There will be a pep assembly on Wednesday, March 25th at 2:35pm for all South Holt students in the main gym. The plan is to introduce all track and baseball players, as well as unveil the 2025 Cross County Conference champioinship banner. There will be cheers and games also. All parents and communnity members are welcome to attend.
South Holt began their 2026 baseball season on Friday night at West Platte. The Knights fell to West Platte by the score of 11-1.
Congratulations to the 2026 Kiwanis Teacher of the Year, Mrs. Sarah Kurtz! Mrs. Kurtz will be recognized by the Oregon Kiwanis on March 25. We are grateful to have Mrs. Kurtz as a part of the South Holt Team!
It's Frozen Friday Week! Students in PK-6th Grade may bring $1 to receive a frozen treat at lunch. All proceeds help support our 6th Grade Student Council.
Congratulations to our South Holt STAR Event competitors at the Missouri State Leadership Conference in Springfield, MO
Claire Ezzell: 🥇First in Public Policy Advocate, Advancing to Nationals
Sophia Mendenhall: 🥉Third in Professional Presentation
Eden Allen: Top Five in Career Investigation
South Holt Elementary celebrated reading last week. Students enjoyed activities throughout the week, including buddy reading, color days, masked readers, and more. The week came to a close on Friday, as we celebrated Missouri Read In Day with special guest, Will Stuck. Thank you to the 6th Grade Student Council, Mrs. Plummer, Mrs. Anderson, the South Holt PTO, and everyone else who made this a great week!
South Holt JH Track won’t have practice today (Monday).
SNOW DAY! South Holt R-I School District will not have school tomorrow, March 16, 2026 due to road conditions and extremely cold wind chills . Please stay warm. All trips and activities are cancelled including the Hillyard's bus.
Congratulations 2026-2027 Junior High Cheerleaders: Rylee Sage, Lexi Schuman, Alyssa Wilson, Emma Scheib, Serenity Spears, Abigail Anderson, Eva Lark and Morgan Phillippe.
Congratulations 2026-2027 Varsity Cheerleaders: (Co-Captain)-Katie Fansher, (Co-Captain)-Lillyan Rogers, Sophia Mendenhall, Paige Walter, Eden Allen, Hope Boyd, Kallie Greife, and Isabella Jackson
Second Harvest has rescheduled the Food Drop for this month due to possible weather on Monday. The Food Drop will be on March 23rd, 2026. Please come and pick up food. No income requirements.
RESCHEDULED! Second Harvest will be in Oregon on Monday, March 23 at 10:00 a.m. with their mobile pantry. All are welcome to take advantage of this opportunity.
The South Holt Scholar Bowl Team went undefeated tonight, defeating Fairfax, Union Star, and Northeast Nodaway. Great job, Knights!
Good Afternoon,
We have had a few near misses in our parking lot area and need to remind everyone that our parking lot and street in front of the school are one way at Drop off (7:30-8:30am) and Pick up (2:30-3:30pm) each day. Thank you for being mindful and keeping everyone safe.
Educationally Yours,
Jean Peavler
Superintendent
We have had a few near misses in our parking lot area and need to remind everyone that our parking lot and street in front of the school are one way at Drop off (7:30-8:30am) and Pick up (2:30-3:30pm) each day. Thank you for being mindful and keeping everyone safe.
Educationally Yours,
Jean Peavler
Superintendent
South Holt R-1 is a Project ADAM Heart Safe School! Our school now has a Cardiac Emergency Response Team (CERT) and has implemented emergency response drills in our building to better prepare us to respond in the event of a cardiac emergency.
📚Emma, Blakely, and Abigail ventured to the Children's Literature Festival in Warrensburg for reading at least 4 Mark Twain Nominees! They got to meet authors, listen to those authors speak, completed a scavenger hunt, and had a lot of laughs in between. Great job setting this goal and sticking with it, girls! Keep up the reading 📚
Students competed today at the Savannah MOASKs in Dairy Foods, Floriculture, Entomology!
Dairy Foods placed 3rd!!
Floriculture placed 23rd!
Entomology placed 30th!
Congratulations to all students who represented South Holt today!
Dairy Foods placed 3rd!!
Floriculture placed 23rd!
Entomology placed 30th!
Congratulations to all students who represented South Holt today!
South Holt Elementary is celebrating the joy of reading this week. Please take a look at the image below for some of the activities this week. Students in PK-6 will participate in buddy reading activities, masked reader activities, and dress up days (color days). We finish the week with class-based color days and special guest, Will Stuck. We are looking forward to a great week of reading celebrations! To kick off the week, all students are encouraged to wear red, orange, or yellow on Tuesday.
A reminder for junior & senior students participating in District ACT testing this week:
(Paper/Pencil Format) Tuesday, March 10, 2026
(Online Format) Thursday, March 12, 2026
(Paper/Pencil Format) Tuesday, March 10, 2026
(Online Format) Thursday, March 12, 2026
Personal Finance students had the opportunity to participate in mock interviews. They practiced shaking hands and answered common interview questions.
