Mr. Segura, RPEMS's theatre teacher, won the Speech and Theatre Association of Missouri's Outstanding New Teacher Award! Congratulations, Mr. Segura! #huskypackpride #owningthestage
Congrats to the varsity girls tennis team that won the Belton invitational tournament on Wednesday, Sept. 21. Peyton Koper and Isabella deLeon won A-flight doubles, Naomi Ropp won B-flight singles, and Shannon Finn won A-flight singles.
LEAD Center Electrical Students working on residential applications.
Hannah Rayburn sophomore places 5 th in JV Minor Park tourney.
Ray-Pec Superintendent Dr. Mike Slagle and Park Hill Superintendent Dr. Mike Kimbrel were interviewed today by KMBC Channel 9's Cody Holyoke about how schools are addressing learning interruptions from the pandemic. The segment is set to air on Sunday, Sept. 18.
Congratulations! Junior Sam Larkins tied for 11th place at the Liberty North golf tournament today at Winter Stone Golf Course.
Congratulations to the Ray-Pec boys soccer team on being selected the WDAF Fox 4/HyVee Team of the Week!
Congrats to seniors Peyton Koper and Isabella deLeon who finished 2nd in A-Flight doubles @ Barstow Invitational, eventually losing 6-0, 3-6 (1-10) in the championship to the home team. Varsity team is undefeated in conference play (2-0) and on the season (4-0).
Ray-Pec middle school choir students, under the direction of Teacher Shea Twenter, sang The National Anthem at tonightโs KC Royals game!
Congratulations to Sam Larkins on placing 14th with a score of 89 at the Blue Springs South Girls Varsity Golf Tournament at Lakewood Oaks Golf Club!
Congrats to the Ray-Pec JV Softball Bracket Champions at the Leeโs Summit High School Tournament! #raypec @raypecnow @raypecad
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The Ray-Pec boys soccer team opened its 2022 season on Tuesday in the Park Hill tourney vs Van Horn, who was coming off a 2021 Class 2 state semifinal appearance. The Panthers played the Falcons to a first-half draw, but broke out for 3 second-half goals from Matthew Como, Logan Wilson and Jacob Adams. The defense limited Van Horn to zero corner kicks and goalie Jack Green kept a clean sheet in the 3-0 win.
Congratulations to the Ray-Pec High School Junior Varsity Girls Golf Team on winning the Leeโs Summit North JV tournament on Monday. As a team, Ray-Pec placed first out of 16 teams. McKenna Raymond placed third and medaled. Addison Showalter placed 6th and Isa Odom placed 14th out of 80 golfers.
(Picture from left: Hannah Rayburn, McKenna Raymond, Jordan Johnston, Isa Odom and Addison Showalter)
The School Board on Thursday recognized Superintendent Dr. Mike Slagle for being one of 19 superintendents nationwide to receive the โ2021 Superintendents to Watchโ award from the National School Public Relations Association. He is pictured with Board President Ruth Johnson.
Thanks to the Peculiar Charitable Foundation for donating $1,000 toward the Stuff the Bus fundraiser to provide school supplies for students in need! Pictured: Ray-Pec Public School Foundation Executive Director Jodie Huston, and Scott Dobson and Mary Dobson from PCF. #raypec
The girls golf team is kicking off the season hosting the Ray-Pec Tourney at Hoot's Hollow golf course. More than 20 schools are participating. Good luck, Panthers!
Dr. Slagle stopped by the Lead Center today to spend time in the Teacher Academy. Scholar students are learning about a future in education.
The Peculiar Chamber of Commerce recognized the Ray-Pec Public School Foundation as its Business of the Month for August! The Foundation hosted the Chamber's Third Friday Coffee this morning at the Caring About Nutrition (CAN) Pantry. Thanks to everyone who supports the CAN Program and the Foundation!
Helena Nunn, a Raymore resident and new fourth grade teacher at Stonegate Elementary School, has been recognized among the 2022 Missouri Teacher Leaders of Tomorrow by the Missouri Milken Educators.
The Missouri Milken educators partnered with WGU Missouri to create this new program, and in its first year, 10 teachers across the state โ all of whom are WGU Missouri graduates โ received the Missouri Teacher Leaders of Tomorrow designation.
All Missouri Teacher Leaders of Tomorrow inductees will receive the benefits of one-on-one mentorship from Missouri Milken Leaders, who were all previously recognized by the Milken Family Foundation with the National Milken Educator Award for their impressive achievements.
Honorees will have a year of coaching and mentorship. Nunn and the other honorees learned they were selected for the designation in May.
Nunn graduated from WGU Missouri in December 2021 with a Bachelor of Arts in Elementary Education and was hired by the Raymore-Peculiar School District to teach fourth grade in the same classroom in which she completed her demonstration teaching.
Her host teacher, who had over twenty yearsโ experience teaching different elementary school grade levels, was relocating out of state in the middle of the school year and recommended Nunn to take over teaching her classroom. She started teaching full time in January 2022. Nunn enrolled in WGU Missouri in March to complete her masterโs degree, and she will graduate with her Master of Education in Learning and Technology in December of this year.
Before completing her degree at WGU Missouri, Nunn spent several years trying to balance family life, going to school and working. Her educational journey began in 2009 when she enrolled in a traditional four-year university. She studied there for a year before leaving to have her daughter. After taking a small break from school, she enrolled in another university to finish her core classes and accepted a position as a pre-kindergarten teacherโs assistant in the Kansas City Public School District, where she eventually became a special education paraprofessional. She heard about WGU Missouri and decided to enroll. She completed her degree while working fulltime as a one-on-one paraprofessional for the Belton School District.
