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College of the Ozarks has recognized students for earning a high level of academic distinction during the fall 2018 semester with inclusion on the President’s List and/or Dean’s List. To qualify for the President’s List, students must maintain a 4.0 minimum grade point average during the semester and carry at least 15 credit hours. ...

Pittsburg State University has released the honor rolls for the 2018 fall semester. To qualify for Dean’s Scholastic Honors, a student must complete at least 12 semester hours, receive a grade point average (GPA) of 3.6 for all credit course work that semester and have no grade lower than a B and no grade of I in any course during the semester. ...

Purdy High School Student Council hosted its annual Homecoming Week festivities Jan. 28 through Feb. 1.

Two officers from the Verona FFA presented their year of accomplishments to the Southwest Missouri Cattlemen’s Association.

Purdy High School has released its honor roll for the first semester of the 2018-2019 school year. Principal Derek Banwart announced the following students qualified for the A honor roll: Seventh grade: Alexis Davidson, Gauge Davidson, Deisy Gonzalez, Raeley Henderson, Audra Mahurin and Zoe Voirin...

Trinity Lutheran School in Freistatt has named its top readers for the month of January.

Purdy Elementary School teachers Cindy Burnside, rear left, and Sarah Willson, rear right, hosted the annual Purdy Elementary Spelling Bee on Jan. 29.

Trinity Lutheran School in Freistatt recently honored outstanding students for the second quarter.

Character education medals focusing on acceptance have been awarded at Prudy Elementary School.

Purdy recently held its “Purdy’s Got Talent” district talent show.

Monett Middle School eighth grader Kadence Carnes has had a photography of hers accepted for display at the Missouri capitol.

Wheaton schools has named the Students of the Month.

Trinity Lutheran School honored students for second quarter A/B grades.

Trinity Lutheran School in Freistatt honored students for second quarter for perfect attendance.

Trinity Lutheran School in Freistatt recently honored students for receiving all A’s in the second quarter.

Officials at Monett Elementary School have chosen students demonstrating the characteristic of working hard as Students of the Week for Jan. 28.

Officials at Monett Elementary School have chosen students demonstrating the characteristic of working hard as Students of the Week for Jan. 21.

Officials at Monett Elementary School have chosen students demonstrating the characteristic of working hard as Students of the Week for Jan. 14.

Two students from Trinity Lutheran School in Freistatt were selected to represent the school at the Mt. Vernon Chamber of Commerce’s annual banquet.

Pre-school students at St. Mary’s Catholic School in Pierce City has the opportunity to relax and spend the day in their pajamas.

Trinity Lutheran School in Freistatt honored students for high reading achievement in December.

Verona Elementary School held its spelling bee on Jan. 23 in the fourth, fifth and sixth grades.

Hailey Gripka, an eighth-grade student at St, Mary’s Catholic School in Pierce City, is the winner of the school level National Geography Bee.

Addison Avondet a fifth-grade student of Judy Younker’s at St. Mary’s Catholic School in Pierce City, is the winner of the school level spelling bee and will advance to regional competition Monday, March 18, at Thomas Jefferson Independent Day School in Joplin...

Members of the Zeroes4Heroes board of directors received a $150 check from Aurora High School’s Youth Empowerment Project on Jan. 4 at Zeros4Heroes Night at the Aurora vs. McDonald County Mustangs basketball games.

The second quarter honor roll at Purdy Elementary School has been released by Principal Julie Dalton. A total of 59 students from third through sixth grade qualified for the A honor roll. Their names follow: Third grade: Sofia Cruz, Antony Garcia, Dalton Stanford, Jesus Aldaba, Chase Chancellor, Erynn Cunningham, Kenzi Postlewait, Allan Ayala-Canales, Casey Henderson, Conner Holloway, Banjamin Martinez, Shelbie Patterson and Chloe Prock...

Officials at Monett Elementary School have chosen students demonstrating the characteristic of working hard as Students of the Week for Jan. 14.

The first semester honor roll at Monett High School has been announced by Principal David Williams. A total of 109 students qualified for the A honor roll in grades 9 through 12. Their names follow: Freshmen: Jimmy Agustin, Abigail Apostol, Chloe Brown, Adalyn Burton, Josue Cavazos Jr., Andrew Dixon, Daniel Geiss, Brooke Hagerman, Jacob Hughes, Meagan Hull, Anna Krueger, Gwendolyn Lesue, Isaac Lindsey, Callie Logan, Alyson Massardo, Harrison Merriman, Rosie Moua, Molly Poole, Lesli Quiquivix-Lambert, Karsen Rhea, Sofia Semerad, Abigail Smith, Victoria Soriano, Madison Williams and Robyn Wormington.. ...

Honor roll for the first semester at Verona High School has been announced by Principal Naomi Austin. A total of 23 students from grades 7 to 12 made the A honor roll. Their names follow: Seventh grade: Kiara Chance, Evan Freiburger, Noah Freiburger, Vanessa Maize and Cindy Soto...

Officials at Monett Elementary School have chosen students demonstrating the characteristic of being hard-working as Students of the Week for Jan. 7.

Crowder College has announced its Dean's List for the fall 2018 semester, including 128 students from Barry and Lawrence counties,, and two Pierce City High School graduates from Wentworth. The 587 students who qualified, taking classes in Neosho, Cassville and Monett, earned a 3.5 grade point average or higher for the semester...

Students from the Scott Regional Technology Center in Monett involved in DECA, a national association of marketing education students, explored marketing, finance, fashion, hospitality, and more on a year-end trip to New York City. Ten Scott Tech students in Jill Fannin’s marketing program attended the DECA New York Experience. The trip, hosted by National DECA, was attended by over 10,000 other high school DECA students from around the United States...

Monett R-1 school teachers returned after their Christmas break on Friday for professional development training. At Monett Elementary, teachers focused on training in Guided Reading, Shared Reading, interactive read-alouds and Behavior Intervention Support Teams (BIST)...

Character education medals focusing on generosoity have been awarded at Prudy Elementary School.

The Purdy High School FFA Chapter hosted its annual Food for America on Nov. 19. FFA members educated kindergarten through sixth grade students about different types of farm animals, including a dairy cow, a beef cow, chickens and sheep, which were brought onto school grounds for viewing. Students also learned about farm machinery, such as combines, tractors, bailers and haybines...

Officials at Monett Elementary School have chosen students demonstrating the characteristic of being responsible as Students of the Week for Nov. 26.

The Arvest Bank Foundation has donated $10,000 to the Care to Learn Chapter in the Monett school district

Purdy High School Future business Leaders of America students were among more than 800 Missouri middle and high schools students who attended the FBLA National Fall Leadership Conference in Chicago on Nov. 2 and 3. The six Purdy chapter members and their advisers enjoyed two days of leadership development and career planning. Keynote speakers were motivational speakers Brandon Lee White and Carlos V. Spencer...

Fifteen students at Trinity Lutheran School in Freistatt have been recognized for earning all A’s for the first quarter of the year.

Trinity Lutheran School in Freistatt has recognized all students who had perfect attendance for the first quarter.

Trinity Lutheran School in Freistatt named students in third through eighth grade who made the A/B Honor Roll for the first quarter.

The Purdy High School National Honor Society hosted a Veterans Day celebration during the week of Nov. 5 in honor of Veterans Day on November 12. Led by NHS Adviser Jennifer Cornelius, chapter members hosted several events. Two Friday Hat Days helped raise money for Purdy FFA’s annual Shoeboxes for Soldiers campaign, raising approximately $300. ...

“The Professionals” robotics team from Monett High School recently visited Monett Middle School to encourage participation in the extracurricular activity.

Monett High School art students created postcards painted with espresso coffee for the show of artwork on Nov. 10.

Trinity Lutheran School in Freistatt recognized first quarter outstanding students, chosen for consistently exhibiting the character traits of respect, responsibility, safety, and faith.

The Purdy FFA Chapter received a grant from the MFA Oil Foundation awards program to assist with the purchase of a new squeeze chute.

Officials at Monett Elementary School have chosen students demonstrating the characteristic of being responsible as Students of the Week for Nov. 5.

Officials at Monett Elementary School have chosen students demonstrating the characteristic of being responsible as Students of the Week for Nov. 12.

The Scott Regional Technology Center’s Army JROTC program drill team competed against six other Army and Air Force JROTC programs at the annual McDonald County Drill Meet in Anderson on Nov. 3, winning two trophies in the effort. Scott Tech had teams competing in the unarmed and armed drill, new cadet, and color guard categories. Both the unarmed and armed drill teams earned second place trophies...

Students named to the first quarter honor roll at Purdy Elementary School have been announced by Principal Julie Dalton. Students named to the A Honor Roll follow: Third grade: Sofia Cruz, Hayden Patton, John Rose, Claudia Lopez, Antony Garcia, Daniel Aldaba, Chase Chancellor, Erynn Cunningham, Kenzi Postlewait, Casey Henderson, Meleny Hernandez, Shelbie Patterson, Chloe Prock...