
USDA Food and Nutrition Services has extended the Seamless Summer Option for Licking R-VIII School District. This provides an opportunity for parents of virtual students to pick up meals for virtual students on Mondays from 10:00-10:45 AM at the HS Cafeteria. Meals must be reserved a week in advance by calling the Superintendent's Office at 573-674-2911. Please call by the end of the day today, September 14, to reserve meals for Monday, September 21, the first available date.


Congratulations to the volleyball team for winning 3rd place in the West Plains Tournament! They beat Blair Oaks 27-25, 18-25, 25-16. They are now 6-1-1 on the season.


The Lady Wildcats suffer their first loss of the season to Branson 18-25, 22-25. They’ll play Blair Oaks or Mtn. View for 3rd place.

Congratulations to the baseball team for winning the Frisco League Tournament! They beat Iberia 16-10 in the championship game.

Our volleyball team earns a #1 seed in the West Plains tournament while moving to 5-0-1 on the year with a two-set victory over Doniphan 25-9, 25-13.

Lady Cats take down Rolla in straight sets 25-23, 25-20. They’ll sit two and then play Doniphan in the final match of pool play.

It’s a busy day for the Licking Wildcats. Junior High volleyball teams are participating in the Texas County Tournament in Cabool today.



Lady Wildcats win both sets against Poplar Bluff 25-19, 26-24.

The Lady Cats open tournament play with a split versus Mtn. View/Liberty 24-26, 25-19.

Good luck to the baseball team as they play for the Frisco League tournament championship today at 3:00 in Richland!

It’s tournament time in West Plains for the Lady Wildcats!


Licking R-VIII School District remembers September 11, 2001 through classroom lessons and a moment of silence.


Mrs. Williamson shares with 4th graders how music can be used to heal our country as it was after September 11, 2001.


Reminder: ALL students eat FREE breakfast and FREE lunch at school this semester. The success of this program depends on the number of students who eat school meals, so we encourage all families to take advantage of this opportunity.


Special thanks to Licking United Community Help Center for a donation to benefit all of our students!! Community support is a blessing to our district!


School pictures will be Tuesday, September 15th, 2020.
Please have picture packets turned in to your homeroom teachers by Monday, September 14th!

Our Lady Wildcats are on FIRE! Armed with wins over Houston Lady Tigers and Winona Lady Wildcats, our Lady Cats will celebrate Senior Night Tuesday, September 8 against Mtn. Grove in our Fieldhouse starting at 5:30 PM.



As we prepare for Tuesday, September 8, please keep in mind this home screening checklist. Please call your child's school office if children are experiencing these symptoms, have an open COVID test, or are under quarantine due to close contact with a positive case.
Elementary -- 674-3211; JH/HS -- 674-2711


This year, morning commuters will see crossing guards at four crosswalks near campus to assist an increasing number of walkers. Please stay alert for their signals of students crossing the road.


Reminder to Elementary Parents that our morning drop-off and pick-up lines begin at Maple Avenue (north side of FEMA) and end at College Avenue. Crossing guards will be posted at crosswalks AM & PM, administrators will be assisting with students exiting vehicles, and afternoon car riders may begin picking up students at 3:15 at the elementary cafeteria, facilitated by administrators with radios. (**Parents: stay in cars in the pick-up line, show driver's license to admin, say student's name to exit building) Questions? Call the elementary office at 674-3211.
