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Reminder...
Wednesday is an early release day. HMS dismisses at 11:50 a.m.; HHS & CCC dismiss at 12 p.m. and then, ECC, HES, & McEowen release at 1:14 p.m. There is no school December 22-Jan. 3 and classes resume on Wednesday, Jan. 4.

Wildcat Week in Review
*Teamwork at CCC
*Breakfast with Books at ECC
*Teddy Bear Donation
*Community Presentation
*Holiday Fun
*Bright Futures Classroom Partner in Action

Tuesday - McEowen Elementary Wildcats Winter Concert, 7 p.m., HHS PAC
Tuesday - Board of Education Meeting, 7 p.m., Admin Office
Wednesday - Early Release for Students; HMS-11:50 a.m., HHS/CCC-12 p.m., ECC/HES/McEowen-1:14 p.m.
Thursday-Jan. 3 - Winter Break
Jan. 4 - Classes Resume

Congratulations to our Wildcat wrestlers who earned medals at the Harrisonville Holiday Tournament!

Chris Sullivan, 1st
Kale Weber, 2nd
Luke DeVenney, 4th
Cooper Elifrits, 6th

Congratulations to Harrisonville High School senior Kale Weber who won his 100th career match Friday night at the Harrisonville Holiday Tournament!

Time to recognize our Wildcat football award winners...

Academic All-Conference - Tyson Wyatt-Smith, Keller Johnson, Eli Baker, Jack San Nicolas, Adysen Eng, Gavin Sartain, Nate Reynolds, Charlie Murcia, Gavin Valentich, Slade Holden, Mason Mitchell, Andrew Arnold, Darion Polk, Kale Weber
All-Conference 1st Team - Nate Reynolds (RB), Kale Weber (DL), Espen Glenn (DB)
All-Conference 2nd Team - Espen Glenn (Return Specialist), Mason Cheek (OL)

9th/C Team Awards
Offensive Player of the Year - Levi Hall
Defensive Player of the Year - Keller Johnson
Special Teams Player of the Year - Ethan Stone / Gavon Thompson

JV Team Awards
Offensive Player of the Year - Brandon Phillips
Defensive Player of the Year - Gavin Sartain
Special Teams Player of the Year - Aiden Smith / Lance Dunsworth

Varsity Team Awards
Offensive Player of the Year - Nate Reynolds
Defensive Player of the Year - Kale Weber
Special Teams Player of the Year - Nils Kockmeyer

9-12 Team Awards
Offensive Lineman of the Year - Mason Cheek
Defensive Lineman of the Year - Kale Weber
Spark Plug / Inspirational Player of the Year - Espen Glenn
Most Improved Player of the Year - Tyson Wyatt-Smith
Most Valuate Teammate - Kale Weber

A fun way to support Cass Career Center SkillsUSA! Early bird registration due by Jan. 5!

FYI

School's out! Have last minute shopping to finish? Need childcare while working over the holidays? We can help! Day Camps are from 6:30am-6pm for kiddos ages 5-12. Winter Day Camp days include December 22-23 & 26-30. Registration deadline is the day prior to attending. Must sign up by December 25th to receive $110 weekly discount.
www.HarrisonvilleParks.com

Bright Futures Harrisonville is seeking support for the Food 4 Thought Weekend food program through a 12 Days of Giving campaign which runs through December 31.

The Food 4 Thought Weekend food program provides two days of child-friendly food for students over the weekend during the school year. Since 2009, Bright Futures has relied solely on donations from individuals, churches, organizations, businesses, etc. to fund the program. Bright Futures currently serves 158 students each weekend and the current cost per weekend box is $24. One hundred percent of all donations will go towards food costs.

To make a donation, checks can be mailed to Bright Futures Harrisonville, 503 S. Lexington, Harrisonville, MO or you can donate online at https://harrisonvillepublicschoolfoundation.networkforgood.com/projects/180402-2022-food-4-thought-weekend-program

Next up for a round of applause, the girls' tennis team honorees...

Academic All-Conference - Elizabeth Allen, Abby Overbay, Miranda Fisher, Lily Hopson, Taylor Jennings, Kayleigh Norris
Conference Champions - Abby Overbay, 1st place #1 singles; Kayleigh Norris, 1st place #2 singles
District advanced to Sectionals - Abby Overbay, 1st place singles; Kayleigh Norris, District runner-up

Next up...Wildcat cheer!

Academic All-Conference - Arianna Darling, Elly Maxwell, Josie Moore, Alexis Terwilliger, Samantha Young, Ryley Wood, Addison Billings, Madison Mitchell
Varsity Most Improved - Madison Mitchell
Varsity Most Inspirational - Ryley Wood
Varsity Most Spirited - Ryley Wood
Varsity Best All-Around Cheerleaders - Sammy Young
JV Most Improved - Delaney Cooper
JV Most Inspirational - Allison Edson
JV Most Spirited - Katie Neville
JV Best All-Around Cheerleader - Reese Bofenkamp
"Above & Beyond" Medal - Arianna Darling & Conner Peeples

Congratulations to Wildcat volleyball players earning post-season recognition!

All-Conference 1st Team - Kennedy Smalley
All-Conference 2nd Team - Lauren Durnell, Lexi George
All-Conference Honorable Mention - Aubrey Hall
All-District 1st Team- Kennedy Smalley, Lauren Durnell
All-District 2nd Team- Peyton Ritter, Aubrey Hall, Lexi George
All-State 1st Team - Kennedy Smalley
Academic All-Conference - Kennedy Smalley, Aubrey Hall, Maddie Lalman, Lauren Durnell, Peyton Ritter, Lexi George, Brooklyn Rhoney, Sydney Ballard, Brooklyn Morgan, Kallie Lemons

C Team Awards
Offensive Player of the Year - Dyllan Hembre
Defensive Player of the Year - Elizabeth Cronk
Teammate Award - Danica Ritter
MVP - Brezzlyn Jones
Most Improved - Bailey Sanders

JV
Offensive Player of the Year - Kenzie Verstraete
Defensive Player of the Year - Addi Shepherd
Teammate Award - Emma Lyon
MVP - Annie Rhoney
Most Improved - Zaylee Lindsey

Varsity
Offensive Player of the Year - Kennedy Smalley
Defensive Player of the Year - Lauren Durnell
Teammate Award - Aubrey Hall
MVP - Kennedy Smalley
Most Improved - Brooklyn Morgan

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Santa and his favorite reindeer visited McEowen today.

Don't miss this week's Sonic Locker Room Radio Program featuring our Harrisonville Lady Cats Basketball with Coach Middleton and seniors Madison Johnson & Kendra Riggs. The show airs TODAY at 4:39 p.m. on 1160 AM and 99.3 and 100.5 FM. It will also be available online for the school year at https://slr.news/schools/harrisonville.

Congratulations to our Wildcat soccer players' on their postseason honors!

Academic All-Conference- Cort DeVenney, Travis Eddleman, Tucker Lawson, Emiliano Arroyo, Lucas Goss, Luke DeVenney, Carter Lawson, Austin Eng, Conner Graves, Eli Getz, Dillon Metchnikoff, Cooper Elifrits
All-Conference 1st Team - Cort DeVenney, Travis Eddleman, Tucker Lawson, Emiliano Arroyo
All-Conference 2nd Team - Zane Masden
All-Conference Honorable Mention - Lucas Goss
All-District - Cort DeVenney, Travis Eddleman , Tucker Lawson, Emiliano Arroyo, Zane Masden, Lucas Goss
All-Region- Cort DeVenney, Travis Eddleman (Region Goalkeeper of the Year), Tucker Lawson
Small School Kansas City All-Metro 1st team - Cort DeVenney
Small School Kansas City All-Metro 2nd team - Travis Eddleman, Tucker Lawson
All-State 1st team - Cort DeVenney
All-State 2nd team - Travis Eddleman
Small School Academic All-State - Cort DeVenney

Varsity Team Awards
Player of the Year - Emiliano Arroyo
Defensive POY - Cort DeVenney
Offensive POY - Tucker Lawson
Newcomer of the Year - Austin Eng
Wildcat Exemplification Award - Emiliano Arroyo

Junior Varsity Team Awards
JV POY - Will Sellers
JV DPOY - Cooper Elifrits
JV OPOY - Gordon Hopson
Most Improved Player - Ben Wooten
Hustle Award - Gabe Hunter

Congratulations to our Wildcat cross country athletes!

Academic All-Conference - Alex Barta, Garett Peterman, Steven Overbay, Emily Barta, Kayleigh Norris, Selah Parris
All-Conference - Alex Barta, 4th; Garett Peterman, 7th; Kayleigh Norris, 4th
All-District - Kayleigh Norris, District Champion; Alex Barta, 20th
Academic All-State - Alex Barta, Garett Peterman, Steven Overbay, Kayleigh Norris, Selah Parris
All-State - Kayleigh Norris, 9th
All-Metro 1st Team - Kayleigh Norris

This week we'll be sharing our fall sports awards' winners. First up, Wildcat softball.

All-Conference 1st Team - Jaeda Hasam. 2nd Team-Cat Buller, Olivia Quick
All-Conference Honorable Mention - AnJell Chiasson.
All-District 1st Team - Jaeda Hasam, Cat Buller.
All-District 2nd Team -AnJell Chiasson.
All-Region 2nd Team -Jaeda Hasam
Offensive Player of the Year - Jaeda Hasam
Defensive Player of the Year - Cat Buller
True Blue Award - Mia Jackson
Christina Collins Award - Abby Lyon

WHAT'S GREAT TODAY?
Seven Harrisonville High School students are gaining real world experience through a new marketing intern program at Cass Career Center. The students are completing internships with businesses in the community as part of their coursework.

Mrs. Amy Schroeder, the marketing instructor at CCC, oversees the interns who meet in class on Mondays and then work at their business on the other two block days of the week.

“I am thrilled with what my interns are doing. I have seen them doing so many different things, all over town. I have one student who is focusing on merchandising through social media, by creating weekly Instagram reels for her business. I have another student who just completed a pricing comparison project, where he updated his business' product prices, ensuring that their prices were better than their competitors. Another intern has been updating their business' website. These are all things that we have talked about in class, but now they are actually making it happen!”

Mrs. Schroeder’s first reference was to Josie Moore who is working for Artisan's Corner. She said, “I have gotten to learn lots of different marketing and business aspects that I didn't know, and that you really have to think about all these different things and take them into account when running and marketing a business. Even something as simple as what music plays in the store matters.”

Cort DeVenney works at Studio Blush and, as Mrs. Schroeder said, has been working more on the business side of things.

“I've learned what it takes to be a business owner and many aspects of running a business. I've learned you need to be flexible because you never know what ups and downs you'll face as a business owner.”

Additionally, Cort has helped the owner of Studio Blush move to online appointment scheduling and payments with the purchase of an iPad and Square.

Aubrey Hall is working at Blue River Church of Christ and one of her main projects has been updating the church’s website. “I've learned the importance of communication. With the whole leadership wanting to help me in any way, it's been hard to make sure that we aren't working on the same projects.”

Dayton Hoffman is busy designing posters, taking pictures, and helping with day-to-day merchandising at Red Barn Ranch. She said, “The biggest lesson I have learned is to be willing to be flexible in projects and adjust to the needs of my boss. And how my ‘job’ affects the business.”

Alyssa Meade works at Bona Fide Bakery and assists with social media. She hopes her experience can benefit her in the future. “I plan to use this experience to get job recommendations and expand my marketing knowledge.”

Finally, Maddie Lalman and Menda Schroeder are interns for Harrisonville Schools. They work to support the six schools by posting social media stories and announcements, as well as creating regular newsletters for the buildings to keep families and staff informed.

“We’ve enjoyed interacting with school administrators, teachers, and students to share what is going on day-to-day in our classrooms through social media.”

Mrs. Schroeder says she has received a lot of positive feedback from the businesses. “My hope is that students get to experience various aspects of marketing in the workplace. For years, they have learned about marketing in the classroom. I want them to be able to apply the skills that they have learned in a real world job setting.”

The CCC marketing internship program is one of the first steps to increasing students’ opportunities to earn a market value asset. The Harrisonville School District is part of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation’s Real World Learning program and MVAs are an integral part of that program. The goal of the RWL program is for all students across the Kansas City region to graduate with market value assets and a diploma by 2030.

A market value asset is defined as one of the following: work experiences such as internships or client-centered projects, college credits, industry-recognized credentials, or entrepreneurial experiences. The district has several market value asset opportunities in place including industry-recognized credentials at Cass Career Center and college credit opportunities at Harrisonville High School. The internship program at CCC is the initial offering in student internships.

Artisan's Corner on Wall
Bona Fide Bakery & Café
Red Barn Ranch

Wednesday - Harrisonville Early Childhood Center Wildcats Breakfast with Books, 8:15-9 a.m.
Thursday - Harrisonville Parents As Teachers Playgroup, 9:30 a.m., ECC
Thursday - Harrisonville Middle School Choir Concert, 6 p.m., HHS PAC
Thursday - High School Choir Concert, 7 p.m., HHS PAC

Wildcat Week in Review
*Field trip to Kauffman
*Plant Science Experiment
*Tuba Christmas
*Holiday Giving
*Trip to NYC
*Supporting Veterans
*Learning a Lifetime Sport

Way to go HMS!

This week, Harrisonville Middle School presented a check to the Veterans Community Project for $2,462.77 - nearly $1500 more than ever raised during the fundraiser.

This annual donation drive is part of the middle school Veterans Day recognition. It's set up as a contest between 5th hour classes. Mrs. Britton's class won and they presented the check to a representative from VCP.

Veterans Community Project provides outreach services to area veterans and manages VCP Village - a tiny home community to get homeless veterans off the street and transition them to permanent housing. VCP is based in Kansas City.

This morning, Harrisonville High School Engineering students provided an update on their research project at the Harrisonville Cares Coalition meeting. The students are looking into traffic & pedestrian safety on the access road south of Memorial Stadium. They have completed observational research and conducted a community survey to gain insight.

The Harrisonville Cares Coalition brings local, regional and state agencies and groups together to improve pedestrian and traffic safety in our community.

Congratulations to Harrisonville High School senior Lillie Miller who signed her letter of intent to continue her academic & athletic career at Avila University next year! Miller will join the wrestling team at Avila. She signed her letter during the first signing ceremony of the year at HHS. During the event attend by students, wrestling coaches Eric DeVenney & Bobby Herrick talked about Miller's value to the team and wished her luck in her future. Miller also competes outside of school in mixed martial arts.

Avila University Athletics
Avila University Wrestling

Don't miss today's Sonic Locker Room Radio Program featuring girls' wrestling with Coach Herrick and Chloe, Lauren & Ryleigh! The show airs today at 4:39 p.m. on 1160 AM and 99.3 and 100.5 FM. It will also be available online for the school year at https://slr.news/schools/harrisonville.

Connections

Check out today's edition of Connections - our e-newsletter. Read about...
*Successful events at HHS
*CCC earns grant
*Bright Futures seeks donations for weekend food program
*Student honors & awards
*Photos from around the district
*And much more!

Connections Connections

The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) has awarded Cass Career Center a grant totaling nearly $400,000.

CCC’s grant projects will include HVAC unit & ductwork replacement in part of the building; insulation replacement in the agriculture, construction and welding shops; and the addition of an outdoor pavilion for use as an outdoor classroom, demonstration area, club activity space, and community use space.

Missouri’s Area Career Center Opportunity (MACCO) Grants provide funding to enhance the state’s CTE capacity by providing more opportunities for CTE students while updating and modernizing career centers’ infrastructure and equipment.

MACCO is funded through the American Rescue Plan Act (APRA) and grants local education agencies (LEAs) up to $400,000.

The grant is a 75/25 match with local funds. CCC will be seeking local donations to fulfill the 25% match for the outdoor pavilion.