Cardinal Connections
Congratulations to this year's Court-Mat Warming candidates.
Court-Mat Warming Week will be held next week, January 30-February 3, with coronation taking place during the basketball games on Friday, February 3rd. More info will follow next week.
Front row (left to right): Allie Vandenberg (freshman), Abby Jones (sophomore), Mia Bagley (junior), Kennedy Cook (senior), Megan Radford (senior) and Parker Cochran (senior)
Back row (left to right): Maverick Martin (freshman), Sam Baughman (sophomore), Gage Crispi (junior), Hunter Willings (senior), Caden McCartney (senior), and Xzavier Ray (senior)
Did you know that between all of our buildings, we provide 60+ extracurricular activities for students to be a part of?
The CSD believes in the importance of offering numerous extracurricular activities for students to be involved in outside of the regular school day. In fact, this is so important to the district that it is listed as an action goal in our Comprehensive School Improvement Plan (CSIP).
Clinton Intermediate School recently added a new afterschool program. The Nutrition and Healthy Eating Habits Club is led by Mrs. Donna Engeman. During their first meeting, students set goals for their future meetings. The club discussed how the five food groups fit on "My Plate." Next week, they will focus on dairy foods and make their own dairy snack.
National Honor Society and FFA students at Clinton High School spent some time during first semester to plant 1,000 daffodil bulbs at all six of the district's school buildings.
This project is part of the Community Foundation of the Ozarks (CFO) 50th anniversary celebration which will take place this spring. 50,000 daffodil bulbs have been planted in various CFO affiliate communities across the region. Truman Lake Community Foundation (TLCF) is our local CFO affiliate.
As a token of appreciation for the students' hard work, both student groups were presented with a donation from the Foundation.
The Truman Lake Community Foundation was founded 25 years ago, and since then has distributed more than $5.6 million in grants to our community. The foundation offers a way for donors to invest locally and also enhance the quality of life of those in our community. If you are interested in learning how you can make a difference, visit www.thetlcf.com or email trumanlakefoundation@gmail.com
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Clinton Middle School students in Mr. Taylor's 8th grade science class are having fun using their classroom microscopes and are enjoying taking them to the next level!
Students got an up close look at cheek swabs and pond water. Students were able to expand upon their learning by recording their observations with special microscope cell phone attachments.
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Mrs. Foster's Health Occupations students recently had the opportunity to learn from Bobbi Rains, Doctor of Physical Therapy at GVMH.
Students learned about and practiced patient transferring techniques, bed positioning skills, as well as how they can show respect and dignity for the patient.
Health Occupations is offered to high school juniors and seniors who have an interest in the healthcare field. This Clinton Technical School course provides students the opportunity to earn several certifications including; Certified Nurse Assisting (CNA), American Heart Association’s BLS for Healthcare Providers, Basic First Aid, and Dental Varnishing.
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Clinton High School offers a variety of Communication Arts classes, one of which is Career English. This class, taught by Haylee Clark, prepares students who are planning to enter directly into the workforce after high school. One requirement of this class is for students to job shadow in the career field in which they intend to be employed someday.
When student Jake Donahue wished to job shadow at Sherman Plumbing & Heating, his teacher reached out to see if they would be interested in hosting him. Without hesitation, Sherman's welcomed Jake into their business.
Jake had a great experience, and even though he was only required to stay for half of a day, Sherman's allowed him to stay an entire day to learn even more! "Jake got to get his hands into some furnaces and learned how to wire the low voltage wiring into a furnace. He said he enjoyed it and we enjoyed having him," said Steve Hadley with Sherman's Plumbing and Heating.
We appreciate our community partners for continuing to provide our students with top-notch experiences such as this!
Congratulations to the Clinton Middle School and Clinton High School FCCLA students who competed at the Region 12 STAR Events last week at UCM. Our students did a fantastic job and represented our district well! Nine students will advance to the state competition in March.
CMS Results:
*Gold Medal (State bound)
Annie Johnson and Natalie Golder (Professional Presentation)
Brooklyn Johnson and Audrey McCoy (Food Innovations)
*Silver Medal
Ciara Mullen, Bristol Turk and Sydney Frei (Entrepreneurship)
*Bronze Medal
Foster Thompson, Kayleigh Bigler, and Ayson Zink (Food Innovations)
CHS Results:
*Gold Medal (State bound)
Megan Radford (Career Investigation)
Faith Klahs, Katrianna Cole, Myleigh Willings (Repurpose and Redesign)
Hannah Miller (Repurpose and Redesign)
*Silver Medal
Chloe Lawson and Landon Modlin (Entrepreneurship)
Chelsi Berry, Carly Fosnow, Payton VanBlaricon (Focus on Children)
Katryna Preston and Layla Stringham (Food Innovations)
*Bronze Medal
Shelby Ragan and Carley Combs (Interior Design)
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Kindergarten students in Mrs. Potter and Mrs. Olson's classes learned all about penguins last week. Students had fun learning about a penguin's habitat, their predators, and their characteristics. Students read about penguins, made penguins and even wrote facts about what they had learned.
To top off the fun, students had a blast pretending to be penguins. Students held eggs on their feet like an Emperor penguin and "tobogganed" down their school's ramp just like a penguin does on the ice.
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