Houston R-1 School District

Postseason hoops is here! The Tigers 🏀🐯 open district play against Thayer at 6:30 p.m. Monday. We are hosting the 2023 Class 3 District 10 boys' tournament, so join us Feb. 20, 22 and 24 inside the New Gym on campus for three nights of exciting high school basketball action. 🟥 #TheTigerWay 🟥

INSIDE OUR CLASSROOMS 🐯 Cynthia Ramsey, Progressive Ozark Bank Brand Manager, was one of the guest speakers this past week in Mrs. Mandy Adey's eighth grade Careers class. She talked to the students about how important reliability, trustworthiness and communication are in her line of work. She shared about different career opportunities involved with banking: personal banker, tellers, lenders, loan officers, marketing, auditors, lawyers, accountants, security, and other jobs that are behind the scenes of a bank. She discussed what to look for in new employees. Mrs. Ramsey stressed the importance of being professional and having good grammar. You have to have good typing skills, to send emails, texts, chats and hold conversations with clients on the phone and in person. Communication, leadership skills, character, responsibility, time management, and trust are all the things banks look for in their employees. The students learned all about credit scores, their importance on the roles they can play in their lives, and the process of getting loans, and being able to buy things in the future, and how to establish a good line of credit when they turn 18. Her advice to the students was she challenged them to keep a register of their account balances and match them up monthly. Thank you, Mrs. Ramsey, for taking part of your day to share such important, helpful and practical wisdom and advice with our students. We appreciate your partnership and investment! 🟥 #OurTeamOurTown 🟥

INSIDE OUR CLASSROOMS 🐯 This week in Mrs. Mandy Adey's eighth grade Careers class, Mrs. Jennifer Scheets shared her experiences and expertise related to real estate, management and the restaurant business. Mrs. Scheets works three jobs - a local restaurant business owner, real estate agent for 10 years, and manager of Houston Housing Authority - while also being a full-time mom of five girls and our local school board president. Mrs. Scheets talked to the students about how to earn a real estate license and different aspects of careers in real estate and the education you need to get it, which can be self-paced and is good to fall back on. She shared what it takes to own your own business. She said starting from the bottom and working your way up knowing every position is what she did to get to be an owner. She also talked about how the restaurant business takes up a lot of time, or any business you start, you are practically married to it. She said any business you run or manage involves hard work and dedication. She talked about all the work behind the scenes, responsibilities, taxes, different careers involved within a restaurant business and how important public relations is dealing with customers and having good people skills. It's all about teamwork, being a team player and getting along with others to have a positive work culture. Mrs. Scheets also spoke about her previous career in nursing for two years, and the advantages of being a nurse and all the careers that go along with nursing. She stressed how important it is to have a good work ethic and again having good communication skills is key in all areas of employment. Sometimes the more hands-on experience you have can be key, and better than education in some lines of work. Thank you, Mrs. Scheets, for taking time to share your knowledge and experiences with our students. We appreciate your partnership, investment and all you do! 🟥 #OurTeamOurTown 🟥

Join us for breakfast 🥞🍳 Houston R-1 FFA is celebrating FFA Week with its annual breakfast Saturday morning. We'd love to serve you at the Piney River Technical Center (204 W. Spruce Street). 🟥 #OurTeamOurTown 🟥

The Tigers hit the road tonight while the JV Lady Tigers 🐯🏀 play this afternoon at home 🟥 #TheTigerWay 🟥

🗓️ SCHEDULING REMINDER: School dismisses at 12:34 p.m. Friday for professional development for our staff. And classes will not be in session Monday in observance of Presidents Day. 🟥 #TheBestWillBe 🟥

Celebration For Life raised just over $1,000 for post-prom and post-graduation events for our high school students. Thank you to everyone who supported the raffle that benefits our students, and congratulations to winner Tressie Neugebauer (right), pictures with Missy Gayer.

That's a win for the Tigers! 🐯🏀 🟥 #TheTigerWay 🟥

Overtime win 🟰postgame interview Lady Tigers 🐯🏀 top Willow Springs 57-52 in overtime. 🟥 #TheTigerWay 🟥

Both the Tigers and Lady Tigers 🐯🏀 are on the road tonight

#TBT - Were any of these these men your counselor while attending Houston Schools? Pictured during the 1975-76 school year were, from left: Roger Holder, elementary counselor; Martin Miller, junior high counselor; and Virgil Scheets, high school counselor. 🟥 #ThrowbackThursday 🟥

It was a special 💘 Valentine's Day 💘 celebration yesterday for our preschoolers in the Early Childhood Center. Full of sweets and sweet memories with family and friends. 🟥 #TheBestWillBe 🟥

100 days of school means our kindergarteners are ⭐️ 100 ⭐️ days⭐️ brighter! 🟥 #TheBestWillBe 🟥

Happy 100th day of school (with an exclamation point) from our first grader students and teachers! 🟥 #TheBestWillBe 🟥

Olivia Crites' career-high 33 points leads Houston Lady Tiger Basketball to home conference victory 🟥 #TheTigerWay 🟥

HHS senior Olivia Crites was honored tonight for scoring 1,000 career points. Athletic Director Brent Hall presented Olivia a plaque and commemorative basketball. 🟥 #TheTigerWay 🟥

CONGRATULATIONS 👏👏👏 to HHS senior Andy Durham for being named a finalist by the National Merit Scholarship Program! He is one of only 15,000 students in the nation to receive the honor. We are proud of you Andy! 🟥 #TheBestWillBe 🟥

Another conference doubleheader night of basketball for the Tigers and Lady Tigers 🐯🏀 The girls JV game will be two quarters only. 🟥 #TheTigerWay 🟥

Happy Valentine's Day! A friendly reminder: there are no deliveries allowed on campus. We appreciate your understanding and cooperation. We do look forward to this afternoon's elementary parties, carnation deliveries and lunchtime floats at the high school. It'll be another great day on campus! 🟥 #TheBestWillBe 🟥

INSIDE OUR CLASSROOMS 🐯 Ms. Maegan Bell's high school Child Development class partnered with Mrs. Veronica Douglas' kindergarten class on Monday to make Valentine's Day cookies. 🟥 #TheBestWillBe 🟥