Fair Play R-II School District

Polk County back to school extravaganza is tomorrow from 8a.m. to 10a.m. at Bolivar High School. Free backpacks, school supplies and other products will be given out. Please see the attached flyer for other details.

The issue regarding the new 6th, 7th, and 8th grade middle school registration has been resolved.

Good morning, Hornet Families! Attached is information with important dates about back to school. Today, August 5th, an email will be sent out to the email on file for online student registration. If needed, online registration help will be available starting August 11th. We can't wait to see everyone at open house on August 20th from 5-7! There will be a mandatory athletic meeting at 7 p.m. in the cafeteria at the conclusion of open house. We are looking forward to another great year!

Reminder to FFA members and incoming freshmen of the August FFA Meeting and Freshmen Welcome tomorrow from 3:00-5:00pm in the Ag Building at school. Come enjoy an ice cream sundae bar and some delicious treats provided by some of our FFA officers along with FFA fun and fellowship.

Congratulations to the 2026 winners of the Area X FFA Rituals Contest held today during the Area Leadership Conference at Bolivar HS. After shuffling the deck to fill spots and calling Chloe B. out of retirement to do the advisor part, FP brought home the win which was back to back with last year's winning performance.

Reminder that tomorrow (Tuesday) is the Area FFA Ice Skating trip. Any member (and incoming freshmen) are welcome to attend. Cost will be $5 cash only and we will leave at 10:20am with return at approximately 2:30pm. Fast food lunch on the way home.

Reminder of the July FFA Meeting and Cookout tomorrow at Master's Beach from 2-4:30pm. Members are responsible for their own transportation. Food and drinks will be provided.

Super Farmer Champions! Congratulations to the Fair Play FFA Super Farmer Team of Lexi Bee, Brett DeLozier and Riley Bruce for bringing home champion team honors at the annual competition Friday evening at the Polk County Fair. They had a dominant performance and walked away with a $100 cash prize and traveling trophy.

Good evening Fair Play families. We wanted everyone to be aware of a tabletop training exercise that we are hosting tomorrow 5/27/2026, in conjunction with the Polk County Sheriff's office and other local law enforcement and emergency responders in our gym lobby. Please do not be alarmed if you see multiple emergency vehicles located in our gym parking lot or other areas around the school. No students will be part of this training. Training will begin at 9 a.m. and should conclude around noon.

The May FFA meeting will be held next Thursday, May 21st with pizza for the members to wrap up the year.

Today is Banquet day. Lots of planning, preparation and decorating coming together for tonight's gathering. We hope all FFA members and families can attend to celebrate an awesome year of accomplishment by our FFA members.

Congratulations to Chloe Bruce and Lena Skipper for winning Area proficiency awards and being recognized yesterday as state finalists in their respective categories. Chloe was awarded State Runner-up in Nursery Operations proficiency and Lena was the Area 10 representative in Agricultural Sales - Placement proficiency. Great job ladies!

Congratulations to FFA Career Development Event teams competing on day 3 of SW District contests at MSU. The Entomology Team of Lexi Cantrell, Haley Duty, Katelyn Higginbotham and Jocee Mayfield qualified for state competition with a 10th place finish out of 41 teams. All individuals were Group II. The Ag Mechanics team of Brett DeLozier, Austin Duty, Paige Fitch and Donald Potter also qualified for state with a 12th place finish out of 29 teams. All team members were Group II individuals. Great job to all teams!

Day 2 results of FFA District Contest. Congratulations to the Parliamentary Procedure Team of Lexi Bee, chairperson, Chloe Bruce, Riley Bruce, Will Frye, Dallas Hardt, Miley Sukovaty and alternate Paige Fitch for earning 2nd place and qualifying for state competition in April. They are only the second Par-Law team from FP to ever qualify for state. Great job! The Dairy Foods team consisting of Alex Frye, Lena Skipper, Nick Dooley and Mekenzie Evans placed 2nd out of 31 teams and qualified for state. Respectively they individually placed as 3rd, 7th, 8th and 41st high individuals with Alex, Lena and Nick earning Group I status. The Floriculture team of Katie Clark, Annah McGaha and Jillian Moore placed 18th out of 39 teams earning a Group II rating. Each earned Group II individual status. District Contest wraps up tomorrow.

Congratulations to the FFA Meat Evaluation team of Riley Bruce, Chloe Bruce, Lexi Bee and Dallas Hardt for finishing second out of 29 teams competing at the SW District FFA Contest on Saturday. They earned a Group I rating and qualified for state competition in April. Riley, Chloe and Lexi earned Group I individual ratings as the 4th, 5th, and 8th high individuals respectively. Dallas finished with a high Group II rating as 27th individual.

Reminder to FFA members competing at Hollister tomorrow. Bus leaves at 6:30am. Dress warmly, especially if you will have outside events.

Our phones are back in working order!

Good morning Fair Play Families,
We have been made aware of a phone outage that is currently affecting the district. We are currently unable to receive calls or place outgoing calls. If you need to get hold of the school offices, please email Taylor Weaver, tweaver@fairplay.k12.mo.us, for the Elementary and Mandy Hancock, mhancock@fairplay.k12.mo.us, for the High School. We will keep everyone update for when the lines are restored to working order.