Pike County R-III Schools

🏆 STATE CHAMPION ALERT! 🏊‍♀️ Congratulations to Gracey MacLaughlin, your NEW MSHSAA Class 1 State Champion in the 200 IM with an incredible time of 2:03.34 — a personal record to top it off! We are proud of you, great job!

Day 1 prelims are complete at the 2026 MSHSAA Class 1 Girls Swimming & Diving Championships, and the Louisiana/Clopton Swim Team had an outstanding showing! 🏊‍♀️ 200 Medley Relay (MacLaughlin, Talbert, Branstetter, Griffin) – 1:56.99 – Qualified 12th for Finals 🏊‍♀️ 200 Free Relay (MacLaughlin, Griffin, Branstetter, Talbert) – 1:46.68 – Qualified 13th for Finals Gracey MacLaughlin • 200 IM – 2:04.26 – Qualified 2nd for Finals (PR & New Team Record) • 100 Back – 56.99 – Qualified 3rd for Finals (PR & New Team Record) Storie Talbert • 50 Free – 25.46 – Qualified 12th for Finals (PR) • 100 Free – 56.86 – Qualified 14th for Finals (PR) Finals start at 10a today, best of luck girls we are proud of you!

🎶THANK YOU, Clopton Pep Band!🏀 A huge THANK YOU to our Clopton Pep Band and Band Director Josh Koenig for bringing energy and school spirit to every home basketball game this season! While they may be small in numbers, they always deliver big sound and do an outstanding job supporting our Hawks! We also want to thank our Band Boosters for all of their hard work running the concession stand throughout the winter season — it takes dedication behind the scenes, and their efforts do not go unnoticed! Thank you Band for making game nights even better!

🏊‍♀️🔥 STATE BOUND! 🔥🏊‍♀️ Today we proudly celebrated our Clopton Hawks Swimmers as they head off to the MSHSAA State Swim Meet! Our students and staff lined the halls for a clap-out sendoff, our community provided an escort, and we celebrated with cake to recognize all their accomplishments! Thank you to our local fire department's and PCSD. Best of luck at State — swim fast and have fun, Hawks! Congratulations!

We are looking for Paraprofessionals.

📣 Best of Luck to Our Clopton Hawk Cheerleaders! 📣 Wishing our Cheerleaders the best as they travel to Drury University for their Game Day Competition! Go Hawks!

🏀 Boys District Basketball Update 🏀

Class 2 District 5 Boys Basketball will be hosted at Clopton on February 24, 26, and 28. The bracket was finalized at this morning’s seeding meeting — please see the attached bracket for game matchups and times.

Looking forward to a great week of postseason basketball! Girls bracket should come out on Monday, which will be at Van-Far, stay tuned.

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📣 Game Update / Reschedule

The Boonville game originally scheduled for the Harrisburg Shootout and canceled due to inclement weather has now been RESCHEDULED.

🗓 Saturday, February 21
🕐 1:00 PM
🏀 Varsity Only
📍 Montgomery County High School

A big thank-you to Montgomery County for helping host this game so we could make the reschedule happen. We appreciate the support! Go Hawks!

Tonight at our game, we were proud to accept a generous donation of $1,670 from Peoples Savings Bank through their "Your Way Rewards" program. Since 2016, PSB has given back over $320,000 to local schools and charities by donating five cents for every debit card transaction run as credit by their customers. Thank you, PSB Bank, for investing in our students and our community! 🖤🤍

🏓 National Honor Society Pickleball Tournament! 🏓

Clopton High School NHS is excited to host our 1st Annual Pickleball Tournament on Friday, February 21st at 6:30 PM at Clopton High School!

✅ $20 per 2-person team
🏆 Winning team receives a prize

🚌 4 Years in a Row — 100% Pass Rate! 🏆

Congratulations to Ryan Seybold and our Clopton Transportation Department on achieving a 100% pass rate on Missouri State Highway Patrol bus inspections for 4 straight years (2023–2026)! This is a tremendous reflection of your dedication to safety, consistency, and pride in serving our students each day. Thank you for all you do — well done! 👏

Clopton bus routes will return to the regular pick-up and drop-off locations beginning this afternoon. Please contact the school if you have any questions.

Call today to schedule your child's screening.

Clopton High School is proud to recognize and induct our newest members into the National Honor Society. These students have demonstrated excellence in scholarship, leadership, service, and character. Congratulations to each inductee on this well-deserved honor, and thank you to the families and staff who support them along the way!

Let's kick off School Counselor's Week by shouting out to our two amazing counselors!!! Thank You for all that you do!

SNOW ROUTES for bus riders will still be utilized this week. We will keep you posted when things change. We appreciate your help and understanding!

Congratulations to our January PBS Students of the Month! Students also enjoyed a game of "Head, Shoulders, Knees, Cup" at our PBS Assembly! MS Students of the Month: Trinnity Capps, Averi Lilley, Hailey Lovell HS Students of the Month: Blaine Reeve, Skyler Wilson, Ashlyn Noah, Joey Dillon (not pictured)

Please have your elementary student check the Lost and Found if something is missing.