The Nodaway-Holt school board reorganized for the coming year on April 10. After the oath of office was given to Michael Rosenbohm and Haily Randall, Rosenbohm was elected president and Kenny Shewey as vice president. Other officers selected were Adrean Plummer, treasurer; Beverly Shifflett, secretary; Jim Fuhrman, delegate. Shifflett presented a plaque to Joe Day
The West Nodaway R-I Board of Education met in open and closed sessions on April 10 to handle the following school district business. The board underwent re-organization to reflect the outcome of the April 2 election. Board Secretary Cheryl Atkins swore in two new board members, Scott Conn and James Graham. Amanda Walker is returning
Northeast Nodaway inducted new members into the school’s National Honor Society on April 10. They are Blair Stoll, Paige West, Madelynn Mattson, Corby Schmitz, Angela Standiford, Cassy Redden, Sarah Burke and Anne Schieber.
South Nodaway faculty and administration are implementing Project-Based Learning (PBL) as a teaching tool for the first time during this school year. PBL is a classroom approach in which students actively explore real-world problems and challenges. South Nodaway’s kindergarten, first and second grade classes worked together on a makerspace project. A makerspace is a collaborative
The Jefferson school board handled the school’s business during the March 20 meeting: • Amended the 2018-19 calendar to reflect the following as makeup days: May 17, May 20 and May 21, dismissing at 12:30 pm, May 21. • Tabled the non-certified compensation package and certified compensation package. • After a closed session for personnel,
The South Nodaway R-IV Board of Education met in open and closed sessions on March 21 to handle the following school district business: After the closed session, the board returned to open session to approve all teachers’ contracts. Megan Thacker and Seth Jenkins were tenured. Carrie Wampler was hired as a part-time reading teacher for
As the speech and debate season winds down, the students have competed in two national qualifier tournaments, one in debate and the other with individual events. “We made a good showing, but we did not get anyone to the national tournament to be held in the summer in Dallas, TX. It is competitive, but we
The Nodaway-Holt Board of Education handled the school’s business for the month on March 20: • Authorized to maintain the athletic co-op with South Holt for football and track during 2019-20. • Approved the annual membership into Missouri Educators United Health Plan with the carrier being Cigna and Forrest T. Jones as the third party
The Northeast Nodaway school board met March 21 to address the following business items: Patrons Pam and Paul Stoll along with Linda and Francis Mattson spoke about a possible athletic co-op with Worth County, involving softball and basketball. They noted the co-op would encourage all to participate and be challenged no matter their ability. No
The West Nodaway R-I Board of Education met on March 13 in open and two closed sessions to handle the following school district business: Discussion was held on the health insurance coverage for the school district employees. The district belongs to the Missouri Educators United Health Program, which is a selffunded program of approximately 120
