This is a reminder for upcoming school and sport activities for next week. Seventh grade student and parent orientation will be held at 6 pm on Monday, August 17. Junior High Girls Basketball practice will be held from 1 to 3 pm with Junior High Boys Basketball practice following from 3 to 5:30 pm. High School Cross Country will practice at 4 pm. All students planning to participate in a sport must have a valid sports physical on file or brought with them prior to participating.
This is just a reminderthat next week is studnet registration.
8th 9th and students new to district is on Monday--7th grade orientation that evening at 6:00p.m.
10th, 11th, 12th graders on Tuesday.
Attention Fair Play students interested in participating in sports this school year. Sports physicals will be needed on file with Athletic Director Kathy Scott prior to any student participating in practice or competition for any MSHSAA sport. All seventh grade students interested in basketball or cheerleading, will need to get a sports physical prior to Junior High Basketball practice beginning on August 17th. Any 8th through 12th grade students that did not participate in sports last year will also need a physical prior to practice beginning. Sports physicals are good for two years from date of last physical. Students unclear about the expiration date of a physical on file should contact Kathy Scott at 417-770-4665.
Junior High sports practices are scheduled to begin on August 17th. High School Softball practice will begin on August 10th from 6 to 8 pm, and Cross Country will begin practice on August 17th at 4 pm.
School Registration Dates
Monday, August 17 8-11:30 and 12:00 to 3:30
Grades 8 & 9 plus students new to the district
Monday, August 17 6 p.m.
7th Grade Orientation for parents and students
Tuesday, August 18 8-11:30 and 12:00 to 3:00
Grades 10, 11, 12
Together with Community Outreach Ministries and several community partners, Polk County Health Center is serving lunch to children ages 0-18 through the month of July. Beginning July 6 from 11:30-12:30, Monday-Friday there will be a FREE lunch available at the Cribbs Youth Park. Adult meals will be served for $1.
If you received a Riedesel or Shoemake Scholarship, the deadline for returning the paperwork for acceptance of these scholarships is Monday, June 29. If you plan to deliver your thank you and acceptance form on Monday, please deliver to the high school as the administration office will be shut for summer cleaning.
If you did not receive a letter in the mail about the Reidesel or Shoemake Scholarships, and you were awarded one of these, please contact Mrs. Garrison ASAP.
Also, if you received a Carson, Saye, Lower, Alumni Scholarship, you should have received communication with how to proceed to receive these scholarships.
We are wanting to give you an opportunity to provide your opinions on how we start back to school August 13th. We have placed a 15 question survey on our Facebook page and on our website. We ask for you to submit your responses by July 1st. Thank you in advance for your cooperation.
Mr. Frye would like to have JH Girls practice / open gym next Monday and Thursday, June 15 and 18 from 1 pm to 3 pm. Incoming 6th, 7th and 8th grade girls are welcome to attend. For more information, contact Mr. Frye.
This is a reminder for 2020 Seniors. Don't forget the senior walk-through of the Elementary hall and graduation ceremony practice scheduled for Friday morning at 10 am. Please park in front of the high school and not behind gym. There will be staff available to help with your caps and gowns in the multi-purpose room if needed. If not, be ready to enter the south door of the Elementary School at 9:50 am. Remember to use social distancing.
This is a reminder for 2020 Seniors. Don't forget the senior walk-through of the Elementary hall and graduation ceremony practice scheduled for Friday morning at 10 am. Please park in front of the high school and not behind gym. There will be available help with your caps and gowns in the multi-purpose room if needed. If not, be ready to enter the south door of the Elementary School at 9:50 am. Remember to use social distancing.
ACT
A reminder for the juniors who let us know that they wanted to take the makeup district ACT, you need to be at the multipurpose gym on June 2, at 7:45. You should be done by noon. Be sure to bring a picture ID. We will be observing social distancing. If you want to wear a mask, bring your own—these will not be
provided.
Summer school will start this Monday, June 1. The times will be 8:15 to 3:15. This year summer school will only be for junior high and high school credit recovery. You or your student has been contacted either by phone or by letter if eligible to attend. Due to low enrollment numbers there will be no driver’s education class or elementary classes offered.
When arriving in the morning, students will go directly to their classrooms (Ms. Mercer’s or Miss Rea’s). There will be no transportation nor breakfast served. Lunch and a snack will be provided. Social distancing rules will be observed. If a student wants to wear a mask, they should bring their own.
There will be a Boy's Basketball Camp for students entering grade 9 through 12 on June 2nd and 3rd from 3:30 to 5:30 pm. The cost of the camp is 10 dollars and participants need to bring their own water bottle. If you have further questions, please feel free to contact Coach Archer by email at darcher@fairplay.k12.mo.us
There will be a Boy's Basketball Camp for students entering grade 9 through 12 on June 1 through 3 from 3:30 to 5:30 pm. The cost of the camp is 10 dollars and participants need to bring their own water bottle. If you have further questions, please feel free to contact Coach Archer by email at darcher@fairplay.k12.mo.us
There will be a short meeting Thursday morning at 10 am in Coach Mercer's room for girls in grades 9 through 12 regarding summer basketball plans and information. For more information, contact Coach Mercer.
We will have summer school starting June 1 at 8:00 am through June 24th ONLY for JH students who need to come to be promoted to the next grade level and for HS students who have lost credits. We will also offer drivers education IF enough students enroll. We did NOT have enough students apply to offer summer school at the elementary level. Breakfast will NOT be provided. Lunch will be provided. It will not be our regular lunch program.
Under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act of 2020, families that qualify for free or reduced price meals at school may be eligible for a new one-time Pandemic Electronic Benefits Transfer (P-EBT) of up to $302 per child (Pre-Kindergarten – Grade 12) to help cover the cost of meals students have eaten at home on days that schools have been closed. Students can receive P-EBT benefits even if they have been or continue to receive meals provided by the school district during the school closure. If your child was not previously eligible for free or reduced price meals, but you have now lost income, you may be eligible to receive P-EBT benefits (review the P-EBT Eligibility Criteria document below).
The benefit is placed on an Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) card families use to buy food. If you received Food Stamp (SNAP) benefits in March, do not apply for these new/additional benefits. The full $302 will automatically be loaded to your existing EBT card. If you did not receive Food Stamp (SNAP) benefits in March, you must apply for this benefit by June 30, 2020 (see below).
The most efficient way to apply is to submit your application online at EmergencyMealSurvey.com/MO. You will also likely experience a faster approval process. If you’re not able to apply online, you can follow the link below to the paper application. The fillable PDF document can then be emailed or mailed to the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE).
Apologies for the short notice, but we wanted to share the exciting news with you as soon as it was official. Please help us welcome Coach Darin Archer as the new Varsity Boys Basketball Head Coach. Coach Archer brings a tremendous amount of experience and expertise to us and to benefit your boys. He and Coach Durst would like to schedule a short meeting Thursday, May 14 at 6 pm in the school cafeteria. We thought having the meeting before the scheduled baseball meeting would save many boys a second trip. All incoming grade 9 through 12 boys are welcome to attend and meet our new coach and get details about summer workouts and shootouts. Welcome Coach Archer!!
There will be a high school baseball meeting on Thursday, May 14 at 6:30 pm in the school cafeteria. We will discuss the summer practice and game schedules and provide other pertinent information. All high school boys from incoming 9th grade through 12 grade are welcome to attend.
This message is for high school girls interested in softball. If you are entering 9th Grade through 12th Grade next year and are interested in playing softball this summer, there will be a short informational meeting Thursday, May 14th at 10 am in the school cafeteria. The meeting should last approximately 30 minutes. For more information contact Miss Mercer.