It's School Board Recognition Month, and you can be sure we are celebrating! 🎉
Each week, we will introduce one or two Board members. First up is Board President Ruth Johnson!
Ruth was first elected to the Board in April 2011 and is currently serving her fifth term. She was attracted to Board service because she wanted to help the community be better.
“My ‘why’ is to help make sure the next generation has access to what they will need to be successful. What education looks like is constantly evolving, yet stays the same. It’s about having great teachers to make those connections to the students and the proper programming.”
Thank you, Ruth Johnson, for your dedicated service to our District!
Through the Eyes of a 6th Grader 👀
https://youtu.be/bWGC7bzwVMs
The transition from elementary to middle school is a big deal! Hear what some of our sixth graders have to say about life in middle school. 🏫
The Boys' Basketball team starts their postseason journey tonight! 🏀
In the first round of districts Ray-Pec takes on Carthage High School tonight at 6:30. District games are being played at Truman High School for the next three days.
Three Boys' Basketball players were named to the All-Conference team! Congratulations to all and good luck at Districts tomorrow! 🏀
Ashton Jermain - All-Conference
Holden Kephart - All-Conference
Cannon Northcraft - All-Conference Honorable Mention
2020 Ray-Pec graduates Braden Zaner and Marissa Dick both competed at the MIAA Championship over the weekend and medaled!
🥇 Braden took home gold in the 5000m (for the second year in a row, 3000M , and was the highest point winner for the meet. Braden also qualified for the NCAA D2 National Championship on March 8 & 9 in the Distance Medley!
🥉 Marissa took home the bronze medal in the 3000m.
A new episode of Ray-Pec Connect dropped this morning! 🎙
In this episode Dr. Mike Slagle sits down with the Director of Shull Early Center, Mary Shatford, to talk about the choices that are offered to the parents of children before they get to kindergarten and how important that time is for their development. Hear how we are Empowering Our Littlest Learners!
raypec.org/page/ray-pec-connect-podcast
The Raymore peculiar Speech and Debate team had an outstanding showing this weekend at the National Speech and Debate Association’s district qualifying tournament.
In Duo Interpretation. Noah Tuttle and Tre Hill received 4th place. Ellie McRill and Jaxson Fines received 3rd place and qualified to the national tournament. Sav Jordan and Devin Fisher were tournament champions and qualified to the national tournament.
In Program Oral Interpretation Amari Russel received 4th place And Ellie Barker Received second place and qualified to the national tournament.
In Original Oratory Natalie Kies received 3rd place in Oratory and qualified for the national tournament. In Humorous Interpretation Kaedyn Blede received 4th place, Eli Showen received 2nd place and qualified for the national tournament and Ian Haneberg was tournament champion and qualified for the national tournament.
In Dramatic Interpretation Vanessa Diaz received 6th place, Amy Robinson received 3rd place and qualified to the national tournament, and Sav Jordan was our tournament champion and qualified to the national tournament.
The Ray-Pec Speech and Debate team received 1st place in Sweepstakes Points, making them District Champions for the 2nd year in a row!
Congratulations to Gavin Birkett and Anna Fahrni for their All-State performances at the Missouri State Wrestling Championships over the weekend! 💪
February is National CTE Month. What a perfect time to highlight the future CTE programs in the district. In 2024-25 we're excited to offer a Heavy Machine Operating program! Just one more way Ray-Pec is a #DistrictOfChoice
To learn more about his program, visit our website: https://www.raypec.org/o/lead/page/heavy-machine-operating
This series details some of the lesser known topics around the district and highlights some of the wonderful things that go on behind the scenes.
https://youtu.be/MqpRwrxfNt0
🎥 Staff Spotlight 🎥
In this episode of Staff Spotlight, Raymore-Peculiar School District Superintendent, Dr. Mike Slagle, chats with Tracy Elliott. Tracy is a special education teacher at Shull Early Learning Center.
raypec.org/page/staff-spotlight-2023-2024
On Feb. 13, Ray-Pec South Middle School students from the Lifetime Sports and Fitness classes had the opportunity to compete in an after school archery tournament! 🏹
The top three finishers were: Nikki Crispin-Bradshaw🥉, Jared McNutt 🥈, and Lawson Davis 🥇
Congratulations to the Boys' Wrestling team! Over the weekend, the team finished 3rd at Districts with NINE members qualifying for State! 🤼♂️
Kamdon VonHolten 120
Evan Gatlin 138
Connor Gatlin 144
Bryce Gatlin 157
Gavin Birkett 165
Anthony Hicks 175
Patrick Martin 190
Aidan Carver 215
Pierce Hazen HWT
Today is National School Resource Officer Day! We would like to take a moment and recognize all of our SRO's who help keep our students and community safe! 👮♀️👮♂️
Cass County Deputies: Cole Briscoe, Summer Jacobs, and Mary Wilson
Raymore PD: Stephanie Hornbeck
Peculiar PD: Ryan New
The teaching staff in the fine arts department got the chance to tour the new Performing Arts Center this afternoon. We can't wait to see what this new space will add to the incredible performances at Ray-Pec 🎭🎤🎼
Kindergarteners at Creekmoor Elementary celebrated the 100th Day of school by becoming "The 10x10 Construction Crew". They worked throughout the day on STEM activities related to construction and the number 100!
🎥 Staff Spotlight 🎥
In this episode of Staff Spotlight, Raymore-Peculiar School District Superintendent, Dr. Mike Slagle, chats with Stephanie Pugh. Stephanie is an art teacher at the Ninth Grade Center.
February is National CTE Month. What a perfect time to highlight the future CTE programs in the district. In 2024-25 we're excited to offer a Heating, Ventilation, and Cooling program! Just one more way Ray-Pec is a #DistrictOfChoice
https://youtu.be/Pm3d7wHVZFE
February is Career and Technical Education Month! 👷
While we're celebrating our existing CTE programs, we're also excited about the future. In 2024-25 we're looking forward to adding HVAC and Heavy Equipment Operation programs to our ever-growing list of offerings in efforts to be a #DistrictOfChoice!
Shout out to our Special Olympics Basketball teams! In order to qualify for State, teams needed to earn gold or silver medals at the St. Joseph Regional Tournament on Saturday.
EVERY SINGLE TEAM QUALIFIED!! 🏆🌟
The state tournament will be in St. Charles, MO March 15-16th. Congratulations to all!
Girls' Basketball hosts Liberty North High School tonight! Tip is at 7:00 pm. ⛹️♀️
If you can't make it out, the game will be streamed here: youtube.com/@ray-pecschooldistrict/streams
