Macon County R-IV School District

We encourage all families to fill out the 24-25 Free & Reduced Lunch Application. See flyer for more information. If you have questions, please contact Mr. Liebhart by email: dliebhart@mcr4.k12.mo.us or 660-226-5615. #raidernation Link to application: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hghFsgdy6sLhg3K9eamgAfL5T_hQiRQi/view?usp=drive_link

Junior High Basketball practices will begin on Wednesday, September 11. More information to follow in regards to practice times & bus times. Players must have a current physical on file before they can start practicing. Please plan accordingly. (*Please note: There will be no Monday practices until after the Bucklin Junior High Tournament).

First graders had a fantastic first day of school today!

Our PreK & K students have started their day! #Raidernation

Today, during the Jumpstart session, the older kids enjoyed the concession stand "game." we practiced making change and adding items together from our concessions menu.

Varsity Tutors is available to all K-12 students in our district. Read this description to learn more about the platform: The Varsity Tutors Platform gives your student more opportunities to learn at their own pace. 24/7 on-demand chat tutoring and on-demand essay review are live tutoring resources to help your student with any questions about homework, classwork, or test prep. Live group classes, recorded classes, and celebrity-led StarCourses allow your student to learn more about the subjects they’re interested in, and add a touch of fun. Assessments and self study practice problems provide opportunities to drill skills towards mastery. And college prep & admissions resources ensure that your student has the best resources available to secure their future. We are excited for this opportunity for our students! Feel free to reach out to Mrs. Busick (bbusick@mcr4.k12.mo.us) with any questions.

6th Grade Orientation will take place right before Open House tomorrow night! #Raidernation

Please see important notice about attendance. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to reach out to Mrs. Bell. #raidernation

Today we recognized our staff today for their years of service! We thank each of them for their service to Macon County R-IV and look forward to more years with our district! #Raidernation

Reminder: Our Back to School Open House Night is Thursday, August 15 from 6:00-7:30. We look forward to see you there.

MACTEC students, please see the following flyer about the MACTEC OPEN HOUSE!

We encourage all families to fill out the 24-25 Free & Reduced Lunch Application. See flyer for more information. If you have questions, please contact Mr. Liebhart by email: dliebhart@mcr4.k12.mo.us or 660-226-5615. #raidernation Link to application: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hghFsgdy6sLhg3K9eamgAfL5T_hQiRQi/view?usp=drive_link

Reminder: The next MCR-4 FFA Alumni & Supporters meeting is coming up. You do not have to be a former FFA member to attend these meetings. Anyone who wants to help support our FFA chapter is welcome to attend. Sunday, August 4 @ 7:00 PM in the annex.

Reminder: Fall Softball & Baseball practices will begin on Monday, August 12th. Be sure to have a current physical on file.

We enjoy hearing from MCR-IV Alumni. Here is another alumni spotlight. Samantha (Hogenson) Bray, Class of 2007 1. What was your favorite thing about MCR-IV? I could not have asked for a better place to spend my K-12 years. I loved going to the same school with the same kids (and staff, for the most part!) during my formative years. For example, what an honor to have had Mrs. Guilford as my music teacher all 13 years, Mrs. Roberts as my librarian, and Mrs. Amen as both my kindergarten teacher and high school Spanish I-IV teacher (she created Spanish III and IV for me - a perk of being in a tiny school!) I feel like I got a top-notch education, and each teacher cared - a lot - about me and my classmates. I was constantly encouraged and able to take part in all kinds of extra curriculars and opportunities due to the small class sizes. 2. What is your current career? Please share any information about your career and/or the process to get you to that point! I am a sustainable tourism expert! While at Missouri State University, we had a speaker from the National Geographic Center for Sustainable Destinations. I fell in love with the presented concept of geotourism - tourism that sustains and enhances geographical character of place (environment, culture, heritage, aesthetics, and well-being of residents). I started studying it, and the speaker from NatGeo became my mentor. I also had three fantastic professors at Missouri State who mentored me along the way, keeping me after class to discuss my ideas and encouraging me to get a PhD ("Yeah, right!" I said at the time.) I ended up going to The George Washington University in Washington, DC, to do a Master of Tourism Administration, with an emphasis in Sustainable Destination Management. During college and grad school, I worked in theaters and performing arts centers (my first love) and did internships at the Springfield Convention & Visitors Bureau, Disney, the American Society of Travel Agents, the National Tour Association, and the NatGeo Center for Sustainable Destinations. After graduation, I went to work at the Center for Responsible Travel (CREST), a nonprofit based in DC, for eight years (though I was remote from Charleston, SC, for six of those years). Our mission was to promote responsible tourism policies and practices to help communities thrive and steward their cultural resources and biodiversity. I was there for eight years, ending as the managing director. One of my proudest accomplishments was helping to start a destination stewardship council in a rural community in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, which reminded me in a lot of ways of home. The community wanted to invite visitors in to experience their beautiful landscape and way of life as jobs dwindled, but they didn't want tourism to change the way of life or hurt the characteristics that made the area so special. So we collected data, worked on a vision together, made a plan, and built capacity for a wide array of community members to implement it. I was also proud to be a founder of the Future of Tourism Coalition, which provides guidance to destinations to ensure impacts of tourism are positive and sustainable instead of negative and degrading. Most recently, my professors' encouragement came full circle, and I find myself pursuing a PhD in Geography from the University of Waterloo, in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. Fittingly, I'm studying the topic of destination stewardship, at the intersection of sustainable tourism, public/private/civil partnerships, and climate action. I did my first semester in person and am able to do most of the rest from home, in Kansas City. I'm on parental leave right now but look forward to diving back in in January. I feel very lucky to have had the start I had at MCR-IV, and now that I'm back in Missouri, look forward to seeing everyone more often! *If you are an MCR-IV Alumni, we would love to feature you in our upcoming Alumni Spotlights. Please email your information to Mrs. Bell- kbell@mcr4.k12.mo.us.

Practice schedule is out for the first two weeks of practice. See BMC Cooperative Headquarters for more details. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KOxyRdCnOhT1NEKEGOBjMI2obKb3bjrH3vIBZRsOIf8/edit

List has been updated to show donated items. RePost: We are excited and thankful to announce that Macon NECAC has reached out and through community and business donations, they will be providing a LOT of the school supplies for our students in grades K-5 (not including, backpacks, gym shoes, headphones or the change of clothes for PreK/K). 2024-2025 School Supply List https://drive.google.com/file/d/1g0pm9iXff5w2xl_V0SG7ZoI8jTlX2PQs/view?usp=sharing

The district is accepting applications for substitute teachers for the 2024-2025 school year. If you are interested in substitute teaching at MCR-IV, please contact Mrs. Bell by emailing kbell@mcr4.k12.mo.us or calling 660-226-5615. Application link is below or it can be found on our website at www.mcr4.k12.mo.us >District Information>Employment>Employment Documents>Support Staff/Substitute Application: https://drive.google.com/file/d/11wmj2WTEkqgpl_I2ecaZIQe06xYoAEWJ/view?usp=drive_link

Mark your calendars for our Back to School Night! We look forward to see you all! Thursday, August 15 from 6:00pm-7:30pm.

2023-2024 Calendar