LICKING R-VIII SCHOOL DISTRICT - Home of the Wildcats

⚾️⚾️The Wildcats win the home opener versus Hartville 10-4. The next action is Friday when they travel to Conway. #wildcatpride

🏐🏐 The JV Lady Cats played hard but fell to Mtn. View Liberty tonight, 19-25, 18-25. #wildcatpride #strivingforexcellence

‼️Your Licking Wildcats Week of September 1st Activities. 📣✨

⚾️⚾️On Saturday the boys defeated Purdy in a hard fought extra inning game 7-6. The JV opened their season by falling to Silo (OK). Come support the Wildcats on Tuesday for their home opener against Hartville. #wildcatpride

⚾️⚾️The Wildcats begin the season playing a doubleheader in Ozark. They earn the split by losing to Silo (OK) 0-6 & defeat Southwest Washburn 14-0 in 5 innings. #wildcatpride

🐾🏐 It’s game time for the Licking Volleyball Lady Cats! 🏐🐾 Our volleyball girls are kicking off their season tonight at the Willard Jamboree, and we couldn’t be more excited to see them hit the court. 🧡🖤 Let’s cheer them on as they start what’s sure to be an exciting season of hard work, teamwork, and Lady Cat pride! Go Lady Cats! 💪🐾 #wildcatpride

🎓SENIORS AND SENIOR FAMILIES: 🗓️Mark your calendars for SENIOR NIGHT! Date: Tuesday, September 9th Time: 5:00 PM Location: Junior High Gym ➡️Topics: FAFSA, Scholarship Information, A+, Senior Week, Graduation Information and more! ✅Please RSVP @ https://bit.ly/41SCISo or e-mail bhuff@licking.k12.mo.us -If you’re unable to attend, the presentation will be shared via email afterward.

Week of August 25th Wildcat Athletics and Activities.

🎉 The LEAD team has successfully completed the first week of school! 🎉 We are so proud of our students for jumping in with energy, resilience, and positivity. A huge thank you to our staff, families, and community for the support that makes this program strong. Here’s to a year of learning, growth, and new opportunities with Licking Educational Alternatives Department (LEAD)! 💡📚✨ #wildcatsLEADtheway #wildcatpride #strivingforexcellence

The Elementary crew worked hard this week, I think they were pretty tired as some of their before and after photos show! They'll all sleep good tonight! #WildcatPride🧡🖤

The Elementary crew worked hard this week, I think they were pretty tired as some of their before and after photos show! They'll all sleep good tonight! #WildcatPride🧡🖤

🟠We had a great first day of school across the district today. It was great to see all of our students!

⚫We appreciate the support of our community and the patience of our families as we work through car line drop off, after school pick up, and bus pick up and drop offs today for our 800+ students.

🚌🚗Thank you to our devoted staff for coming early and staying late to assist in transportation coordination.

Elementary Parents I want to start by saying thank you for your patience as we work through the first days of school. Transportation is always tricky the first few days. This year we transitioned transportation information to the Online Enrollment. If you want your child to ride somewhere OTHER than what was put on online enrollment, OR you have split households and kids going more than one place, I encourage you to call the Elementary Office tomorrow and confirm what we have in our School Pass. We want to make this as painless as possible for everyone involved! Again I apologize for any inconveniences and thank you for your patience. -Mr. Barry

⏰Set your alarms, kids! Ready or not, school starts tomorrow!

We are ready to welcome all of our 800+ Wildcat students back to campus tomorrow for the start of the 2025-2025 school year!

🟠Elementary doors open at 7:30 am. Classes begin at 8:00 am. Carline dismissal begins at 3:10pm. Buses dismiss at 3:25pm.
⚫Junior High and High School doors open at 7:30am. Classes begin at 8:00am. Dismissal is at 3:15pm.

See you in the morning!

🎉🎉Let the PaRtY Begin! We are so excited to kick off School and Fall Sports!! Keep an eye out for Sports Apparel Shops and Game information. #StrivingForExcellence #WildcatPride

Elementary Wildcats! 🧡🖤 We are SO excited to see you tomorrow morning! Make sure those lunchboxes are packed, your shoes are tied tight, and get some good sleep tonight! 😴👟 Parents! You MAY walk your students in tomorrow morning. This will be the ONLY day we will be allowing parents past the front doors. You can take pictures and give all the hugs, then head back to the parking lot. Please park in the gravel lot to walk your kiddos in and watch for traffic. 📸 🚗🚙Car rider parents🚗🚙 If your child needs assistance out of their car seats/seat belts or need tons of hugs and kisses, please pull into the gravel lot and take care of that there. This will allow the traffic of our drop off line to flow smoothly. If you show up early in the afternoon to pick up your kiddos, Pre-K parents will use lane 1 (the lane closest to the cafeteria) to pick up their children at 2. If you are not there to pick up a Pre-K kiddo, please use lane 2 to park and wait.

The Licking Wildcats Baseball and Basketball teams would like to thank everyone who came out today for our golf tournament. It was a hot one but we had a great time. We would also like to give a special thanks to all of our sponsors whose contributions will help our programs. Also thanks to HMGC for allowing us to host today's event. Winners were Roger Tune and Doug Plowman with a score of 59. 2nd place was Wes Rogers and Adison Guy with a score of 61. Long drive winner was Roger Tune Longest putt winner was Jessie Sullins from 28 feet Closest to the hole winner was Lane Duncan at 7 foot 4 inches. Again thank everyone who made this a successful day.

🍽️ 25-26 SCHOOL MENUS You can find our school breakfast and lunch menus by following the link below and typing in "Licking R-VIIII." Next, select either elementary and secondary to view the menus. You can also download the "My School Menus" app from your iPhone App Store or the Google Play Store. ➡️Menu Link: https://www.myschoolmenus.com/

‼️If you are in Junior High and interested in running Cross Country for the '25-26 school year, practices will start Wednesday 8/20 right after school. Junior High and High School must have an up to date physical and have completed an annual MSHSAA pre-participation form before you can practice. I look forward to seeing everyone! 🧡🖤

📣📣LICKING ELEMENTARY PARENTS!! 📣📣 We are so excited to see you THIS MONDAY EVENING August 18th from 4-6pm for Elementary Open House! Come meet your teacher 👩‍🏫 , see your classroom, and drop off any supplies 📚 you may have for the first day of school! We can't wait to see you there!