Advance R-IV students, grades 4th to 8th, competed in the annual Scholastic Meet with our fellow SCAA conference schools today. All of our students and teachers did an awesome job preparing for the competition, and we had a long list of students that placed highly:
4th grade: Molly Thompson, 2nd place Communication Arts
5th grade: Rylan Rodgers, 2nd place Math, Christian Wach, 1st place Social Studies
6th grade: Mary Heuring, 2nd place Math, Makenna Bess, 3rd place Science, Braxston Davault, 2nd place Communication Arts, Briar Kelley, 1st place Social Studies, Perseus Sanders, 1st place General Achievement,
7th grade: Brylee Bowling, 3rd place Analogies and 1st place Declamation, Aydon Bohnsack, 3rd place Math
8th grade: Colton Sticht, 2nd place Science, Jude Schrader, 3rd place Social Studies, Taylor Kelley, 3rd place Declamation, Grace Dunning, 1st place General Achievement
We are very proud of all our students and their hard work!
#HornetPride!
Tonight's district game against Meadow Heights can be streamed at the following link:
mshsaa.tv
Then search Advance
All other links claiming to have the live stream are scams. Please do not click on those links.
#HornetPride!
AHS Boys Basketball will take on Meadow Heights tonight in a district semifinal matchup. The game is at 7:15pm, and will be held at Bloomfield High School. Admission is $6 per person as set by MSHSAA.
Come support the team!
#HornetPride!
#LTT Literacy Tip Thursday
Today's focus is Magic E (sometimes called Silent E). Here is a fun video for students: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcEygzcZzPU
Here is an activity for adults to do with their young readers: https://fcrr.org/sites/g/files/upcbnu2836/files/media/PDFs/student_center_activities/k1_phonics/k1_variant_correspondences/k1_p048_silent_e_changes.pdf
Congratulations Advance Varsity Boys Basketball on your District Tournament win over Bloomfield tonight.
OVERTIME Final Score Advance 65, Bloomfield 63! Advance will play 7:15 p.m. on Thursday.
GO BIG ORANGE
#HORNETPRIDE
AHS Boys Basketball district game at Bloomfield will be streamed at the following link:
https://mshsaa.tv/?B=978761
There is a charge for this live stream and MSHSAA is the only live stream service available. Any other link claiming to stream the game is a scam.
#HornetPride!
Kindergarten Screening/Enrollment

Preschool Screening

AHS Boys Basketball travels to Bloomfield for an opening round game against Bloomfield. Game begins at 6:00pm and admission is $6 as set by MSHSAA. Come support the team!
#HornetPride!
Thank you Michael Cox of @Hand2mind for your generation donation of decodable readers and vocabulary manipulatives!

Picture Day!!!!

AHS Girls Basketball district game today will be streamed on the following link:
https://www.mshsaa.tv/?B=978387
mshsaa.tv is the only streaming service doing our girls district games. Any other link is a scam.
AHS Girls Basketball travels to Lesterville today for Class 2 District 3 play opening round play. AHS will take on Lesterville beginning at 4:30pm. Admission is $6 per person, set by MSHSAA. Come support the team!
#HornetPride!
Advance Schools held their Hall of Fame induction ceremony tonight. We were proud to induct the Missouri State Champion Volleyball Teams from 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2022. Congratulations Ladies. We are so proud of you.
GO BIG ORANGE
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THREE CHEERS FOR THE ORANGE AND BLACK!

REMINDER: The Advance Hall of Fame Ceremony honoring the 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2022 State Champion Varsity Volleyball Teams, will take place tonight between the Girls Basketball game and the Boys Basketball game. Girls game starts at 4:30.
Game time update: Tomorrows girls basketball game at home vs. Clearwater will now start at 4:30 pm. We will have the Hall of Fame ceremony immediately after the girls game. The varsity boys basketball game will start immediately after the Hall of Fame ceremony.
Reminder: Advance R-IV Schools will not be in session on Friday February 16th and Monday February 19th. Please enjoy a safe weekend. We look forward to seeing our students and staff back at school on Tuesday February 20th.
#HornetPride!
Hearts Around the Country Update:
Our third grade classes have received many thoughtful cards and letters from around the world! Pictured below are some of our favorites. These include conservation patches from Virginia, M&Ms from New Jersey, cactus from Arizona, Star Wars pop up card from Alaska, and a letter from France!
We'd love to add the following states: CA, CO, Ct, De, HI, IL, IA, KS, ME, MD, MA, MN, MS, MO, NV, NH, NY, NC, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, UT, VT, WV
Our address is Advance School; Attn: Ms. Long's Class; 201 School St; Advance MO 63730







#LTT Literacy Tip Thursday What is a digraph and what does it mean for phonics? A digraph is 2 letters that make 1 sound -- sh in ship; ch in chin; th in that; ck in pick.
Here is fun song for students to practice their digraphs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NK8_Tvu6bJk
Digraph Roll-a-Word activity for parents to do with young readers: https://drive.google.com/file/d/16-a2BCqdwkqrIOm6om06UNdL4-saG1wU/view
Digraph Bingo: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CopM1qJXhOe22YBKfP5IRK6Gdzva0Lyv/view
For those that are interested:

