The Hornet Buzz
February 1-14
Mission
To empower, enrich, and enlighten students to reach their full potential while respecting our past.
Greetings from Mrs. Musick
Dear Parents/Guardians,
Sickness impacted our school again last week and we still have kids out so far this week. We are hopeful that we start to have consistent attendance again and have our students on the mend soon! As a reminder, students with a temperature of 100.4 should remain home and need to be fever free for 24 hours. We appreciate all who have called in to let us know their child was sick and all who made arrangements to get homework to keep them caught up.
What a couple weeks it has been for me to see the many talents our students have. In the past two weeks, I have seen multiple boys and girls basketball games, 3rd grade girls basketball team on Saturdays, caught a bit of our 2nd/3rd grade boys basketball team this past Saturday, archery tournaments, FBLA districts, High School Scholar Bowl, Spelling Bee, handed out AR rewards, heard our Pep Band, have seen multiple students for positive office referrals, got to celebrate our 2nd quarter A, A/B, and B.U.G. Award students, and have seen lots of classrooms at work learning. I am always so impressed with how well our students do at different events and each day in our classrooms. Seeing our students excel is my favorite part of the job. We should all be so very proud of our students and school district!
We had the privilege of showcasing our school district to Dr. Eslinger, DESE Commissioner, and Dr. Melia Franklin. While here, they were so impressed with our facilities, staff, and students. They went into multiple classrooms and interacted with our staff and students about the important things going on in our school.
It is always a great day to be a Hornet!
Ashley Musick
St. Elizabeth Principal
573-493-2246
Upcoming Events
Reminder that sports events are subject to change. Our facebook page and textcaster will update if there are ever any changes.
February 3-8: GB @ Southern Boone Tournament
February 4: BB VS Macks Creek at Home 6:00
February 5: Mid Quarter
February 6: BB @ Fatima 6:00
February 7: Archery @ St. Peter's
February 10-February 14: FBLA Week
February 10: GB @ Iberia 6:00
February 11: BB/GB @ Prairie Home
February 14: Early Out at 12:09 for Teacher PD, Anglers Fish Fry 4:00-7:00
February 15: Archery @ St. Elizabeth, GB @ Blair Oaks 12:00
Upcoming Events for your Calendar
February 17: No School
February 18: NAEP Testing for 8th Grade 8:30-10:30 (an email to 8th grade parents was sent out about this in January), COMC Dental Bus will be here (packets with information was sent home)
February 19: Board Meeting
February 24-28: BB/GB Districts
February 28: Spring Photos and Sports
March 7: End of 3rd Quarter
March 11: JH/HS Math Contest at Calvary 4:00
March 13: PT Conferences 3:30-7:00, Conference Band 11-8
March 14: No School!
March 19: STUCCO Blood Drive
March 20: Conference Elementary Knowledge Bowl in Jeff City
March 21: SCOP Movie Night 6:00
Box Tops
Box Tops News
The winning class for scanning the most BoxTops last year was this year’s Fifth Graders! Thank you to all who scanned receipts for Box Tops for our school last year; we earned $163! This money is used for extra classroom materials and activities for our students. Downloading the app is a fairly quick process and taking a picture of your receipts with the app, before you even leave the store if you wish, is a simple habit to get into! They have also made it easier to submit digital receipts.
Step-by-Step Guide to Box Tops App
Step 1: Download Box Tops for Education App and Log in
Step 2: Find a School (Type in 65075, Select School)
Step 3: Complete Profile (Must be 18 to use)
To Earn Box Tops
Step 1: Click Scan (App will guide you through the steps to scan your receipt)
Step 2: Credit a Class (If you choose to)
- After you scan, click the Credit button
- Type your choice of grade level (K-8)
- Click Done/Submit
Athletics
Archery
We have started the archery season. We have shot at Calvary Lutheran already and had several students already qualify for state. Archers will be at St. Peter's this week and St. Elizabeth next week!
So far, we have the following who have qualified for state:
High School
Harper Kemna
Middle School
Claire Gibson
Kane Kemna
Cooper Lueckenotto
Duncan McDonnell
Abram Wankum
Cooper Coleman
Josie Musick
Gavin Werdehausen
Rosemary Scheulen
Averi Gilpin
Lillian Wieberg
Sarah Kliethermes
Preston Plassmeyer
Elementary
Henry Wilde
Hudson Kemna
Brennan Doerhoff
Kiptyn Green
Corbin Kuester
Camilla Kuester
Elaina Holtmeyer
Claire Gibson placed second in the Middle School Girls Division at St. Thomas and got to sign the line for a perfect 50 score.
Kane Kemna placed third in the Middle School Boys Division at Fatima and bumped up to Tier 1 with a 287.
Camilla Kuester placed 2nd in Elementary Girls at Fatima.
Henry Wilde placed 3rd in Elementary Boys at Fatima.
Academic Bowl
The Hornets hosted their annual Scholar Bowl meet. St. E had 2 teams entered. Congratulations to the All-Tournament team: Kaylee Bresnahan-Vienna, Kameron Wilkerson-St. E, Harper Kemna-St. E, Ben Helton-Iberia, and Ryan Hodge-St. E.
The St. E "A" team finished in FIRST Place!! They defeated Iberia in the championship game, 200-150.
The St. E "B" team finished in 3rd place! They defeated Vienna, 260-100 .
Basketball
Girls placed 1st in the Osage Tournament!
Boys Varsity placed 2nd in the Iberia Tournament!
The girls are in the Southern Boone Tournament this week.
Districts are the week of February 24th!
Make up games:
GB VS Calvary at Home February 19th 4:30
GB VS Eugene at Home February 21st
Deer Contest
Congratulations to our winners of the 2024 deer contest. Biggest buck winners are Kane Kemna and Tucker Kemna. Best photo was submitted by Kendall Wieberg.
Thank you to Sergeant Davis from the Missouri National Guard for prize donations and to Gary Voss for being our judge.
Let’s get ready for spring turkey season!
Upcoming Events
Super Bowl Dress Up Days for this week!
February 3-7
Good luck to our Chiefs this Saturday!
Super Bowl Sunday is February 9th!
Fish Fry February 14th
Come hungry and support our Anglers on February 14th!
COMC Dental Bus
Dental bus will be here on February 18th. Packets were sent home. Call with any questions. No insurance? That is okay. They will have different levels of fees.
You do not have to participate in the dental bus.
Positive Office Referrals
I have loved seeing kids in the office for positive things!
Congrats to the following students for earning one for the week of January 20-24:
Andi Heckemeyer
Owen Hagenhoff
Amelia Holtmeyer
Easton Blain
Sienna Heckemeyer
Congrats to the following students for earning one for the week of January 27-31:
Mekhi Selin
Reminders for the School Year
Drop off in mornings from 7:55-8:00: We are having several cars in front of school between 7:55-8:00 which is the time the buses are pulling in. If you could please park further down towards our marquee sign or along road opposite of post office, that would help with buses pulling in. If you drop off between 7:45 and 7:55, you are fine to park in front of school to drop off.
Home Basketball Games: To help with supervision, here are a few reminders: The cafeteria should be off limits during games. Students in grades 6 and below should be accompanied by an adult. If your child is going to play outside during the game, please know they are your responsibility. We are starting to pull out the bleachers by the stage to increase our seating. Please try to avoid sitting on stage--we try to save that for managers, admin, and keep that area free of distraction to our scorekeepers. Thank you!
Change to your child's end of day routine: Please be sure to let the office know of any changes to end of day routine by 2:30. Please know without a note, call to office, or email to teacher, we will have to send them home their normal way. Be sure we are notified if there is a change.
Unprepared: Students in grades 5-12 can be marked unprepared. Once class starts, students are unprepared if they don't have their book, notes, homework, chromebook, or charger. It can also be marked unprepared for an uncharged chromebook. Once a student gets three, a note will go home. Once they receive the 4th, a phone call will be made by me and they will have to serve a detention. More detentions come after the 4th unprepared if more are given. These will restart at semester.
Coats/Jackets: With the change in weather, please make sure your child is coming with a coat or jacket!
Photos from our two weeks!
Special Visit from DESE
We had the privilege of showcasing our school district to Dr. Eslinger, DESE Commissioner, and Dr. Melia Franklin. While here, they were so impressed with our facilities, staff, and students. They went into multiple classrooms and interacted with our staff and students about the important things going on in our school.
A, A/B Honor Roll and B.U.G Awards
We had a breakfast for our 2nd Quarter A, A/B Honor Roll and B.U.G Awards! Congratulations and keep up the good work!
Spanish Class
Our Spanish Class read books they had written to several of our students.
2nd Grade Mails Friendly Letters
Our 2nd Grade class wrote friendly letters and sent them in the mail at the Post Office!
3rd Grade
3rd Grade celebrated the Chinese New Year!