We encourage all families to complete the application for free/reduced student meals for the 24-25 school year. The link to the application is located below:
https://linqconnect.com/public/meal-application/new?identifier=F74DUX
Seven of our academic top ten graduates were recognized at the Four Rivers Conference Academic Top Ten Banquet Monday night. Congratulations to all ten and we look forward to what the future holds!
Almost ready for the class of 2024 to walk across that stage!
Congratulations to the high school's very own Mrs. Walsh on being named the 2023-24 staff member of the year. Mrs. Walsh has served the building for 27 years and will be retiring at the end of this school year. Her steady commitment to the students at St. James will be missed.
Final call! The 2023-2024 high school yearbook order deadline is April 29th!
This afternoon we got to celebrate our students who have earned a 3.5 GPA or higher the first three quarters of this year and 90% attendance or better. We had 150 students that were able to participate in the Honors Luncheon. This is one of our favorite days of the year as we get to express our gratitude as a building to our students who have earned this recognition. Every day is a great day to be a Tiger!
It was a wonderful afternoon viewing the eclipse with all of the high school students. We were able to get a cool aerial photo of all the students. Every day is a great day to be a Tiger!
Congratulations to all of the court attendants and king and queen nominees. Sam Gorrell and Kendall Costoplos are your 2024 Courtwarming King and Queen!
It's been a big week for our business department. DECA sent nineteen competitors and eleven made it to state. Congratulations everyone!
FBLA sent 32 competitors to Lebanon yesterday and 19 made it to state! Those 19 competitors will travel to Springfield April 14 - 16th to try and earn a state championship. Congratulations FBLA!
Yearbooks are now for sale!
Congratulations to Dionna Lynch on receiving the Army Award this month for selfless service. Dionna is always putting others before her and willing to help out whenever necessary. Her nomination read, "Dionna Lynch is the kindest student who tries to make sure that everyone's voices are heard. She is self aware and puts her best effort into everything that she does."
Congratulations Dionna and way to make every day a great day to be a Tiger!
Congratulations to the Speech and Debate team for placing third in conference at Hermann. There were multiple awards earned from different team members. Those team members and their awards were:
Ryan Braun placed 1st in radio
Paige French placed 1st in poetry
Isabelle Bolte place 2nd in humorous interpretation
Brett Shultz placed 3rd in prose
Great job team and keep up the good work!
Congratulations to Karen Goodin on her signing to play softball at Westminster. She has had an outstanding career at St. James and we are excited to watch her continue her playing career and get a great education.
Congratulations to Kaiden Snyder for signing with Missouri S & T to continue his track career at the collegiate level. Missouri S & T is definitely getting a special student athlete!
We will be having our Veterans Day Assembly tomorrow from 10:20 - 11:00. We will have seating for the public and would love for you to join us!
We want to express our appreciation to the Phelps County police department for taking the time today to visit our school. Officer Scheel brought Hondo to search portions of our building. Thank you for your efforts and keeping our kids safe!
Next week is Homecoming! Let's make sure we show our school spirit and dress up next week. The game is against Cuba at 7 pm and the dance is Saturday, September 23rd from 8 - 11 pm.
Here is the link for the John F. Hodge High School Graduation ceremony held on May 19, 2023. All photos were taken by the Tiger Tales Yearbook staff members. Please note, no edits were made, but feel free to download and edit as you like. I hope you enjoy!
bit.ly/3OuWtd0
Heather Austin, Student Council President, hands out denim ribbons to commemorate Denim Day in support of our Service Learning Project with The Russell House.