Winona R-III School District

High School Volleyball Game @ home tonight starts @ 5:30 VARSITY ONLY tonight. Come on out and support your Lady Wildcats.

9-2-2020, The 2nd Annual Run with the Elk race will ONLY include 7th grades thru 12th grades. There will be NO Elementary Races tomorrow, due to weather conditions, track conditions and limited parking.

August 28th baseball games have been canceled. The Wildcats game for Saturday August 29th are still on at this time. They will play Cooter @ 11 am in Van Buren. GO CATS!!!

Yearbooks are here. The cost is $30.00 If you would like to purchase one, send money with your student or see Ms Bev or Ms Lindy.

August 27th, Volleyball will travel to Eminence this evening. If you are planning on attending tonight's games, there is specified seating. You must sit in the WINONA section to view the games. GO LADY CATS

School pictures will be on Wednesday, September 2nd. Elementary students will have pictures taken in the morning in the multi purpose gym. High school students pictures will be taken in the afternoon in the FACS room. Order forms will be sent home on Monday. Virtual students go to FACS room at HS at 2:00 for pictures. At this time no baby pictures will be taken. Only students in rolled in school will be taking pictures.

The 2nd annual Run with the Elk cross country event will be held September 2nd at Peck Ranch. Please see the pictures below for information that you may need.

HS Volleyball Schedule 2020 All times and games subject to change. For Thursday, August 27th, the schedule is as follows. Eminence vs. Lesterville 5:00 Winona vs. Lesterville 6:00 ish Eminence vs. Winona to follow

Thank you to our community that came out to support our high school volleyball team last night at the gator games. It is a great success!!!

Gator game tonight!!! Meet the HS volleyball team. Bring a drink to get in... Gatorade, Powerade or water and have a great evening. Free Wildcat t-shirts too!!! 6 pm at the Hs gym

Come join us and meet the 20-21 Winona Lady Wildcat Volleyball Team! The drinks from admission will provide drinks for our players during games throughout the season. Free T-shirts will also be given away. #winonar3 #wildcatvolleyball #winonawildcats

"Any middle school student interested in signing up for Cheerleading, There is a sign up sheet in the middle school office. You need to sign up by the end of the day Tuesday, August 18th?

We are getting ready to start the new school year and all of us are very excited to see our kids back in school. We have missed them all. Some things to remember: • Screen your child(ren) at home prior to sending them to school. Assess for fever, cough, sore throat, difficulty breathing, wheezing and loss of taste or smell. • We will have random temperature checks throughout the campus. • Masks are encouraged but must also fit with the handbook dress code. • If your student usually rides the bus, if at all possible, please drive them to and from school. • At lunch, middle school students will sit with their assigned class. (Ex. 7A, 7B, 8A & 8B). • At lunch high school students will sit 10 or less to a table. • As we start off this school year, everyone has a $ 0.00 lunch balance. Lunch balances will be sent out via text message on a weekly basis. This will start in September. • All lunch money will need to be turned into either the elementary office or the superintendent’s office. • Please send a fillable water bottle for your students. We will only be using the bottle filling stations throughout the campus. No drinking fountains will be used. • We have 2 Wi-Fi hot spots on campus that can be utilized during OFF hours. NO parents or online students are to be on campus during school hours. If you need the password, please call the appropriate office. • Please do NOT send hand sanitizer to school. We have plenty. We have added several hand sanitizer stations throughout the buildings and are expecting more to arrive daily. They will be installed as soon as they arrive. • High school doors will be unlocked @ 7:15 each morning. 7th and 8th grade students will report to the FACS room. If you eat breakfast, you will take it to your classroom @ 7:30. No middle school students will be allowed in the gym prior to school starting. We are trying to social distance as much as possible. • Parents we are asking you to call the appropriate office prior to checking your child either in or out. We are trying to limit external exposure so please DO NOT try to enter the buildings. There are speakers and cameras on front doors if you need to access office personal. • We know that things may be different at first but we will get through this together. We are all looking forward to a great school year and are ready to get started.

Reminder for Winona High School Students: The following dates are available for students to fill out a paper copy of their class selections. Please come on your assigned day. General office hours are 8:00-3:00, but there may be exceptions for meetings, etc. August 4th - Seniors August 5th - Juniors August 6th - Sophomores August 10 - Freshmen If you have already emailed course selections to Mrs. Spurgin, you do not need to come in. No one will actually get a schedule until the first day of school, and there will be a chance to change something that first week if necessary.

Sports physicals.....if an athlete did not get a physical last year they need to get one for this year. This needs to be done before school starts. Make an appointment at the Winona Medical Clinic.

Don't forget to sign up for the back to school fair. We are excited about seeing everyone.

Scheduling documents are available on the school website. Look under the News platform. Please select class choice and email them to Mrs. Spurgin. (mlspurgin@winonar3.org) A list of dual credit courses has also been posted, along with the enrollment form. Any student that is unable to email their class choices to Mrs. Spurgin can come to the school on the following days to do it on paper. August 4th - Seniors August 5th - Juniors August 6th - Sophomores August 10 - Freshmen **Dual credit forms will be due by August 10th. Mrs. Spurgin will be in her office beginning August 3rd. Call or email her with any questions.

Jr High basketball will meet for workouts on Mondays from 12:15 to 1:30.

Volleyball Camp is happening soon. Don't forget to get signed up.

Winona RIII School system has an immediate opening for a Transportation Director. For more information please contact the Superintendents office at 573-325-8101.