Houston R-1 School District

📣 Fall Sports Parent Meetings 📣 All Middle School & High School athlete parents — mark your calendars! 🗓️ 📅 Tuesday, August 19 🕡 6:30 PM 📍 Hiett Gymnasium Let’s get ready for an amazing season! #TheTigerWay

🏈 Football Scrimmage Alert! 🏈 Mark your calendars for Saturday, August 16, 2025 at 7 PM at the football field! This is a Gatorade Scrimmage — instead of paying admission, bring Gatorade to help keep our boys fueled during practices and games. Let’s pack the stands and show our support! #TheTigerWay

⏰ REMINDER: Mandatory Online Enrollment ⏰

Parents & Guardians — if you haven’t done so already, please complete the required online enrollment for your student(s) for the 2025-2026 school year at Houston Schools.

PLEASE NOTE: ONLINE REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED ANNUALLY FOR ALL NEW & RETURNING STUDENTS ATTENDING THE 2025-2026 SCHOOL YEAR.

📍 Complete enrollment here: https://www.houston.k12.mo.us/page/enroll
🔍 Double-check your submission — if you don’t see it listed, you’ll need to resubmit.

📞 Questions? Call 417-967-3024 — we’re here to help!

Let’s make sure every Tiger is ready for the first day! 🐯📚

🐅 Support Our Houston Tigers! 🐅

Houston Schools is on the hunt for community champions to sponsor our 2025-2026 sports programs! 🐾✨

This is your chance to rally behind our incredible student-athletes and show your 🖤 Tiger Pride ❤️ — whether it's on the field or court, your support helps our programs thrive and our athletes shine!

💥 Deadline to sign up is August 22nd!
📧 Contact Coach Brent Hall at bhall@houston.k12.mo.us
📞 Or call 417-967-3024 for more info

Ready to jump in? 👉 Find the sponsorship form here:
🔗 Houston Tigers Sports Sponsorship Form

Let’s make this season unforgettable, together! 🐅🙌

#TheTigerWay

⚾⛳ Spring Coaching Positions Open at Houston Schools!
We’re looking for passionate leaders to join our coaching team this spring! The following positions are currently open:
🔹 Head Golf Coach
🔹 Assistant Junior High Baseball Coach
🔹 Assistant High School Softball Coach
If you're ready to make a difference on and off the field, apply now by clicking the Employment tab on our school website.
Questions? Contact Coach Hall at bhall@houston.k12.mo.us or call 417-967-3024 ext. 2424.

🏈 SPECIAL OLYMPICS FLAG FOOTBALL 🐯
📅 Saturday, August 2, 2025
🕤 Kickoff at 9:30 AM
📍 Houston Football Field
Our Houston Tigers Special Olympics team won’t be competing this time, but they’re proud to host the event and run a cash-only concession stand for all attendees!
🎉 Come cheer on the athletes and grab a snack to show your support!
All concession proceeds will go directly toward helping our Tigers compete this school year.
Let’s pack the stands and rally behind these incredible athletes! ❤️🖤

Emergency special board meeting agenda

Houston Schools will observe dead weeks June 28 - July 6 as well as August 2-10. All sporting practices, workouts and activities will cease during these times.

Introducing the next leader of Houston R-1 Bands... Mrs. Rebecca Peterson 🎉🎉🎉 Our current band director, Mr. Van Dielen, was excited to announce his successor during last night's spring band concert. Mrs. Peterson is the founder of the incredibly successful Stars Foundation and has a long career in music, including teaching K-12 in public schools, teaching piano lessons, writing and arranging music, and producing and directing 65 broadway musicals. We wish Mr. Van Dielen all the best and thank him for successfully leading our band program the last five years. And we welcome Mrs. Peterson to Houston Schools!

It's 𝙎𝙚𝙣𝙞𝙤𝙧 𝙉𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙃𝙃𝙎 𝘽𝙖𝙨𝙚𝙗𝙖𝙡𝙡 🐯⚾️ and the final home game for seniors Shaun Buck, Kolby Sisco, Caiden Root, John Jordan and Javon Ross (not pictured).

Join us on campus Wednesday afternoon for the 𝙈𝙄𝘿𝘿𝙇𝙀 𝙎𝘾𝙃𝙊𝙊𝙇 𝙎𝙃𝙊𝙒𝘾𝘼𝙎𝙀. You'll see the great work of our 6-8th grade students on display in the MS gym and MS/HS library. See you there!

Houston Schools' annual 𝘼𝘾𝘼𝘿𝙀𝙈𝙄𝘾 𝘼𝙒𝘼𝙍𝘿𝙎 𝙉𝙄𝙂𝙃𝙏 is tonight. Elementary (5:30 p.m.), Middle School (6:15 p.m.) and High School (7 p.m.) will be honored in separate ceremonies inside The Tiger Fieldhouse. We are exceptionally proud of all our students K-12 have accomplished this school year and look forward to honoring them. Make plans to join us!

Need a photo that was taken this school year? Orders are due to your student’s respective office by this Tuesday.

Meet Houston High School's first-ever 𝘼𝙙𝙤𝙗𝙚 𝘾𝙚𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙛𝙞𝙚𝙙 𝙋𝙧𝙤𝙛𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡𝙨! These students from our inaugural Houston R-1 Graphic Arts & Digital Design class passed their Adobe Photoshop tests this week to become officially certified in the image-editing software. Congratulations!

𝙍𝙀𝘾𝙊𝙍𝘿 𝙎𝙀𝙏𝙏𝙀𝙍! HHS senior Allie Benoist set a new school record in the steeplechase Tuesday with a time of 10 minutes, 11 seconds at SBU. Way to go!

Our seventh graders had a blast on their field trip Wednesday to 𝙅𝙤𝙝𝙣𝙨𝙤𝙣'𝙨 𝙎𝙝𝙪𝙩 𝙄𝙣𝙨 𝙎𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙋𝙖𝙧𝙠. The wilderness qualities and geology of Johnson’s Shut-Ins State Park and the surrounding St. Francois Mountains made it a special place to visit with Missouri State Parks.

Congratulations to our 2025 𝙃𝙃𝙎 𝙋𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙧𝙤𝙮𝙖𝙡𝙩𝙮 🤴👸… seniors Brody Adkison and Kristen Ely.

The 2025 𝙃𝙃𝙎 𝙋𝙍𝙊𝙈 is Saturday night! Here are all the details you need to know.

𝙄𝙉𝙎𝙄𝘿𝙀 𝙊𝙐𝙍 𝘾𝙇𝘼𝙎𝙎𝙍𝙊𝙊𝙈𝙎 🐯 A special thanks to Dr. Tricia Benoist of @Texas County Memorial Hospital for visiting with Mrs. Amanda Kincaid's fourth graders about the dangers of tobacco and vaping as part of Tar Wars. Tar Wars is a tobacco-free education program for fourth- and fifth-grade students designed to teach kids about the short-term health effects of tobacco use, the cost associated with using tobacco products, and the advertising techniques used by the tobacco industry to market their products to youth.

The 2025 𝙃𝙃𝙎 𝙋𝙍𝙊𝙈 is this Saturday! Here's a helpful checklist ✅ for students planning to attend.