Southwest R-V School District

Volleyball Practice Starts at Southwest on Aug. 11
Volleyball practice begins at 3 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 11 at Southwest High School, according to Coach Steve Voyak. The team is open to all girls in 9th- through 12th-grade. Players are reminded they need a current physical and proof of insurance to participate. The practice schedule for Week 1 includes:
Aug. 11 - 3 to 6 p.m.
Aug. 12 - 3 to 6 p.m.
Aug. 13 - 3 to 5 p.m.
Aug. 14 - 6 to 9 p.m. (following Open House)
Aug. 15 - 3 to 6 p.m.
Aug. 16 - 8:30 to 10 a.m.
Any questions, contact Coach Voyak at 479.422.5395 or svoyak@swr5.net.

Reminder: Southwest R-V High School Athletic Banquet 📅 Date: Tuesday, May 13, 2025 ⏰ Time: 6:30 PM 📍 Location: Southwest R-V High School Gym ✨ Awards will be presented to honor outstanding achievements in athletics! Join us in celebrating our amazing athletes and their hard work this season! Let's come together to honor their dedication and achievements. See you there! 🏆🎉

FFA CDE TEAM RESULTS: The FFA CDE teams travelled to Elsberry Saturday to compete in Soils and Floriculture. This is one of the most competitive invitationals in the state. Results are as follows: Soils 4th- Aiden Barnett, Jack Cornell, Colten Phillips and Case Jennings, Jack Cornell 5th individual; Floriculture, with only 2 competitors, 14th, Brianna Hoover and Jimena A

SPEECH AND DEBATE: The Speech and Debate team traveled to Webb City on Friday and Saturday for our National Qualifier tournament. The results are as follows: Tatum Burgess Original Oration 12th out of 30 competitors ; Ashlynn Burgess Humorous Interp 13th out of 30 competitors; Abigale Clark Humorous Interp 15th out of 30 competitors.

SOUTHWEST SPEECH AND DEBATE QUALIFIES FOR STATE: This past weekend our Speech and Debate team traveled to Monett for district competition. We had several good showings with the following results: 6th Place Xena Rodgers and Ashlynn Burgess Duet Acting ; 3rd Place State Qualifier in Original Oration Tatum Burgess. Tatum will be traveling to Missouri State in Springfield on April 26th against the best in the state.

MS SCHOLAR BOWL: Southwest won 7 of 8 matches Saturday and finished in 3-way tie for first but ended with 3rd place at the 14-team Shell Knob Tournament. The A team of Brielee Jones, Conner Jones, McKinley Miller and Natalie Corn ended their middle school careers wih an overtime victory over tourney Willard. Brielee and Conner were named to the all-tournament team. The B team of 6th-graders Scarlett Jones, Brody Holt, Kason Brinkman and Saleh Grubbs won 3 of 8 games and placed 10th.

Due to the extreme cold and lingering travel difficulties, Southwest will be closed Friday, February 21st for a snow day.

Due to the extreme cold and hazardous driving conditions, Southwest will be closed on Thursday, February 20, 2025, for a snow day. In addition, the Southwest Board of Education Meeting (Feb. 20th) will be at 4:00 pm instead of 7:00 pm.

Due to the extreme cold and hazardous weather forecast, Southwest Schools will be closed Wednesday, February 19th for AMI Day #4.

Southwest FFA Labor Auction is moved from Thursday, February 20, to Thursday, March 6.

Due to the extreme cold and hazardous weather forecast, Southwest Schools will be closed Tuesday, February 18th for AMI Day #3.

Due to the starting of sleet and concern for students and staff members commuting to school. SW will use an AMI Day #3 on Wednesday, February 12th.

HOMECOMING SCHEDULE UPDATE: Here is the homecoming schedule for Friday, February 7 (times will be adjusted as needed during the evening): * 5:00pm - JV Boys - 1/2 Game * 5:30pm - Homecoming Ceremony * 6:00pm - Tip-off for Varsity Boys * 6:30pm - Elementary Cheer Performance at half-time * 7:15pm - Tip-Off for Varsity Girls * 8:30pm - 10:30pm - Homecoming Dance

CASSVILLE DOWNS SOUTHWEST IN MIDDLE SCHOOL SCHOLAR BOWL: Cassville defeated Southwest in a tightly contested scholar bowl match Tuesday 270-190 in the Trojans' final non-conference competition. The team is now off until March 1 when it plays in the annual Shell Knob Tournament.

MS SCHOLAR BOWL DOWNS SHELL KNOB: The Southwest Scholar Bowl team, led by Conner Jones and Brielee Jones, built a 60-point halftime lead and defeated a strong Shell Knob team 240-180 Tuesday night. The younger group lost 180-40. The Trojans return to action Wednesday, Jan. 22 at Cassville.

Southwest IS in school on Monday, January 13, 2025. The bus drivers will be instructed to drive very cautiously when picking up students. If there are parts of a bus route that are too hazardous to travel causing students not to be picked up, the student will not be penalized with an absence. Dr. Tilford

Due to inclement weather and hazardous driving conditions, the Southwest R-V School District will be closed on Friday, January 10, 2025, for AMI Day #1.

Due to inclement weather and hazardous driving conditions, the Southwest R-V School District will be closed on Monday, January 6, 2025, for a Snow Day.

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION: Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become a hot topic in the technology world over the past couple of years. To help parents (and teachers and others) to understand this new technology, I'm providing a couple links that came through my email. Here are the two links: Parents' Ultimate Guide to Generative AI (https://www.commonsensemedia.org/articles/parents-ultimate-guide-to-generative-ai) and A Report Showing How Students Are Embracing AI (https://www.commonsensemedia.org/press-releases/new-report-shows-students-are-embracing-artificial-intelligence-despite-lack-of-parent-awareness-and). Southwest School District is aware of concerns with AI especially regarding academic dishonesty and student data privacy. We attempt to block access to tools that are unsafe for students to use while they are using their district issued Chromebook. If you ever have any questions regarding online student safety, please reach out to our Technology Director, Dan Shelton, by email at: dshelton @ swr5.net (be sure to remove the spaces).