Buses have left and students have been dismissed. Many buses will have to divert due to high water so your child might be later than normal. Thank you for your patience today! Stay safe!
The radar appears to indicate a reduced threat at this time for Bakersfield. We feel it is safe to allow high school drivers to leave at 4:40 and load buses at 4:45. Thank you for your patience! Kids have had snacks and drinks.
We are monitoring the weather and the radar. If the weather stays with what the radar is doing, we plan to load buses at 5:10. We will be loading from the FEMA building. If you are picking up your child, please come in off O Hwy like you are coming to the gym. We will load kids who are being picked up from the door closest to the gym. Just pull in, form a line and pull up the door by the end of the FEMA building closest to the gym (same procedure the middle and high school students use who are picked up). You will just make a U-turn exit the same gate you came in. After the buses have left, we can direct you through the elementary gate, but until buses are finished loading, we will ask you to exit through the high school gym gate. Thank you!
There is a lull in the storm activity for about 30 minutes, but that is not enough time to get everyone home. Students are taking bathroom breaks now and the middle school and high school students are being given their cell phones. Everyone will continue taking shelter in the FEMA building until the next round has passed. We will not be dismissing by 4:00 as we will have another major storm in the area at that time. We will keep you posted here about a safe dismissal time.
The tornado warning for Bakersfield has been cancelled, but we are still under a watch until 4:00. Everyone is still in the FEMA building and we are all safe. We will remain in the FEMA building for a while longer.
All students and staff are all in the FEMA building. We will be here until the end of the school day. We are all safe and staying put. If it is storming badly or we are under any warnings, we will not dismiss until that has passed. We will continue to post to update parents.
Parents, if you are wanting to pick your child up early, please do. If you want to check them out before the storms, please do sooner rather than later. We plan to utilize the FEMA building to keep kids safe here. If we are under a tornado warning, we will not let kids leave until that has passed. The reason we did not let everyone out early is because we have a SAFE room here on campus and many students do not have a safe room or basement at home. If you want to check out your child early before the storms get here, please do. Please know, once we have a warning and are in the FEMA building, that is NOT a good time to check kids out because that is in the middle of the storm. We are doing everything possible and prudent to keep everyone safe. Thank you!
No middle school baseball practice today.
Calling all parents of Middle School Softball, Baseball, and Track participants...Yearbook needs your photos! If you have any pictures of your child participating in these sports, please upload them to our Yearbook using the QR code below. If you don't have any yet, you may take them at their next event and send them in. Thank you!!
Due to the timing of incoming storms, we are NOT sending students to vo-tech today. Mrs. Summers will be contacting parents of those students impacted.
We will be monitoring the weather all day! The gates will be open in the event community members need access to the FEMA building. Staff and students are prepared to take shelter and remain at school until the storm has passed. In the event we are sheltering during dismissal time, buses will be held and students will not be allowed to leave until it is safe.
Dear Parent/Guardian:
Bakersfield is taking part in the Missouri School Climate and Culture Survey. Results from this survey will be used as part of the school improvement review during the 2024-2025 academic year. As part of this process, parents, students, and school employees are asked to voluntarily answer surveys regarding programs and services available to students.
Please take a few minutes to answer the survey at the link provided. Responses from all parents will be anonymously summarized and will become part of a report for the school district. The school district will use this report in the development of school improvement efforts.
If you have more than one child in school, please complete a survey for each individual child. The surveys will be processed so that school officials receive reports about each building in the district.
The questionnaires contain demographic and opinion questions. You have the option not to respond to any item or not to complete a survey at all.
https://missouri.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eWDBrKoAtMm1TvM?RID=CGC_MZoxpsyiHWUc8FH&Q_CHL=email?ExternalDataReference=077101&District=BAKERSFIELD
Thank you for your help.
Sincerely,
Dr. Amy Padgett
📔Hurry and get your Yearbook order in before it's too late!! Order with attached order form (make checks payable to Bakersfield R-IV), or online at: jostensyearbooks.com
HS Softball calendar for the month of April
**Subject to change**
**Open Fields are optional**
The FEMA building is open for anyone who wants to take shelter during the storms. No tornado warning has been issued, but it is open anyway for anyone who wants to go there for shelter.
📸Media Day for HS Softball will be tomorrow Monday, March 31, 6:45 pm AT GAINESVILLE SCHOOL SOFTBALL FIELD. Coaches should have sent home order forms. The group picture will be featured in our school yearbook. Please be at the Gainesville softball field dressed in your game day gear ready to go at 6:45 PM!🥎 (A big thank you to the Gainesville coaches for being so accommodating since our fields are unusable at the time!)
Thank you again to all the volunteers who cleaned up, served meals, donated time/equipment/items/money and supported our school and community in every way! We could never mention everyone! The tornado relief fund at school is being used for people (students in school and folks out of school) who have needs! Thank you to Kyle Clayton and his crew for cleaning the scrap and donating all of those proceeds to the fund (killing two birds with one stone). His time away from his own business, in addition to his costs, were all volunteer and every dime was given to the school relief fund.
📸We will be taking the following team pictures for the yearbook, Tuesday morning, April 8th. PLEASE MAKE SURE YOUR PLAYERS HAVE THEIR UNIFORMS AND THEIR ORDER FORMS!!!
HS Track
eSports
HS Boys/Girls Golf
MS Baseball
MS Volleyball
On Wednesday, March 26, FFA members competed in the Area 13 Career Development Event. Congrats to the following students:
Shaelyn Foster was the high individual in the Meats Evaluation CDE placing 1st/33rd!!
Levi Holingshad received 8th place
Sheyenne Foster placed 13th
All three students should receive Industry Recognized Credentials for placing proficient/advanced and we can record those for APR points.
Marlee Maynard placed 22nd individual.
Our team finished 3rd overall/7 teams.