Puxico R-8 School District

Puxico R-8 School and the Puxico Board of Education are excited to announce the Puxico Hall of Fame Inductees. We welcome the 1989-1990 Puxico Indians Varsity Basketball Team, the Valedictorians and Salutatorians from 2010-2014, and the 2023 Valedictorian and Salutatorian. CONGRATULATIONS! The Hall of Fame Banquet will begin at 5:00 on Friday, February 16, 2024 with the Induction Ceremony taking place between the Girls and Boys Basketball game. Contact the high school office at 573-222-3175 to reserve your ticket now.

Winners of the Puxico Nursing & Rehab Center Art contest for the Puxico Junior High and High School students are..... 1st place (drawing #26) by 11th grader Nathan Dumas, 2nd place (drawing #70) by Dayton Shackleford in 7th grade, and 3rd place (drawing #42) goes to 10th grader Makenzie Callaway! Winners will be contacted for date of prize pick up and photo with your drawings by the end of the month. Thank you to everyone that submitted artwork and for all who stopped by the Nursing home to vote!!!

Today, we had a staff member and student recognized by the District 15 VFW hosted by at the Sikeston VFW post. Mrs. Tonna O’Dell was recognized as District 15 Teacher of the Year. She was presented with a plaque by the VFW. Alyssa Owens was recognized as first place recipient of District 15 for writing an essay for the Patriots Pen contest. Her essay was chosen from over 300+ essays submitted by students across SE Missouri. As a first place recipient she was given the honor of reading her essay at the meeting. She also received a plaque. Both Mrs. O’Dell and Alyssa will move on to the state level in February for a chance to earn state honors. Congratulations to Mrs. O’Dell and Alyssa! We are very proud of your accomplishment and representing the Puxico community. #PuxicoPride

Project Grad

FAFSA Night has been canceled, a new date will be posted soon. If you have not completed your FAFSA ID’s please use this time to complete them. You will need one for your student, and for both parents. (Use the guide posted prior to help guide you.)

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We were able to get a great team win over a very good Van Buren team. Proud of the guys for bouncing back and picking up a good win! I am glad we sent our Seniors off on a high note! Thank you to all who supported us this week. We had community members provide meals, community watch parties at local businesses, and the biggest and loudest crowd all week! It was powerful to be a part of!

Thank you for a great program, Mrs. Lambert!

The 6th grade, 7th grade, and High School band put on a great performance tonight at the winter concert! We appreciate all the hard work Mr. Murphy and the bands put in to bring us these performances.

Ms. Skillman’s 7th grade enrichment class used angles and friction to slow a marble down in marble tube race creation. The design slowest was the goal to win the competition. There was a lot of excitement among the students as the one design everyone thought would win, actually slowed to a stop on two different runs. All of the creations were very different with multiple strategies and designs. Seeing all of the collaboration made Ms. Skillman’s teacher heart very happy! The winning time was 6.18 seconds! The team with the winning design was Jordan, Colten, and Tyler.

Congratulations to the December Citizens of the Month!

Our guys were able to gut it out and win the Bernie Invitational Tournament tonight over a really good Risco team! We found a way to win when shots weren't falling and our defense stepped up when we needed it! I can't say enough about this group of guys and cheerleaders. All day long they were excited for the game. The community and school were buzzing about the game tonight. I am beyond blessed to work in a school that cares so much and kids and families that care so much! I hope you all know how much we care about the kids! Thank you all for the support, thank you to the players for your commitment, it's a great night to be an Indian!

GRANDPARENTS DAY 2023 The second post goes to the unsung heroes of the day with our volunteers & staff. Our high school students work hard to help on this special day. Thank you one, and all, to those that helped today. Our elementary students, staff, & grandparents sure appreciate your help to make this day amazing. We don’t have any specific pictures of our teachers and staff, but we are so thankful for your service and help preparing for today. Thank you for making it possible! THANK YOU!

GRANDPARENTS DAY 2023 Thank you to our community for coming to celebrate with us today. We appreciate your time and love seeing the connection that you have with the students.

Preschool learning math strategies.

Thank you retired teachers for reading to our students today. We are blessed.

It was a great morning to kick off our professional workshop day with a hearty breakfast, and we were honored to serve our staff. We appreciate your hard work and your talents that make our school so great. THANK YOU! A special thank you for a delicious breakfast provided by the Puxico Board of Education. We appreciate your service and your time serving our school community.

Congratulations to the 6th, 7th and 8th grade Merit Roll, Honor Roll, or Highest Honors recipients for 1st Quarter. We are so proud of them!

The Junior High season came to an end today. We appreciate the support from our fans, players, school, and community. The boys improved throughout the year and we are proud of their efforts. The 7th grade placed 2nd tonight in the SCAA and 8th grade finished 3rd. We look forward to the future of the program with these groups moving forward! Thank you for all the support and we are looking forward to the next time we can be in the gym together.

We closed out the 2023 season at Gans Creek in Columbia. We are very proud of all the hard work the kids have put in this year!! They have represented Puxico well!! Results from the State Championship: Top 30 receive All State medals Boys (169 total) Logan Robison - 31st place (17:30) Jett Hancock - 34th place (17:40) Karsen Long - 40th place (17:49) Caleb Pierce - 159th place (21:42) Colton Glazier - 165 th place (22:45) Girls (157 total) Paisley Wilkerson - 82nd place (23:07) Maddison Camden - 127th place (24:30)