Southern Boone School District

JOIN OUR TEAM! Southern Boone School District is hosting a job fair on Wednesday, November 8th from 2:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. in the Central Office Boardroom. LEARN MORE: sbschools.us/jobfair RSVP FOR THE JOB FAIR: https://bit.ly/4042ukD

REMINDER: There will be no school on Friday, November 10th, 2023, due to parent-teacher conferences and teacher professional development day. View the district calendar at sbschools.us/calendar

Members of the Southern Boone Board of Education and district administration attended the 2023 Missouri School Boards' Association Annual Conference in Kansas City last week.

4th grade students in Ms. Horton's elementary counseling class learned about being special and unique last week. They talked about how our fingerprints are unique and used magnetic powder to see their fingerprints on paper.

Good luck to Southern Boone's Alex Volkart, Kaylin Patton, Brian Burns and Brian Kitch as they compete in the MSHSAA State Cross Country Championships on Saturday morning at Gans Creek in Columbia. MORE INFO: mshsaa.org/Content/CrossCountry/InformationCentral.aspx

Southern Boone High School is having its annual Veterans Day Program on Thursday, November 9th at 1 p.m. in the high school auditorium. All veterans and their families are welcome to attend.

$1 Used Book Sale at Southern Boone High School Library! Pick up good deals on young adult books, adult crossovers, old fiction, and nonfiction books! Open from 4:00-7:00 on Thursday, November 9th during parent-teacher conferences. Everyone is welcome!

Primary Principal Brandy Clark, Elementary Principal Dr. Amy James and Middle School Assistant Principal Amanda Toepke are representing the school district at a job fair today at the University of Missouri in Columbia to help recruit new teachers.

SAVE THE DATE: You're invited to attend a community forum about a potential April 2024 bond issue for a high school expansion construction project. The forum will be at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, November 14th, 2023 in the high school commons.

REMINDER: Columbia/Boone County Department of Public Health and Human Services is having a walk-in flu and COVID-19 vaccination clinic this afternoon from 3:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. in the Southern Boone Primary School Cafeteria. This clinic will be walk-in based and no appointments are needed. To read more about the flu vaccine, including insurance-related information, please visit: https://bit.ly/3QkO37c.

The 4th grade classes in the elementary school had a Halloween Door Decorating Contest. After the votes were tallied, Ms. Picha's class was chosen as the winner of the contest with the door with the spider webs and lights.

JOIN OUR TEAM! Southern Boone School District is hosting a job fair on Wednesday, November 8th from 2:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. in the Central Office Boardroom. LEARN MORE: sbschools.us/jobfair RSVP FOR THE JOB FAIR: https://bit.ly/4042ukD

Middle school students enjoyed their Trunk or Treat this afternoon. Thank you to all the parents, businesses and organizations for helping make this a successful event.

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A group of central office staff members dressed up as School Superintendent Dr. Tim Roth for Halloween.

Columbia/Boone County Department of Public Health and Human Services is having a walk-in flu and COVID-19 vaccination clinic on Thursday, November 2nd from 3:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. in the Southern Boone Primary School Cafeteria. This clinic will be walk-in based and no appointments are needed. To read more about the flu vaccine, including insurance-related information, please visit: https://bit.ly/3QkO37c.

Mrs. Batye’s 5th grade English language arts class is learning about figurative language. Students listened to songs and identified similes, metaphors, and onomatopoeia in the music. Students then applied those skills by writing figurative language about a pumpkin they created.

Thanks to Rod Smith with KRCG-TV for spotlighting our soccer team during the 5PM newscast and the football team, cheerleaders, volleyball team and marching band during the 6PM newscast.

Our students and staff had a lot of fun dressing up in their costumes and enjoyed their fall parties this afternoon.

Due to MSHSAA’s rules, admission to tonight’s home district football game and Saturday’s home district soccer game is $6 per person ages 7 and older (which includes all students). Tickets will be sold at the gate and only cash will be accepted. No passes will be honored.