Schools

Area high school vocalists make all-district choir

Three area high schools, Jefferson, Maryville and North Nodaway, had students selected for the Northwest All-District Choir sponsored by Northwest Missouri Choral Directors Association. The students will perform at 5 pm, Saturday, October 30 at Platte County High School. Maryville High School has seven students in the all-district choir. They are Cassidy Cline, Emily Pearce,

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Spoofhounds triumph over Cameron Dragons, 52-0

The Maryville High School Spoofhound Football team rolled over the Cameron Dragons, 52-0, September 24 at the Hound Pound. A Dragon ball carrier is mobbed by the Hound defense. The defense held Cameron to 38 passing yards, 16 rushing yards and 38 receiving yards.    

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Conn steps into WN elementary principal’s position

Tim Conn, Maryville, was selected as the West Nodaway Elementary Principal for the 2021-22 school year. Conn is a graduate of WN in 1998. He has a bachelor’s from Northwest Missouri State University in physical education, a master’s in administration and a specialist as superintendent from William Woods University. He is starting his 17th year

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NN kindergartners start butterfly garden

  This spring, the North Nodaway kindergarten class undertook the task of constructing and planting a butterfly garden at the North Nodaway Elementary School in Pickering. Kindergarten teacher Angie Davison used Project Based Learning to create the activity for her students and planted a butterfly garden. “We had been studying the needs of animals and

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