Walnut Grove R-V School District

Walnut Grove is looking for an energetic and positive individual to serve as the Junior High and High School Cheer Coach for the 2025–26 school year. This position will oversee both programs and work to build school spirit, leadership, teamwork, and sportsmanship among student athletes. | Applicants should have strong communication and organizational skills, the ability to work well with students and parents, and a passion for supporting Walnut Grove activities and athletics. Previous coaching or cheer experience is preferred but not required. | Interested applicants can apply by stopping by the HS office or contacting our principal Emily Woody at ewoody@wgtigers.com or Kyle Tate ktate@wgtigers.com for more information.

We would like to congratulate our April students of the month and a couple who were caught being good. Keep up the good work!

TOMORROW IS FIELD DAY!! Please remember a few things: 1. Please put sunblock on your child before they come to school. | 2. Please send a dry change of clothes and towel for your child in a labeled bag. | 3. NO SWIMSUITS! Check out the video: https://tinyurl.com/WGFieldDay26

The 4th graders in Mrs. Reyling's class have been working hard to create a food truck and menu for their showcase today! Congrats to everyone for working hard to complete the project and to these ladies for winning the voting: 1st place- Sawyer J. | 2nd place- Brielle | 3rd place- Kendry

We are thankful to all of the alumni members who come each year to share with the graduates, give out scholarships and get to know their new members. We also appreciate other private scholarships and those that are found by our counselor and our rootEd Advisor. These students did a great job this year for sure. Check out their awards! We are so proud of them!

And our continuation of pictures from graduation! These are some of my personal favorites. LOVE THE HUGS!! Also if you would like to look through and/or download pictures feel free to take a look at our folder of goodies. https://tinyurl.com/WGHSGrad26

Breakfast and Lunch this week.

Congrats to Dwyer Coons! He was the Class 1 District 5 champion in the javelin with a throw of 51.10 meters. He will move on to sectionals next Saturday in Nixa! 

Congrats to our Scholar Bowl Team for their hard work and for placing 4th yesterday at State Competition in Columbia! Great job to all of you!

The students in Ms. B’s class have been busy putting the finishing touches on their miniature storefront displays! A big thank you to Mrs. Wright and everyone who donated shoeboxes to help make this project possible. Several displays are already complete, and the rest are almost ready to showcase. The students have had a great time recreating their favorite stores in miniature form!

Teacher Appreciation Week got a little more relaxing thanks to the donation from A Hip Joint! We appreciate the time they took to come out and give our faculty and staff 10 minute chair massages today on our final day of Teacher Appreciation week!. | Thank you also to our admin team for coordinating this special treat with Destiny Barlett / Chief of Operations. | Help us thank them for such a meaningful show of support! | 5 Locations: a hip joint | https://tinyurl.com/ahipjoint

Check out Walnut Grove High School livestreaming here tonight, Friday, May 8th:
https://fan.hudl.com/usa/mo/walnut-grove/organization/35126/walnut-grove-high-school/watch?ib=4019841

SAVE THE DATE! | We are so excited that the Walnut Grove Community is coming together again to put on the 3rd Annual Back-to-School BASH! | This is a free event promises to provide fun for the whole family! | Backpacks filled with school supplies and shoe vouchers will be available for those who need them as well. Simply fill out the form linked below and a backpack with school supplies will be ready for your child on the night of this event. | https://forms.gle/TC1Rmtcwnk9dGU996 | This event is open to the entire community. We hope to see everyone there! Please contact Lexi Medley at lmedley@wgtigers.com or Christina Bowers at cbowers@wgtigers.com if you have any questions or would like to be involved in this event.

And the rest of the photos (Part II) from tonight's 8th grade graduation ceremony! Thank you everyone who attended.

8th grade Graduation was a smashing success. Thanks so much to Mrs. Freeze, Mrs. Woody, Mrs. Porter, Mrs. Johnston, Mrs. Swope, Mr. Doug, and Ms. B for everything that goes into making the event a success. Thank you to Kinsley Hillis and Rachael Kruger for being our speakers this evening. And thank you parents, grandparents, friends, and students for joining in our celebration this evening. Now 5 more days then on to high school! Enjoy the photos (Part I) and here is a link to the video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TpXzLn0hxrTOJHibkH2JpC2YTuMsclpV/view?usp=sharing

Game Day: Thursday May 7th
HS Baseball vs. Chadwick l 5:00 pm | JV after varsity

FUNDRAISER: Make plans to come and join us for Jazzercise! Sponsored by NHS, led by Mrs. Hamilton, all proceeds go to the Kruger family! Donations accepted. May 12, 2026 at 6 p.m in the gym. Open to the public.

Check out Walnut Grove High 8th Grade Graduation livestreaming tonight at: https://fan.hudl.com/usa/mo/walnut-grove/organization/35126/walnut-grove-high-school/watch?ib=4016993

The Class of 2026 would like to invite you to join them in celebration of their graduation, Friday, May 8th at 7 p.m. in the Gym at Walnut Grove High School. Doors will open at 6 p.m. Congrats to all of our graduates!