Weekly News 10/26

We found out last week that our Lathrop R-II School District is Accredited with Distinction in Performance for the third year in a row! This is based totally on school performance data from many areas including MAP Scores, ACT Scores, Attendance and others. With your help, Lathrop R-II is doing a fantastic job!

Parent-Teacher Conferences went very well last Thursday with approximately 67% or our parents attending despite the poor weather and illness. Student performance the first quarter was super! Only 4.7% of grades were D’s of F’s. That is the best percentage ever for first quarter! 83% of grades were A’s and B’s which is awesome! Thanks to all parents for keeping their kids motivated and focused on academic achievement! We really appreciate all of your support!

Just so you know, parents are invited to everything we do. We sometimes forget to invite you, but you can show up at any of our school-wide events. We welcome your input at all times.

We have another assembly scheduled for this week. The Harlem Rockets are in town for a basketball game against some of Lathrop’s staff members Tuesday night at 7:00. They will do a drug-free assembly for us Tuesday at 2:00 p.m. in our gym. Parents are welcome to attend!

We only had four dads at our first Watch DOGS meeting. There were two others who had been to the high school training so I excused them from seeing the presentation again. We are anxious to get some Dads Of Great Students into our building. If you couldn’t make it but still would like to participate please contact Mr. Fine at 528-7600 or email me at cfine@lathrop.k12.mo.us.

The Eighth Grade Boys Football team ended up tying with Lawson Tuesday which also means they tied for the Conference Title! Two years in a row for that group, great job boys and coaches Haahr, Gordon and Pritchett!