountySchools #ThankYou #MaintenanceHeroes 💕🧹🚜❄️

💥💥 Important announcement from the McDonald County School District: 🏮 ⚠️🌨️❄️ Many roads across the county are still slick and hazardous, so for the safety of students and staff all McDonald County Schools will be closed on Wednesday, February 1. 🚫 📚 This will be AMI Day 4. 4️⃣ Students, please follow the AMI procedures given by your teachers. 🧑‍🏫 🫵 Stay safe and stay warm! 🔥❄️

🚨 🌨️❄️Important announcement from the McDonald County School District: 🏮 ⚠️ Due to hazardous road conditions caused by winter weather, all McDonald County Schools will be closed on Tuesday, January 31. 🚫 📑 This will be AMI Day 3. Students, please follow the AMI procedures given by your teachers. 📚 Stay safe and stay warm! 🔥❄️

🚫❄️Important announcement from the McDonald County School District: ⚠️ Due to hazardous road conditions caused by winter weather, all McDonald County Schools will be closed on Monday, January 30. This will be AMI day 2. Students please follow the AMI procedures given by your teachers. 📚 Stay safe and stay warm! 🔥❄️

🌨❄️ No snow? No problem! 👍 Even before this week’s snow, the students at Southwest City Early Childhood classes got creative with their winter learning! 📚 The students used shaving cream ☁️ to create a snowy sensory experience on their tables and practiced writing their names, shapes, numbers, and letters in the "snow." Besides being a lot of fun, the activity: ❄️ Provides a unique sensory experience for the students, allowing them to explore and experiment with writing in a different way. ❄️ Helps improve their fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination. ❄️ Can be a good way for students to practice writing in a fun, low-pressure environment before moving on to more traditional writing tools such as pencils and pens. ➕ Bonus: no cold hands or noses! 👃🥶 Just another way McDonald County Schools are making a difference in every child, every day, whatever it takes! ❤️🖤 #EarlyChildhoodEducation #CreativeLearning 📝 #SensoryLearning 🧒 #SouthwestCityEarlyChildhood #LearningThroughPlay #NoSnowNoProblem #McDonaldCountySchools #MCR1 #WeR1

🚫❄️Important announcement from the McDonald County School District: ⚠️ Due to hazardous road conditions caused by winter weather, all McDonald County Schools will be closed on Wednesday, January 25th. This will be an AMI day, students please follow the AMI procedures given by your teachers. 📚 Stay safe and stay warm! 🔥❄️ #McDonaldCountySchools #WinterWeather #SchoolClosing #AMIDay #MCR1

Due to the incoming winter weather, All McDonald County Schools will be dismissing early at 12:50 pm today, Tuesday Jan 24. We want to make sure our buses are able to get students home safely and everyone can get home before the winter weather hits. Stay safe and stay warm.

Congratulations to all the amazing candidates and attendants of the 2023 MCHS Basketball Homecoming! 🏀🎉 👑 Queen Candidates are: Leia Bryan, Megan Elwood, and Analisa Ramirez. 👑 King candidates are: Cross Dowd, Weston Gordon, and Dalton McClain. Attendants are: Freshman Class - Tatym Trudeau and JP Clarkson. Sophomore Class - Jaylee Brock and Hayden Lett. Junior Class - Carlee Cooper and Cory Eastburn. 👏 You all deserve to be celebrated, cheers to your hard work and dedication! Find out who wins the crown at the homecoming ceremonies on Friday, Jan 13 at 6:15 pm. And be sure to come out and cheer on the Mustangs as they take on the Seneca Indians! Let's make it a night to remember!🎉🎊 Go MC!