The staff of the Dallas County R-I School District held a special retirement celebration on May 22 in order to recognize our retirees for this year.  Those retiring at the conclusion of the school year include: (Left to Right)

• John Gibbs, Buffalo Prairie Middle School, PE & Health, 10 years of service in DCR1
• Jan Alford, Buffalo High School, Science, 30 years of service in DCR1
• Ann Stockton, Buffalo High School, Special Education, 12 years of service in DCR1
• Goldie Potter, Buffalo High School, Special Education, 9 years of service in DCR1
• Floy Parrack, Bus Driver, 13 years of service in DCR1
• Susan Hole, Mallory Elementary School, 27 years of service in DCR1
• Terri Monday, Buffalo Prairie Middle School, 16 years of service in DCR1

The Dallas County R-I School Board of Education will meet in special session at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, May 23, 2013 in the Mallory Elementary School library.  The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the canopy project currently underway at Mallory Elementary School.   To download a draft copy of the agenda, click here. 

The Dallas County R-I School District will hold Summer School 2013 from May 28 (the day after Memorial Day) until June 21.  As in the past, school breakfast and lunch will be provided free to all students. 

The Summer School Registration Booklet and forms are now available. Click here to view it.

Members of the Buffalo H.S. Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) Chapter recently attended the 2013 Missouri FBLA State Leadership Conference held on April 21, 22, and 23 in Columbia, Missouri. 
FBLA is a career and technical student organization. Three-thousand student members and advisers representing four-hundred and fifty-two chapters throughout the state met to elect state officers, transact business of the state chapter, participate in leadership and career workshops, and compete in the state leadership events.
Placing in the top 10 was Aaron Thiesen—6^th Place in Personal Finance. Placing in the top 5 was Dylan Johnson and Al Mohamed—4^th Place in the Marketing team event. Eric Ingram, local chapter adviser accompanied the students to the conference.

The Dallas County R-I School District has inducted three new members into the Dallas County R-I Schools Hall of Fame at the BHS graduation ceremonies on May 17.  Honorees include John W. Dull, Jane Shewmaker Hale, and Anna Stearns.  For more information on these honorees and the Dallas County R-I Schools Hall of Fame, click on the DCR1 Hall of Fame link in the upper left hand corner of all school district websites. 

The BHS Volleyball team is holding a 5K "Color Splash" run/walk on May 25. The event will begin at 8:30 at the high school north parking lot. To print out a registration form or read more information, click the links to the left.

Click HERE to view the school calendar for the 2013-2014 school year.

BHS Senior Calvin Dryer was recently named as a Class 4, District 10 all-district-selection. He was also named a KJEL All-Star. Per game, Calvin averaged 20.2 points, 3.8 rebounds, 3 assists, and 2.5 steals during this past season. He scored on 47 percent of his field goals, 36 percent of his 3-pointers, and 78 percent on his free throws.

Congratulations to the Buffalo Bison Varsity LifeSmarts Team from Buffalo High School for winning the 2013, LifeSmarts competition held in Jefferson City. Team members were Aaron Thiesen, Grace Darrow, Elise Quisenberry, Jody Wing, Kim Morrison, and Jessica York.

The Buffalo Bison will represent Missouri at the National LifeSmarts competition
in Atlanta, Georgia from April 19-23.

To address the need for more meaningful and relevant consumer education, the National Consumers League provides the LifeSmarts program. Available free to all teens in grades 1 - 12 throughout the United States, LifeSmarts builds consumer literacy by combining uniquely broad content with an innovative national championship competition.  Program content focuses on five key areas of consumer knowledge that teens need to know to function effectively in today’s world: Personal Finance, Consumer Rights and Responsibilities, Health and Safety, Technology, and the Environment

Sixteen Buffalo High School students have been invited to have their poems published in a poetry anthology.  Congratulations to these students! 
The creative writing class (fall 2012) submitted poetry to the Creative Communication poetry contest as a required assignment in hopes that some of them would be chosen to be published. Miss Amy Jeanne Schneider was also informed that Buffalo stood out and will be recognized with a "Poetic Achievement Award". This honor is given to the top 10% of the schools who entered the contest.