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January 4, 2023
Ray-Pec students return to school on Thursday, Jan. 5!
Due to construction of the new Performing Arts Center, there will be a change in the traffic pattern for Ray-Pec High Sch...
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December 7, 2022
The School District announces a new School Resource Officer on the main campus.
Officer Ashley Rappuhn with the Peculiar Police Department begins work on Jan. 3, 2023. She will...
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December 1, 2022
The state of Missouri announces important information regarding Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (P-EBT) benefits, both for the 2021-22 School Year and Summer 2022. Please car...
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November 21, 2022
Updated Ray-Pec bus routes are now posted on the district website! https://www.raypec.org/page/tr...
![Exterior of LEAD Center at night](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/raymore-peculiar_school_district_ar/article/image/large_6b425742-8efc-4e0a-b7fa-58fc973d38af.jpg)
November 16, 2022
The application period opens today for students who wish to participate in programs at the Ray-Pec LEAD Center for the 2023-2024 school year!
Current sophomores and juniors who...
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November 15, 2022
This week during Advisory Classes, Ray-Pec High School students are learning about the “Buckle Up, Phone Down” campaign. They will learn about distracted driving and then have the...
![Caring Hearts Donation](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/raymore-peculiar_school_district_ar/article/image/large_964b0379-9ca9-4b65-a542-a3eed4459f0f.jpg)
November 15, 2022
Thank you to Caring Hearts of Peculiar for donating $5,500 on Nov. 14 to the Ray-Pec Public School Foundation. Caring Hearts designated $1,500 for Ray-Pec Cares; $2,000 for the Ca...
![Joanna Clark, Crystal Hawley, Ashley Tegenkamp, Jake Wingo, and Superintendent Dr. Mike Slagle](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/raymore-peculiar_school_district_ar/article/image/large_3196a63d-0785-4bb9-ad12-a1b9e6a52378.png)
November 9, 2022
The Ray-Pec School District introduces the “Ray-Pec Connect” podcast as another way to share information with our community.
The first episode is a discussion of our teacher a...
![From left: Ellie Barker, Avery Raymond, Alexis Borum, Ashlyn Smith, Brooke Stephenson, Maya York, and Isabel Chatfield.](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/raymore-peculiar_school_district_ar/article/image/large_b1e50784-c23e-4edc-9d6e-e79a26c9015f.jpg)
November 4, 2022
The Ray-Pec girls cross country team placed 2nd at the state meet Friday in Columbia, and four runners placed in the top 25 to earn All-State honors.
The Panthers were led by J...
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November 3, 2022
Dr. Alan Downing will be the principal for the new Ray-Pec Ninth Grade Center, which is scheduled to open in August 2023. The Ninth Grade Center is under construction on M-58 ad...
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October 25, 2022
Raymore-Peculiar High School announce its upcoming production of the musical comedy Something Rotten! Performances will be in the Ray-Pec High School Theatre at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 3...
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October 18, 2022
Only one month left to reserve your 2022-23 high school yearbook! You can order one using the yearbook order form . Yearbooks are on sale through Nov. 22. Students can drop the or...
![Boys and girls who earned All-Conference honors](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/raymore-peculiar_school_district_ar/article/image/large_daee1f57-ff54-47bb-9c85-6407b9f8cd27.jpg)
October 17, 2022
Congrats to the boys and girls cross country teams for their incredible performances on Oct. 15 at the Suburban Gold Conference meet. The boys pulled off an upset for 2nd place as...
October 10, 2022
Twelve students from the Ray-Pec Trap Shooting team participated in the Fall Classic on Oct. 8 at Linn Creek. Almost every student performed at their personal best or reached a pe...
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October 10, 2022
Volunteering at an animal shelter is one part of a semester-long service learning project underway by high school seniors at Raymore-Peculiar Academy through the coaching of Jenni...
![Five International Baccalaureate students with Teacher Kevin Crean](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/raymore-peculiar_school_district_ar/article/image/large_358ec8f7-dea9-435e-99e3-70861281824e.jpg)
October 10, 2022
In September, six Ray-Pec High School International Baccalaureate (IB) students and several parents attended a lecture at the World War I museum about peacekeeping to commemorate ...
![Picture of four theatre teachers. From left: Todd Schnake, Jayme Overstreet, Agam Segura, and Dane Schnake.](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/raymore-peculiar_school_district_ar/article/image/large_fdda64d9-0c6c-4b8f-be49-3797ba642f93.jpg)
October 5, 2022
Adam Segura, theatre teacher at Ray-Pec East Middle School, was recently honored for the work he has done in his first four years of teaching.
The Speech and Theatre Associatio...
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October 3, 2022
Would you like to visit and tour the new LEAD Center? These dates are scheduled for the public. 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 6 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 12 6:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 1...
![Superintendent Dr. Mike Slagle welcomes guests to the LEAD Center Dedication ceremony](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/raymore-peculiar_school_district_ar/article/image/large_b873a3cd-789d-473e-b911-f9f5fcd90be4.jpg)
September 29, 2022
On Sept. 27, the Raymore-Peculiar School District had a dedication ceremony to celebrate the opening of the Ray-Pec LEAD Center.
During the event, four students, representing e...
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September 29, 2022
Important information about tomorrow's game!
The Ray-Pec Panthers football team will host the Lee’s Summit North Broncos at 7:05 p.m. Friday, Sept. 30, at Panther Stadium.
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