We're hosting a July Jumpstart Workshop today for our new teachers and staff. They are learning about the school district, payroll/benefits, curriculum and other employee information to prepare them for the upcoming school year.
SAVE THE DATE: The Fall Sports Parent Meeting will be held on Sunday, August 6th at 4 p.m. in the high school gym. Click the link below for more information about sports physicals, coaches' contact info and more.
MORE INFO: www.sbschools.us/o/soboco-athletics/article/1165788
The Back-to-School Guide for the 2023-2024 school year is available now on the school district's website! You'll find details about online registration, school supply lists, open house schedules and more.
MORE INFO: sbschools.us/backtoschool
JOIN OUR TEAM! The Southern Boone School District is hiring the following positions for the 2023-2024 school year.
Learn more and apply online at sbschools.us/employment.
The Class of 1973 held their 50 year class reunion on Saturday and went on a tour of the new Southern Boone Middle School.
Earlier this month, students in Mrs. Dooley's 5th grade summer school science class explored nature. They went on a nature walk to collect all the colors of the rainbow and made nature art pieces. The students also collected items to make musical nature instruments.
Students in Mrs. Golightly's 7th/8th grade summer school science class are learning about DNA's structure. Students created models of the DNA double helix structure and had the opportunity to perform a DNA extraction from strawberries.
Andy Jahnsen visited with 5th grades students during summer school to talk about his job as a project manager for the Gary Sinise Foundation. This week, students are creating blueprints, and building their own tiny houses. They will be incorporating concepts that they learned during math lessons such as area and perimeter.
The Annual 4th Grade Lemonade Stands was held today at the elementary school. Students have been reading the book, The Lemonade War and learned about starting a business and practiced counting back change. All of the money raised will be donated to a non-profit organization.
ANNOUNCEMENT: The school district will be transitioning to a new student information system called Infinite Campus for the 2023-2024 school year.
READ MORE HERE: www.sbschools.us/article/1157336
Students in Ms. DeVault's 5th grade summer school geography class have been learning about different regions of the US and mapping the 50 states.
Middle school students in Mrs. Morris' summer school math classes have been exploring area and perimeter of composite shapes, along with angle relationships by way of designing and constructing quilt blocks.
The Southern Boone School Board of Education will hold a public hearing for the 2023-2024 budget, followed by its regular board meeting on Thursday, June 22nd, 2023. The public hearing will start at 6:15 p.m. and the board meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. The meeting will be held in the central office boardroom and is open to the public.
MEETING AGENDA: bit.ly/42VDPOZ
WATCH IT LIVE HERE: https://bit.ly/3qDXAe8
Students in Mrs. Rouse's 4th grade summer school class recently went on a field trip to the Boone County Historical Society.
Southern Boone Learning Garden is having its annual Dine in the Dirt Fundraiser this Saturday evening.
Buy your online tickets here:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/dine-in-the-dirt-tickets-635337350117
Mrs. Batye’s 5th grade math class has been reviewing multiplication and division during summer school.
Last week, students interviewed office staff members on how they use division in their daily lives. Then, students solved real-life story problems and shared their answers and methods by using FlipGrid.
Students also created their own workout routines by using multiplication and division strategies.
The Southern Boone School District is in the process of updating its community engagement board policy. You are invited to participate in our School Board Community Engagement Survey.
MORE INFO: www.sbschools.us/article/1151139
REMINDER: Due to the observance of the Juneteenth holiday, there will be no summer school on Monday, June 19th, 2023. Summer school will be held Tuesday-Friday next week, June 20th-23rd, 2023.
Southern Boone Primary and Elementary Schools received their 2023 Gold Level Recognition Awards and recognition of 15 years of successful implementation of Schoolwide Positive Behavior Support at the Heart of Missouri SWPBS Recognition Celebration in Columbia today.
Students in Mrs. Shepherd's third grade summer school class used different codes in their drawings and the robot would interpret the codes to complete the movement. Students were able to design a path and code it specifically on how they wanted the robot to move.
