Today our older Summer Journey students hosted a carnival for our younger students! They designed and prepared activities, gave prizes, and joined in the fun right alongside them. What a great example of leadership, teamwork, and community!
The Chillicothe R-II Board of Education will meet Tuesday, June 16, 2026 at 5:00 PM at the Administrative Offices. View the agenda here: https://tinyurl.com/3att94pk
Plan ahead, Hornet Family! Use the Chillicothe R-II School District Vacation Planner to schedule trips during school breaks in 2026-27. Fewer absences = more learning and success for our students. Thanks for supporting your Hornet!
Chillicothe R-II has been selected as 1 of 10 teams for the 2026–27 Heartland Farm to School & ECE Institute! We’re excited to expand healthy, local food experiences and hands-on learning for students. Read more: https://www.chillicotheschools.org/article/2971663
Don’t forget to sign up for transportation for the 2026-27 school year! Links are now active at chillicotheschools.org—click “BUSSING” (top right) or scan the QR code to register. EVERY student must sign up yearly. Complete by July 17, 2026 to guarantee 1st day busing.
Dr. Dan Wiebers accepted a check for $264.25 today through Hometown Pharmacy’s KAPS$ 4 KIDS program! This donation goes into Chillicothe R-II’s nurse supply account to help our nurses purchase needed school supplies. Thank you for supporting our students!
Stop by the Farmer’s Market this Saturday and support our CES students! They’ve been working on an awesome hands-on, real-world project in partnership with a local farmer—come check it out.
We’re officially halfway through our Summer Learning Journey at CES as of today! Our students are learning all sorts of fun things and enjoying lots of great activities. Thanks for supporting our learners all summer long!
Summer School Swim Trip Parent Reminder: Grades K–3 swim trip is June 17. Grades 4–9 swim trip is June 18. Note: letters sent home yesterday listed the wrong date—please use these dates for planning. Thank you!
Our Summer School students had a blast recently at CES—making butter and taking on a map scavenger hunt! We love seeing learning and fun go hand-in-hand this summer at CES! #ChillicotheR2 #SummerSchool #LearningIsFun
School may be out, but we’re already preparing for next year! This photo shows some of our administrators recently attending a Real-World Learning Summit in St. Joseph with RPDC—bringing back ideas and tools to support our students. #ChillicotheR2 #RealWorldLearning #RPDC
During an annual Continuous School Improvement Planning meeting, District staff, admins, Board of Education members, parents, and community members came together at the R-II Administrative Offices to kick off our “Portrait of a Graduate” work. Thank you for your support!
FCCLA members Kelly Hopper, Adrian Caselman & Adi Edds were 3 of 50 Missouri FCCLA members chosen to participate in the MO FCCLA Legislative Shadowing project in Jefferson City this year. All three were able to attend committee meetings, be announced on the House floor and see the government at work.
Summer School fun at CES today! Our older students are creating beautiful flower vases for an art project, and our younger kids are exploring their creativity using sidewalk chalk. What a great day of learning and smiles!
Let's celebrate our boys 4 x 400m relay team this morning! CHS' Luke Thompson, Josh Ojeaga, Brennen Fitzpatrick and Landon Longo finished in 8th place yesterday in the Class 3 State track meet! They've had a great season, breaking the school record many times! Way to go, boys!
NEW HIGH SCHOOL RECORD ALERT! Huge congrats to Brennen Fitzpatrick for a 6th place finish in the Class 3 Boys 400m run today with a time of 49.17!!! This breaks the old school record of 49.53 set by Jimmy Griesbach 20 years ago! WAY TO GO!!
We've got another STATE MEDALIST! Congratulations to Jayden Martin for his 6th Place finish in the Class 3 Boys Shot Put with a throw of 15.74m!!!! SO PROUD OF OUR HORNETS!
It's another great day for CHS track! CONGRATULATIONS to our 4 x 800m Girls who placed 5th at STATE with a time of 9:55.89! Way to go Lexy Smith, Isabel Nagel, Hope Donoho and Lydia Bonderer! We are so proud of you!
CONGRATULATIONS to CHS' Brennen Fitzpatrick for a 6th place finish in the Class 3 Boys Triple Jump of 13.25m today! WAY TO GO!!!!
Our very own Hope Donoho finished 7th in the Class 3 800m run with a time of 2:23.39 today! Way to go, Hope! We are Hornet Proud!
