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new Parents as Teacher Educator!

Thursday, March 3, 2016

6-7:30pm

For ALL children ages birth through 5!

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NORTH HARRISON R-III SCHOOL DISTRICT—12023 FIR STREET—EAGLEVILLE, MO 64442

North Harrison

Board of Education

Kirk Emig, President

Joyce Lighthill, Vice-Pres.

Rob Washburn, Treasurer

Kyle Breshears, Member

Kara Craig, Member

Garret Robertson, Member

Jim Sadowsky, Member

POSTAL

PATRON

LOCAL

JANUARY, 2016

BOARD ELECTION SET FOR APRIL 5 The terms of service for school board members Garret Robertson and Joyce Lighthill will expire at the April

2016 meeting. At this writing none have filed to fill the three-year terms. The Superintendent’s Office is open

8am to 4pm, Monday through Friday for interested patrons to pick-up an application; however the office will be

open until 5pm on the final day to register, which is Tuesday, January 19.

The Harrison County Clerk’s office, located in the courthouse in Bethany, is open 8am to 4:30pm each Monday

through Friday for citizens to register to vote, or to update their address and voting precinct. (They are closed

noon to 1pm for lunch). The final day to register to vote is Wednesday, March 9.

The 2016 election will be on Tuesday, April 5. You may vote absentee by mail February 23 through March 30.

You may vote absentee at the County Clerk’s office through Monday, April 4. For questions regarding register-

ing and absentee voting contact Jackie Deskins at 425-6424.

The polls will be open 6am to 7pm on Tuesday, April 5. Some residents of the North Harrison R-3 School

District may have been assigned to a new voting location. Those residing in Marion township will vote in

Ridgeway, while those residing in Hamilton township will now vote at the Eagleville City Hall.

From the Desk of Superintendent Johnson Greetings! The second half of the 2015-16 school year has begun! Our January 4th Professional Development in-service was presented by Mr. Jeff Oldfield

from the Apple Institute. Teachers had the chance to be students on that day as he presented on using IPADS in the classroom to enhance learning. Teachers

had the opportunity to create projects and presentations and learn about Keynote and Explain Everything, two great apps for developing presentations. As we

prepare students for the 21st century and beyond, the ability to manipulate data and to use electronic media has to be a focus of teaching and learning. We are

doing our best to stay abreast of current trends in technology, and continue to look for ways to increase the use of technology in learning.

Beginning with the fall of 2016, North Harrison and Gilman City will be in a coo-op agreement for Junior High and Varsity football with Pattonsburg. This

will be an opportunity for the district to evaluate projected interest in football, and whether or not there might be at some time an opportunity for North

Harrison to host our own team. We will face some challenges making this happen, the largest one being transportation to and from practice and games. We

are even now beginning to look at options and to move forward with planning for football in the fall of 2016.

Thank you for your continued support of our district and our students. If you ever have any questions or concerns, please contact me.

Richard Johnson

Superintendent

North Harrison Music Department’s

3rd Annual Pops Concert and Pie Auction

Saturday, February 6

6pm

North Harrison Gym Mark your calendar for a great night of entertainment, outstanding

music, and delicious pies! All proceeds go to benefit the hard

working students of the North Harrison Music Department!

Early Childhood Center

Invited you are! To join us for

Family Night and Open House!

You could not!

Would not.

Want to miss…

A celebration as fun as this.

March is the month

Of Dr. Seuss’ birthday!

3rd is the day.

6-7:30pm is the time…

Would you

Could you

Come & play?

Congrats to 2016 HDC Band Day “Director’s Award” winner—Emily Briggs!

P A G E 2

2015-16 Calendar of Events

Jan. 18 NO SCHOOL--Martin Luther King Day

Jan. 18 JV Basketball at Stanberry--JV only There 6:00pm

Jan. 19 Varsity Basketball--East Harrison HERE 6:00pm

Jan. 19 Jr. Color Guard will perform at half-time

Jan. 20 State FFA Degree Selection Trenton

Jan. 20 Board of Education Meeting Library 7:00pm

Jan. 20 Community Youth Group Meeting Youth Center 7:00pm

Jan. 22 Varsity Basketball Gilman City HERE 6:00pm

Jan. 25-30 Gilman City Varsity Basketball Tournament

Jan. 25 JV Basketball at South Harrison--JV only There 6:00pm

Jan. 27 FCCLA STAR Events NWMSU

Feb. 2 Varsity Basketball--Jefferson--JV Girls, Girls, Boys HERE 5:00pm

Feb. 3 Alternate Date FCCLA STAR Events NWMSU

Feb. 3 Regional FCCLA Screening Rock Port

Feb. 3 Junior High Academic Meet HERE 4:00pm

Feb. 3 Drumline Performs at Graceland University Basketball Game Lamoni 7:30pm

Feb. 5 Varsity Basketball at North Mercer There 6:00pm

Feb. 8 Heart Association Assembly Gymnasium 8:20am

Feb. 9 Varsity Basketball at Pattonsburg There 6:00pm

Feb. 10 Alternate Date FCCLA Regional Screening Rock Port

Feb. 10 Junior High Academic Meet Gilman City 4:00pm

Feb. 10 Area 2 Proficiency/Star Interviews Maysville 4:30pm

Feb. 11 Harrison County Spelling Bee Ridgeway 1:00pm

Feb. 11 JV Basketball--Worth County JV only HERE 6:00pm

Feb. 12 Dismiss at 12:45--Teacher In-Service

Feb. 15 NO SCHOOL--President's Day

Feb. 15 Varsity Basketball at Worth County There 6:00pm

Feb. 17 Junior High Academic Meet Winston 4:00pm

Feb. 17 Board of Education Meeting Library 7:00pm

Feb. 18 Varsity Basketball--Winston HERE 6:00pm

Feb. 19 4-5-6th Grade Basketball at Gilman City Gilman City 7:00pm

Feb. 22-27 District Basketball Tournament

Feb. 27 Middle School Solo and Ensemble Contest NWMSU

Feb. 29 Graceland University Honor Choir (tentative)

Mar. 1 Sectional Basketball Games

Mar. 2 Regional FCCLA Installation North Andrew

Mar. 4 End of Third Quarter

Mar. 5 Quarter Final Basketball Games

Mar. 7-11 NO SCHOOL--SPRING BREAK

Mar. 7-11 Varsity Academic Meet North Mercer 4:00pm

Mar. 8 Hamilton FFA CDE Day

Mar. 9 2016-17 Area 2 and State FFA Officer Interviews/Creed Cameron 5:00pm

Mar. 10-12 State Basketball Tournament Columbia

Mar. 14 Varsity Academic Meet Tri-County 4:00pm

Mar. 16 Area 2 FFA Contest Gallatin 4:30pm

Mar. 16 Board of Education Meeting Library 7:00pm

Mar. 17 NCMC Ag CDE Day Trenton

Mar. 21 Varsity Academic Meet HERE 4:00pm

Mar. 25 NO SCHOOL--Easter Break

Mar. 28 NO SCHOOL--Easter Break

Mar. 29-31 State FCCLA Conference Tan Tar A

Mar. 31 Varsity Baseball at Northeast Nodaway--V, JV Ravenwood 4:30pm

April 2 NH Varsity Baseball Tournament

April 5 Varsity Baseball--Northeast Nodaway--V, JV HERE 4:30pm

April 5 Northwest District Ag Contest Day 1 NWMSU

April 6 Northwest District Ag Contest Day 2 NWMSU

April 7 Large Group State Music Contest NWMSU

April 8 Dismiss at 12:45--Teacher In-Service

April 9 Harrison County Band Performance South Harrison

April 11 Varsity Baseball North Nodaway--V, JV HERE 4:30pm

April 13 Area 2 FFA Awards Chillicothe 6:30pm

April 15 Varsity Baseball--West Nodaway--V. JV Burlington Jct. 4:30pm

April 16 Junior-Senior Prom Gymnasium

April 18 Varsity Baseball at South Nodaway--V, JV Maryville 4:30pm

April 19 State -wide ACT Exam for Juniors HERE

April 20 Board of Education Meeting Library 7:00pm

April 21-22 State FFA Convention Columbia

April 25-29 Elementary MAP Testing

April 30 South Nodaway Varsity Baseball Tournament Maryville

May 3 Varsity Baseball--South Nodaway--V, JV HERE 4:30pm

May 6 FFA Banquet and Awards Gymnasium 6pm

May 7 District Track Meet

May 7 North Harrison Alumni Banquet

P A G E 3 May 8-11 Senior Trip

May 9 Varsity Baseball at North Nodaway--V, JV Hopkins 4:30pm

May 10 Varsity Baseball--Braymer--V, JV HERE 5:00pm

May 13 Senior Day

May 13 Graduation Practice

May 13 Pre-School and Kindergarten Graduation Gymnasium

May 13-20 District Baseball Tournament

May 14 Sectional Track Meet

May 15 Graduation 2pm

May 16 MSHSAA Awards Night 6pm

May 17 7-12th grades Classroom Awards 8:30am

May 17 Dismiss at 12:45--LAST DAY OF SCHOOL

May 18 Teacher In-Service

May 18 Board of Education Meeting Library 7:00pm

May 20-21 State Track Meet Jefferson City

2015-16 Spring Baseball

Mar. 31 Northeast Nodaway--V, JV Ravenwood 4:30pm

April 2 NH Tournament HERE

April 5 Northeast Nodaway--V, JV HERE 4:30pm

April 11 North Nodaway--V, JV HERE 4:30pm

April 15 West Nodaway--V, JV Burlington Jct. 4:30pm

April 18 South Nodaway--V, JV Maryville 4:30pm

April 30 South Nodaway Tournament Maryville

May 3 South Nodaway--V, JV HERE 4:30pm

May 9 North Nodaway--V, JV Hopkins 4:30pm

May 10 Braymer--V, JV HERE 5:00pm

May 13-20 District Tournament

ADMISSION

$3 Students

$4 Adults

OR $10 Family Evening Pass

Wed. Feb. 3 HERE 4:00, 4:45, 5:30pm

Wed. Feb. 10 At Gilman City 4:00, 4:45, 5:30pm

Wed. Feb. 17 At Winston 4:00, 4:45, 5:30pm

2015-16 Junior High Scholar Bowl

There is no admission charge to attend an academic meet. Audience

members must be in the room seated at the beginning of the match.

The door may not open after a match has begun.

Currently practicing in preparation for the upcoming junior high

season is Freshman Tyler Lundy, eighth grader Ashlynn Niffen, and

seventh graders Lola Breshears, Star Yarrington, Nathan Flowers, and

Nick Mickelson. Mrs. Lynn Percell is the Coach for the team.

2015 Service Project

The Ronald McDonald House Charities of Kansas City was

selected as the benefactor of the winter service project of the

North Harrison School District. The mission of the Ronald

McDonald House is to provide a “home away from home” for

families who have children receiving medical care in a Kansas

City Hospital. Families are allowed a free place to stay, a home

cooked meal, comfortable bed, warm shower, and a calming place

to rejuvenate. Over 80 families are served on any given night.

And, unfortunately many families in our school district have

needed these services. During an all-school assembly the students viewed a video featuring current students sharing how

they or their family members have been served by the Ronald McDonald House. Guest speakers Jesse and Ashleigh Crump

from Gilman City shared their personal experience. (Jesse is a frequent substitute for our district and Ashleigh is a 2003 NH

grad). Tori Young, wife of Coy Young (Class of 2001) shared a tearful story of the assistance her family received while her

oldest son battled cancer. Our own music director, Liz Betts, spoke of her experience when each of her children were born

prematurely.

The North Harrison community set to work and gathered over all sorts of needed items to be delivered to the Kansas City

facility, such as items for breakfast, meals on the go, personal hygiene products, paper goods, cleaning supplies and activity

items.

During the holiday break Guidance Counselor Mrs. Smith, 4th grade teacher Mrs. Hartschen, along with Mr. and Mrs. Betts,

delivered over 4,000 items...two vans full…to the Kansas City Ronald McDonald House on behalf of our school and com-

munity. The group also delivered “to go” lunch bags loaded with snacks for a day. These bags can be picked up by the

residents in the morning in case they are not able to return to the house for a meal.

THANK YOU for your part in giving!

Mardee Sadowsky recently

attended the Missouri Cattle

Industry state convention at

Tan-Tar-A Resort where she

competed in their speech

contest offered through the

FFA.

In the fall Mardee competed

in the District contest placing

third and advancing to the

state contest. The title of her

eight-minute speech was “Beef, It’s What’s for Dinner” and she

spoke about the importance of beef in our daily diet as well as the

new dietary guidelines.

Mardee was announced as winner of third place on the state level.

She earned $100 for her district achievement and $200 for her state

placing.

Mardee, a Freshman, said she also gained much experience as the

students competing against her were all Seniors.

ATTENTION JUNIORS! The state of Missouri requires

EVERY Junior student to take the ACT Test.

The STATEWIDE TEST DATE

is TUESDAY, APRIL 18, 2016.

Mark your calendar and refrain from scheduling appointments on this

date. Let Mrs. Smith know if you have a question!

JUNIOR and SENIOR parents….

FAFSA Information Night

Monday, February 1, 2016 6:30pm

Mrs. Smith and a FAFSA “Specialist” from GU will meet

with you to cover the NEW FAFSA guidelines including

filing dates and changes! EVEN if you feel like you’re an

experienced FAFSA filer PLEASE attend this meeting for

NEW information!

Members of the Class of 2015 returned to the

hallways of NH on Tuesday, January 5. They

met with the Class of 2016 and told a bit about

their real life experiences so far. They spoke

about the real world workforce, college

roommates, assignments, test taking, time

management, budgeting and a whole lot more.

After just one semester of college, a couple

have even changed their major course of

study!

The panel of graduates enjoyed lunch with

Superintendent Johnson, Principal Schmidli,

and Counselor Smith, taking some time to

discuss their preparedness for life after high

school. They were able to mention ways that

they felt North Harrison could improve as well as ways we are excelling.

2015 graduates attending included (pictured above): Brett Emig who attends NCMC; Reed Hallock from NWMSU; Betsy

Smith, University of Missouri-Columbia; Cooper Sadowsky, Redlands Community College in El Reno, Oklahoma; Samantha

Rinehart, NWMSU, MacKenzie Bonine, NWMSU on-line; Shelley Rucker, NCMC on-line, and Blake McBroom employed by

Resources for happenings at NH!

Check the school website at www.nhr3.net.

Call the Info Line at 867-1234

Check Activity Listing in the Bethany

Republican Clipper newspaper

Keep an updated e-mail account to receive

notices from the office, teachers, and

sponsors of activities

Sign up for “Community Connection” to

receive text

messages (sign up via the North Harrison

website under the “links” tab.

CALL us at 867-5221 (THEN enter the

option for the BUILDING you wish to

speak with—

Option #1 Superintendent’s Office,

Option #2 Junior High and High School

Office (serving 7th-12th graders),

Option #3 Elementary Office (serving the

Early Childhood Center /Pre-School

through 6th graders.)

P A G E 4

Valentine’s Day Balloon Sales

$4 per balloon Orders taken through Friday, Feb. 6.

Balloons delivered Fri. Feb. 12.

Homecoming 2016 — “forever shamrock” Monday, January 18—Scheduled as NO SCHOOL for Martin Luther King

Jr’s Birthday IF in session—”’Merica Monday”

6:00pm—JV Basketball at Stanberry

Tuesday, January 19—”Twinning Tuesday” 6:00pm—Varsity Basketball hosting East Harrison

Elementary Color Guard Campers will perform at Half-Time of the Girl’s Game

Wednesday, January 20—”Walt Disney Wednesday”

Thursday, January 21—”Fashion Disaster”

Friday, January 22—”Fan Friday”

(Dress in your GREEN and WHITE attire.) 2:30pm—Pep Assembly (Community members welcome to attend!)

The Pep Assembly will feature introduction of the Homecoming King and Queen candidates, competition between candidates, contests featuring

the varsity basketball teams, performances by the Cheerleaders, Color Guard, and Drum Line,

announcement of the Dress-Up Day winners.

5:50pm—Alma Mater Keith Bennett (Class of 1980), Breann and Dillon Bennett (Class of 2016)

5:55pm—National Anthem

6pm Girl’s Basketball Game vs Gilman City

Girl’s Half-time Performance by Color Guard

Boy’s Basketball Game vs Hawks Boy’s Half-time Performance by the Cheerleaders

Coronation Ceremony

2015-16 Homecoming King and Queen Candidates Freshmen—Gavin Garrett and Abbey Swindle

Sophomores—Bobby Hutton and Rebecca Musser Juniors—Clay Parkhurst and Emily Briggs Seniors—Jack Hutton and Bobbie Moore

Softball Team—Trey Gilliland and Allie Stanley Basketball Team—Shawn McChesney and Haley Craig

Crown Bearer and Flower Girl—Jensen Davis and Hali Smith 2015 King and Queen—Reed Hallock and Cooper Sadowsky

Dance hosted by Student Council with DJ Ed Ury (Class of 1988)

$2 Couple and $1.50 Singles (Those 7th grade and older are welcome to attend until 11:30pm).

Photos by Thomsen Photography—Allen and Autumn (Class of 1993)

2015 Graduate Panel