Welcome to our latest newsletter, packed with updates, achievements, and upcoming events. Dive in and stay connected with all the exciting happenings at Lafayette County C-1 and enjoy this beautiful spring weather!

Character club visited John Knox to share fun experiences of playing games, including Bingo, with the John Knox residents!

PTO supported the Friendship Party by providing craft supplies for box decorating, as well as a snack for the party.

Thank you to Innate Chiropractic & Wellness Center for helping to sponsor these activities.

Thank you to the parents, grandparents, and friends who donated cereal boxes.

PTO is grateful for the community support we receive that make these events possible.

Thank you for everyone who attending!

A few things our students said about this presentation: “It was the best assembly ever!!”, “He was amazing!”, “I now feel like I can do anything!”, and “I just love him!” Thank you PTO and Jim Basketball Jones for an amazing message!

Thank you to our music teacher Mrs. McClaflin for bringing us a wonderful cultural experience! Grandview students listened to Professor Alex Smith (UCM) and Tijan Dorwana from Ghana share music using authentic African instruments. Our students listened and participated in traditional Ghanaian music and storytelling

Look at all of the positive referrals!

Congratulations Dilon for earning a National spot in the Geo Bee. Your passion of geography shines bright with your pursuit of this subject outside of school. Proud of you!

Mrs. Sears class Meyer Care Valentines Day visit.

Mr. Thomas 8th grades classes Battle of New Orleans re-enactment classroom fun.

Special Olympics Cupid Classic door decorating competition on the rise

8th grade had a great opportunity to participate in the Choices Program. Below are the 8th grade students and the community members who helped make this happen!

History in the making! First ever middle school FBLA competition!

Congratulations:

Joney Stephens-3rd Place in Leadership and 4th Place in Career Exploration. She has qualified for NLC this summer.

Audrey Tinoco-5th Place in Career Research

Competed in 5 events and placed in three of them!

LCC1 MS STUCO will serve as the 2nd Vice President for Missouri during MASC State Convention in Carthage MO. Our 8th grade team will be presenting to 150+ middle school on the importance of kindness, leadership, teamwork, planning, participation, spirit, and community service.

Congratulations to our 8th grade stuco leadership team...LCC1 MS was awarded Honor Council-Gold! Congratulations to Joney Stephens for receiving the MASC Alumni Scholarship, and Landen Logan for winning the Grace Gardner Memorial Scholarship.

Congratulations to Gillian Davenport who was accepted to the 2024 Missouri Scholars Academy! The Academy will be held June 9th-29th at the University of Missouri and is a residential program for 330 of Missouri's academically gifted students who are ready to begin their junior year of high school.

HS STUCO members (Harper Hayes, Sawyer Hayes, Kyana Huseynov and Luke Iles) traveled to Carthage, MO for the MASC (state student council) convention! Lots of learning and fun!! HS STUCO earned the Gold Honor Council Award and Lynn Dyer was awarded the Senior Distinguished Leader Award!

Congratulations to our JV Scholar Bowl on winning the Conference Championship!! Alex Dyer placed 1st individually as well. Our Varisity Team finished 5th out of 14 teams in our conference and Marshall Ridinger placed 3rd individually.

On Saturday April 6th fourteen students traveled to Springfield for the State Science Olympiad competition. They competed against the top 33 teams in the state, Cody Gast’s plane placed seventh in the state. The students had a great time and enjoyed their time on campus. We are looking forward to another great season next year!

FFA Week started off with a visit from the mayor, who signed a proclamation for National FFA Week

FFA Week: Red vs. Green/ Bring Your Tractor to School Day

Western Farm Show in Kansas City

Salem United Church of Christ hosted FFA on the closing Sunday of FFA Week

Congratulations to Owen Lockard on being selected as the Area 6 Secretary for next year!

Also, Miriam Cook for served as our chapter delegate!

Regional STAR Events were held at UCM. The results were as follows:

Career Investigation Level 2, Khloee Roberts Bronze

FCCLA Knowledge Level 2 Renee Fiene Bronze

FCCLA Knowledge Level 3 Violet Myrick Bronze

Focus on Children Level 2 Ada Stephens Gold and Advance to State

Professional Presentation Level 2 Blair Bergsieker Gold and Advance to State

Sports Nutrition Level 3 Mia Ramirez and Lydia Welborn Silver

Kiley Bieri and Myla Borgstadt were Youth Room Consultants for the competition.

Mia Ramirez participated in regional officer screening. She was installed as FCCLA Region 12 Secretary.

LCC1 FCCLA members attended the state leadership conference at Osage Beach. Kiley Bieri and Tayln Burton completed all 5 Power of One Units and were awarded certificates. Mia Ramirez participated as a youth room consultant for STAR events and Region 12 Secretary. Renee Fiene and Khloee Roberts attended as delegates. Ada Stephens competed in the Focus on Children STAR Event and was awarded a Silver medal and certificates. Blair Bergsieker competed in the Professional Presentation STAR Event and received a Gold medal and a certificate. Blair also made the top 5 and received the third place award.

• Lynn Dyer - Business Communications
• Alyssa Hoefer- Computer Applications
• Cadynce Shipman- Marketing
• Rhett Schreiman- Public Policy & Advocacy

• Ruby Gash- Word Processing
• Talyn Burton- Visual Design
• Lillybeth Mitchell- Visual Design
• Hailey Pessetto- Visual Design

Congratulations to these Husker band students who performed at District Solo and Ensemble this past weekend in Sedalia! We had a record breaking 35 total entries and have seven headed to state!

Dr. Jackson Thomas from UCM worked with Blue and Gold Singers and Women’s Choir on this year’s contest pieces. They learned so much and appreciate his kindness and expertise!

West Central Missouri 5th and 6th Grade Honor Choir 3/2/24 A beautiful day at UCM spent learning and making music! Go Huskers!

Congratulations to all of our band and choir students for their hard work preparing and performing at District Solo and Ensemble Festival today. All of our students grew as musicians during this process, and I am so proud of the courage all of the students displayed by getting up and performing a solo or ensemble. Thank you to Matt Limback for accompanying today! Here are a few pics from the day (didn’t get everyone unfortunately because I was accompanying).

Madison Cunningham, vocal solo-Exemplary

Alyssa Weir, vocal solo-Exemplary

Cody Gast, vocal solo-Outstanding

Miriam Cook, vocal solo-Outstanding

Katelin Hartwig, vocal solo-Outstanding

Kaylie White, vocal solo-Outstanding

Sarea Chamberlin-Williams, vocal solo-Outstanding

Colin Davenport, vocal solo-Outstanding

Mattea Yocum, vocal solo-Outstanding

Spencer Rauch, vocal solo-Outstanding

Jessica Hartwig, vocal solo-Superior

SSA Trio: Cunningham, K Hartwig, Weir-Exemplary

SSAA Quartet: Cunningham, K Hartwig, Weir, Jaden Rechterman- Exemplary

SAB Sextet:Gast, Lockard, Cook, Russell, White, Irelan- Outstanding

SAB Miscellaneous: C Dickmeier, J Hartwig, Chamberlin-Williams, A Sellars, R. Brooks Outstanding

SSA Sextet: K Gray, J Rechterman, L Schloman, R Fiene, A Stephens, G Allen- Superior

Congratulations to Blue and Gold Singers and Women’s Choir for earning an Exemplary (1) Rating at MSHSAA State Large Ensemble Festival. The students worked very hard and made beautiful music. The best part was both choirs receiving a 1 in sight-reading! Thanks to Matt Limback for accompanying and driving us today and to Coach Cook for chaperoning and driving the second bus. Go Huskers!

Braxton Ernst Wrestling 165 State Champ!

Lynn Dyer, National Honor Society-National Scholarship Finalist, attended the Trailblazing Leadership Week in Washington, DC. During this conference, Lynn attended different seminars that focused on "Student Voice" in our schools and communities. Along with the 50 National Assistant Principals of the Year, 25 National Honor Society Advisers, and the 24 other National Scholarship Finalist discussions were had as to how schools and communities can work to let student voices be heard and used to guide instruction and practices within our schools and communities. After registration on Wednesday, a welcome activity was held and then an opening reception was attended. The next day, discussions began with small groups separating out and using a Fishbowl Method to brainstorm about current educational issues. After this session, Chris Chism presented about the use of AI in the classroom and its impact on education. Students, Advisers, and Assistant Principals then worked with chatGPT to see its everyday uses. Next on the agenda was a trip to the White House where the 100 guests had an open forum discussion with 3 top officials from the Department of Education. Students and Advisers then enjoyed an evening out touring the National Portrait Gallery and then had dinner and played mini-golf. On Friday, 4 breakout sessions were attended; Climate and Culture, Inclusive Leadership, Student Learning Experiences, and Impacting Your Community. That evening was the Gala of Excellence where Lynn and the other 24 students were recognized and 5 additional scholarships were awarded. Tamir Harper, an education advocate, was the keynote speaker. On Saturday, the speakers presented about "Making Connections" and what happens "Beyond NHS." The wrap up brought the students back to their home-base table where a final activity was completed. Lynn received the National Honor Society Finalist Scholarship valued at $5625. 17,000 students applied for a National Honor Society Scholarship this year and Lynn was in the top 25. She plans to attend Northwest Missouri State University in the Fall.