Play ball! HHS Baseball 🐯⚾️ and Houston Lady Tigers Softball 🐯🥎 both host preseason jamborees this afternoon. Home teams are listed first. Games are 4 innings each with an eight-run inning cap.
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INSIDE OUR CLASSROOMS 🐯 Mrs. Tina Sutton’s preschoolers at the Early Childhood Center had a great time helping their baby dinosaurs 🦖🦕 hatch out of their frozen eggs 🥚 on Thursday.
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INSIDE OUR CLASSROOMS 🐯 A special thank you to Jenn and Amanda from Justin Shelby- State Farm Insurance Agent for visiting the elementary school daily this week for 📚 Reading Week 📚 On Wednesday, they shared snacks with Mrs. Wallace's and Mrs. Hinkle's classes while reading "A Bad Case of the Stripes." Thanks for stopping by!
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#TBT - A look at our district's track history takes us back to the HHS relay team from 1982 that won 13 races during the spring season. From left: Steve Pearcy, Bob Elmore, Billy O'Neil and Greg Cook.
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Houston R-1 FFA member Ben Steelman was selected as First Vice President of the new Area 13 officer team today. He was accompanied by delegates Jaden Wilkerson and Blake Talbott. Congratulations! #TheBestWillBe
High Schoolers & Middle Schoolers ➡️ Get a tasty drink 😋 at lunchtime this Friday and support the junior class. Check out the menu below and bring a few dollars 💵 to enjoy one of the delicious flavors.
HHS sophomores & juniors ➡️ The application process is open to be considered for our CTE (Career & Technical Education) programs for the 2024-25 school year. You must apply now to participate in HHS Welding, Houston R-1 Building Trades or PRTC Health Science next year.
Applications must be returned by March 8. Interviews will be held by appointment on March 19. Students must apply and be interviewed to be eligible for the programs.
Read more about our CTE programs: https://www.houston.k12.mo.us/page/prtc
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Houston's Special Olympics team hosted a basketball competition Saturday with 21 athletes representing four area school districts competing in dribbling, passing and shooting. Our athletes won a combined six medals! We celebrate all the athletes who competed in our first competition on campus and thank our friends from Ava, Success and Cabool for participating. We also thank West Plains Bank and Trust Company for providing lunch for all the athletes, coaches and volunteers.
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Elementary Families! We can't wait to see you Tuesday night for our first FAMILY 🥳 FUN 🥳 NIGHT 🥳 There will be a fun activity for every grade level in both the Early Childhood Center and Elementary School.
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CONGRATULATIONS 👏👏👏 to the Pizza Hut student of the month nominees at Houston Middle School. They were nominated for possessing the trait of empathy - "the ability to sense other people's emotions, coupled with the ability to imagine what someone else might be thinking or feeling."
From left: Ashley Copeland, Ryan Kimball, Alexis Suda, Robert Easley and Adelynn Pulliam. Not pictured: Allyssa Higginbotham
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Houston Beta Club hit the road this morning for the 2024 State Convention in Branson. They will compete and connect with other groups during their time there.
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Braggin’ rights stay with the staff‼️ For the third year in a row, the faculty are the victors in their basketball game with the seniors. It was another great year of camaraderie with our students and staff. #TheTigerWay
Elementary students & families - Next week is 📕 Reading Week 📕 on campus. We have a fun theme each day inspired by an author and book. So plan those outfits and dress up with us as we celebrate reading!
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Bragging rights are on the line tonight! Join us inside Hiett Gymnasium for the third annual Seniors 🆚 Staff basketball game. Admission is by donation and will assist with the meal for our H Club athlete’s annual trip this weekend. #TheTigerWay
Drum roll please... 🥁🥁🥁 Fundraising for the first-ever Tiger Polar Plunge 🐯💦🥶 raised just over $2,000! We are incredibly grateful for our community's support for our new Special Olympics team. The winner of the Golden Plunger 🪠 as the top individual fundraiser is Dr. Justin Copley!
Along with so many individual donors, we thank these businesses for donating to our team: Piney River Ford; D&L Florist; Grand Appliance; Mean Muggin;
Shelter Insurance / Airika Barnett-Wiseman; Buse Media; and State Farm / Justin Shelby.
On Thursday's Leap Day, fifteen of district employees will take the chilly leap into the waters of Dog's Bluff. We will have video highlights to share!
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February is CTE Month as we honor the men and women who lead our students in Career and Technical Education. And at Houston, we have some of the absolute best teaching and training students at the Piney River Technical Center!
Our CTE opportunities prepare our young people for the job market and/or further education. The programs combine academics and job-specific skill training to assist in narrowing the skills gap.
The district's CTE instructors and programs are, from left: Kristy Ijames (Business); Preston Wade (Building Trades); Sadie Gill (Family and Consumer Science); Adam Vandiver (Welding); Sherri Gale (Business); Matthew Price (Agriculture); and Jennifer Gunter (Health Occupations).
Read more about Houston's CTE programs: https://www.houston.k12.mo.us/page/prtc
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Middle Schoolers are invited to our Spring Social from 5-7 p.m. March 7 😎😎😎 Free admission. Eligibility includes no fines or 3+ missing assignments. See the office with questions.
We look forward to a 🆒 time with you!
Thanks to our partnership with West Plains Bank and Trust Company's Debit Card Program, a new American flag, pole and light 🇺🇸 were recently installed at the Early Childhood Center on campus. We appreciate the bank's continued support as well as our community partners who are part of the program.
Read more about the Debit Card Program here ➡️ https://www.houston.k12.mo.us/page/debit-card
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Here we go! Spring sports practices 🐯⚾️🥎👟🎾⛳️ began this afternoon with 111 HHS athletes in action. We look forward to the 2024 seasons for our baseball, softball, track, tennis and golf teams.
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Spring sports practices 🐯⚾️🥎👟🎾⛳️ for all middle and high school teams begin Monday after school. Athletes must have a physical on file to participate.
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