Forsyth High School

• Freshmen - 111 total students - 93.7 % attendance rate
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• Sophomores - 101 total students - 93.1% attendance rate
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• Juniors - 109 total students - 92.4% attendance rate
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• Seniors - 93 total students - 92.7% attendance rate
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• Total Students - 414 total students - 93.0 % attendance rate

• Dec. 11 Christmas Band Concert
• Dec. 13 Band/Music Performance at the Forsyth Chamber Meeting
• Dec. 14 FHS Faculty Luncheon
• Dec. 15 FCCLA Provided Faculty Luncheon
• Dec. 15 Final Exams in 2,4, & 6th hour classes
• Dec. 16 Final Exams in 1,3,5, & 7th hour classes
• Dec. 19 - Jan. 2 Christmas Break
• Jan. 3 Begin 2nd Semester
• Jan. 6 1st Semester Grade Cards Sent Home
• Feb. 1 Progress Report #4

To show appreciation to our faculty, the following events occurred in the High School.

Blue Jeans

Everyone may wear Blue Jeans the entire last week of 1st semester with a Christmas Sweater or Shirt.

Monday Dec. 12

Treat Bags provided by the HS Office

Tuesday Dec. 13

Hot Cocoa and Cinnamon rolls in the PAC provided by Brooke Kramer

Wednesday Dec. 14

Faculty Luncheon in the counselor's office (Fat Daddy’s BBQ)

Ugly Christmas Sweater Contest with prizes (1 day only)

Thursday Dec. 15

FCCLA Provided Luncheon in Mrs. Padgett's room

Sonic Drinks

Friday Dec. 16

Ice Cream treats provided for all students and teachers

Forsyth High School STUCO hosted a Veteran's Day Assembly on November 11th. Both Middle and High School students were in attendance honoring our veterans. Guest speaker for this years event was veteran and recently retired FHS teacher, Mr. Andrew Tolivar. We appreciate Samantha Gailey and her STUCO members for producing the annual event. Veterans were treated to a cake/punch reception before the assembly. Student Council members worked the reception and had the chance to talk and interact with our veterans. They also headed the assembly where each veteran in attendance was recognized and honored with a gift.

It was a typical busy November for the JROTC cadets. They served meals for almost 500 veterans at the veterans village in Branson, we performed 5 separate color guard events during the week, had our birthday ball celebration, marched in a parade and still found time to take a trip to Kansas City to see the WWI museum. Not to mention the fantastic new workout program we have started, where if we don't have access to weights we just find whatever is laying around and use that (tires, logs,...another student). The cadets truly lived up to the motto of "Improvise, adapt, and overcome."

Notable mention to Samantha Hanley and Jackson May who both narrowly missed making it to the National JROTC shooting competition. Samantha missed it by just 5 points and Jackson by 10.

During the month of December, they had a fairly light schedule. On the 7th the color guard was requested by the Clay Cooper Theater to perform as part of their commemoration show for Pearl Harbor day. The shooting team has started their competition season and will be shooting in several matches; best of luck to them. They will also be marching in the Forsyth Christmas parade. Lastly, they will be assisting Wreaths Across America in laying wreaths on 1,000 veterans graves at various locations in Branson on 17 December.

On November 18th, FHS students participated in a variety of games and class competitions to kick of the boys and girls basketball seasons. At the end of the assembly, the Sophomore class won the class competitions and are pictured holding the 'spirit stick'. At the end of the school year, the class that wins the most competitions will receive a class pizza party.

On November 17th, the Forsyth Fire Department assisted Mr. Jackson's Physical Science class with some High Speed Egg Scrambling. The students were studying Force and Motion and they were tasked with building a module designed to protect an egg from the hazards of a 50 foot fall. Students used a variety of designs and materials to build what they believed to be a viable vehicle to withstand the impact from a 4.5 story fall. It was a great hands-on project that promoted creativity, problem solving and engineering all while having a great time.

FBLA and Student Council members used money raised at this year's 50/50 raffles to sponsor two local kids for Christmas. Mrs. Samantha Gailey and her students spent an evening shopping and an afternoon wrapping gifts.

FACS: Students in FACS classes discussed a unit over healthy relationships. Students participated in different activities, food labs, and ended with a guest speaker, Makaylee Goodwin from Options Pregnancy, to discuss how important healthy relationships are in today's society.

Housing: Students in Housing and Environment class participated in a competition of exterior housing styles by creating gingerbread houses from scratch. Students were to research features of exterior homes, create a sketch and theme for their houses. Winter Wonderland took home the win!

Child Development: Child Development classes have been discussing pregnancy and parenting. Students have learned through educational experiences, simulations, and guest speakers various topics ranging from teen pregnancy prevention to positive parenting. Students created pregnancy towers focusing on the stages of pregnancy, temporarily experienced a realistic understanding of the changes and demands imposed by the pregnant condition by wearing the empathy belly, and learned about babies with fetal alcohol syndrome and drug addicted babies from Kara Miller and Leslie Harris from the Taney County Health Department.

FCCLA: Forsyth FCCLA students provided eight complete Thanksgiving meals to families in the Forsyth area as part of a community service project during the holiday season. Thank you to the district employees that donated turkeys to help with this service!

Mr. Penton and his theater students recently performed The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940. The cast and crew did an amazing job entertaining the community with three performances on December 3rd, 4th, and 9th in the Forsyth Performing Arts Center.

Pictured are Mr. and Mrs. Padgett who recently attended Frozen at the Historic Owens Theater in Branson. Pace Gillman, Sofia Douglas, and Abby Wheeler all had lead roles and did an amazing job performing.

They have done it again! Missouri State Champs! This time on the shoulders of Madilynn Cook! Madilynn has worked all fall preparing for the Missouri Farm Bureau Speech Contest. It's a 3 step process; Area, Districts, and then State. This year Madilynn won Districts advancing her to the State Contest at Tan Tara in Osage Beach, MO. She spoke as the SW District winner and won the state title! She was rewarded with a pocket full of cash and the pleasure of speaking in front of 800 farm bureau members and guests at their annual Conference! Thanks Madilynn for making the Forsyth FFA look good! Madilynn is pictured with Clint Gailey and Kevin Jackson who helped coach her this year for her presentation.

Christmas and Thanksgiving was a lot of fun in Spanish I classes. Feliz Navidad! from all of us.

Pictured is the varsity girls basketball team who placed 3rd in the Blue Eye Invitational basketball tournament. Great job ladies!

This year was the 62nd Annual Forsyth Basketball Tournament. Forsyth came away as tournament champions beating Hollister for the title.

Ryder Blevins and Cooper Voliva were both named to the All-Tournament Team.

McKenzie Calhoun signed her letter of intent to continue her academic and athletic careers at Evangel University. She will be playing both soccer and tennis in college.

Emmy Blevins signed her letter of intent to continue her academic and athletic careers at William Woods University. She will be a member of the softball team.

Email: cpadgett@forsythr3.k12.mo.us
Website: www.forsythpanthers.org
Location: 178 Panther Street, Forsyth, MO, USA
Phone: 417-546-6383
Facebook: facebook.com/ForsythR-IIISchools
Twitter: @FHS_Principal