I love the new Willard Choir T-Shirts. The new shirt shows a printed list of quotes that have been stated about the program. The top quote is from Barry Hinson, Coach of the Missouri State University Basketball Bears, it states: “I came looking to recruit a basketball player and I left wanting the choir!” We have an incredible choir, however I don’t write this simply to brag on them. It is tough to be a teenager. Most are trying very hard to find a special place where they can join together with a team of others and strive for success. I believe Willard does an exceptional job of creating many different opportunities for kids to be a part of something great. At Willard you are not only “cool” if you play sports. At Willard it is “cool” to be in the band, drama, speech and debate, FFA, FCCLA, FBLA, ROTC, etc… Academic programs are clearly the most important aspect of our job as a school. However, I believe if we focus 100% of our attention and energy on MAP, ACT, and NCLB, we may lose something along the way. One of the greatest points of learning with our extracurricular and co-curricular activities is to learn how to work as a team. Teammates have to ask themselves if they are willing to sacrifice personal success for the betterment of the team. This week a young man on our football team chose to help the team by playing offensive guard instead of running back. From personal experience, I know that guards never get the same level of recognition as running backs. However this week the team needed him to be a guard. I believe this young man understands what it takes to be a team member. I believe the better we understand this concept the greater the chance of success!

Kent  

Dr. Kent E. Medlin

Superintendent of Schools

We are off to another amazing week at Central.  In honor of Constitution Day, our 4th graders shared the history of the Constitution and our Bill of Rights at Community Time.  Mrs. Peterson’s 2nd grade class followed them by reciting the Preamble of the Constitution.  We have a wonderful group of students and they did a great job starting off our week. 

Enjoy the Homecoming Week’s festivities and come support the Tigers on Friday night!!  Go Tigers!!

Before I get into this week, let’s review what happened last week with the Tigers!

After getting off to a slow start, the football Tigers scored 40 unanswered points to defeat the Buffalo Bison Friday night. This runs there record to 3-0! and will host Reeds Spring this Friday. This will be our Homecoming with festivities starting at 6:30. Also, congratulations to the freshmen on their victory over Bolivar on Monday. The freshmen and jv will host Buffalo on Monday night. Games start at 5:30.

Congratulations to the volleytigers on their 4th place finish in the Springfield Classic this weekend. The girls are now an impressive 15-4 on the season! They will host Kickapoo on Tuesday and will be at Republic on Thursday. Also, congratulations to the JV volleytigers on their 2nd place finish in the Marshfield Tournament and to the freshmen on their 2nd place finish in the Hillcrest Tournament!

Softball continues thier busy schedule by hosting Buffalo Monday night starting at 5:00pm. They will then travel to Nixa on Tuesday and will host Bolivar on Thursday. They will also be playing in the Ozark Classic this Saturday as part of a make-up due to rain last weekend.

Congratulations to K. Hession for finishing 11th and A. Bird for finishing 20th out of 73 runners at the Monett Cross Country Invitational. R. Cook took 26th out of 90 on the boy’s side.

Congratulations to Mark Lawley and his choir students for making All District Choir. Willard had 19 students make it which made us the #1 school in southwest Missouri! The following students made the choir: L. Akers, B. Bumpers, C. Unruh, B. Wade, S. Hale, M. Williams, T. Maurs, T. Inglett, Am Allen, A. Lechner, D. Bagley, G. Bacon, L. Thedell, L. Sloan, T. Huskisson, B. Baker, B. Lawley, M. Bolton, T. Chatman.