Waynesville R-VI School District

JROTC Drill Team recognized for 2nd place finish in Nation The Waynesville JROTC Drill Team finished 2nd overall in the Nation in the U.S. Army Cadet Command Rocky Mountain Drill Nationals and were recognized for their outstanding performance by Courtney Long, executive director of secondary instruction, during the Waynesville R-VI Board of Education meeting on May 19, 2025. The team competed at Nationals on April 12 in Denver and finished with the following rankings. • 1st Place Unarmed Regulation. • 1st Place Unarmed Quad Exhibition (Annalyse Rivera, Tiare Fau, Teyla Byrom, Addison Smith). • 1st Place Individual Drill Down (Peyton Stuart). • 2nd Place Armed Exhibition Solo (Lord Torres). • 3rd Place Armed Exhibition. • 3rd Place Armed Quad Exhibition (Aubrey Ellison, Austin Bailly, Aiden Rivera, Trevor Skyles. • 3rd Place Unarmed Dual Exhibition (Peyton Stuart, Addison Smith). • 4th Place Unarmed Overall Division. • 4th Place Armed Exhibition Dual (Aubrey Ellison, Max Jorgensen). The drill team members included: • Danely Aguliar • Ivan Velasco • Austin Bailly • Christie Bennett • Addison Bowling • David Boyd • Teyla Byrom • Kaden Crone • Aubrey Ellison • Marissa Esquivel • Tiare Fau • Gianmarko Gardeslen • Max Jorgensen • Evelyn Kelley • Jeramie Mays • Joseph Mendiola • Aiden Rivera • Annalyse Rivera • Trevor Skyles • Addison Smith • Ellie Sprague • Peyton Stuart • Clarence Torres • Lord Torres • Emily Totten • Thomas Walters JROTC Instructors are Col. Charles Williams, 1st Sgt. Meghan Fadl, Sgt. Maj. Steven Tetrault. #WaySchools #JROTC

16 qualify for Nationals in SkillsUSA Sixteen SkillsUSA students from the Waynesville Career Center have qualified to compete at the SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference in Atlanta in June. They were recognized by Courtney Long, executive director of secondary instruction, during the Waynesville R-VI Board of Education meeting on May 19, 2025. The WCC students qualified for Nationals by winning gold at the Missouri SkillsUSA State Leadership and Skills Conference that was held April 10-12, 2025. The students who have qualified for Nationals are as follows: • Urian Barrera - Barbering • Zada Dent - Digital Cinema • Oscar Lopez - Digital Cinema • Fionn Gallagher - Internet of Things Smart Home • Ellyia Bagby - Nail Care • Haley Emerson - Promotional Bulletin Board • Aidan Sanders - Promotional Bulletin Board • Faith Valdez - Promotional Bulletin Board • Emerson Mace - Restaurant Services • Edwin Taylor - Screen Printing • Jason Bell - Video News • Jayla Hong - Video News • Kolden Kinsley - Video News • Daniel Sterner - Video News • Brandon Blakey - Video Production • Imanuel Jones - Video Production #WaySchools #SkillsUSA

The Waynesville R-VI School District is now hiring teachers. For more information, scan the QR code or check out the openings at https://www.applitrack.com/waynesville/onlineapp/default.aspx?all=1 or call 573-842-2094. #WaySchools

FFA students recognized for placing at State Waynesville Career Center students who competed and placed in the State FFA Convention were recognized during the Waynesville R-VI Board of Education meeting on May 19, 2025, by Courtney Long, executive director of secondary instruction. The following were recognized: • James Laughlin - State Finalist in Outdoor Recreation • Katarina Martin - State Finalist in Equine Entrepreneurship • Sienna Zuber - 2nd Place in State for Food Service Proficiency • Veterinary Science Team Members Sienna Zuber, Kira Smith, Allessandra Ellett and JeNaiya Turner - 2nd Place at State • Sienna Zuber and Jaden Claire – FFA State Degree FFA is sponsored by Emily Koch, the agriculture instructor at the WCC. #WaySchools #WCC

7 DECA students qualify for international event Seven Waynesville Career Center students qualified to participate in the 2025 DECA International Career Development Conference that was recently held in Orlando, Fla. The following students were recognized by Courtney Long, executive director of secondary instruction, during the Waynesville R-VI Board of Education meeting on May 19, 2025: • Brode Evans - Principles of Entrepreneurship • Lauryn Lercher - School-Based Enterprise Business Plan • Connor Long - Full Serve Restaurant and Food Service Management • Alexandra Romito - Principles of Marketing • Lenayah Thomas -Hospitality & Tourism Professional Selling • Kyle Wilking - Business Services Marketing • Cameron Wilson - School-Based Enterprise Business Plan The Distributive Education Clubs of America is sponsored by Peggy Arnold, marketing and business instructor at the WCC. #WaySchools

Students recognized for having artwork on display at Missouri Capitol Waynesville R-VI students were recognized for having their artwork chosen to be on display at the Missouri Capitol during Youth Art during the Waynesville R-VI Board of Education meeting on May 19, 2025. In addition, Emma Trevino, a student at Wood Elementary, was recognized for having received the Governor's Mansion Award by First Lady Claudia Kehoe. The students were recognized by Mike Henson, executive director of elementary instruction, and Courtney Long, executive director of secondary instruction, as follows: _________________________ Waynesville High School: • Riley Swanson • Sloan Storie • Brianna Brown-Myrick • Tisari Brown • Alyssa Strom • Mycha Humphrey • Josephine Andreasen • Rayne Kling • Lucas Cloutier • Aayden Mantle • Sofia Campbell • Miley Heimbach _________________________ East Elementary: • Briella Gould • Annika Kalaquin • Maddison McDermott • Charlotte Lynch _________________________ Freedom Elementary: • Lena Thompson • Adelyn Mendieta • Easton Gilmore • Ariel Middleton • Aubriella Rice • Katelyn Bogue • Nadia Timmons _________________________ Thayer Elementary: • Charolette Shoemake • Regan Batey • Carley Decker • Chloe Oyler _________________________ Wood Elementary: • Alyce Rhea • Caleb Polk • Sania Sinclair • Emma Trevino #WaySchools

East Elementary staff members received an update about the district from Waynesville R-VI Superintendent Hilary Bales during their Super Session on May 12, 2025. #wayschools

The last day of school for the 2024-25 school year for students in grades K-11 will be Friday, May 23, 2025. Students will dismiss early on May 23 as follows: Noon Grades 6-12 dismiss 12:45 p.m. Parker dismisses 1 p.m. Grades K-5 dismiss No afternoon sessions at Williams

From our Athletics Office: Tonight's (May 19, 2025) District Girls Soccer at Eureka will now start at 4 p.m. due to potential storms later this evening. The games will be streamed via MSHSAA television at https://mshsaa.tv/?S=AllenHilliardMSHSAA&B=2429667&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAYnJpZBExWXNJQzFQcUtQWnU2bU9hbAEe_ugmojL8EBzZrU38nJqtC692moDL43JrDBRy-sUc9p3smdYfkDsyXuMSJxw_aem_JF3F_MR_5kgQEvuijypHyA

Both Waynesville Middle School and Waynesville High School students will attend Summer School at Waynesville Middle School, due to major HVAC renovations being made at WHS. Please be patient as this will result in increased traffic in the area around Waynesville Middle School. Students may be dropped off beginning at 7:05 a.m. __________________________ Parent Drop off and Pick up for Summer School only (Grades 7-12): · Parent drop off and pick up for 7th and 8th grade students will be at the tennis court parking lot. Please pull all the way forward to the fire hydrant, even if no one is behind you. · Parent drop off and pick up for 9-12th grade students will be at the front of the building. Please pull all the way up to the end of the sidewalk in front, even if no one is behind you. Vehicles should enter near the WMS gym and exit near the marquee sign. · Parking for Waynesville High School students will be in the middle school stadium parking lot. WHS students who are driving themselves should enter and exit only through the entrance closest to the church. Please also see the map. __________________________ Additional notes: Summer School will be May 29-June 26. There will be no summer school on June 19 in celebration of Juneteenth. Summer School hours are 7:25 a.m. to 1:55 p.m. While the updates will be an inconvenience in the summer, we look forward to returning to WHS in the fall with an updated HVAC system. #WaySchools

REGISTER to pick up FREE MEALS for children ages birth to 18 OPAA! and Waynesville R-VI Schools are partnering to provide free meals through a drive-through service on four Fridays (May 30, June 6, June 13, and June 20) at Freedom Elementary. All children in the community ages birth to 18 are eligible to receive the meals at Freedom; however, they must register in advance at https://forms.gle/V4jtfwCx1CHEvDoKA. The meals will be available through a drive-through service at Freedom between 12 and 1 p.m. on May 30, June 6, June 13, and June 20—every Friday during summer school. ____________________________________________ Details · The meals will be available on the following Fridays: May 30, June 6, June 13, and June 20. Please indicate on the form which Fridays you will be available to pick up the meals. · All families will pick up their meals at Freedom Elementary between noon and 1 p.m. · Each bag will contain two breakfasts and two lunches for each child who has registered through the brief Google form at link above. ____________________________________________ Frequently asked questions 1. Are there income guidelines for this program? a. No. All children ages birth to 18 are eligible. 2. Does my child have to be enrolled in summer school to be eligible for this program? a. No. This program is open to the community. 3. Do I have to fill out the form each week? a. No. Please indicate on the form which Fridays you will be picking up the meals. 4. How is this program being funded and why is it being offered? a. The Federal Government is funding this program and OPAA! volunteered to participate so that families in our community could receive the meals. Children are most hungry during the summer months when regular school is not in session and OPAA! is partnering with Waynesville R-VI schools to help ensure that children have food on the weekends during summer school. ____________________________________________ If the link above does not work, please copy and paste the following into your browser: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd1JNhYxU4yq7a3otBubOx1XHqDJtf6xc94e--XrISUVOcjLw/viewform?usp=header #WaysSchools #OPAA!

Waynesville High School's Graduation will be held outside today (Friday, May 16, 2025). Graduation begins at 7:30 p.m. A ticket is required to enter graduation outside. Waynesville Career Center video production students will provide live coverage of the event on: · Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/16DeE3KnG5/ · YouTube: https://youtube.com/live/uOe4Yw-aDf4?feature=share If any technical difficulties occur during the broadcast, please note that the video of graduation will be posted to YouTube after it concludes. #wayschools

New Student Enrollment is open! https://www.waynesville.k12.mo.us/o/wrv/page/enrollment-registration

Good named WHS Rotary Student of the Month Alexis Good, a junior at Waynesville High School was named the WHS Rotary Student of the Month for May 2025 by the Rotary Club of Pulaski County on May 13, 2025. Her parents are Brittany and Daniel Good. Good was selected by two of her teachers to represent the character word “responsibility.” One nominator said, 'Alexis is an incredible student and person. She reflects responsibility in her personal conduct with others, as a group member and student. She maintains a high standard of excellence in completing tasks and being prepared for class. She is currently taking 4 AP classes and maintaining above 95% in all of them, along with her other classes.” The second nominator said, “I have never, in my 12 years of teaching, encountered a student more prepared than Alexis. Aside from her legendary note-taking skills, she is always on time, always willing to participate in class, and always has her homework turned in. Beyond all of that though, her willingness to help her peers is an inspiration. One of the best self-tests of how much you know about a topic is being able to explain it to others, and Alexis has never once balked at the opportunity to help her classmates when they need it, which speaks to her mastery of the material - the payoff from being as responsible and prepared as she is.” Good is an outstanding student with a 4.34 GPA, ranking in the top 1% of her class, and has a 98% attendance rate. Good scored a 36 on her ACT and is currently taking four Advanced Placement classes this year. She is a member of the National Honor Society and plays the cello for the Waynesville Youth Symphony. Upon graduation, Good plans to attend a four-year university and major in mechanical engineering.

The Waynesville R-VI School District hosted its annual Elementary Track Meet on Friday, May 9, 2025, at Tiger Stadium on the Waynesville High School campus. Students in 4th and 5th grades from East, Freedom, Partridge, Thayer and Wood competed in multiple track and field events. The winners are as follows: 4th Girls 4 x 200 relay East Blue 4 x 100 relay Partridge 400 m Run Anais Williams Thayer 200 m Dash Makayla Nailor East Blue 100 m Dash Remme Holden Thayer 55 m Dash Remme Holden Thayer Shot Put Manula Saia East Blue Triple Jump Avery Fransico East Blue Long Jump Kimore Long East Blue 4th Boys 4 x 200 relay Partridge 4 x 100 relay Partridge 400 m Run Eric Njugna East Blue 200 m Dash Tyler Henry Freedom Grey 100 m Dash Leo Mariscal Partridge 55 m Dash Kayden Butler Freedom Grey Shot Put Chris Vaughn East Blue Triple Jump Weston Hoard East Blue Long Jump Jaxson Gall Partridge 5th Girls 4 x 200 relay East Blue 4 x 100 relay Partridge 400 m Run Aubrey Ross Freedom Grey 200 m Dash Jessicah Njuguna East Green 100 m Dash Jessicah Njuguna East Green 55 m Dash Sonice Darby Freedom Grey Shot Put Jessicah Njuguna East Green Triple Jump Parker Chandler Partridge Long Jump Olivia-Kate Simon East Blue 5th Boys 4 x 200 relay East Blue 4 x 100 relay Partridge 400 m Run Owen Weigelt Freedom Grey 200 m Dash Owen Weigelt Freedom Grey 100 m Dash Zamir Chestnut Partridge 55 m Dash Harrison Silengo Thayer Shot Put Julzius Holden-Pierson Thayer Triple Jump Grayson Trautmann Partridge Long Jump Eli Valaqu Partridge

Members of the community and school officials presented scholarships and awards totaling millions of dollars, if utilized over the next four years, to the Waynesville High School Class of 2025 during Honors Night on May 13. WHS is expected to graduate 406 students on May 16, 2025. Additional photos are available at https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1U8v1v9Aha-yZTiPsZNS_yc5JuXGi17Gh?usp=drive_link.

Kevin Schnicker has been named the new Waynesville High School head girls basketball coach starting in the 2025-26 school year. Schnicker has 22 years of basketball coaching experience from developing/creating an AAU program in California, to playing and coaching on Air Force base teams, being a head coach of high school varsity basketball teams at Cabrillo High School, Smith-Cotton High School and Osage High School, and collegiate coaching experience as an assistant at William Woods University. He served as the head basketball coach at Osage High School for five seasons. In addition, he has been an assistant football coach and a strength and conditioning coach. "I’m truly excited to get back into coaching!” Schnicker said. “I really missed developing players both within the sport and in character and team building. I’m blessed to have the opportunity to work with these young athletes and help them grow not just as competitors, but as people. There’s nothing more rewarding than being part of their journey—on and off the court/field." He retired from the United States Air Force after 20 years and holds several degrees, including specialist and master’s in education administration, bachelor’s in social sciences from Chapman University, associate’s in mechanical and electrical technology from Community College of the Air Force, and associate’s in general education from State Fair Community College. Schnicker will continue to serve as the principal at Waynesville Sixth Grade Center. #wayschools

An ambulance was dispatched to Waynesville High School at approximately 5 p.m. today (May 14, 2025) to treat an individual student with a medical condition. A parent/guardian has been contacted and will decide what, if any, further medical treatment is necessary.

A final decision on whether Waynesville High School's graduation will be held indoors or outdoors will be made by 2 p.m. on Friday, May 16, 2025. Our goal is to hold the ceremony outside, weather permitting. Graduation will be held at 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 16, 2025. A ticket is required to enter graduation – either inside or outside. Waynesville Career Center video production students will provide live coverage of the event on: · Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/16DeE3KnG5/ · YouTube: https://youtube.com/live/uOe4Yw-aDf4?feature=share If any technical difficulties occur during the broadcast, please note that the video of graduation will be posted to YouTube after it concludes.

Summer School registration must be completed by Monday, May 19, 2025, in order to secure your child a spot on a summer school bus route. If your child plans to attend Summer School and you haven’t already done so, you may register your child at https://www.waynesville.k12.mo.us/o/wrv/page/summer-school. Please note that you should register your student for the grade they will be going into this fall. Partridge and WHS students, please note the locations of your summer school.