School News

Drexel R-IV Student Council is sponsoring a school-wide contest to raise donations for earthquake victims in Haiti. All donations will go to the American Red Cross. Each classroom is competing to see who can raise the most donations. The winners will get a pizza party provided by the Student Council.  The contest is going on now, so please help our Student Council help the American Red Cross with your generous donations! 

As you may know, flu can be easily spread from person to person. Therefore, Drexel R-IV is taking steps to reduce the spread of flu in the district. They want to keep the school open to students and functioning in a normal manner during this flu season. But, they need your help to do this.
Drexel R-IV is working closely with the (Cass county/ed agency) and the Cass County, Missouri health department to monitor flu conditions and make decisions about the best steps to take concerning schools. They will keep you updated with new information as it becomes available.

It’s almost time for Drexel kids to return to classes. On Monday, Drexel R-IV started a three-day enrollment schedule that included the mandatory enrollment of all students this year. Pictured above, Kristie Musick, elementary principal’s secretary, aids Tanya Gammon and daughter, Sara with enrollment papers. And, Kelly Lacy, JH/HS principal’s secretary, explains the process of enrollment to a family.

The Drexel Public School Foundation met in regular business meeting on Monday, July 27, 2009.  Officers and board members are: Wanda Wilkins: President, Jill Marks: Vice President, Chuck Martin: Secretary and School Board representative, Darin Bartholomew: Treasurer, Donna Ziegler: member, Cari Hunziker: member, and Dr. Judy Stivers: ex-officio member.

The H1N1 (swine) flu pandemic is likely to persist as a problem into the coming school year and that means school board members and administrators need to plan now for that possibility. That’s according to Marjorie Cole, a state school nurse consultant with the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services. Drexel R-IV has done just that.
Cole made a presentation on managing a pandemic flu outbreak at the 2009 MSBA Leadership Summit.