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The R-II Board of Education will meet on Tuesday, Dec. 12, at 4 PM at the Administrative Offices for the regular monthly meeting. To view the agenda, please click on the following link: https://go.boarddocs.com/mo/chillicothe/Board.nsf/Private?open&login#
Have a great weekend!
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Several elementary school students visited the new storage building this (Thursday) afternoon at the Jerry Litton Memorial Stadium, to try out sample school furniture under consideration for the new CES expansion project. Their expertise is very much appreciated!
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The Chillicothe High School's Holiday Concert will be held tonight at 7 PM in the Gary Dickinson Performing Arts Center! Come and enjoy some outstanding music provided by the Jazz band, choir and symphonic band!
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Work is progressing at Chillicothe Elementary School and we're so excited to show you the latest aerial pictures of the project taken last week! We can't wait to welcome our elementary students into the building next year for the first day of school!
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Mark your calendars for this awesome show that will feature the talents of many of our CHS students!
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Chillicothe R-II Schools will not have classes Wednesday, Thursday and Friday (Nov. 22-24), due to the Thanksgiving holiday. Classes will resume Monday, Nov. 20th.
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The Chillicothe R-II Board of Education will meet on Tuesday, Nov. 14 for a regular meeting, which will begin at 6 PM at the Administrative Offices. To view the agenda, please click on this link: http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/chillicothe/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=CWQPNA655E2D
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In observance of Veteran's Day, tomorrow (Saturday), the Chillicothe R-II School District would like to thank our nation's veterans for their service and sacrifice!
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Good afternoon, everyone! There's no school tomorrow (Wednesday, Nov. 1st), as the Chillicothe R-II School District will have a planned Professional Development Day for staff. Happy Halloween everyone!
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Chillicothe R-II is seeking RFPs for CES Kitchen Equipment. To view the bid specifications, please click on the following link: https://core-docs.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/1077/Chillicothe_R_II/3669692/2023-CES_Kitchen_Equipment_RFP.pdf
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Just a friendly reminder to our Chillicothe R-II parents! To view the early dismissal schedule, please click on the following link: https://www.chillicotheschools.org/page/delayed-start-times-early-outs
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Several Field School students presented to the R-II Board last (Tuesday) night at the Administrative Offices about the Goal Getters with Data Binders program and in the Grand River Tech Tadpoles program. We enjoyed hearing about what they are learning!
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Check this out! The new Chillicothe Elementary School parking lot is now open and staff members were able to park on the lot for the first time this morning! What a welcome addition to our CES Campus!
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The Chillicothe R-II Board of Education will hold a regular open meeting at 6 PM on Tuesday, October 17, at the Administrative Offices. To view the agenda, please click on the following link: http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/chillicothe/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=CVWM3A53D39A
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The CES Expansion Project is rolling right along! Take a look at some updated drone photos showing the progress so far. We are so excited to see this project evolve and can't wait to welcome all of our elementary students on their first day of classes there!
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Student athletes from across the district traveled to Carrollton today to participate in the annual Special Olympics Track Meet. We wish all our hornets the best of luck today!
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The new, north asphalt parking lot has been poured and painted at CES. Supt. Dr. Dan Wiebers said that the nearby sidewalk will soon be finished and it won't be long before staff and guests can start parking there. The CES Expansion Project is rolling right along!
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Check out this important event designed to support our local families who deal with autism!
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It's National Custodial Appreciation Day and we'd like to give a huge shout-out to our custodians, who work hard everyday to keep our buildings clean for our students and staff. Thanks so much for all that you do!
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We've had so much fun this week spotlighting the CHS Homecoming Royalty from years past and we're excited to see who will be crowned the 2023 Homecoming King and Queen tonight! To finish up our look back on former CHS Homecoming Royalty, here's 2021 Queen Emmalee O'Dell & King Braxton Johnson, and 2022 Queen Hope Helton & King Max Wagers. Click on this link to view our entire spotlight: https://www.chillicotheschools.org/o/chs/page/homecoming-royalty-spotlight
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