Pike County R-III Schools

Hawks celebrating their win over Unity in the Rumble on the River, 49-43. Time to hammer some wings as we head into a Christmas Break celebrating with our families! This is a tight group!! Merry Christmas from the Brotherhood…with 2 sisters!!

Local illustrator, Megan Wilson, visited Clopton Elementary to share her newly published book, Rosie Finds Her Shine. Megan taught the students how to use an iPad to illustrate and autographed copies of her book. What an amazing experience for our students!

Clopton Jr/Sr High yearbooks for grades 7-12 are on sale now! Order online at www.yearbookforever.com. Use the coupon code "merry" (all lowercase) prior to Christmas to receive $10 off your order!

The Food Service Elves have been busy preparing breakfast and lunch for our Clopton students and staff!! Lots of giggles had by all!

Woods Smoked Meats in Bowling Green donated over $600 to Clopton Elementary. We would like to thank them tremendously for this generous donation. The money will be used to buy meat for holiday food boxes

For those of you who may not be able to make the drive to Quincy tomorrow night for the Rumble on The River, our friends at KJFM have you covered! https://www.kjfmradio.com/2021/12/20/2021-2022-basketball-jwcc-shootout-clopton-vs-mendon-unity/

Hawk Hoops hit the road tomorrow for their last game headed into break. Both teams take on Mendon-Unity at John Wood Community College. Girls game tips at 6:00pm, boys at 7:30.

Lady Hawks and Hawks get the sweep in convincing fashion tonight at Mark Twain! Now enjoying some fine dining while celebrating the wins!

National Ugly Sweater Day fun at Clopton Elementary!

Slight change in tonight’s Jr High Basketball, Line-up of games vs Silex: 5:30- 2 quarters 7th grade girls. Followed by a full 8th grade girls game, finishing with a full 8th grade boys game….all in the Original Gym. Starting at 5:30 in New Gym- JVG-JVB vs Orchard Farm

Friday, December 17th is National Ugly Christmas Sweater Day! Clopton Elementary can join in on the fun by sporting an ugly sweater if they would like. (By Friday it will be cold enough for sweaters again.)

PAT Breakfast with Santa was a fun night for the Clopton littles!

Everyone talks up leading scorers. Players self-promote 1,000 pts. How about the teammate who says the team members are the reason he plays, even when they make mistakes? The teammate who defends the culture to the end & never concerns himself with his wants? He’s the Champion!

Our own Pike County Illustrator, Megan Wilson, will be visiting Clopton on Tuesday, December 21. She will be reading her brand-new published book, Rosie Finds Her Shine, and signing pre-ordered books. If you haven't ordered, you can do so on Amazon, or purchase a book for $15 from Megan. She has limited copies, so first come, first serve.

This week in Hawks Hoops: (TWHH) 12/13 JHG @ MOCO 6pm 12/14 JHB (H) MOCO 6pm 12/15 JVG/JVB (H) Orchard Farm 5:30 JHG/JHB (H) Silex 5:30 12/16 JHG @ Winfield 5:00 JHB (H) Winfield 6:00 12/17 JVG-VG-JVB-VB @ Mark Twain 5:30

The process of learning how to compete, and succeed, is important in a child’s development. More importantly is the acquisition of skills that lead to accountability, servant-leadership, work-ethic, & humility!! I witnessed that today in our young Hawk Student-Athletes.

I know the Clopton Community is proud of our #1 priority, our kids….here’s a prime example. The 7th grade Lady Hawks took 1st in the Clopton Invitational, while the boys fought hard. After the tourney was over, the majority of players stayed and assisted in cleanup of gym! CLASS!

Due to a scheduled power outage at the Whiteside School House, the PAT Breakfast with Santa will be postponed to Tuesday, December 14th from 6:00-7:30 in the Elementary Multi-purpose room.

The Lady Hawks drop a tough game tonight in Double Overtime to Elsberry. Great fight from such a youthful group…..and our fan support was tremendous. The Hawk fans displayed a lot of class tonight & you’re a great example to our young people! Lady Hawks go to Hannibal tomorrow!

Clopton Hawk Cheerleaders showing out tonight at the Lady Hawk Basketball game!!