Enterprise & Design Team
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.
🎾We’ve got a crowd for our first 🎾tennis 🎾 home opener 🎾 on the new Ray-Pec tennis courts!
Congratulations to the Ray-Pec High School Junior Varsity Girls Golf Team on winning the Lee’s 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)
Attention! Some buses will be running late today due to flooded streets and downed tree limbs.
Here are the updates on the RP Boy's Swim meet Saturday.
The following swimmers and relays achieved state consideration times:
Kris Cobb- 200 IM & 100 Breast
Tucker Williams- 100 Free
Brenen Birdsell- 100 Back & 100 free
Dallas York-100 fly
200 medley relay - Brenen Birdsell, Kris Cobb, Dallas York, Tucker Williams
400 free relay- Brenen Birdsell, Kris Cobb, Dallas York, Tucker Williams
200 free relay- Will Reynolds, Joe Vierman, Caleb McDaniel, Eric Hopkins
The Panthers placed 7th overall out of 11 teams with 160 points. Overall there were some amazing swims on the day with multiple swimmers setting new PRs.
The School Board on Thursday recognized Superintendent Dr. Mike Slagle for being one of 19 superintendents nationwide to receive the “2021 Superintendents to Watch” 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!
Varsity Soccer Jamboree tonight at the Soccer Complex across from the Blue Springs Freshman Center, 2103 NW Vesper. Participants: Ray-Pec, Blue Springs, Grain Valley & Platte County. Game 1 (5:30) BS v PC. Game 2 (6:15) RP vs. GV. Game 3 (6:55) RP vs. PC. Game 4 (7:35) BS vs GV.
Dr. Slagle stopped by the Lead Center today to spend time in the Teacher Academy. Scholar students are learning about a future in education.
Some bus routes have changes to stops or times. Please review your student's bus route at: https://www.raypec.org/page/transportation
Here's a great way to welcome students and staff as they enter schools on Monday for the first day of school!
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 – all of whom are WGU Missouri graduates – 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 years’ 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 master’s 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 teacher’s 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.
Our Teacher of the Year has some new bling! Dr. Al Voelker, Assistant Superintendent of Academic Services, presented 2022 Teacher of the Year Shaniece Wise with her Teacher of the Year ring on Monday. Balfour provided the ring as part of the award for the winner. Ms. Wise had been teaching at Timber Creek Elementary, but is now the counselor at Stonegate Elementary School.
Are you ready for some football? Come watch the Ray-Pec High School Varsity Cheerleaders and Varsity Prowlers dance team play an exciting game of powder puff football at 6 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 21, at Panther Stadium. You will also see fall sport athletes performing cheers and a dance for your half-time entertainment! Tickets are $7 at the gate only. Gates open at 5:30 p.m.
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The annual Men's Soccer Alumni Game is set for 6 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 13, at Panther Stadium! Admission is free; donations accepted. Each alumni player paid $50 to participate - the proceeds fund the Annual Ray-Pec Soccer Alumni Scholarship Award.
Preseason training starts today for these 5 Ray-Pec grads who are all on scholarship to play soccer at Avila University! From left: Trent Day (2021),
Robbie Davies (2022), Jesse Simpson (2022), Landon Burdick (2022), &
Malcom Goswell (2022).
