School

Both classes at Atchison County Head Start are pictured above enjoying story time with the Atchison County Library’s children’s librarian. October is Head Start Awareness Month and his visit was  Continue Reading »

Atchison County Development Corporation Director Monica Bailey welcomes the county’s freshmen and points out each of the area businesses that took time out of their day to visit with the  Continue Reading »

Preschool through third grade students all enjoyed taking a ride on “Old Mac” during the Rock Port Fire Department’s fire prevention assembly. Conservation Agent Kyle Dick joined the Rock Port  Continue Reading »

Fairfax Marching Pride will kick off its marching season Friday, October 15, and march down Main Street at 8:30 a.m. in full uniform. The band will compete at the MWSU  Continue Reading »

Jasey Smith helped load bags of apples. Fairfax FFA members helped load vehicles at the food drive. Submitted by Jaecey Hill, Fairfax FFA Reporter Members of the Fairfax FFA volunteered  Continue Reading »

Jostens, the leading producer of yearbooks and student-created content, recently announced that Rock Port’s yearbook program has achieved the Jostens 2021 National Yearbook Program of Excellence award at the Gold  Continue Reading »

Christian Sticken, a member of the Rock Port High School Marching Band, was named “2021 Outstanding Marcher” in recognition of excellence in field marching at the Southwest Iowa Band Jamboree  Continue Reading »

Clayton Vernon, right, gets a t-shirt size from a blood donor. Kendal Straub, Kierra McDonald, Charlie Smith, and Olivia Morris sorted t-shirts at the blood drive. Cameron Oswald, left, and  Continue Reading »

The Tarkio and Fairfax High School participants in the East Atchison Fall Homecoming Court included, from left to right: front row – Nola Bruce and Bennett Peregrine; and back row  Continue Reading »

The Fairfax R-3 School Board of Education met September 16, 2021. Present were: Brett Johnson, Jon Graves, Josh Oswald, Mike Lewis, Miles Smith, Sam O’Riley, and Theresa Larson, board members;  Continue Reading »

Rachel Stanton and Mark Staten were nominated as Teachers of the Year for the Northwest Missouri Region. Northwest Missouri Regional Professional Development Center recently recognized teachers in the region as  Continue Reading »

The Rock Port R-II School Board of Education held a regular meeting September 16, 2021. President Jeremy Davis called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. in the board room.  Continue Reading »