La Plata R-II

Beware rodeo stars will be born during the wild and crazy “Dairyland Donkey” basketball show at La Plata High School!
🏀 🫏 It’s basketball played on real, live donkeys and it will be wilder than a rodeo and funnier than a circus! All local riders will be riding, so come out and see someone you know try to ride a donkey and play basketball at the same time.
See flyer for more information! Please let Mrs. Hulett know if you have questions. 🫏 🏀

Click here for tickets: https://my.cheddarup.com/c/la-plata-fccla-dairyland-donkey-basketball-advance-e-sale/items

Wow! We are off to a great start with our Otis Spunkmeyer fundraiser! Thank you, LES!
A few reminders:

*TUESDAY is the last day that we can collect and award prize coupons for sales. After Tuesday, we are no longer able to take and award prize coupons. Don't forget to keep track of your coins online to spin for prizes if you are doing the online portal. You can can keep earning coins until the fundraiser ends.

*There are lots of items other than cookie dough for sale on the online order link for people to purchase. Check it out!

* All money and order forms are due back by March 11th. Please make checks out to La Plata R-II.

*Stay tuned for info regarding sale item pick-up times.

As always, it's a great day to be a BULLDOG!

Mark you calendar--all is welcome! The All-Conference Band tour will take place on Tuesday, March 10 starting at La Plata High School at 9:00 am sharp (this includes HS band).
The schedule will be as follows: La Plata—9 am—Bevier—10:45 am—and New Cambria at 1:15 pm.
Our students have worked hard and the performance will be one you won't want to miss! Hope you can make it at LHS at 9am in the HS gym!

La Plata High School Kindness Wall — Join Us!

We’re excited to launch the La Plata High Kindness Wall! 🎉 Starting now and staying up all year, our Kindness Wall is a place where parents, students, staff, and community members can share uplifting messages and photos to celebrate compassion and support.

How to participate:

Visit https://youuplift.com/la-plata-high-kindness-wall/ to submit your message and photo.
Submissions will be reviewed and approved before posting.
Students can view the wall during lunch and throughout the school day.
Help us fill the wall with positivity — spread the word, share this post, and let’s make kindness visible at La Plata High!
#LaPlataHigh #KindnessWeek #YouUplift

Menu Change: 2/18 Spaghetti or PBJ

Guess What?!?! La Plata is proud to introduce our new app and notification system. See the video below. Search for La Plata R-II in your app store!
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JAnqJ32Ed9yLZYRMg1gOWRVK9qdpLinq/view?usp=sharing

We will be sending notifications through TeacherEase and Apptegy (our new system) through the end of this school year to ensure a smoot transition.

Any community member wishing to receive text alerts via Apptegy in the future, please call the office and sign up OR email the principals with name, phone number, and email address!

La Plata School District will run regular bus routes tomorrow, Tuesday, 1/27/26.

Students must turn in work from Friday's AMI day to be marked present for attendance.

See below for menu changes:
Tuesday: Cheese Pizza or PBJ
Wednesday: Breakfast Sandwiches or cereal
Thursday: Chicken Nachos or PBJ
Friday: Corndogs or PBJ

Friday, January 23rd, 2026 will be AMI day 2 (Alternative Method of Instruction) due to the dangerous temperatures. Please see specific AMI building information below.

Elementary: All elementary students grades K-5 will complete the AMI packet for Day 2. Packets are labeled clearly and were sent home in backpacks. Do not do other packets until alerted to do so. There is a detailed cover letter that will give you all the information you need to be successful on an AMI day. Please be sure and read this letter. As a reminder, completed work returned the first day of returning to school is necessary for students to be marked present (state requirement). Students who are marked absent for not returning the work the following day we return to school will have three days to complete their work per our absent work policy. 6th graders will do virtual work in Google Classroom and have their Chromebooks to use. Reach out to classroom teachers via email with any questions.

Cheer Camp:  If anyone K-5 is interested in doing cheer camp, but have not turned in their forms yet, please email chall@laplata.k12.mo.us with student information and shirt size. We will accept forms & money upon returning to school.  If you need assistance with camp fee, please reach out to the elementary office.

JrH/HS: 7th-12th grade students are expected to get on Google Classroom for class assignments and direction. All teachers will post their assignments for the day on Google Classroom by 8am. Teachers will have office hours on Google Meets according to the schedule below. Students may login to the Google Meets or email teachers to ask questions and get additional guidance but are not required to do so. Students are required to complete work assigned on AMI days and return the first day of return to earn credit/attendance (state requirement). Students can reach out to teachers for alternative assignments (paper packets) if needed. Chromebooks have been sent home with students and hotspots are always available upon request for internet connectivity.

10:00am-11:00am: Mrs. Arnold, Mrs. Robinson, Mrs. LWood, Mrs. Grimes, Ms. Davidson, Mrs. Hulett, Ms. AWood, Coach Woodward
11:00am-12:00pm: Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Davison, Ms. Hardwick, Mr. Pearson, Mr. Pippin, Mrs. Gulso, Mr. Jones, Mr. Daniels, Mr. Fields

**After school activities (Basketball Game, etc) will be determined and alerted out once decisions are made.
**KATC students will not attend Kirksville (January 23rd).