Published by the Waynesville R-VI School District October 3, 2014 Maj. Gen. Leslie Smith, commanding general of the U.S. Army Maneuver Support Center of Excellence, Fort Leonard Wood, conducted the ceremonial coin toss during Military Appreciation Night on Friday, Sept. 26, at Tiger Stadium. Immediately following, Dr. Brian Henry, superintendent, presented the Waynesville R-VI School District Tiger Coin to the commanding general at the 50- yard line. This is only the second Tiger coin to be presented. Far right, Maj. Gen. Leslie Smith visits with sophomore William Tully before the game. Above, Fort Leonard Wood soldiers marched in during the playing of “Main Street America,” a medley which includes each of the military’s songs. Bottom right, members of the 399th Army Band joined the WHS Tiger Pride Band for the playing of “Main Street America” and the National Anthem.
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Published by the Waynesville R-VI School District October 3, 2014
Maj. Gen. Leslie Smith, commanding general of the U.S. Army Maneuver Support Center of Excellence, Fort Leonard Wood, conducted the ceremonial coin toss during Military Appreciation Night on Friday, Sept. 26, at Tiger Stadium. Immediately following, Dr. Brian Henry, superintendent, presented the Waynesville R-VI School District Tiger Coin to the commanding general at the 50-yard line. This is only the second Tiger coin to be presented.
Far right, Maj. Gen. Leslie Smith visits with sophomore William Tully before the game. Above, Fort Leonard Wood soldiers marched in during the playing of “Main Street America,” a medley which includes each of the military’s songs. Bottom right, members of the 399th Army Band joined the WHS Tiger Pride Band for the playing of “Main Street America” and the National Anthem.
The WHS Marching Tiger Pride Band members placed first in their division at the Sullivan Marching Festival on Saturday. Other schools in this division included Parkway Central (St. Louis), Troy Buchanan, Parkview (Springfield), and Washington.
The WHS drumline also received the Outstanding Percussion Award in the competition. The band’s show this year is titled “Samurai,” a musical journey through ancient Japan that is designed to showcase the epic battles, the beauty of Japan and the mystery surrounding Japan’s infamous Samurai warriors.
The show includes selections recognizable from the movie, “The Last Samurai.” Drum Majors this year are Patrick Abellas, Gene Museau, and Katie Pollman. Instructors of the marching band are Jim Stockmann, Jared Sabatasso and Chelsea Samuel. Maranda Beck is the color guard instructor. Laura Smith assists with the band and Joe Walker is working with the band as a student teacher.
WHS marching band takes first in their division
Praise corner
The Waynesville R-VI Board of Education had cakes delivered on Sept. 22 for all the teachers and staff at every school in the district for achieving a 92.9% of the total points possible on the Annual Performance Report. For the 2013-14 School Year, the Waynesville R-VI district received 92.9% of the total points possible with gains in college and career readiness, attendance, graduation rate, as well as gaining points in individual student performance growth.
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Staff Golf Tournament Winners:Female Team – Deanna House and Jennifer JohnsonMen’s Team – Mike Morriss and Jim Robbins Mix Team – Todd Whalen and Emily SpoonerClosest to the pin and longest putt both went to Brandon Bales
Video students from the Waynesville Career Center had an opportunity to put their college and career-readiness skills to the test today when they filmed during Fireball Run’s America’s Frontier trivia race. Five WCC students operated video cameras at multiple Pulaski County locations as the Fireball Run teams competed in the eight-day, 2,000-mile trivia game that is aired online to more than 2 million viewers. The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
WCC video students film Fireball Runrequires schools to prepare students for their next step in the “real world” and the event provided a test of their skills. Despite the pressure of filming live, WCC Video Instructor Tim Wallace believed the students were up for the challenge. “This is an excellent opportunity for us to showcase our students’ talent,” Wallace says. “Our students broadcast sporting events live, school board meetings live and city council meetings live, so they know what it takes to produce good video footage on the fly.” If the student’s video is used on the show that is scheduled to air in 2015,
the student will receive professional credit for their work on IMDb.com. “To have that credit to their name at this early in their career will open many doors for them,” Wallace says. Forty driving teams, many with stars like WWE alumnus Raven, astronaut Jon McBride, and Daytona 500 Winner Geoff Bodine, are competing. Team 10 – Pulaski Pride – is made up of Rep. Steve Lynch and Cecilia Murray, Waynesville-St. Robert Chamber of Commerce executive director.
WCC video students shot footage for Fireball Run on Thursday and Friday. Rick Morris, Dr. Brian Henry and Jim Phillips check out the Rolls-Royce – one of the many luxury and unique vehicles – that rolled into Waynesville for Fireball Run.
Team 10 sports Tiger gear.
Waynesville JROTC students march into Tiger Stadium carrying the Missouri and U.S. flags. Fort Leonard Wood officials remind everyone that if you are on Fort Leonard Wood during reveille and retreat, you should stop and place your hand over your heart. If you are driving, you are to safely stop and step out of your vehicle. Reveille is a ceremony honoring the U.S. flag when it is raised at 6:30 a.m. Retreat is at 5 p.m., when the flag is lowered.
The 74 members of Voices – the elementary honor Choir – rehearse every Wednesday in preparation for their upcoming Dec. 4 concert in the WHS Auditorium. Auditions were held in August for the choir, which is made up of third, fourth, fifth and sixth graders. The choir directors are Nathan Schaefferkoetter, Chelsea Samuel and Leigh Schaefferkoetter. The assistant directors are Alicia Harrison and Cheryl Wood.
The Waynesville boys soccer team won the championship game in the brown division of the Kickapoo tournament, against a familiar opponent – Carthage. “We found the net twice and controlled most of the half,” says Coach Mike Armstrong. “In the second half, we dealt with injuries and fatigue from the 5th game of the week. With 20 minutes left in the game, we switched into defensive mode, ensuring numbers stayed behind the ball. “Carthage controlled possession and threatened several times, but couldn’t break through as the defense did enough to preserve the shutout,” Armstrong says. This is only the second time the Tigers have won their division and the first time to have gone undefeated. The Waynesville Volleyball team won the Rolla Invitational on Sept. 27. In the championship, Kallie Bildner led with 11 kills, Ariel Okorie added 8. Kaylee Brewer had 23 assists. On Thursday, Waynesville volleyball defeated Parkview 25-7, 25-10. Kallie Bildner (left) led with 11 kills. Savannah York (right) had 4 kills and 4 aces.
To promote the love of reading, Thayer Elementary held a Wild West Night for kindergarten and first grade boys on Sept.18. The boys read stories about cowboys, learned about the lariat and life on the trail, played games and decorated hats. The evening culminated with campfire songs and trail mix.
Students will be dismissed early on Friday, Oct. 10, and will be off all day on Monday, Oct. 13, which is a teacher in-service day.
Boys win soccer tourney at Kickapoo
The Waynesville R-VI English as a second language teachers are Leah Karaffa, Alicia Harrison, Barb Smith, Jody Taylor, Krystal Wilson-Vermillion and Steven Torrence. In the district, students speak 47 different languages wit the top 10 after English being: 1. Spanish 2. German 3. Tagalog 4. Chinese 5. Somoan
6. Korean 7. Filipino 8. French 9. Japanese10. Urdu
TOP 10
Oct. 10, 13
Freedom ELL students from Mrs. Taylor’s class enjoyed Muffins with Moms on Sept. 26. ELL students invited their mothers to join them for muffins and juice, while they read their mothers a quick-read AR book. When students finished reading, they took an AR test to show their mothers how the program works. It was a great start to a Friday morning. Taylor plans on having Donuts with Dads next month.
