Strain-Japan R-XVI

A shout-out to Mrs. Taylor, our beloved counselor! Every student deserves a school counselor to help with academic achievement strategies,
managing emotions, applying interpersonal skills, and planning for postsecondary options.
School counselors #AmplifyStudentSuccess

We had a blast kicking off this year’s Kids Heart Challenge at Strain Japan R-XVI!

With help from our Heart Heroes, students are learning how to keep their hearts healthy through movement, kindness, rest, and knowing when to ask for help. 💪💖😴

👉 Join the fun by visiting http://www2.heart.org/goto/strainjapan
or downloading the AHA Schools app.

🎉 Bonus: Students earn a FREE wristband just for signing up!

Let’s work together to build healthy hearts and healthy habits! 💙

#KidsHeartChallenge #HeartHeroes #HealthyHearts #StrainJapanRXVI #MoveMore

Last week, our first graders welcomed a guest reader who helped bring the joy of literacy to life. 📚 We are grateful for community members who partner with our schools to support early reading and spark curiosity in our young learners. Thank you, Mrs. Farnan, for investing in our students and helping us continue to build a strong foundation for lifelong learning!

We are hiring!

🐆🏀 That’s a WIN for our Leopards! 🏀🐆 The Strain Japan A Team Basketball squad came out strong tonight and battled hard to secure a big win against St. Anthony’s! From start to finish, our Leopards showed determination, teamwork, and heart on the court. Way to represent Strain Japan with pride—keep the momentum going! 💛🖤

Winter Semi-Formal

Our Pre-K students created beautiful heart art today using paint and marbles! ❤️🎨 This fun activity helped build creativity, fine motor skills, and lots of smiles as they rolled their marbles to make one-of-a-kind masterpieces.

Home Game

Strain families, enjoy your long weekend!
#bestlittleschoolever
#happydays
#happyweekend

Snack Cart will be available this Thursday!

Basketball game tonight at Franklin County R-II in New Haven at 6 p.m.

Sunshine + smiles! ☀️ Our 5th graders earned extra recess this past week for hitting their Read n Quiz points. Hard work pays off! 🎉 #BestLittleSchoolEver #HappyDays

Mark your calendars! It will be an amazing night!

Welcome, Baby Clay!

LLC will resume next Tuesday!

💌🌍 Hearts Around the World Project ❤️ 2nd/3rd Grade is starting a special project called "Hearts Around the World", and they would love your help! They are hoping to collect a postcard from every U.S. state to show students how kindness and connection can reach far beyond their classroom. This project connects to what they've been learning: ✏️ Writing Skills – Students have been learning how to write postcards, focusing on clear sentences and meaningful messages. Receiving real postcards helps bring those lessons to life! 🗺️ Geography & Map Skills – As postcards arrive, we’ll locate each state on a map and revisit our geography discussions. ❤️ Kindness & Love – Most importantly, this project helps demonstrate how small acts—like sending a postcard—can spread kindness and love across the country. If you’re able to send a postcard from your state (or know someone who can), our students would be so grateful! They look forward to filling their map up! Thank you for helping them spread kindness—one postcard at a time! 💕

📣 PTO Meeting Reminder! 📣 All parents and guardians are invited to attend the Strain-Japan PTO Meeting! 🗓 January 6 ⏰ 5:30 PM 📍 SJS Library They'll be sharing PTO updates and discussing the upcoming Dance Fundraiser 💃❤️ We hope to see you there! #StrainJapanPTO #PTOMeeting #ParentInvolvement #SchoolCommunity #HappyDays #BestLittleSchoolEver

From the court to the sidelines, basketball and cheer season is underway! 🏀📣 Wishing our athletes and cheerleaders an amazing season. Let’s go Leopards! 💛🖤

Many thanks to the Sullivan Masonic Lodge No. 69 and the Masonic Home of Missouri for the Creating a Partnership Program who provide funds yearly to help us supply children in our community with the tools they need to be better students and happier children.

Pictured are Mr. Bob Martin, Sullivan Masonic Lodge No. 69 and Dr. Kathy Vandegriffe, Superintendent, Strain-Japan R-XVI School.