Union Star R-II School District

Please see the attached Winter Sports Picture Day. Please contact Wagner Portrait Group with any questions at 314-567-5900.

Per PTO, shirts are scheduled to be completed in two to three weeks. Hoping for the first week in December.

Santa Letters

The Tri-County Health Department will be providing education to our high school students about the risks of sexually transmitted diseases on November, 18th. If parents have any concerns they can contact the school if they don't want their child to participate.

Happy Veterans Day! ❤️🤍💙

Happy Veterans Day! ❤️🤍💙

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Our Veteran's Day program will be live streamed through Hudl. Find the feed on our school Website or Facebook page. Program begins at 2pm.

2nd-5th grade and Ms. Lance’s students made cards for the Veterans Appreciation Day Event at Reed Chevrolet. It was a great opportunity to show our appreciation and practice our writing standards. Their event coordinator said the cards were adored by many veterans!

Halloween- great student, staff & community participation this year!

Last night Kaler competed in the prelims of the Independent League championships (conference meet) . Kaler placed first in his heat and dropped .89 seconds on his back stroke , second overall going into finals, and it moves him up on the list for state. His fastest swim to date. He also made it to finals in the 100 Free. Kaler heads back tonight for finals . Keep up the hard work Kaler! Lets go Trojans!!

4th and 5th grade students participated in the King City Academic Team tournament today! Both teams got 5th place.

Reminder: US 7-12th grade Band be at the school by 4:50pm

Mr. Martin's Ag students visit once a week to teach the third grade Ag Ed on the Move! The week of October 10th in 3rd grade Social Studies we are leaning about the regions in Missouri. Third graders were super excited to make the connection that they were learning to the MO Crops Lesson from the Ag Students. With the MO Crops Lesson third grade students were able to discuss the regions of Missouri again. In the activity for the lesson they use playdough to cut out the state of Missouri and used rice to identify the regions and cities! This has been a powerful learning experience for all involved! The Ag Ed on the Move curriculum aligned perfectly and the 3rd grade students were able to recognize this and take it a step farther in creating their models! The high school Ag Students have taught the kids so far about Corn, Soybeans, MO Crops, Soil, and Beef. They will learn about Dairy this week. Each of these lessons have a fun activity associated with them. Check back in after the 10 weeks of Ag Ed on the Move are over to see more on what was accomplished with this program.

Para-aide Position https://5il.co/2zrrw

On October 9, Union Star 8th grade Careers Class participated in the "On My Own Program" offered by the University of Missouri Extension Office. The simulation was designed by the University of Tennessee Extension, and it offers hypothetical scenarios in which students can gain real-life skills needed to balance a budget based on a chosen career path. Throughout the simulation, students were acting as the major income providers in their households (which may have included a spouse and/or children). Using a hypothetical their occupation's income, they navigate a month's worth of expensive which include housing, utilities, transportation, insurance, food, childcare, clothing, entertainment, and expenses from unexpected events. In order to make the event a success, several local community members volunteered their time to service as commodity workers. Therefore, we would love to acknowledge the following people who assisted in creating this wonderful learning experience: Rick & Mandy Hontz, Sherri Miller, Mike Tritten, Rick Calloway, Brad Veale, Stacy Nold, Deputy Kasie Ortiz, Lila Jackson, Branda Howard, Wanda Workman, and Danyell Wiederholt.

Next Week, Union Star Student will be celebrating Red Ribbon Week! Student will receive Red Ribbon Items Daily! The Dress Up Days are listed below and flyers go home today (10/25/24)! Top Prizes for the Elementary and High School Classes with the Most Participation!

Biology students conducted two experiments with Calcium chloride and epsom salt and how the energy changed within the reactions. They then applied it to the various chemical reactions that occur in our cells as part of our metabolism.

Yesterday students in Physical Science used red cabbage juice (purple) as an indicator to identify bases (turned it green) and acids (turned it red).

Good luck to the softball team today. They play Stanberry at 3pm in Rosendale in the district semifinals.