Arts/Education
The annual MVBT Back to School Fair will not be held this year. In a statement about the choice, Dianne Cooke said, “The health of our students, their families, and our volunteers must be given priority in these days of COVID 19. Instead, our committee will provide essential school supplies to...
The Mountain View-Birch Tree R-III School District will hold a public meeting on Wednesday, June 10th at 3:00 p.m. in the Liberty Middle School Library, 1054 Old Highway 60, to discuss the terms of the tentative agreement between the MVBT School District and bus drivers employed by the MVBT School...
West Plains Elementary Preschool Screening – June 11 & June 16 - Location – West Plains Elementary
West Plains Elementary Kindergarten Screening- June 17 & June 18 – Location – West Plains Elementary
South Fork Elementary Preschool & Kindergarten Screening - June 12 from 12:00 p.m...
Officials at Missouri State University-West Plains have announced their Dean's List honorees for the 2020 spring semester. To qualify for the Missouri State-West Plains Dean's List, students must have earned a 3.5 to 3.99 grade point average for 12 or more credit hours taken during the semester...
Beginning Monday, June 1, the West Plains School District’s Bus Stop Meal Service will change to Grab and Go Pickup only. Meals will be distributed from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Monday through Thursday with double meals on Thursday. The distribution locations are OMC Thrift Store, high school...
Neighborhood Christian Schools has teamed up with the Hutton Valley Neighborhood Watch to renovate the Hutton Valley Schoolhouse. The historic building, originally built in the 1930’s, will get back to its roots. NCS is planning to use the building for their one-room-schoolhouse classical model...
The Willow Springs School District is planning at this time to offer a seated summer school for all students in grades K-8 and credit recovery for high school students in grades 10-12 beginning July 6 and running until July 31. The grade levels are based on the grade the students will be in for...
The West Plains High School is set to provide a modified graduation ceremony with reduced numbers to comply with local and state ordinances and to observe safe interaction while providing the best possible ceremony for our graduates.
The Class of 2020 will have its commencement ceremony on...
This spring, the Shelter Insurance Foundation awarded a $2,000 scholarship to Willow Springs High School seniors Zowie Hayes and Carson Lowe as well as to two seniors at Dora High School, Abigail Kelley and Kylie Smith. Shelter Agent Terry Newton sponsored and partially funded this scholarship...
The Mountain View-Birch Tree school board met via Zoom call Thursday night. The board is hoping that future meetings will be able to again be held in person, as internet lags continually impeded fluid discussion during the meeting. In reviewing the school district’s monthly bills, attention was...