Good luck to our high school basketball teams tonight against Concordia!

Reminder: No School Tomorrow.
However, we have high school basketball at home against Concordia. JV girls begin at 4:30 in the main gym, JV boys begin at 4:3o in the new gym (2 qtrs). Varsity girls begin at 6:00 with varsity boys to follow. Come support our Buffs!
USD 109 Holiday Break
December 20- January 2
Students return on January 3rd

Celebrating Success in USD 109! Mark Tallman with KASB wrote an article on Republic County and our students' Postsecondary Success.
"Republic County boosts Postsecondary Education, Adds a Senior Project on Career interests" by Mark Tallman
https://www.kasb.org/45132?articleID=146409
RCHS Stuco sponsored a door decorating contest between high school seminars. Congratulations to Mr Baxa for getting 1st place, Mrs Enns with 2nd place and Mrs Miller with 3rd place!




Today's home wrestling duals in the main gym will be live streamed at the following link- https://www.youtube.com/live/I6-No8hsaJM?feature=shared
Republic County 6-7-8 seminars had a Holiday Door Decorating Contest. Congratulations to Ms. Nutsch's 6th Grade on first place and Mrs. Feight's 8th Grade on second place.


Come support our high school wrestling team at our home duals today! First matches are at 12:30. See the attached bracket for the schedule, RCHS will begin the day in the main gym. Good luck Buffs!


All sophomore parents are invited to attend an informational meeting on Thursday, January 4, 2024 at 6:00 PM in the flex room at RCHS. Due to a grant secured by the Republic County Resource Council, all sophomores will be educated in Mental Health First Aid this spring. Please plan to attend to get information regarding this opportunity.

Thank you to everyone who came and supported the RC art and choir kids last night. Art After Dark was a hit because of you! I was so busy, I only have these two pictures…so please, share yours if you have some.
The winner of our raffle last night was Sam Alexander, congratulations!!
LOTS of hands went into this event… so lots of THANK YOU’S!!!
Thank you to Kasl Christmas Tree Farm for hosting, RC Jr high home ec students and Mrs. Collette for baking cookies for our event, Lily Havel for setting up with me for for 7 hours in the brisk December air, Macey Homier for helping haul display panels, RC choir and Ms. Kling for caroling and helping with clean up, KR 92 for advertising our event all of December, and all the participating students and community members! We couldn’t do it without you! ❤️💚❤️💚❤️
As we wrap up this 9 weeks, I would like to wish you all a Merry Christmas. Can’t wait to see what 2024 has in store for us!


Here are a few more photos from Mrs.Zenger's 4th grade class and their visit to ISB.








Mrs. Zenger's 4th grade class made a special visit to ISB to spend time with the residents. They made Christmas cards in class give to each of the residents. They read holiday-themed stories, worked on a craft together, and ended the visit singing Christmas carols! Thank you to activities director Shelby Brzon for helping set this up. They look forward to another visit in the future.









The Junior Buff boys fell 26-35 this morning to Southeast of Saline in the semifinals of the NCAA League Tournament.
RC art students have thrown and trimmed over 75 pots this week! We have used roughly 800lbs of clay this 9 weeks, on hand built and thrown pottery. We plan to start the new year off glazing. Happy to say the clay studio is officially closed for the 9 weeks! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻








Scores from Tonight-

Tonight's high school basketball games will be live streamed at the following link:
https://www.youtube.com/live/lVuvVb-mfjE?si=McqQ7CFBPbshuC5X
The Jr High boys basketball team will practice today at East after school. They will be bussed over, but will need picked there at approximately 5:00 pm!
Last Chance Poinsettia Sale!! Friday, 6:30-7:30pm, RCHS cafeteria. $25 triples, $10 singles. We have 13 triples and 29 singles remaining!

Good luck to our high school wrestling team at the Marion County Duals today! Our team will wrestle at Marion Sports and Aquatic Center.
For meet information, click on the following link: https://5il.co/2az09

Good luck to our high school basketball teams today against Minneapolis! Go Buffs!

