Hallsville R-IV Schools eNewsletter

Issue: 54

March 4, 2014

Welcome to the Hallsville R-IV eNewsletter. Stay in the loop with all of the latest news from Hallsville R-IV School District.

HHS Quiz Bowl Wins State Championship

The HHS Quiz Bowl team participated in the 2014 National Academic Quiz Tournaments (NAQT) Missouri Qualifier at MU on Saturday, March 1. There were 22 teams in attendance. Hallsville went 4-0 during the preliminary rounds beating Hickman, De Smet, Richland and Pilot Grove. The team entered the first round of the play-offs as the No. 1 seed. During the play-offs, they went 3-0 beating Helias, Thomas Jefferson (Joplin) and Helias B. The team then entered the final round of the play-offs undefeated and beat Savannah and Richland. They finished a perfect 9-0 for the day and was crowned the 2014 NAQT Overall Champion AND 2014 NAQT Small School Champion. It's very rare that a small school wins both titles.

Individually, Jared Lockwood was the leading scorer for the tournament and Josh Null was ranked sixth. The team's hard work and dedication surely paid off. Congratulations and good luck at the Nationals in Chicago!!

Softball Academic All-State

The Missouri High School Fastpitch Coaches Association (MHSFCA) announced the Academic All-State Teams for the fall 2013 season. The Lady Indians Varsity team was awarded Academic All-State as a whole team. Also, six Lady Indians were awarded Individual Academic All-State Honors. The individual honor winners are Megan Bereswill, Brittany Borlinghaus, Hailey Crabtree, Ashlyn Loethen, Ashley Reed and Emily Sayre. Congratulations to these ladies and the entire Varsity team for their excellent work in the classroom during the first semester.

PreK Summer School

To give the opportunity to "experience" kindergarten prior to starting school, the Hallsville R-IV Schools is offering a pre-kindergarten summer school program for students entering kindergarten in the fall of 2014. The pre-kindergarten classes are offered for two weeks from June 9-19. The program will run Monday-Thursday. We will offer morning classes from 8:30 - 11 a.m. and afternoon classes from 12 - 2:30 p.m. Summer school is free to all students. Please complete and return the PreK Summer School Enrollment Form at the Kindergarten registration events on March 4 & 5 or to the Primary School office by Friday, March 21.

For summer school information on students of other age levels, summer school will be held June 9 - July 3. Handbooks with registration information will be available in mid-March.

Yearbook Sales

2014 yearbook sales start today! You can buy an elementary book for $10 or a high school book for $30. Order forms will be sent home this week or you can print from the links below.

Please give your payment to your building secretary by Monday, March 31. If you have any questions, please contact Mrs. Minor at mminor@hallsville.org or 696-5512 x711.

PTO Fundraiser

Hallsville PTO is sponsoring a fundraiser to raise important funds to benefit our schools. These funds will be used for building and classroom projects throughout our district. Uncle Jerry's T's catalog was sent home with your students last week. Please help make our sale a success by showing the catalog to your family, friends and co-workers. The order forms and money are due on Friday, March 14. We appreciate your support and help so we are able to support our students, teachers and district. If you have any questions, please contactMrs. Fadler at 696-5512 x443 or email pfadler@hallsville.org.

Intermediate School News

Stacy Fick, Principal

Good luck to Braelynn Hampton who will be competing in the Columbia Tribune Spelling Bee on Wednesday, March 5!

Reading Week will go on as planned despite any inclement weather. Several activities are planned that can easily be rescheduled. Stay tuned for more updates as the week progresses!

Middle School News

Clinton Hague, Principal

Here is the latest news from the Middle School.

Students of the Month for February (Patience):

6th Grade: Lexi Ussery and Tyrese Phillips

7th Grade: Amanda Rasmussen and Christian McPeak

8th Grade: Kailee Bradshaw and Karson Roberts

Results from the Central Methodist University Music Festival on February 28:

Friday afternoon, the 7th and 8th grade Chorus participated in their first judged music festival at Central Methodist University. They were judged buy three individuals on their performance of two selections. The performance area was exceptional. These students represented Hallsville Middle School very well. Please take a moment to congratulate the choir members. They should be very proud of their "I" rating, the highest rating available.

The following groups also performed separately and were awarded an "I" rating as well.

Girls Sextet: Abby Howard, Maddie Wise, Emily Boyle, Alia Hernandez, Samantha Baker and Krystal Ray

Girls Sextet: Izzy Bynum, Hannad Tidball, Kaylee Betz, Halyee Crane, Kailee Bradshaw and Pamela Salas

Miscellaneous Ensemble: Katie Calvert, Amber Fisher, Hayley Carpenter, Shayden Wadlow, Samuel Lockwood and Lydia Mattingley

Vocal Solo: Samuel Lockwood

High School News

Scott Daly, Principal

The HHS Student Council President for this year, Tonia Bartlett, has been a part of a wonderful program with the National Rural Electric Cooperatives of America (NRECA) as a Boone Electric Cooperative delegate. In June, she traveled to Washington DC with the Missouri delegation along with other students from all across the country. While on that trip, she interviewed and was chosen to be the Missouri spokesperson on the NRECA's Youth Leadership Council for a second trip to Washington DC. There they toured the NRECA national headquarters, did leadership focused workshops, and each presented a speech about what Youth Tour meant for them. The speech was an opportunity to be selected the national spokesperson for the NRECA's Youth Leadership Council. Tonia said "I did not end up being chosen as national spokesperson, but I worked so hard on my speech and had so much fun that I didn't even mind. " The past weekend, she traveled to Nashville for an extension of the Youth Leadership Council trip to the NRECA national convention. HHS is lucky and proud to have an outstanding student like Tonia represent our school on a national level.