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Reminder: The Board of Education requests YOUR feedback on a survey designed to take about 5 minutes. Please share your thoughts about school improvement by August 23, the first day of school.
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Our app is a great resource for Wildcat information, news, lunch menus, athletic schedules, and more. Just search your App Store for Licking R-8 to download.
Special thanks to Rinne's Pharmacy for donating $172 to the Wildcat Archery Club from the Heroes Program! Donations are based on coffee sales, and proceeds support school programs in need of supplies.
Tonight is registration for grades 7-12 in the high school gym!
Licking R-VIII School District is looking for feedback from all stakeholders! Please consider taking approximately 5 minutes to answer questions to help us improve the district.
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Licking currently have coaching openings for the following spring sports:
Tennis
Assistant Softball
Applications are available on the district website and in the athletic office.
Please direct all questions and applications to Athletic Director Doug Dunn at ddunn@licking.k12.mo.us.
Applicants with fewer than 60 college credit hours may be considered.
Following opening of bids at the August 8 meeting of the Board of Education, Bales Construction Co, Inc. was awarded the bid for construction of the bus barn pending a change in planning and zoning. Relocation of the bus barn will allow for future expansion of the elementary cafeteria to push back the first lunch shift from 10 AM to 11 AM and adjust the parent transportation line further west in the current bus parking area.
Mrs. Melton applied for and received another grant through Walmart for supplies for her classes! Way to go, Mrs. Melton!
Today is the first day of high school fall sports practices. We wish our Wildcats the best this season!
A few updates and reminders:
Cross Country has moved their practice tomorrow to 8:00-9:30.
JUnior high will begin next week. JH cross country will begin Monday. August 15 in the FEMA from 3:15-4:30. JH volleyball will begin Wednesday, August 17 in the FEMA at 3:30.
Those with questions may contact Athletic Director Doug Dunn at ddunn@licking.k12.mo.us.
The golf tournament supporting our baseball, basketball, and golf programs is Saturday, August 20.
If you would like to register or sponsor a hole, please contact Coach Mike Phillips at mphillips@licking.k12.mo.us or call the athletic office at 674-4891.
Tee times will be 8:30 and 2:00 and carts are a part of the entry fee.
Mrs. Green says, "Parents/Guardians: Licking R-8 School District has received the Individual Student Reports (ISRs) for MAP testing. The reports will be distributed with 1st quarter grade cards at our Parent/Teacher conferences October 25 and 27, 2022."
Licking R-VIII School District is looking for substitute cafeteria cooks for the 2022-2023 school year. If interested please find the non-certified application for employment on the district website or call (573) 674-2911. Applications may be picked up and dropped off in-person at the Superintendent’s Office at 125 College Avenue, Licking, MO 65542. Licking R-VIII School District is an equal opportunity employer.
The golf tournament supporting our baseball, basketball, and golf programs is coming up soon.
Tee times will be 8:30 and 2:00 and carts are a part of the entry fee.
If you are interested in sponsoring a hole, please contact Coach Mike Phillips at mphillips@licking.k12.mo.us.
If you’d like to register or have a question, please contact Coach Philips.
The first day of fall sports practices are just around the corner. Dates, times, and locations of the first practices are listed below.
All athletes are required by MSHSAA to have current physicals AND pre-participation forms on file. Several students turned those in back in May. Required forms can be downloaded from the athletic department page on our website, if needed.
High School practices begin Monday, August 8. Additional practice information and schedules will be shared at practice on this day.
Baseball: 7:00-8:30 in the weight room
HS Cross Country: 9:00-10:30 in the FEMA gym
HS Volleyball: 8:00-10:30 in the high school gym
Junior High practices begin the week of August 15.
JH Cross Country: 3:15-4:30 in the FEMA gym on August 15
JH Volleyball: 3:30 in the FEMA on August 17
Those with questions may contact Athletic Director Doug Dunn at ddunn@licking.k12.mo.us.
Junior High & High School supply list
Mrs Link says, “Come watch our high school music students perform at a St. Louis Cardinals game on September 7th! Licking Band and Choir students will also be selling tickets when school starts. Tickets are only $20 a piece. Get them while they last!”
The elementary campus is getting its new asphalt today!
The high school parking lot is getting a facelift! (Photo credit: Mr. Wesley Wilson)
Reminder of the 2022-2023 school year calendar!
Special thanks to Andrew Hoemann, owner of Cross County Heating and Cooling, for purchasing water bottles for all elementary students!