The Puxico R-8 School District will be closed on Thursday, January 20, 2022 due to potential road conditions and severe temperatures/windchills.
Tonight is one of those tricky situations. Some of you are going to look outside and see nothing, while other areas of the District have a sheen of ice covering paved roadways. With expected temperatures in the teens, there probably won’t be much melting, and the warning for black ice tomorrow morning has been issued. Snow is an easy one to see, ice in the dark on morning bus routes, not so much. It’s never an easy decision to call off school but we are going to play it safe.
Tomorrow will be one of our built in snow days. It will NOT be an AMI day.
We will post tomorrow about Thursday evening activities as soon as decisions are finalized.
Thanks for understanding! Stay warm.
Sincerely
Cindy Crabb
Puhicah is just around the corner! Information was sent home with candidates this afternoon.
Wednesday, January 19, 2022
School is currently IN session!
Local school leaders have been invited to a weather webinar with Paducah at 10 a.m. to look at the expected timing of this afternoon’s event for our area. We will provide an update after that meeting and share out if it is determined the school will be able to stay in session a full day, or if we will need to dismiss early to get our students and staff home safely.
Thank you for your patience and understanding.
Cindy Crabb
Puxico R-8 School is seeking input on future facility plans. A link is included for a short survey in which we welcome your feedback on the future of the educational environment, specifically Puxico Elementary. You may also contact Puxico Central Office if you would like a paper survey to complete. If you would like to provide an opportunity for a follow up conversation about any ideas or comments you provide, include your name and contact information on the last question of the survey.
For question 1, here is a summary of the options:
-No Tax Increase Bond Issue - use proceeds to completely refurbish existing elementary with NO plans to build a new structure.
-No Tax Increase Bond Issue - use proceeds on a short-term bond issue to make necessary repairs, with plans to replace the elementary with a new structure in 3-5 years with an additional bond issue.
-Bond Issue with a .20 cent increase to current .79 debt service levy- This plan brings our current debt service levy to .99 and uses funds to build a new elementary.
-No Bond Issue on ballot- This option requires repair costs to come from general operating funds, impacting current educational programs/activities.
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The Puxico Indians basketball teams both got their jobs done this evening taking the wins over the Bell City Cubs! Way to go gentlemen, well done!
FRIDAY, JANUARY 7, 2022
The home games for the Indians tonight have been cancelled for both the womens’ and mens’ teams at the request of the visiting teams.
Please check back on the individual team pages later today for updated practice & game schedules. We will post the rescheduled games dates as soon as they are finalized.
Due to a mechanical issue, bus 7 will be running a later route than normal.
Winter Weather Planning
Indians Fans! Let's do our part to help out Kentucky! Donation of any one item (suggestions are below) will get you one free admission to tonight's game versus Lesterville! #GoPuxico
The Puxico Jr. Beta walked away with 3 State Beta winners this year! We are very proud of all the Beta students who entered projects, put in the time, energy & effort to go that extra mile to help represent our school. We want to give a big shout out to our new Jr. Beta sponsors this year, Ms. Vincent & Ms. Hodge. These ladies have stepped up to lead this wonderful group of academic achievers & it’s been greatly appreciated! We are looking forward to many more amazing conventions & beta projects for our school & community in the future. We appreciate you sponsors!
We have another Jr. Beta winner today!! Congratulations to Parker Hodges on his 2nd place performance! Parker’s piano performance earned him a spot in the top 5 performances out of 32 performances from the preliminaries on Wednesday afternoon to to big show stage on Wednesday night. Today, his fellow Jr. Beta members were up out of their seats cheering proudly as he walked across the stage to receive his plaque. Well done Parker! We are very proud of you! 🤗
We are super proud of our Puxico Jr. Beta winners this evening!!! Charlie Kim earned 2nd place overall for 6th Gr. Science & Alyssa Burdyshaw earned the overall 1st place Champion in 6th Gr. Language Arts. Way to go ladies!! Well done!!🤗
The JH Puxico Beta’s are representing their school proudly this week at the 2021-22 State Convention.
The Puxico Lady Indians fell to the Malden Green Wave this evening but not before giving them a run for their money! The ladies worked hard tonight & played a good ball. Keep working hard!
FILING DEADLINE FOR SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION
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Retake Day is tomorrow: Thursday, November 18th. We will also be taking club pictures and sports pictures for HS boys and girls basketball and cheer.
Order your pictures online at Inter-State Studio using the following codes:
Elementary: 60561T
Junior High: 60564Y
High School: 60565J
Sports: 64438X
https://inter-state.com/FlyerEntry
The 8th grade boys basketball team showed up tonight driving a 4x4 truck & they never let off the gas against the Bernie Mules!! They will move on to the next round in the SCAA Tournament on Thursday night at Bernie. They will play Woodland at 7:45pm. The bus will leave school at 5:45pm. Good luck JH Indians! We are proud of you!
The Puxico teachers were hard at work today in workshops & writing curriculum. A special thank you to the PD Committee & all the presenters today. We appreciate you!
In the morning we will do a send off for the Cross Country students who made it to State at 8:30 a.m. Please have your student wear Orange and Black so we can cheer them on. Good Luck at Columbia Logan Robison, Lanie Wilkerson, and Paisley Wilkerson!
