🧡🖤 PUXICO WEEKLY UPDATE 🖤🧡 📅 September 28 – October 3, 2026 #GoPuxico Here’s what’s happening around Puxico this week! 👇 📚🏀🏐 MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 • JH Student Council District Convention • JH Boys & Girls Basketball vs. East Carter — 5:00 PM • HS Volleyball vs. Malden — 6:00 PM ⚾🏀🏐 TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29 • HS Baseball vs. Advance — 4:30 PM • JH Girls Basketball @ Advance — 4:30 PM • HS Volleyball @ Sikeston — 5:00 PM 🏃 WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 • JH Cross Country @ Dexter — 4:00 PM 🏀🏐 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1 • 8th Grade Boys Basketball @ Bulldog Invitational • HS Volleyball Senior Night vs. Advance — 6:00 PM • JH Girls Basketball @ Campbell — 6:00 PM 🏀⚾🏐 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2 • 8th Grade Boys Basketball @ Bulldog Invitational • HS Baseball @ Clearwater — 4:30 PM • HS Volleyball @ Zalma — 6:00 PM 🏐🏀🎺🏃 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3 • HS Volleyball @ Pemiscotville Tournament — 8:30 AM • 8th Grade Boys Basketball @ Bulldog Invitational • Band @ Cotton Carnival Parade in Sikeston — 10:00 AM • Cross Country @ Notre Dame — 9:00 AM 📢 UPCOMING EVENTS • FCCLA Little Caesars Fundraiser ends — Oct. 2 • Book Fair — Sept. 29–Oct. 5 • Book Fair Family Night — Oct. 1, 5:00–7:00 PM 📌 OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS • JH Cheer Cobbler + Pie Fundraiser — Sept. 28–Oct. 9 Come out and support our students this week! 🧡🖤 GO INDIANS!
🎉 Celebrating 20 Years of Service!  Two decades each. Sixty combined years of service. Generations of Puxico students blessed by their work. 🧡🖤 The Puxico CEA and Puxico R-8 School District are incredibly proud to honor Lamia Hobbs, Tracy Robison, and Misti McElroy for 20 years of dedicated service to public education. Throughout the years, these remarkable educators have shared their knowledge, experience, and joyful personalities with countless students, families, and colleagues. Their steady dedication and deep understanding of public education have made them trusted mentors, valued leaders, and an important part of the Puxico R-8 family. Twenty years represents thousands of school days filled with lessons taught, challenges overcome, smiles shared, and lives changed. Their influence reaches far beyond the classroom and will continue through the many students whose lives are better because of them. We are truly grateful for their service and the lasting impact they have made.  Congratulations, Mrs. Hobbs, Mrs. Robison, and Mrs. McElroy! We are so fortunate to have you at Puxico R-8 School!
🎨 A Transformational Gift for Puxico Art Students! 🎨 The Puxico R-VIII School District is incredibly grateful to announce that our art programs have received a total of $30,000 in generous donations through the Dennis Milfeld Charitable Fund! The gifts include: 🖌️ $15,000 for Mrs. Christy Lewis’s Pre-K–6th grade art program 🎨 $15,000 for Mrs. Ashley Williams’s 7th–12th grade art program These funds will honor the memory of Dennis Milfeld by supporting art supplies, equipment, field trips, seminars, and other meaningful opportunities for our students. Our District was considered for this remarkable gift following a recommendation from beloved Puxico School retiree Diane Barnfield. We are especially thankful to Diane for continuing to advocate for Puxico students and programs, even after her retirement. We extend our sincere appreciation to the Dennis Milfeld Charitable Fund, the American Gift Fund, and everyone involved in making these donations possible. This extraordinary generosity will help our students explore their creativity, develop their talents, and experience opportunities that will have a lasting impact. Thank you for investing in our teachers, our students, and the future of the arts at Puxico R-VIII School District!
🎉 Cheers to 10 Years! 🎉 The Puxico CEA and Puxico R-8 School District are proud to celebrate Mrs. Amy Yount and Mr. David “Mr. B” Barani for 10 years of dedicated service! Mrs. Yount and Mr. B work hard to engage students in learning, teach meaningful life lessons, and keep school fun along the way. Their enthusiasm, creativity, and genuine care for their students have made a lasting impact throughout our district. As they begin year 11 at Puxico R-8, we are grateful for the many ways they continue to encourage, inspire, and support our students. Their students—and our entire school community—are truly blessed to have them! Congratulations, Mrs. Yount and Mr. B!
It was an honor to have Puxico School Retiree, Mrs. Kathy Ginn, back on campus.  We appreciate her delivery of a donation on behalf of the Salvation Army.  As requested, the donation will be used toward unpaid meal balances for our students.  Thank you, Mrs. Ginn, and to the Salvation Army for thinking of our students
Celebrating 5 Years of Service! 🎉 The Puxico CEA and Puxico R-8 School District proudly recognize Auna Stewart, Bryant Fernetti, Aaron Bechtold, Meghan Douglas, Jennifer Jones, and Star Ramey for five years of dedicated service! These outstanding staff members serve our district in many important roles, but they share one common purpose—a commitment to supporting our students and school community. Thank you for the time, talent, and heart you have invested in Puxico R-8 School District. We appreciate each of you and look forward to many more years together! 🧡🖤
🍎📚 #TeacherTuesday 📚🍎 This week, we are excited to recognize Mrs. Placher, one of our amazing first-grade teachers! She creates a caring, encouraging classroom where her students feel loved, supported, and excited to learn. Her patience, dedication, and positive attitude make a difference every single day! Thank you, Mrs. Placher, for all you do for our students and Puxico Elementary! We are so lucky to have you! 🧡🖤 #PuxicoProud #PuxicoIndians #FirstGrade #TeacherSpotlight
Attention Senior Parents Come join Mrs. Woolard for a senior meeting so she can go over your students A+ information, testing dates, credit needs, and more. Two dates are available is if you can’t make one, we have options!
Puxico PTO
🧡🖤 A HUGE thank you to Mrs. Lewis! 🖤🧡 Mrs. Lewis worked incredibly hard to make our playground even more special for our kiddos! She spent so much time and effort creating this beautiful mural as a surprise, and now that school is officially underway, our students finally got to see it! 🎨✨ Mrs. Lewis, thank you for sharing your incredible talent with us and for putting so much love into making our school a special place for our kids. We absolutely LOVE the mural you created, and we know it will bring smiles to our students for years to come! Thank you!
 📅 September 14–19, 2026 #GoPuxico  Here’s what’s happening around Puxico this week! 👇  ⚾🏀🏐 MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 • HS Baseball @ Twin Rivers — 4:30 PM • JH Girls Basketball vs. Bloomfield — 6:00 PM • HS Volleyball @ Bloomfield — 6:00 PM  📚🏐 TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 • FFA/Ag Career Day @ Portageville • HS Volleyball vs. Bernie — 6:00 PM  🎓 WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 • HS FBLA + HS JAG Career Day @ Busch Stadium • Jostens on campus for 10th & 12th Grade  ⚾🏀🏐 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 • HS Baseball vs. Bernie — 4:30 PM • 8th Grade Girls Basketball @ Delta — 6:00 PM • HS Volleyball vs. Clearwater — 6:00 PM  🏫⚾🏐 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18 • FFA SEMO District Fair Day • HS Baseball @ Naylor — 4:30 PM • HS Volleyball @ Leopold — 6:00 PM  🎺 SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 • Mizzou Band Day @ Columbia  📢 UPCOMING EVENTS • Sept. 22: Stoddard County Fair Parade • Sept. 22: Senior Parent Night • Sept. 25: SEMO Sunrise  📌 OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS • PTO Stonies Fundraiser ends Sept. 18 • JH Girls Basketball Mum Fundraiser — Sept. 14–25 • FCCLA T-Shirt Fundraiser — Sept. 1–Oct. 2  Come out and support our students this week! 🧡🖤  GO INDIANS! 🏹 #GoPuxico #PuxicoPride #GoIndians
Calendar highlights
First day of school
Back to School
No more paper packets
NEW TO THE PUXICO SCHOOL DISTRICT? YOU COULD BE AN IMPORTANT PIECE OF PUXICO PRIDE! 🖤🧡 We are excited to welcome new students and families to Puxico R-8 School! If your student will be joining us for the 2026-2027 school year, we encourage to get enrolled now!  First day of classes is Wednesday, August 26.  📅 Monday- Friday ⏰ 8:00–11:00 a.m. & 12:30–3:00 p.m. 📍 Each Building Office 🎒 All Grade Levels Parents/guardians should bring the following documents if available: ✅ Proof of Residency (current property tax statement, property deed or mortgage payment statement, electric bill in parent’s name, real estate contract, legal property description, rental agreement.  No cell phone or internet statements allowed) ✅ Student Shot/Immunization Record ✅ Birth Certificate ✅ Social Security Card New school. New friends. New experiences. New opportunities. 🧡🖤 📱 Call us if you have any questions: Puxico Elementary 573-222-3542 Puxico JH 572-222-3058 Puxico HS 573-222-3175 At Puxico, we believe every student is an important piece of what makes our school special. We can’t wait to meet our newest students and families and start building a great year together!
Thank you Puxico Masonic Lodge for bringing this awesome program back to our campus!  All children under the age of 18 are eligible to participate. Parents or guardians should plan to be in attendance.
Back to school Health update
Fall Photo Days
Congratulations on your move, Mr  Sanders!