RS: Our elementary students had the opportunity to attend a chess tournament at UACCB in Batesville today. Our K-3 chess team won 1st place overall, and our 4th-6th team won 2nd place overall! In addition, these students won overall individual awards as well:
Harrison Lay- 1st place
Bradlee Taylor- 2nd place
Henry Pagett- 3rd place
We are so proud! Team members include: Kamden Stewart, Henry Pagett, Lydia Phillips, Bradlee Taylor, Harrison Lay, Collin Knapp, Easton Bramlett, Luiz Strickland, Bo Currie, Damian Torres, Lelan Gilbert, Tate Davis, Logan Winkle, Archer Lejeune, Gage Phillips, and Chase Pflieger.
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GO LADY REBELS!!!! We are proud of you!
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We sent our Lady Rebels back to the State Tournament with lots of cheers!
Safe travels and good luck! Go Lady Rebs!
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Thanks so much to the Blossoms at Mountain View for providing our Senior Girls with goodies for their trip back to the State Tournament today! These ladies play at 7:00pm today.
Go Lady Rebs!!!!
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RS: TICKET PUNCHED!!!!!
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Rural Special held its first elementary school chess tournament.
Class winners are as follows:
1st grade- Kamden Stewart
2nd grade- Lydia Phillips
3rd grade- Bradlee Taylor
4th grade- Bo Currie
5th grade- Lelan Gilbert
6th grade- Archer Lejeune
Overall school champion- Archer Lejeune
Based on their performances in the tournament, the following students will represent our school at a chess tournament in Batesville at UACCB on March 11.
1st-3rd grade team:
Kamden Stewart
Henry Padgett
Lydia Phillips
Bradlee Taylor
Harrison Lay
Collin Knapp
Easton Bramblett
Luiz Strickland
4th-6th grade team:
Bo Currie
Damian Torres
Lelan Gilbert
Tate Davis
Logan Winkle
Archer Lejeune
Gage Phillips
Chase Pflieger
We are so excited that we have so many students interested in chess, and we wish these students luck as they advance to the tournament!
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Here are updated brackets for the tournament.
Due to road conditions, the 1A-2 District Tournament is being pushed back again. Semi-finals will be Saturday, with games beginning at 12:00, and finals will be played Monday, with games beginning at 5:00pm.
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The 1A-2 District Tournament games originally scheduled for Thursday and Friday will be moved to Friday and Saturday at the same times listed on the bracket. We will be assessing road conditions and making changes if need be.
Rural Special...2/13/25
Mr. Benny’s bus will be running late this morning due to mechanical issues.
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NEW BRACKETS FOR DISTRICT TOURNAMENT DUE TO POSSIBLE INCOMING WEATHER
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Due to a scheduling conflict, there will be no basketball games tonight.
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Rural Special held its school spelling bee today for grades 3-8. The winners from each of the class bees competed in the school bee today. Winners are as follows:
1st place- Adalyn Berry
2nd place- Mason Knapp
3rd place- Arianna Chappell
4th place/alternate- Jayden Blackwell
Adalyn, Mason, and Arianna will represent RS at the County Bee at RS on Feb. 19 at 9:00am. They will receive their trophies from today's bee at the county bee.
Stone County held its first Poetry Out Loud competition today at Ozarka. Thank you to Ozarka College, Arkansas Craft School, and Stone Bank for sponsoring this event.
Today's winners were:
1st place- Diamond Osburn- Rural Special High School
2nd place- Danica Davis- Mountain View High School
3rd place- Kaylee Baker- Timbo High School
4th place- Cassie McClatchie- Timbo High School
All 4 of these students will represent our county at the state competition in Little Rock on March 1.
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The Rural Special information for the A.M. and P.M. snow routes has been updated on the MVSD Snow Routes document. Sorry for the mix up earlier, that was my mistake -Mr. Mitchell
https://tinyurl.com/5ckjrfnn