Chilhowee R-IV School District

🚗 Buckle Up, Phone Down — Make It Count!
Attention all in the Chilhowee R‑IV School District community: by taking the safe-driving pledge, you can help our school win $1,000! 🎉
From now until December 19, 2025 (11:59 p.m. CST) you can go to the pledge page: https://www.savemolives.com/mcrs/AAAShowdown
and commit to driving safe — wear your seatbelt and keep your phone off while driving. Encourage your friends, family, classmates, and community to do the same — the more pledges we collect, the better our chances!

If you don’t have any plans this weekend, head to Clinton to see 12 Innocent Jurors! Come support our very own Speech & Theatre teacher, Miss Barnett, as she takes the stage as Juror #11. You won’t want to miss it! 🎭👏

Freshmen FFA members invite you to celebrate as they receive their Greenhand Degree on Nov. 20 at 7:30 PM! This award honors first-year Ag students who join FFA, learn the FFA Creed, and write a speech on an ag topic. Come support their hard work and dedication! 💛💙

Your child could win a free book at the Scholastic Book Fair! Just create an e-wallet for your child, add funds, and they're entered. The winner will be drawn on Wednesday, Nov. 19. Happy Reading! https://www.scholastic.com/bf/chilhoweeschoolr

✨ Huge Thank You to Our FFA and Student Leadership Students! ✨
Thank you to our incredible FFA and Student Leadership students—and to sponsors Mrs. Taryn Thornley and Mrs. Kayla Warlen—for everything you did to ensure a successful Veterans Day celebration. Your decorations, speeches, leadership during the ceremonies, warm greetings to our guests, breakfast preparation, and clean-up made the day truly special.

We appreciate your hard work and dedication. Our Veterans and their families had a great day because of you. ❤️🤍💙

We had an amazing Veterans Day ceremony today! It was an honor to celebrate the men and women who bravely served our country. We were grateful to welcome them—and their families—for a free breakfast and a heartfelt ceremony. Thank you, Veterans, for your service and sacrifice. ❤️🤍💙

📸 Picture Retake Day is Thursday, November 20th!
If your student wants a redo of their fall picture — or was absent on our original picture day on October 3rd — they can take their photo on November 20th. Smile big! 😄

Join us Tuesday, November 11th, as we honor those who have served our country!
🍳 Free Breakfast begins at 7:00 AM in the cafeteria.
🎖️ Ceremony to follow at 8:20 AM in the gym.

All veterans and their families are welcome — we’d be honored to celebrate with you! ❤️🤍💙

Drop the kids off for a fun night of holiday cheer with the cheer squad while you enjoy a few hours to yourself—you’ve earned it! 🎄 Includes dinner, crafts, games & a movie! $25 for the first child, $15 per sibling. Sign up here: http://tinyurl.com/parentscheer

We had a great time celebrating Red Ribbon Week last week. Our overall theme was Be Safe and Be Kind. Congratulations to the 1st grade and 10th grade on being the winning classes for our dress-up days!

Our students created FFA history pennants to celebrate the proud traditions and milestones of the Future Farmers of America! 🌾💙 Each pennant highlights key moments that have shaped FFA into what it is today. Great work!

Junior High Athletic Banquet this coming Saturday!

Grandparents Day is November 21!
Please return the RSVP form by this Friday so we can plan food and supplies for everyone. We can’t wait to celebrate our wonderful grandparents! 💛

Our 9th grade PE class had a blast playing handball today! Students worked together to pass the ball down the court — only three steps allowed before a pass! Great teamwork, energy, and fun all around!

Join us for our PTO Meeting tomorrow, Wednesday, November 5th at 5:30 PM in the Learning Commons at school. We’d love to see you there — your ideas and support help make our school even better! ❤️📚

Bring your family and friends to the enchanting Festival of Trees! Johnson County Board of Services Foundation welcomes everyone to join them in enjoying the festive atmosphere as we celebrate the holiday season together.

The Scholastic Book Fair is just 2 weeks away! SAVE THE DATE for November 17-21 and get your reader psyched to pick out their own books! Start exploring together: https://www.scholastic.com/bf/chilhoweeschoolr

Don’t forget Daylight Saving Time ends this weekend! Before you go to bed on Saturday night, November 1st, set your clocks back one hour as Daylight Saving Time officially ends on Sunday, November 2nd. Enjoy that extra hour of sleep!

We enjoyed the spirit of Halloween around the school. Here are a few of the pictures from our day.

Our Book Blast books and prizes came today! Our Epic Treasure Chest was also awarded today. Congratulations to Coleman Thornley for winning the Epic Treasure Chest!