🎓 Career Day 2025! 🌟

A huge thank you to all of our amazing guest speakers and community partners who joined us for today’s Career Day, hosted by Student Council!

Students had the opportunity to explore future career paths, gain real-world insights, and connect with professionals from a wide range of industries. 💼✨


#CareerDay #FutureLeaders #BestLittleSchoolEver #HappyDays
about 15 hours ago, Britney Block
Baker
Baking with Ms. Taylor
MS girls
police officer
Interior Designer
Bats
police officer
prek
4/5 interior designer
🎯 Nerf Night Fun! 🎯 A huge shoutout to our amazing STUCO for hosting an action-packed Nerf Night! Students had a blast teaming up, competing in friendly games, and enjoying a night full of energy and excitement. Thank you to everyone who came out and made the event such a success! #BestLittleSchoolEver #HappyDays
6 days ago, Britney Block
nerf night
neef
nerf
nerf
nerf fun
nerf fun
nerf fun friends
nerf fun in gym
🍁 Send Some Sweetness This Fall! 🍬

Fall Candy Grams are here! From November 17th–21st, you can send a sweet treat to a friend for just 50¢ each.

All proceeds will go toward purchasing supplies for residents in assisted living — a small act of kindness that makes a big difference! 💛

#FallCandyGrams #SweetKindness #CommunityCares #BestLittleSchoolEver #HappyDays
7 days ago, Britney Block
Fall Candy Grams

🎯 SJS Families!

STUCO is thrilled to host Nerf Night TONIGHT--- November 14th from 5:30–7:00 p.m.!

Join us for an evening of fun, friendly competition, and excitement as students take part in Nerf games, obstacle courses, and team challenges — all in a safe, supervised environment.

👉 Students should bring their own Nerf weapon, safety goggles, and darts. (Safety goggles will also be available for purchase.)

📄 Check out the flyer for all the details!

#NerfNight #Bestlittleschoolever #HappyDays #SupportSTUCO

7 days ago, Britney Block
Nerf night

🎓🚓 DARE Graduation Celebration! 🚓🎓

Congratulations to our amazing 4th and 5th grade students for completing the DARE program! 🎉

We’re so proud of the hard work and positive choices our students have made throughout the program. A huge thank-you to Deputy Anthony Davis and the Franklin County Sheriff's Department for leading our students through important lessons about decision-making, safety, and responsibility. 💙👮‍♂️

Keep making smart choices and being great role models for others! 💪✨

#DAREGraduation #GreatKidsMakingGreatChoices #ProudMoment #CommunityPartnership
#BestLittleSchoolEver # HappyDays

8 days ago, Britney Block
4th/5th Grade Dare
Dare Grade Essay Winners
DARE Graduation
Join our team at the #bestlittleschoolever!
8 days ago, Amanda Krone
Board Candidate Filing 25-26
🎉 Student of the Month – October 2025! 🎉 Congratulations to Tessa Voss for being named our Student of the Month! 🌟 Tessa is recognized for her outstanding sense of fairness — she treats everyone with respect, listens to all sides, and always strives to do what’s right. Her integrity and kindness make our school a better place every day. 💫 Join us in celebrating Tessa for setting such a great example of what it means to be fair and compassionate! 👏👏 #StudentOfTheMonth #Fairness #BestLittleSchoolEver #HappyDays
8 days ago, Britney Block
Tessa Voss student of the month October 2025
🎉 Congratulations to our final Treasure Chest winner —Kaiden M!🎉

It’s not too late to complete your Treasure Map, earn awesome prizes, and help your child’s teacher earn a shopping spree for classroom books and supplies! 📚

✨ When 60% of students in a class register and invite 10+ friends or family members, the teacher earns a $100 shopping spree.

✨ When 90% participate, the teacher earns a $200 shopping spree!

Plus, you could still be entered to win a Disney trip! 🏰

👉 Visit https://app.booksarefun.com/Strain-JapanSD63080/parents/sign_up to join the adventure today!

#BooksAreFun #BookBlast #BookBlastAdventures #GiveLiteracy #Kids #Read
9 days ago, Britney Block
Kaiden M winner of 2nd treasure box from book blast
Today we honor the brave men and women who have served our country with courage, dedication, and sacrifice. ❤️🤍💙

Thank you, veterans, for protecting our freedoms and inspiring future generations. 🇺🇸

#VeteransDay2025 #ThankYouVeterans #BestLittleSchoolEver
10 days ago, Britney Block
history of a vet project
history of a vet project
letter to a vet
letter to a vet
letter to a vet
prek Veterans project
pledge
1st grade vet project
📣 Strain Japan R-XVI is looking for substitute teachers!

If you enjoy working with students and want to make a difference in our school community, we’d love to have you join our team.

🖥️ Apply online: www.strainjapanschool.com

➡️ Select “More” from the dashboard
➡️ Click “Apply Now”
➡️ Choose “Non-Certified Staff Application”

📞 For more info, call our office at 573-677-1815

#BestLittleSchoolEver #HappyDays #NowHiring #SubstituteTeachers #StrainJapanSchool #EducationJobs #JoinOurTeam
11 days ago, Britney Block
Substitutes Needed
📚 Final Treasure Chest Drawing Tomorrow! 🎉

There’s still time to join the fun and earn a Treasure Chest! Simply invite 10+ family members or friends today: «https://app.booksarefun.com/Strain-JapanSD63080».

Let’s keep the momentum going and help build our students’ home libraries! ❤️

If you’d like to support our school and help all students gain access to more books, please consider donating here: «https://bookblast.booksarefun.com/contribute/Strain-JapanSD63080?parent_slug=k4o9enhl&request_type=&request_slug=».

Your support truly makes a world of difference in their education!

#GiveLiteracy #BookBlast #BookBlastAdventures @go.booksarefun #GoRead #LoveBooks
11 days ago, Britney Block
book blast
🌾 Thank you, Sullivan High School FFA, for visiting Strain Japan to share your Food for America presentation!

Our students learned about agriculture’s impact on daily life, where our food comes from, and the importance of supporting local farmers.

We appreciate your time and dedication to agricultural education! 💛

#BestLittleSchoolEver #HappyDays #SullivanFFA
13 days ago, Britney Block
Middle School
Kindergarten
PreK
4th/5th
1st grade
1st grade
Middle School
Kindergarten
Kindergarten
6th grade

🎯 SJS Families!

STUCO is thrilled to announce Nerf Night — coming up Friday, November 14th from 5:30–7:00 p.m.!

Join us for an evening of fun, friendly competition, and excitement as students take part in Nerf games, obstacle courses, and team challenges — all in a safe, supervised environment.

👉 Students should bring their own Nerf weapon, safety goggles, and darts. (Safety goggles will also be available for purchase.)

📄 Check out the flyer for all the details!

#NerfNight #Bestlittleschoolever #HappyDays #SupportSTUCO

14 days ago, Britney Block
Nerf night
🎉 Checkpoint Achieved! 🎉

The 1st winner of the Book Blast Treasure Chest is Mason M. — congratulations! 🏆✨

More treasure awaits ahead… If you haven’t yet, take a few minutes to register and enter contact info for 10+ friends and family members to help build your reader’s home library and unlock the next Treasure Chest!

👉 Register here: https://app.booksarefun.com/Strain-JapanSD63080

#ReadingAdventure #LiteracyMatters #BooksAreTreasure #BooksAreFun #BestLittleSchoolEver #HappyDays
14 days ago, Britney Block
1st treasure chest winner Mason M
Basketball season is in full swing! Let's go Leopards! 🐆 🏀
15 days ago, Britney Block
basketball
🏀📣 Attention Basketball & Cheer Parents! 📣🏀

This is a reminder that our mandatory parent meeting is happening tonight, November 6th at 6:00 PM. We’ll cover important information for the upcoming season, so your attendance is required.

If you have any questions, please contact Ms. Block.

Don’t miss it—see you there!
15 days ago, Britney Block
Basketball and Cheer Parent Meeting
"Hands-on learning in action! Our students are diving into STEM projects during math class with Mrs. Kay — exploring, building, and problem-solving their way to deeper understanding. 💡🔢
15 days ago, Britney Block
stem project
stem prjectproject
stem project
stem project
Wow — our Book Blast is off to an amazing start! 🚀

Our quest to level up our readers has never been more fun! We’re blasting through our mission to earn as many books as possible for our students.

📚 Register now and invite 10+ contacts to be entered into the drawings for our Treasure Chests filled with epic rewards!

https://app.booksarefun.com/Strain-JapanSD63080

#BooksAreFun #BookRaiser #BookBlastAdventures #EpicTreasureChest #Treasure @go.booksarefun
15 days ago, Britney Block
Treasure Drawing
📚💥 Book Blast Begins TODAY! 💥📚

Students can start earning awesome prizes and a chance to win one of our Treasure Chests just by inviting 10+ friends and family to join the fun!

💎 Visit https://app.booksarefun.com/Strain-JapanSD63080
and unlock your treasure — it only takes 7 minutes tonight!

Let’s blast off into reading! 🚀
#BookBlast #UnlockTheTreasure #SJSReads
16 days ago, Britney Block
Book Blast Treasure Map info
Attention, Agents!

Our Book Blast event starts next week. We will set off on a mission to build our students' home libraries. Follow the steps on the Treasure Map coming home next week to embark on this operation to earn exciting prizes and books. 🗺️🌟 

@go.booksarefun #bookblastadventures #bookblast #booksarefun #literacy
22 days ago, Britney Block
Book Blast