Do you know what’s being served in your child’s school cafeteria? GET IN THE GAME with School Lunch and visit Central Elementary during National School Lunch Week. Reservations are required.
It’s a time to celebrate the importance of balancing god nutrition with physical activity.
Today’s School Lunch offers students fruits and vegetables every day, increases offerings of whole grains, limits calories, fat, and sodium to age-appropriate levels, and introduces locally-grown ingredients, chef-inspired recipes, and even lunchroom lessons about healthy eating.
Parents should arrive at these times:
Bernie, Missouri - Members from the Bernie FFA Chapter recently attended the Missouri FFA Association’s 2014 Leadership Adventure in Springfield. It was held in August 2014 at the Christopher L. Bond Learning Center in the Darr Agricultural Center at Missouri State University.
Agricultural careers, leadership development, and positive role models were the focus of the 24th annual conference. Springfield was one of two locations for this conference; the other was in Columbia. Over 200 members and advisors registered for the two conferences from 34 chapters across Missouri. Nearly 6,500 Missouri FFA members and advisors have attended The Leadership Adventure since its beginning in 1990.
According to Conference Coordinators Marvin and Karen Hoskey, “This conference annually provides an excellent opportunity for Missouri FFA members to interact with other chapter, state, and national leaders. The sessions foster development of leadership skills and encourage students to practice teamwork and goal setting as they get motivated for the coming school year.”
The leadership training was headed by Andrew McCrea, former state and national officer from Missouri, and Corey Flournoy, former state and national officer from Illinois. They were assisted by Jaelynn Bergmann, National Officer Candidate from Missouri. Current State FFA Officers from Missouri guided small groups during the training sessions, which were designed specifically for high school age FFA members’ personal leadership development and planning for future success. Students wanting to learnthe basics of self-discovery and understanding their leadership potential were taken through activities to develop teamwork and people skills. The training focused on helping students create an advanced plan for lasting impact on the world through utilizing personal leadership traits and healthy relationships to make their goals a reality.
Attending the conference from the local FFA chapter were:
Tyler Vincent, Kristen McGowen, Spencer Slavings
Seated left to right in the picture are State Officers Cole Edwards, President from Area 4, and Carson Priddle, Vice-President from Area 16.
Bloomfield, Missouri - Last year in Ms. Erica Berry's eighth grade English Class, Allison Statler was given information about an annual essay contest for all Missouri eighth-grade students sponsored by The Missouri Peace Officers Association.
She was selected as the first place winner from the east side of the state. Her essay was published in the summer edition of the Law Enforcement magazine. She also was presented with a check for $300, the school and Ms. Berry were also presented with checks for $100 each.
Pictured are Bloomfield High School Principal, Dustin Hicks, Middle School English Teacher, Ms. Erica Berry, and Allison Statler.
Cape Girardeau, Missouri - The All-District High School Choir auditions were held on Saturday, September 27th at Cape Central High School. It’s quite an honor to place at the District Level. Student worked very hard for months in preparation to sing to the best of their ability.
Dexter High School choir members are under the direction of Jamie Sepulvado. Each student prepared a song which they sang for a panel of judges, then they had to identify key signatures and sight-read two pieces of music during the audition.
Junior and senior students may now audition for All-State Choir, which will be held on Saturday, November 8th also at Cape Central High School.
Shown in the photo above are: Front row from left are Shelby Gathings, Lauren Thrower, Noah Kronk, Brooks Propst, Jon Rodgers, and Cadence Pullam. In the middle row are Emily Johns, Angel Maze, Sarah Miller, Natalee Pedroza, Caroline Powers, Madelyn Webb, Abby Mangum, Meg Simmons, and Ashlynn Wyman. In the back row are from left, Jake Cunningham, Tres Hampton, Ryan Mayo, Andrew Teel, Jackson Babb, and Greyson Stephens.
Dexter, Missouri – Mrs. Putnam’s class celebrated Johnny Appleseed Day with pots on their heads and “applicious” treats! They also enjoyed delicious muffins pie apples and Carmel dip, apple sauce, apple butter, apple juice, dried apples and apple chips!
John Chapman aka Johnny Appleseed was an American pioneer who introduced apple trees to a large part of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indian, and Illinois. He became an American legend while still alive, due to his kind, generous ways and the symbolic importance he attributed to apples.
He was born on September 26, 1774 in Leominster, Massachusetts.
Shown in the photo are Emily Bolin, Alex Munoz, Taylor Boner, Eli Scott and Houston Neely.
