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Principal: Cafeteria cacophonous, clocks coming
Three days into the new school year, Cassville High School Principal Tyler Willis delivered a report to the Cassville School Board on the effects of the new cell phone ban at the building, informing the group there have been more successes than challenges — and a handful of learning moments.
Purdy hosts Student Development Day
Purdy High School held its first Student Professional Development Day on Friday, offering students in grades 9-12 a unique opportunity to gain valuable life and career skills.
Simulator shows students impaired driving dangers
The Arrive Alive Tour stopped in Cassville for two days last week, offering high school students the opportunity to use a simulator to drive while distracted, drunk or drugged in a fully functioning vehicle without moving or being intoxicated. The simulator allows participants to experience the real-life dangers without the real-life consequences. Pictured is Heather Hall, who was completing the distracted driving simulator. Young drivers (ages 16-20) are 17 times more likely to die in a crash when they have a BAC of .08% than when they have not been drinking.
Kyle Troutman: Cassville’s new mural — a visual speed bump
KYLE TROUTMAN Last summer, while retrieving my daily mug of coffee, I watched the mural on the side of Sunshine Coffeehouse go from sketch to completion, thinking in my head every morning — how can we get on the mural project list? That prospect was not even on my mind this spring when Morgan Williams, Cassville Area Chamber of Commerce director, asked us if we would like to donate the west side of our building for a mural. As I have told anyone who’s asked me about it, we could not say yes fast enough.
Southwest students look toward futures on Career Day
Blake Whitley, front right, and Kacy Whitley, front left, speak to Southwest juniors, from left, Jesse Townsend, Matthew Bise, Hunter Cain, Brycen Cox and Noah Lamphere, about a possible career as a pharmacist.
