If anyone needs a place to stay, the FEMA building is available. Please call 417-712-1222 for details. There will be a relief station set up tomorrow for first responders and emergency personnel who are working in the area.
Students from Mrs. Montague's Spanish class created displays for Culture Night. Picture 1: Abby Hadley and Josh Yarber. 2: Gavin Hensley and Isaac Luna. 3: Gage Samuels, Eli Cotter, and Dakodah Peterson. 4: Tucker Keith and Ty Cotter. 5: Marlee Maynard, Laura Miller, and Sheyenne Foster. 6: Jenna Winrod. 7: Abby Guffey and Riley Summers.
Culture Night was last Thursday, March 6th and here are some pictures. The first is Bianca Colon and Noah Fyffe in the "Food Truck" they made along with their classmates, Mia Swensen and Kaleb Watkins in their Hospitality and Tourism class. They served goulash, garlic bread, and tiramisu in the Italian-themed cart. The second picture is the table created by the Foods class. It was Mardis Gras themed and the class made jambalaya and King Cake. In the third picture, Gage Samuels shows off the King baby he found in his slice of King Cake. These classes are taught by Mrs Pickle.
Mrs. Pickle's Sewing class created and displayed their upcycled thrift store projects in Culture Night. Lori Patton is shown here modeling her project.
Congratulations to this year science fair winners! 3rd place, Mason Mahan, 2nd place, Zoey Watkins, Kobe White, Rylee Tandy, and Haidynnn Kaiser, and 1st place was Abigail Yarber.
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Callie Smith SR - All Conference
Keely Stevens JR - All Conference
Lily Williams JR - Honorable Mention
Thank you to all our professionals who came today for our Career Day. You made it a success. Fred Spencer- Real Estate, Stefany Belz-Price and Mr. Johnson- Howell-Oregon Electric/lineman, Andrea Turner- Cosmetology, Ashley Cotter-Dental Hygienist, Jim Brown- Jim Brown HVAC, Jason Barnes-Engineering, Kim Roberts- Social Worker, Mr. Hensley- Electrician Union from Springfield, MJ Stevens & Kelly Marsh- Community First Bank, Malisha Summers- Registered Nurse, Hunter Lashley- Radiology Technician, Justin Turner- Welding/Fencing, Justin Gailey-Wildlife Biologist, Tyler Trantham-Forestry, Sgt Roberts and Sgt Young-State Highway Patrol, and Kris Ledbetter- Mental Health Therapist
More Pictures from Career Day
📸Media Day for HS Softball will be on Monday, March 31. Coaches will send order forms and more information as soon as it is available to them. The group picture will be featured in our school yearbook.🥎
📸We will be taking the following team pictures for the yearbook on Wednesday, March 26th. Order forms for parents for individual pictures will be given to coaches as soon as I receive them. PLEASE MAKE SURE YOUR PLAYERS HAVE THEIR UNIFORMS!!!
Elementary Girls Basketball
Elementary Boys Basketball
MS Track
MS Volleyball
MS Softball
eSports (starting at 3:30 when VoTech gets back)
HS Track
HS Baseball
We will have a separate day for MS Baseball and HS Boys /Girls Golf.
The high school Interpersonal Relationships class has been doing a recent assignment about conflict resolution. They developed a skit, which they then videotaped with middle school students and did a presentation for the middle school. They also played some hilarious games of Telephone, to highlight the bad effects of gossiping.
Our FFA Chapter recently went to Republic, MO to compete in a Leadership Development Event. Here are the results:
FFA Knowledge tied for 4th/20
Division II Public Speaking Khloe Simmons - 1st Place/11
Creed Speaking Shaniah Foster - 5th/28
Alyssa Gailey - 8th/28
Come on out for Culture Night tomorrow, March 6th, from 5:00-6:30! There will be elementary basketball in the gym, an art show in the FEMA building, science fair projects in the gym foyer, and Spanish and FACS classes will have food and presentations in the gym hallway! Please come support our students and let them show off their hard work!
Congratulations to Bionca Colon and Jenna Winrod for collaborating on the Sheriff's Office Mural in the Ozark County Sheriff's Office! This mural features all five schools in Ozark County and their mascots! Pictured here are Ozark County Sheriff Cass Martin, Jenna Winrod, Bianca Colon and Mr. Helmke, art teacher.
Attention parents of SENIORS----Mrs. Trudy Summers sent out several scholarship reminders yesterday! Please ask your seniors for details! Work Ethics scholarship, Cyber Security and a BIG LIST of others!!! Some could work for technical training! Have these kids look at this!
Reminder: Spring Picture order forms are due on Wednesday, March 5th! Elementary students, please turn them in to your teacher. MS/HS students, please turn them into the HS office or give to Mrs. Scott.
Due to illness and snow, the Foods class just finished their Valentine's competition this week. There were some very good entries and it was so much fun!
Bakersfield School would like to thank all the Fire Department members from Bakersfield and all surrounding communities, first responders, and community members for the dedicated work on the fire Friday. To everyone who helped fight the fire and bring water and food, helped get kids home safely in affected areas-----THANK YOU! We live in a wonderful community and we are so blessed!
Bakersfield WILL BE in session Monday, March 3! We look forward to seeing you then!
Due to the fire south of Bakersfield, we will NOT run a bus down 101 South. All students who live on 101 South will be housed in the FEMA building after school until parents are contacted and either picked up by parents or taken home by school personnel. ALL OTHER BUS ROUTES are unaffected and school will dismiss at regular time.