Steelville R-III School District

Some fun from inside Mrs. Santhuff's class at SHS! 3rd hour Nutrition & Wellness students made omelettes in a mug yesterday in connection with their study of understanding the influence of time, energy, and budget on our food choices. Most gave their omelettes a "thumbs up"!

Mrs. Beel’s Poms team helped pack all the Friday food bags for the Friday Backpack Program this week! Thanks, Poms!

Tomorrow, Friday, September 6th, the Steelville R-III School District will be having a "drill day." During this time, we will be practicing all of our drills-severe weather, fire, earthquake, and intruder. For our intruder drill, we do have plans in place with staff for lock down, evacuation, counter, etc., following our ALICE training, but at this time we will only practice the lockdown portion with our students during that drill. We have updated technology through an app on our phones that allows us to get word about emergencies, check-in students, and know when it is safe to release students back to class. We will be practicing with this as well tomorrow. I wanted to let you know about all aspects of our drills in case your child comes home and talks about them. Please contact your student's building office if you have any questions.

Mrs. Halbrook's first graders are conquering nouns in a Kahoot! battle! We love to see these little learners having fun while utilizing one of our new Smartboards!!!

We shared these pictures in our Harvest Festival post, but we wanted to take a moment to acknowledge our SHS art club, led by Miss Pitts! Miss Pitts said, "Art Club had so much fun painting faces during Family Fun Night! We appreciate everyone who stopped by and supported us. Several of our students stepped out of their comfort zones to engage with the community, as for many of them it was their first time painting faces. Everyone had a great time, and we're all looking forward to doing more fundraisers like this in the future. We're also grateful to the elementary specials team for helping us out. We hope everyone has an amazing Harvest Festival!" We love to see the happy faces and their beautiful artwork, and can't wait to see all that they accomplish this year!!!

The last week of August at SHS consisted of biology students using microscopes to identify microorganisms and other items in pond water, math problem-solving collaboration, Science Olympiad bridge building, business researching computers, a book tasting assignment, and marching band practice! These students are learning so much, and it looks like they're having a great time doing so!!!

Pastor Jerry and Shelley Beers and the congregation of Steelville First Assembly of God are always so generous to our schools and Backpack Program. Thank you for this large donation!

SHS Art Club had a great first meeting of the year! After hearing proposals from our new club officers about what kinds of projects Art Club will do this year, we are all excited! Students are eager to bring more art to our school and community. They've set goals to paint murals, work with younger students to share skills, fundraise, collaborate with the Steelville Arts Council, and to build a community that feels like family. Art Club will be doing face painting next week at Harvest Festival's Sidewalk Sales. We hope to see everyone there!

Today, Ms. Cottrell's first grade class had a lesson all about Making Your Mark! She said, "Today my First Graders listened to The Dot book. We talked about different things they could do to leave a positive mark in our classroom and school. They were able to then paint their own dots." Great job, first graders!!!

A big THANK YOU to Jimmy, from Frisco's, for donating wings and salad to our elementary staff during Meet Your Teacher night last week! YUM!!!

Mrs. Halbrook's 1st grade students are busy working on their writing! We love seeing the look of determination as they learn this important life skill! Great job, 1st graders!!!

A big THANK YOU to People's Bank for providing pizza during Meet Your Teacher Night, FCNB for providing Subway on the first day of school, and Steelville First Assembly of God church for providing freshly baked loaves of bread to our staff this week! The community support means the world to us, and all of the yummy food was greatly appreciated!

Steelville High School Picture Day Is: Thursday, September 5, 2024 Wagner Portrait Group will be photographing students for portrait packages & school records. Only online orders will be accepted. (Please do not bring checks, cash, or order forms to school as they will no longer be accepted.) CLICK HERE TO ORDER https://tinyurl.com/tdx6m7xm www.WagnerPortraitGroup.com Online Pre-Order Password: 2C4Q5U3W Can’t order online or have other questions? We are happy to help! 314-567-5900 Thank you for your help to prepare for a great picture day! We appreciate you!

Steelville Elementary Picture Day Is: Thursday, September 5, 2024 Wagner Portrait Group will be photographing students for portrait packages & school records. Only online orders will be accepted. (Please do not bring checks, cash, or order forms to school as they will no longer be accepted.) CLICK HERE TO ORDER https://tinyurl.com/mz9cufxn www.WagnerPortraitGroup.com Online Pre-Order Password: 3F8S3W4Z Can’t order online or have other questions? We are happy to help! 314-567-5900 Thank you for your help to prepare for a great picture day! We appreciate you!

Hey, Cardinals! We wanted to talk a little bit more about what Mrs. Miller, our School Based Social Worker, does for families in our district! Check out this information about Mrs. Miller: What do I do? I'm YOUR advocate! I help ensure your mental and physical needs are met at home and at school. I can help with: Food insecurity Hygienic needs Finding healthcare Obtaining insurance & so much more! Homelessness: I ensure students who qualify under the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act receive proper services. "Homeless" includes the following scenarios: -In temporary shared housing, a shelter, or transitional living program -In a hotel/motel, campground, or similar situation due to lack of alternatives -At a bus station, park, car, or abandoned building Services include: -Enrollment in school -Transportation services -Removal of barriers surrounding participation in extracurricular activities For more information, please email Mrs. Miller at smiller@steelville.k12.mo.us

Hey, Cardinals! It's the First Day of School!!! We are so excited to welcome our students back for the 2024-2025 school year! It's going to be amazing! Check out these pictures from today, and click the link to view our Google Photos album! We will keep updating that Google album as new pictures are received! https://photos.app.goo.gl/UuyF7mDsKED9pDUj8

Here's a quick reminder: Families, please complete online registration for your students BEFORE the first day of school, next Tuesday, August 20th! While you're there, please complete the Online Meal Benefits application! We will process applications within 10 days of receiving them, and any meals that are charged prior to application processing will be the households' responsibility, so the sooner you get those apps in the better! Have a wonderful weekend, Cardinals! We'll see you Tuesday!

We kicked off the new school year with our amazing coaching staff in our beginning of the year coaches' meeting this week! We're excited to see what this season brings! Go Cardinals!

Meet Your Teacher 2024 is officially in the books! It was wonderful to see so many smiling faces as our students and families got acquainted with their classrooms and teachers. We can't wait to start a fantastic and fun new school year next Tuesday! We've attached some photos here, and you can click this link to see the Google Album! New pictures may be added as they're received! Families, feel free to email your pictures from last night (or any pictures of your students!) to socialmedia@steelville.k12.mo.us! These pictures may be used for our website or our social media accounts! https://photos.app.goo.gl/NATEPJMetF4wvJtt9

We're so excited to see everyone tonight! Our staff is ready to meet their students! Meet Your Teacher night is from 5-6:30 at the Elementary, 5:30-7 at the Middle School, and 6-7:30 at the High School! We'll see you there!