👑 2026 CLOPTON COURTWARMING COURT 👑
9th Grade: Josi Magruder, Corey Couch
10th Grade: Kailey Jones, Tristan Malloy
11th Grade: Charleigh Spoonster, Chris Grillo
Senior Candidates:
Ava Bankhead, Addy Johnson, Carlyn Lockard, Gracey MacLaughlin, Joey Dillon, Finn O’Brien, Tucker Salmons, Kyle West
Prince: Winston Adams
Princess: Blayke Streed
Retiring Queen: Lauren Blackwell
Retiring King: Kain Eivins
👑 2026 Courtwarming Queen: Carlyn Lockard
👑 2026 Courtwarming King: Tucker Salmons
Congratulations to all!

🎉 College Signing Congratulations! 🎉
Clopton High School is proud to congratulate Ava Bankhead on signing with Central Methodist University to continue her education and soccer career! Best of luck to you Ava, we know you'll do great! 💚⚽️

🏀 29th Annual Clopton Invitational | Jan 5–10, 2026 🏀
Brackets are attached
- Girls play Mon/Wed/Fri
- Boys play Tues/Thurs/Sat
Thank you to our sponsors and everyone who helps make this tournament possible—we look forward to seeing you starting January 5!
Brackets are attached
- Girls play Mon/Wed/Fri
- Boys play Tues/Thurs/Sat
Thank you to our sponsors and everyone who helps make this tournament possible—we look forward to seeing you starting January 5!


Preschool through 5th grade performed at the Christmas concert tonight. What a show!!!



Due to anticipated pavement refreezing on our blacktop roads tonight, we have decided to move the Elementary Music Concert up by 1 hour. We want everyone to get home safely. The concert will begin at 5:30PM. Doors will open at 5:10PM.

🎶 Clopton 6–12 Band Concert 🎶
Our 6–12 grade Band performed their annual Christmas concert today and sounded fantastic! Thank you to Mr. Joshua Koenig for directing and to our students for their hard work and preparation! 🎺🥁🎶




Our Clopton Band will be hosting their concert tonight in the MS gym at 6p!

🏀 Tonight's JV Basketball game vs Elsberry will be a JV Boys contest ONLY! Start time 5p! 🏀
Reminder- 5 Day Week This Week!!! Clopton Schools will be in session Monday, December 15th.
PAT Breakfast with Santa at Clopton Elementary.









Grinch Day fun in Preschool!!!










Grinch day fun at Clopton Elementary!!!









Grinch Day at Clopton Elementary!!!








Come out and support the Freshmen Class by purchasing a meal on December 16th starting at 4p, until sold out! Tickets are $10 each and will be sold that night if you haven't already pre-purchased tickets. Dinner will include nachos, all the toppings, drink and a dessert. Stay and eat or take it to go-All proceeds go towards Prom and Graduation!

🚍 CLOPTON SCHOOL DISTRICT TRANSPORTATION UPDATE 🚍
Beginning TONIGHT (afternoon routes) our buses will return to normal routes. We will no longer operate on snow routes at this time.
As always, we will continue to monitor weather conditions closely. If additional winter weather impacts our routes, we will notify families immediately and announce when snow routes will resume.
Thank you for your patience, flexibility, and understanding as we work to keep all students safe.
Beginning TONIGHT (afternoon routes) our buses will return to normal routes. We will no longer operate on snow routes at this time.
As always, we will continue to monitor weather conditions closely. If additional winter weather impacts our routes, we will notify families immediately and announce when snow routes will resume.
Thank you for your patience, flexibility, and understanding as we work to keep all students safe.
🏀 Clopton 7th Grade Basketball Tournament 🏀
We’re excited to host our 7th grade tournament this week at Clopton! Come out and support our Hawks!
📅 Game Days: Wednesday, December 10th and Saturday, December 13th
Check out the full schedule below!
We’re excited to host our 7th grade tournament this week at Clopton! Come out and support our Hawks!
📅 Game Days: Wednesday, December 10th and Saturday, December 13th
Check out the full schedule below!

Gravel roads are better, but still icy. Out of an abudance of caution the Clopton district will continue to utilize snow routes for bus services until further notice. Please continue to monitor district communications.

📣 Shoutout to our Clopton Cheerleaders! 📣
Huge kudos to this group for bringing the energy all week long! They’ve shown up, supported, and cheered on both our boys and girls teams every single night of the tournament. Great work girls!

We have a visitor on his way!!!

📣 We’re Hiring!
Clopton School District is seeking a Middle School/High School Principal (Grades 6–12) for the 2026-27 school year.
✔️ 1–2 years admin experience
✔️ Academic-focused, student-centered leader
✔️ 4-Day School Week
✔️ Lead a campus of ~250 students with a dedicated, quality staff
Be part of a district that values collaboration, student success, and strong community support. Come lead where your impact is felt every day - all applications/resumes please send to Dr. Todd Smith.

