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By Johannes Brann Coming near the end of the first quarter of the school year, the Northeast Vernon County (NEVC) R-1 School board filled its Oct. 24 meeting with purchase of a new van, a hot food warmer and serving counter and approval of the bus routes. Board members on hand included, David Bruce, Heather

Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler hosted her eighth annual Youth Leadership Summit on Oct. 21 at State Fair Community College in Sedalia. More than 120 students from 24 participating high schools in Missouri’s Fourth Congressional District attended the event, including El Dorado Christian School. Former Vietnam POW Colonel John Clark, Smart Approaches to Marijuana’s Jordan Davidson, and

A honor roll 6th Grade William Baldwin-Rotert Shyera Baughman Rylan Coleman Alana DeMint Emmett Foulk Hayleigh Garcia Cheyanne Hathaway Addison Henson Kinsely Hooper Quade Hutchinson Anisa Keightley Paylan Mays Jovi Payne John Perkins Layla Reasoner April Riessen Jordan Runkle Hannah Seitz Sara Seitz Sophia Spencer Kaysen Strauch William Tolli Camden Watts Aleeyah Woodruff Lexy Zartman

On Saturday, Oct. 22, Corban Collins and Kentley Rieder traveled to Joplin High School to participate in All District Honor Choir. They were selected to be members of the All District Honor choir after auditioning earlier this year in September. As a junior, Corban was eligible to move on the next round for All State

Minutes of Executive Meeting Oct. 13. The meeting was convened at 6:10 p.m. in the Library Members present: J. Jacobs, M. Schmitt, N. Murry, M. Burley, RJ Kinnett, J. Floyd and C. Carpenter. I. Executive session Motion FY 2022-23 Mr. Kinnett moved and Mr. Burley seconded a motion to go into Executive Session. Roll call

The El Dorado Springs R-2 Board of Education met on Thursday October 13, 2022. At 6:30PM, the board held a public hearing on the use of School Protection Officers in the district. The following people commented to the board: Roger Moore, Chance Cyr, David Rogers, Debra Marsh, Michelle Leroux and Tedi Payne. Regular Open Session

by Brinley Janes, 12 On Oct. 2 and 3, Ms. Swopes took four of our DECA officers to the State Fall Leadership Conference in Branson, Mo. Seth Christie, 12, Hannah Carpenter, 12, Alyssa Irvin, 12, and Juris Leroux, 11, were in attendance. The purpose of the conference was to elect our district’s vice presidents for

by Bella Wooldridge, 9 Photo By Bella Wooldridge, 9 The back-to-school bash was the first meeting the FFA had this school year. The bash was an opportunity for freshmen members to meet the officers and for freshmen parents to meet the advisors. During the meeting, there was free ice cream, water games, cow tongue volleyball,

by Alexis Moore Imagine joining a foreign exchange student program to travel to some random location, anywhere in the world, to learn for a year. Well, for Takhmina Buitekova, she didn’t have to imagine, because this year, she joined the El Dorado Springs Students this 2022-23 school year, coming all the way from Kazakhstan. For

by Brinley Janes, 12 For the second year in a row, the El Dorado Springs middle school and high school yearbooks have ranked among Josten’s National Program of Excellence! The high school yearbook earned silver, while our middle school earned bronze. The program awards yearbook staff that shines in the creation and distribution of their