Winston School Update 2/15/2022

Winston Community,

Winston School Happenings  http://winston.k12.mo.us, Winston School’s Activity Google CalendarFacebookWinston Redbirds and Twitter @WinstonSchools,

Congratulations to the Girls on getting 3rd place and the Boys team for winning the Championship of the HDC tournament last week. Games tonight at East Harrison start at 6:00. Thursday’s games are at home vs. Princeton.

The Junior High Scholar Bowl will have their next matches Wednesday night at Winston at 5:00.

Permission slips for the senior’s “My Success” event on 2/22 are due this Friday, 2/18.

Vo-Tech Awareness day for those that signed up with Mrs. Pliley will be tomorrow morning.  Your bus will leave at 8:00am.

District basketball starts Saturday February 19 at St Joe Christian school.  Opening round games: Girls play Saturday at noon and boys play Monday at 6pm. Bracket is attached.  Good Luck Redbirds!

Any boy interested in baseball this summer need to get a form.  Deadline for sign up is Feb 25th.

Winston School Board meeting will be Thursday February 17 at 5:15pm prior to the varsity basketball games.  Agenda is attached.

Congratulations to FBLA members that competed at District Contest

Parliamentary Procedure – Marissa Uthe-2nd Place, Eli Uthe-6th Place, Paige Lang-9th Place and

Zoe Taylor-11th Place

Marketing – Sage Eiken, Noel Nelson, CJ Mullikin-4th Place

Personal Finance – Eli Uthe-7th Place

Those students that competed in Parliamentary Procedure will compete at the State Leadership Conference.

Congratulations to CJ Mullikin for making the All-District Honor Choir.

Congratulations to Hadasa Hocker for placing 2nd in the Daviess County Spelling Bee

Senior ads are on sale now. The information is outlined in the attached document.

Congratulations to the Varsity Boys basketball team for winning the Championship of the Osborn Tournament. Jacob Uthe and Brian Lewis made the 2022 Osborn Tournament all-tournament team.  Congratulations.

Congratulations to Isabel Robinson for placing 1st and Vanessa Weigand for placing 2nd in the school spelling bee. Students advancing on to the County Spelling Bee on January 20: 5th Grade- Nadalie Rhodes and Hadasa Hocker, 6th Grade-Kaitlyn Estes, 7th Grade- Isabel Robinson and Vanessa Weigand, 8th Grade-Micah Beatty

Congratulations to 2022 Homecoming Royalty: King Brian Lewis and Queen Jordyn Inman.

High School Daily Announcements:  https://www.winston.k12.mo.us/winston-high-school

Elementary Newsletters: https://www.winston.k12.mo.us/winston-elementary

Winton Meet the Redbirds and Lady Redbirds videos

Lady Redbirds: https://youtu.be/fJvhBlJgCPo

Redbirds: https://youtu.be/r6fMMtyKOo4

Winter is here and the fastest way to get notices on closing or changes with school is by subscribing to the TextCaster Community Connection.  You can see how to sign up below.

https://www.onlinefarmersbank.com/community-connection This is a great way to get last-minute changes, announcements, cancelations and critical reminders from the Winston School.  If you have signed up and are not getting notifications, please call your service provider.  This information can also be found on the Winston School Homepage.

Parents, please remember to contact the office prior to the student’s absence or before 8:30am the day of.  Parents can call the school at 660.339.6462 for student absences- if it is outside of school hours- no problem! you can leave a voice message. We appreciate your assistance.

2020-21 Yearbooks are waiting for ’21 graduates to pick them up at the office.

Reminder: the collection of Free & Reduced apps determines several funding sources for our school district.  Please returned your application

Yearbooks are now on sale for the 2021-2022 school yearbook. They may be purchased online or by sending your order form to Mrs. Faulkner. Click here to order your yearbook online!

VoTech students do attend the North Central Career Center on Mondays. The bus leaves the parking lot at 7:15am.

School hours for students: 7:50am – 3:35pm.  Students should be in their rooms ready to work prior to the tardy bell.  Detentions will be given for repeatedly late students.

School Coverage:  Tri-County Weekly Newspaper out of Jamesport will be publishing pictures and articles concerning the Winston R-VI School District.

Future Dates of Importance 

February 16 – JH Scholar Bowl at Winston

February 19-25 – District Basketball @ St. Joe Christian

February 22 –  My Success for Seniors

February 25 – ACT Test Registration Deadline

February 25 – NCMC Recruiter Visit

March 2 – JH Scholar Bowl at Cainsville

March 2 –  Blood Drive

March 3 – NHS Induction

March 7 – Student / Parent Teacher Conferences

March 11 – 3rd Quarter Ends

March 14 – Lathrop Ag CDE

March 8 – First HS Scholar Bowl match at TriCounty

March 15 – HS Scholar Bowl match at Winston

March 21 – Staff Professional Development Day

March 22 – HS Scholar Bowl match at North Mercer

March 16 – Area 2 FFA Leadership Development

March 17 – NCMC Ag CDE

April 9 – District Scholar Bowl

Do you want to see your student’s grades anytime?  Grades can also be checked online as needed.  If you have not signed up for access, please call the school.

Pretty amazing stuff going on in several areas of our school.  Check them out on Facebook

Winston Redbirds  – https://www.facebook.com/Winston-Redbirds-223093394400400/

Winston, MO FFA Chapter – https://www.facebook.com/WinstonMoFFA

High School Daily Announcements:  https://www.winston.k12.mo.us/winston-high-school

Elementary Newsletters: https://www.winston.k12.mo.us/winston-elementary

Social-Emotional Learning and Trauma-Informed Schools Initiative:  https://dese.mo.gov/college-career-readiness/school-counseling/traumainformed

High School Counselor’s Corner contains information about A+, ACT, Character Plus, Dual Credit, Financial Aid, Girl Talk, Graduation, Job Shadow, Military, Missouri Colleges, Scholarships, and Vo-Tech. – click here for the link at the bottom of the page

Dr. Brian Robinson

Winston R-VI School Superintendent
200 West Third Street
Winston, MO 64689
(660) 339-6462 school