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Congratulations to our December Students of the Month! These students were nominated by their teachers for showing EQUITY. These students enjoyed ice cream sundaes together and pictures with their favorite staff members.

Natalee Bell

Derick Bruno

Jack Athon

Laney Eitel

Tristin Jones

Emery Tucker

Swara Patel

Lincoln Elliott

Harlee Western

Lucas Hale

Raelie Nichols

Zach Tilton

You will start to hear your child talk about the Individual Career Academic Planning (ICAP) which they will complete this spring semester. The ICAP is a plan of study to guide students through the coursework and activities for achieving personal career goals, post-secondary planning and providing individual pathway options. The ICAP is a roadmap for students to know what classes they want to take each year of high school. This gives them a birds-eye-view of what they have to take to graduate and if students want to take a more rigorous academic course load or if they want to do a program at the Kirksville Area Technical Center. The ICAP may change throughout high school. An annual review and revision of a student’s plan is part of the ICAP process to ensure more thoughtful decision-making related to future goals.

PARENTS/FAMILY...

• Collaborate with student to explore, prepare and plan for career and postsecondary options
• Demonstrate active interest in and support of ICAP
• With student, review and sign the completed ICAP

If you have any questions please contact a counselor:

Justin Moeller, jmoeller@kirksville.k12.mo.us

Michele Yoder, myoder@kirksville.k12.mo.us

Our school was chosen for a random group of 8th grade students to take the National Assessment of Educational Process (NAEP) test. This is the U.S.'s key measure of student achievement in subjects like math and reading, known as "The Nation's Report Card" providing data to improve education policy and practice for the nation, states and districts. It assesses representative samples of students using both paper and digital formats, with results released months later to show trends and contextualize learning experiences through questionnaires. If your 8th grade student has been randomly selected the counselors will notify you.

NAEP Testing for selected 8th grade students: February 25th

Guided by the contest theme, students are invited to imagine that Dr. King could visit their school today and speak directly to them. In their essays, writers should describe the kind of guidance they believe he would offer about how to treat other people, make difficult choices, respond to unfairness, and contribute to a more peaceful community. Students may draw on experiences from their own lives, situations they have seen among friends or classmates, or issues they notice in the wider world. Essays should show how Dr. King's voice could still challenge, encourage, and inspire young people in 2026

Mrs. Stephens put together a curriculum for a 7th grade Core Lit class called Leadership Lab. We're reading The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens and we'll be exploring what leadership is, what it looks like, and how to develop the skills we have to be leaders in many different ways/areas of life. Thank you to the Rotary Club for awarding the grant to purchase the books!

The Complete Family Medicine CARES Center is a school-based health center formed in August 2019 through a partnership between the Kirksville R-III School District and Complete Family Medicine, a service of Hannibal Regional Healthcare System. “CARES” stands for “Care At R-III for Every Student”.

Purpose: To provide accessible and affordable urgent/walk-in and preventative/well health services on-site at the school district’s campus to students, faculty, and staff. Students will not be able to be seen at the center without the consent from their parent/guardian.

Location: The center is located in the northwest corner of the Kirksville Area Technical Center (KATC) at 1103 South Cottage Grove. Using the north entrance to the building, the CARES Center lobby is the first door on the right. There will be limited, designated patient parking west of the entrance.

Hours of Operation:

Monday - Thursday: 7:30 AM - 12 PM and 12:30 - 4 PM

Friday: 7:30 AM - 12 PM and 12:30 - 3 PM

Some of the Services Provided at the CARES Center: Urgent/Walk-in care, Preventative Care, Wellness Visits, Immunizations (free for medicaid eligible and uninsured students through VFC and billed as normal for commercial), Flu Vaccine, Sports Physicals, Point-of-Care Testing (ie - Rapid Strep and Influenza Testing), can arrange for COVID testing if needed.

Team at the CARES Center: Provider (either Physician or Nurse Practitioner), Licensed Nurse, and Clinic Coordinator

Complete Family Medicine CARES Center at (660)956-7011

https://www.cfmcares.com/locations/Complete-Family-Medicine-CARES-Center/4/location-details

Attendance: We look forward to seeing your child every day! If your child must miss school, please contact the main office (660) 665-3793 before 8:00 to let us know. If we haven't heard from anyone regarding an absence, we will call home to make sure your child is safe. Please turn in any doctors excuses to our secretaries asap.

Scheduling/Student Concerns: Our school counselors are here to help!

Mr. Justin Moeller (8th Grade & Eagles)

Mrs. Michele Yoder (6th Grade & Mag 7)

Extension 4

Medical Concerns: Nurse Kristi Zentz can help if your child has medical needs or if you have questions about your child's health. Extension 5

Classroom Questions: The easiest way to reach your child's teacher is via email. Click here for a list of emails.

Transportation: If you have a question about your child's bus or about signing your child up to ride the bus, please contact the transportation office at (660) 730-1653.

General Questions: If you are not sure who to contact for your specific question, our amazing office secretaries, Mrs. Pletz and Mrs. Reed, can help answer your question or connect you to the right person.

• January 19: NO SCHOOL - MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DAY
• February 16: NO SCHOOL
• March 6: End of 3rd Quarter
• March 9-13: NO SCHOOL - SPRING BREAK
• March 16: NO SCHOOL - TEACHER PD DAY

William Matthew Middle School

1515 South Cottage Grove

Kirksville, MO 63501

660-665-3793