December 2020 Newsletter Adair County R-II School District December 2020 Newsletter BOARD ELECTION NEWS There will be two open seats for the Board ested candidates can pick up a form from of Education election on April 6, 2021. The the superintendent’s office or access the incumbents are Jason Taylor and Aaron form online at http://dor.mo.gov/forms/ Zentz. Those elected will serve three-year 5120.pdf terms. The first day for candidates to file is Candidates may file in the Superinten- Tuesday, December 15, 2020 at 8:00 a.m. dent’s office beginning on Tuesday, The last day for candidates to file will be December 15 at 8:00 a.m. Candidates Tuesday, January 19, 2021 at 5:00 p.m. must supply the district with a completed, A candidate must be a U.S. citizen, a signed, and notarized copy of Form 5120 resident taxpayer of the Adair County R-II before they can file. Filing will continue School District, have resided in the state of during the district’s regular business hours for at least one year preceding the which are Monday through Friday from election, and be at least 24 years of age. 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Filing will not occur on days that the school is closed due to in- Candidates may be required to file a finan- clement weather or in the event of a cial interest statement and must agree to closure due to the COVID-19 global obtain 16 hours of credit in school boards- pandemic. The superintendent’s office will manship within 12 months of the election. be closed December 21-January 4 and Per RSMo 115.306 ALL candidates are therefore will not be accepting candidates required to file Form 5120 Candidate’s Af- filing on those dates. On January 19, the fidavit of Tax Payments and Bonding Re- office will remain open until 5:00 p.m. for quirements with the Missouri Department filing purposes. Questions? Call the of Revenue PRIOR to filing for office. Inter- Superintendent’s office at 323-5272 during regular business hours. YEARBOOK MUSIC NEWS SALES The annual Christmas program will take The best way to re- place on Thursday, December 10th, at member the 2020-2021 7:00 p.m. in the High School Gymnasium. school year is to buy a The bands from grades 5-12, all vocal yearbook! The 73rd groups K-12 and several soloists will per- edition of the BHS yearbook is on sale form. We hope you will come and share during the months of December and this January for $25.

Personalized yearbooks are available for an additional $5. Please make your check payable to Adair County R-II

1 Visit us online at http://brashear.k12.mo.us/ December 2020 Newsletter BREAKFAST/LUNCH MENU

cheese, peas, peaches, Nacho pie or sloppy joe, MENU brownie, milk chips & cheese, vegetable, mandarin oranges, cookie, Breakfast each day in- Friday: Pop tarts, Go-gurt®/ milk cludes fruit, juice, and milk. Pizza, chips & cheese, corn, Students may choose cereal applesauce, ice cream, milk Wednesday: Pancake,

instead of the breakfast item syrup, sausage/Spaghetti, offered. The following items December 8-11 cottage cheese, carrots, are offered daily for students pears, banana bread, milk to choose from in lieu of the Tuesday: Waffle, syrup, sau- Thursday: French toast lunch entrée: yogurt or a sage/Tenderloin, cheesy sticks, syrup, breakfast bar/ WOWBUTTER® (peanut potatoes, baked beans, man- Turkey, mashed potatoes, butter replacement) and jelly darin oranges, cookie, milk green beans, fruit, Oreo® sandwich. Wednesday: Sausage, egg, cheese, biscuit/Chicken fa- December 1-4 jita, rice, chips, peaches, Tuesday: Cereal, toast, oat- cake, milk meal, breakfast bar/Corn Thursday: Cheese omelet, dog, potato wedges, veg- toast/Country fried steak, etable, mandarin oranges, mashed potatoes, green cookie, milk beans, peaches, cake, milk Wednesday: Biscuits & Friday: Breakfast bites, gravy/Grilled cheese, soup, syrup/Garlic pizza bread, carrots, pineapple, banana ravioli, vegetable, apple- bread, milk sauce, apple crisp, milk

Thursday: Breakfast pizza/ Chicken patty, macaroni & December 15-18 Tuesday: Biscuits & gravy/

Wishing you and yours a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

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BLOOD DRIVE DVDS FOR SALE 20 MARK YOUR CALENDARS The Computer Class has The American Red Cross been creating DVDs of the and Adair County R-II Fall 2020 activities. They School will be sponsoring a have completed videos for blood drive on Wednesday, January 13th Softball, Baseball (fall from 2:00-6:30 p.m. at the Keller Building. season), Junior High Girls Basketball, and Junior High Make plans to stop by and donate! Boys Basketball.

INCLEMENT The highlight videos will be available in time for Christmas. They also have a WEATHER variety of DVDs available from previous We are reminding parents years. The cost is $2 per title. If you are and students to listen to interested, please call the school at 323- the local media stations to check on “early dismissals” and/or “no school” bulletins. This information will be given to KTVO television, KHQA televi- sion, WGEM television, KIRX radio, KTUF radio, KRXL radio, KRES radio of Moberly, KMEM radio of Memphis, and KZBK radio of Brookfield. These stations will present dismissal information as soon as decisions have been made. You can also find this information on our school’s Facebook page, Adair County R-II

Brashear. Please do not call the

THANK YOU Monte and Lisa Fisher & family for their donation to the scholarship fund in memory of Cathy Tonkinson Ford.

Monte and Lisa Fisher & family for their donation to the scholarship fund in memory of Shane and Vicki Hall.

Books and scholarship donations make a lasting tribute to the memory of our loved ones.

If there is someone that you would like to memorialize in this way, please contact

3 NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION U.S. POSTAGE PAID Adair County R-II School Permit No. 1 Brashear Missouri 63533 Brashear, Missouri Return Service Requested

LOCAL POSTAL PATRON December 2020 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Classes will 27 28 29 30 31 resume on 7 Varsity Basketball w/ 18 Early Dismissal—1:32 Vacation Higbee—There 6:00 p. p.m. Tuesday, m. 18 Varsity Basketball w/ 8 Varsity Basketball w/ Atlanta—Here 6:00 p.m. January 5th,

Linn County—Here 6:00 21-January 4 NO p.m. SCHOOL—Christmas 2021. 10 Christmas Concert/ Book Fair—Here 7:00 p. m. 11 Varsity Basketball w/ Meadville—Here 6:00 p. m. Senior Recognition Night 15 Varsity Basketball w/ La Plata—There 6:00 p. m. 16 Board Meeting—Here 6:00 p.m. 18 Second Quarter Ends

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