LICKING R-VIII SCHOOL DISTRICT - Home of the Wildcats

🙌Thank you to our stellar staff, our outstanding students, their caring families, and our supportive community for an outstanding school year! ☀️We hope our students enjoy a wonderful summer break! 🗓️We look forward to welcoming our students back for the start of the 2025-2026 school year on Wednesday, August 20, 2025. #WeChooseLearning📚 #StrivingForExcellence⭐ #WildcatPride🧡🖤

⛳LHS Wildcat Golf Tournament
2-MAN SCRAMBLE
Saturday, August 16th, 2025

Tee Times
Check in @ 7:30 AM, 8 AM Start
Check in @ 12:30 PM, 1:00 PM Start
@ Houston Municipal Golf Course

Team Registration $100 Per Team
Hole Sponsors $100
Mulligan $10 (2 per player max)

Side games- Long Drive, Closest to the hole & Longest Putt

Lunch will be provided between Flights

You can register by email @ charris@licking.k12.mo.us or
Contact the course @ 417-967-3348 ext. 225

🖤🧡 Wildcat Welcome🖤🧡 Here is another Wildcat Welcome to Mrs. Taylor Smith! Taylor will be joining the Licking Elementary family as the school nurse for the 25-26 school year! We are very excited to have Nurse Smith joining us here in the Elementary! Please join me in welcoming her to the district!

🧡Sending a big THANK YOU to our local churches for hosting and coordinating the first ever School Supply Bash for ALL Licking R-8 Students. 🖤We are exceptionally grateful for your generous support of our students! 🙌 ➡️students who were unable to attend will have their supplies ready for them on the first day of school. #Wildcatpride🧡🖤

🧡🖤 Wildcat Welcome 🖤🧡 Mrs. Alexandra Adam will be joining the Licking Elementary team for the 25-26 school year as the 5th and 6th grade Reading teacher! Mrs. Adam joins us from the Dixon School District. We are very excited to have her joining us this year! Please join me in welcoming her to the district!

Registration is OPEN for junior high & high school students for the 2025-2026 school year! All registration is online this year. You will access the registration through your parent portal. The school year will begin August 20th. Parents/Guardians received a welcome back email this weekend.

🧡🖤 Another Wildcat Welcome! 🧡🖤 Mrs. Amber Clinton will be joining the Licking Elementary Family as a First Grade teacher for the 2025-26 School year! Mrs. Clinton joins us from the Success School District and we are thankful that she has decided to join our team! Please join me in welcoming Mrs. Amber Clinton!

🧡🖤Wildcat Welcome🧡🖤 Ms. Casidy Miller will also be joining the Wildcat teaching family this year as a third grade teacher! Ms. Miller started as a paraprofessional with the district 7 years ago and has since been serving as the main administrative assistant in the Elementary Office! We are incredibly excited to have Ms. Miller begin this next step in her career as a Licking Wildcat! Hobbies 🏠👫 Outside of work, Ms. Miller enjoys spending quality time with her family and friends, especially with my sweet one-year-old son. Favorites 🥤🍕🥑 Pizza, Coffee ☕️, Redbull, and she will never turn down an opportunity for chips, salsa, and guacamole!

🧡🖤Wildcats Welcome!!🧡🖤 Mrs. Kiley Sullins will be (re)joining the Licking Elementary Family during the 25-26 School Year as a 1st Grade Teacher! Mrs. Sullins previously worked 2 years as the Elementary Library assistant and for 3 years as a substitute teacher and paraprofessional! Education📚👩‍🏫📖: Bachelor's in Early Childhood Education Hobbies and Activities 📖🛶🎶: Mrs. Sullins loves reading, baking, sewing, kayaking, thrifting, and spending time with families and friends. She loves music and dancing and having fun in general! Please join me in welcoming Mrs. Sullins to the Wildcat Family! We are SO excited and thankful to have her here!

‼️Interested in running Cross Country for the 2025-2026 school year? If you're a student in grades 9–12 and plan to run cross country, summer practices will begin on Monday, July 7. We’ll meet every evening at 7:00 PM, except on Wednesdays. These sessions are optional, but they’re a great way to build your fitness and prepare for a strong season. Be sure to come hydrated and bring a water bottle! 🏃🏽‍♀️🏃🏽‍♂️

📅Mark your calendars for the first annual SCHOOL SUPPLY BASH!

The Licking R-VIII School District has the following surplus equipment for sale: 2006 Bluebird All-American School Bus. Approximately 223,000 miles. The deadline for accepting bids will be noon (12:00pm) on Thursday, July 17, 2025. Reserve is set at $1,500. Sealed bids should be submitted to the Office of the Superintendent, 135 College Avenue, Licking, Missouri, 65542. The sealed bids will be opened at the board meeting on Monday, July 21, 2025. Call the Superintendent's Office at 573-674-2911 with inquiries regarding the surplus bus.

‼️ATTENTION HS BOYS BASKETBALL PLAYERS. HS Boys Summer Basketball starts on June 2nd, 8-10am in the weightroom and team camp 7-9pm in the HS gym. This is for any HS boy who is planning on playing HS basketball during the 2025-26 school year. There is no cost, they just need to bring a water bottle and their basketball shoes. If you have any questions, contact me through my email charris@licking.k12.mo.us I look forward to seeing you all. Thanks, Coach Harris.

‼️🏀⛹🏼 JH Boys Summer Basketball Camp starts June 2nd, 5-7pm in the HS gym. This is for any Licking JH Boy who will be in the 7th or 8th grade who are planning on playing during the 2025-26 school year. There is no cost, they just need to bring a water bottle and their basketball shoes. If you have any questions, contact me through my email charris@licking.k12.mo.us I look forward to seeing you all. Thanks, Coach Harris

‼️🏀⛹🏼 JH Boys Summer Basketball Camp starts June 2nd, 5-7pm in the HS gym. This is for any Licking JH Boy who will be in the 7th or 8th grade who are planning on playing during the 2025-26 school year. There is no cost, they just need to bring a water bottle and their basketball shoes. If you have any questions, contact me through my email charris@licking.k12.mo.us I look forward to seeing you all. Thanks, Coach Harris

While it's not the ending that we had hoped for, the Wildcats played one heck of a game, falling to the Fair Grove Eagles 3-4 in this sectional match-up. Hold your heads high gentlemen. #WildcatPride

Your Licking Wildcats take on the Fair Grove Eagles here at Deer Lick Park for the opening game of sectionals! Go Wildcats!

‼️⚾️⚾️ District T-Shirts will be available for pick up at 3:30 at the baseball field entrance.

⚾️‼️⚾️The Baseball District game will be played at Licking tomorrow Tuesday May 27th, with the 1st pitch at 5PM. 1. Tickets must be purchased online at https://www.mshsaa.org/Tickets.aspx 2. We will have the t-shirts that were ordered available for pick up some time in the afternoon. We will post when and where you can pick the shirts up. Come out and support your Wildcats, it's sure to be a great game! #WildcatPride

🏆Four words "JADYN BARNES STATE CHAMPION". Jadyn threw a 37:84m on her last throw to become the Class 3 Javelin State Champion!! We are so proud of you!#WILDCATPRIDE