Dexter R-XI School District

Dexter School District Mask Mandate letter (read in NEWS)

Athletic Update-SCAA All fans must have a ticket in order to attend any AWAY Stoddard County middle school or high school games. MS Boys play at Richland tonight beginning at 6:00.

District Cross Country Update Gabbie Brown finished 5th and Abbie Lloyd finished 15th today at the Class 3 District Cross Country Meet in Arcadia Valley. On the boys side, Gavin Cartwright finished 10th. All three will represent Dexter High School in Columbia at the State Meet on Thursday. We are proud of you!!

Volleyball update... Our girls defeated Owensville to win the Class 3 State Sectional. We will play the winner of Park Hills and Visitation Academy for the right to play in the State Semifinals. Should Park Hills win, tune in on http://kfmosports.com/ to listen to the Quarterfinal game. Should begin around 5:00. Go Lady Bearcats!!

District Football Announcement for Friday Night Spectator COVID rules from Ste. Genevieve Schools Admission at the gate ($3 for adults and $2 for students for HS and $2 for adults and $1 for students for middle school) Visiting schools have 400 tickets available Only allowing people to enter with a ticket given to them by the visiting school. Masks will be required unless visitors are seated. That includes wearing them when they are entering, exiting or transitioning to and from their seats (using the restroom, visiting the concession stands, etc.) Families should sit together and strive to socially distance 6 feet from other families and visitors. Visitors must sit in designated visitor bleachers (Football is far side away from concessions ).

State Sectional and Quarterfinal Volleyball Information Location: Owensville Date: Saturday, October 31 Sectional Dexter vs. Owensville @ 1:30 Visitation Academy vs. Park Hills @ 3:30 Winners will play in the Quarterfinal @ 5:30 Owensville High School does not require masks or face coverings, they do recommend them to be worn when physical distancing is not possible. They ask that all spectators sit in family groups with 6' distance kept between groups. They are limiting gym capacity to 50%; with this limitation their capacity is slightly over 1,100 spectators. Owensville is confident they will have plenty of room for all spectators from each school. Owensville will assign sections of the gym for spectators from each school and ask that we use the assigned quarter of the gym. Owensville will have floor level and balcony level seating, our assigned section will run from the floor to the top to provide ample room. Our volleyball team will receive 75 vouchers. The holder of these vouchers will guarantee admission, but they do not see us getting anywhere near 1,100 people on Saturday.

We have a limited number of general public tickets available for the Dexter-Ste. Genevieve football game scheduled to be played this Friday at Ste. Genevieve. These tickets will be offered on a first come-first serve basis. If you are interested in tickets, email Josh Dowdy at jdowdy@dexter.k12.mo.us. Thank you.

This just in.....Our Lady Bearcat Volleyball team just won the Class 3 District 1 Championship tonight. We we will play Owensville in the Class 3 State Sectional. More details on game time will be announced soon. Congrats to our players and coaches!!

Due to a rainy forecast the field trips this week have been rescheduled for next week. Monday, November 2 will be Kindergarten and Wednesday, November 4 will be First and Second grade.

Central Elementary- We will have an early dismissal tomorrow, Thursday, October 22nd @ 11:00, due to Parent/Teacher conferences. Also, there is NO SCHOOL on Friday, October 23rd. Students will return to school on Monday, October 26th.

The Class 3 District 1 Volleyball Tournament will be held on October 26-27 at Dexter. Click on the link to view the bracket. https://5il.co/m3xw

Reminder: You must have a ticket to enter any SCAA high school volleyball game on the road. Tickets are not required at the BEC.

Communications update from Superintendent, Amy James. See two-page letter in NEWS.

Exciting Announcement!! Free Meals!! The USDA has announced they will extend the summer foods program into the fall to provide a free breakfast, lunch, and snack to all students through the month of December or until there is no longer funding for the federal program. If the funding changes, we will provide this information to families as quickly as possible. We have been told this program will be retroactive to September 1st. Any charges will be credited to your students lunch account and any payments made will be credited for future use on a lunch balance. The free meal does not include any ala carte items. They will continue to be available at the high school for cash purchase only. We are so happy to implement this program beginning with free meals on Tuesday, September 8th and introducing snacks on Monday, September 14th.

Girls tennis has been cancelled for today. We will try again tomorrow.

The tennis match that was rescheduled for today has now been cancelled due to rain. We will try again tomorrow as we take on the Charleston Bluejays. Match will begin at 4:00.

The HS Volleyball game for tomorrow night against Arcadia Valley has been postponed until September 30.

The Girls Tennis match that was cancelled on Friday against Poplar Bluff will be played today at home beginning at 3:30. Good luck to Coach Boles and her team!

The tennis match scheduled for today has been cancelled due to rain. We will keep you updated when this match will be rescheduled.

Football Friday Update Football Friday is back! We kick off the season tomorrow night beginning at 7:00 as we travel to Scott City. Scott City administration has informed us that there will be plenty of room for lawn chairs should anyone want more space for seating. Normal seating will also be available. We encourage everyone to wear a mask when you are not able to practice social distancing. Additionally, Scott City has asked that we use the concession stand on our side of the field. Good luck to our team and coaches! We are fired up to have Football Friday back! Go Bearcats!!