Viola School will be closed for Virtual /AMI instruction from home today.
Due to a water leak at Viola School, the water will be shut off in the elementary building and gymnasium on Monday. The Headstart will also be closed on Monday. All buildings should be open as usual on Tuesday, weather permitting.
Just a reminder to those parents who still have forms to turn in for the Save the Children program, please get those forms in as soon as possible. (A big thank you to all who have turned theirs in.)
As an incentive for those who still have not, if you get them turned in by Friday, February 12th, your name will also be included in a drawing for a $50 gift card to Walmart. The drawing will be held on the following Tuesday, February 16th.
Due to Covid 19, Valentines Day activities will be altered. We will not be allowing outside deliveries at school. We will not be able to exchange Valentines cards etc, due to possible transfer of the virus. Classroom parties will be on Friday, February 12 at 3:15 PM. These will be student-only parties (sorry, no visitors). Only individually prepackaged items will be allowed and only one person will be handing these out. Valograms will be able to be purchased from FCCLA since they are on campus and safety protocols will be followed.
Here is an updated schedule for the final 2 weeks of the regular season.
Feb 2 (tonight) @ Norfork 2,3,4 5 pm start
Feb 5 @ Hartville (Baptist Bible College Springfield,MO) 4b, 4 6pm start
Feb 6 JR District Tournament JR girls vs Calico @ Viola Noon Start
JR boys vs ?? TBD
Feb 10 @ Walnut Grove 3(SR girls only) 6:15 pm start
Feb 12 @ Tuckerman 3,4 5pm start
To clarify, the JV night with Flippin and the away game with Hillcrest have been cancelled and will not be made up.
Due to the expectation of possibly 2 inches of snow while students are being transported to school, Viola School will be closed and school will be held virtually.
Just a reminder that tonight is Senior recognition night for the basketball teams. The brief ceremony will be between the two senior games. A voucher is required.
Yearbooks are currently on sale. The price is $35.00. Payment is due when the yearbook is ordered. You can either order them online at jostensyearbook.com or send an order form to Ms. Gracie at school.
Viola Elementary School students will be returning to school for on campus instruction on Tuesday. All buses will be running at normal times.
Upcoming Basketball Games
Monday at Melbourne
5 pm start
Jr and Sr girls only
Tickets available at the door
Tuesday vs Timbo
5pm start
2,3,4
Wednesday Sr Boys @ Greenwood Laboratory School, Springfield, MO
Friday @ GFWS
5:00 pm start
2,3,4
Elementary students that need to get power supplies for chromebooks may do so in the elementary lobby after 10 am today. Please keep the power supply with the chromebook and return both together when school resumes next week.
Due to a high number of quarantined students and staff in the elementary school, Viola Elementary students will attend school virtually from home this week. --- Viola High School will be open for on campus instruction as normal. Buses will run to pick up high school students, but may be running a little later each morning this week, since elementary students will not be riding. ---- Staff members who are not quarantined need to report to work as usual on Tuesday.
This is just a reminder that the Viola School District will dismiss for Christmas break today, Friday, December 18, at the normal time. School will not resume until January 5th, 2021 at the normal time with buses running regular routes. On behalf of the Viola School District, I would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a happy holiday season.
All games tonight at Shirley have been postponed. A makeup date will be announced later.
There are three basketball games scheduled at Viola on Monday, December 21st. Jr Girls, Sr Girls, and Sr Boys vs. Greers Ferry West Side. (Vouchers are required.)
The Sr Boys will play two games at Jacksonville on Saturday. JV game will play first at 1pm.
This is a TEST message. If you know someone who did not receive this message that should have, please have the student’s guardian contact the Viola school secretary to request that contact information be updated in our database.
The band Christmas concert scheduled for this evening has been postponed.
There will be three teams playing tonight at the Longhorn Corral. We will NOT be clearing the gym as we did back in October. However, due to capacity restrictions, we ask that families consider leaving soon after there athlete's game is over, or waiting to arrive until their game is about to begin. This will help us to make room, while social distancing, for everyone who wants to watch their children's games.
The Viola School District will remain open for onsite learning between the Thanksgiving and Christmas breaks. We were officially notified yesterday that there are no plans for a statewide closure of schools.
After Christmas, families will continue to have onsite and virtual options. However, we strongly recommend that students attend school in person, unless required to be quarantined. Because of masks and quarantine policies being implemented at school, research is suggesting that students attending school in person are less likely to contract COVID.
Thank you for your patience and cooperation and have a great Thanksgiving!