The spotlight shone brightly on academic excellence as the Missouri Association of Secondary School Principals (MoASSP) presented the 31st Annual Missouri Scholars 100. Among those taking the stage would be Maryville High senior Raymond Zhao in the Windsor Ballroom, at the Wyndham Executive Center, Columbia. However, he was found graduating with his class in Bearcat
Nodaway County Commissioners Scott Walk, Chris Burns and Bill Walker explain the commissioners’ duties in county government to South Nodaway eighth students and their instructor Zach Dyer. They said the elected officials were the servants of the Nodaway County citizens and voters. There were also eighth grade students from St. Gregory, Jefferson, West Nodaway, North
At the March 19 North Nodaway Board of Education meeting, Cody Jenkins was selected to be the 2025-26 middle school and high school principal. Jenkins has spent the last five years at NN as the seven through 12th grade physical education teacher. He’s also served as the district athletic/activity director, high school boys basketball and
On March 18, Northwest Missouri State welcomed area schools from around the area for education on sustainability, which included Recycling and Compost Education, an Arboretum/Tree session and a tour of the Recycling Center. The Nodaway County schools atttending included North Nodaway, Horace Mann, West Nodaway and Eugene Field. Schools from outside the county included Albany,
Champion Xpress presented a $2,166 check to Maryville High School Athletics on March 12 to celebrate the opening of their Maryville location. One dollar per vehicle wash was donated during the first two weeks of opening as part of their “Champion Building Champions” initiative.
As a culmination to the West Nodaway Red Carpet Readers Read Across America Week, the elementary put on a readers theater, March 7. The classes had practiced throughout the week. The student also did a daily Drop Everything and Read in the hallway, a wall of fame displaying the students’ favorite books, dress up days
After weather delays, the Nodaway County Spelling Bee was completed on February 24 at the Hughes Field House on the Northwest campus. Winners were first place, Teddy Sonnenmoser, Horace Mann fifth grader; second place, Vilhelmina Chloupek, St. Gregory seventh grader; back: second alternate Chet Goff, West Nodaway seventh grader; and first alternate Landon Tapps, St.
Gus McCollough and Alyssa Cunningham were named Courtwarming King and Queen following the boys game against Savannah February 21 at Maryville High School. The boys won 59-51, and the girls also got an important conference victory, winning 47-39. McCollough is the son of Chad and Monica McCollough, and Cunningham is the daughter of Mike and
Seven seniors, one from each school in the county except South Nodaway, which had no applications, plus one at-large earned a $1,000 scholarship with the option to renew it from the Nodaway County Cattlemen Association, February 8 during the organization’s annual roundup. This years scholarship recipients: Hadley Cline, Jefferson, daughter of Brad and Keely Cline;
At the January 31 Maryville Middle School all-school assembly growth awards were announced. Three students who had showed the most growth in math and star reading were chosen in each grade. The reading awards went to front: Melora Wilson, grade eight; Lukas Sybert, Hailyn Walker and Zoey Hager, all in fifth; Princess Chagollan, seventh; back:
