Rotary Club members donate dictionaries to Aurora third-grade students.
Through a variety of programs, students in Marionville’s preschool and kindergarten classes recently had a chance to learn the importance of remaining safe.
Members of the Aurora Rotary Club take part in a national project to each year to provide dictionaries to third graders at Robinson Elementary School.
The Marionville School Board sent a questionnaire to patrons to complete prior to the Christmas break. A total of 209 people responded.
Area schools receive asthma information from Cox Monett Education Program.
The Aurora High School Student Council sponsored an X the TXT Campaign (through Allstate) and deemed it a huge success.
It’s that much-anticipated time of year -– Girl Scout cookie time. Through mid-March, girls will go door-to-door and set up booths at local merchants to sell eight delicious varieties of Girl Scout cookies to eager customers.
Area business owners gave a monetary boost to Bright Futures with a quartermania fundraiser in December. Jennifer Vanderhoof, Norma Julian and Sharlene King Ferguson, event organizers, presented a check for $958 to Monique Sumners (second from right).
Staff members in the counseling office at Aurora High School will host Financial Aid Night for senior students and their parents at 7 p.m., Tuesday, January 24, in the media center.
Carol Young spent her last days on the job this week as the financial adviser for the Marionville R-9 School.
Earlier this week, a mother became concerned for the safety of her children and others on a school bus and alerted an area television station.
Earlier this month, the Aurora High School FBLA (Future Business Leaders of America) held a “Financial Fitness for a Lifetime” workshop in the family life center at Aurora Baptist Temple.
Three students represented Aurora at the 2011 All-District Honor Choir concert in late October on the campus of Missouri Southern State University in Joplin.
Braden Proctor, a sophomore, performed with the Freshman/Sophomore All-District Choir under the direction of Nollie Moore.
The Aurora Marching Band took part in its last competition of the season and brought home a fourth-place award.
The Aurora High School Band has accumulated a long list of outstanding awards and achievements through the years.
Two groups of local students competed in a grassland competition earlier this month and will compete in the state contest on October 27 at Ashland.
The Marching Dawgs continued their successful season with a second-place finish in the finals at the Ozarko Showband Festival on October 15.
Debbie Brechbuhler and Valerie Smith, first- grade teachers at Pate Early Childhood Center, arranged for their students to visit a variety of locations within the community.
The Aurora Marching Band competed against 23 bands on October 8 at the Ozark Mountain Music Festival at Reeds Spring. By the end of the day, Aurora took first place in the finals.
State education officials recently released final 2011 Annual Performance Reports for all public schools. The APR serves as the report card to the public on how well school districts and charter schools are meeting state standards for academic performance.