Lettuce Taco Bout Donating! Please join the Macks Creek High School FBLA and the Community Blood Center of the Ozarks for a Blood Drive being held on Thursday, April 20, in the high school gym. The event will last from 11:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Appointments are strongly encouraged. Get a t-shirt! Eat tasty snacks! Save lives! Included with the t-shirt is a voucher for two free tickets to one of the following attractions: Beyond the Lens in Branson, Discovery Center in Springfield, or the Scott Family Amazeum in Bentonville, AR. (while supplies last) To schedule your appointment, call 417-227-5006 or click the link: www.cbco.org/donate-blood
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After working hard at Skyline last night, the Pirates couldn't pass up a meet so close to home, and headed to the Camdenton Invitational this evening. Despite their tired legs, everyone ran well. Caleb Phillips took 3rd in the 800 and continued his trend of advancing the school record with a 2:02.81. He followed it up with a 3rd place finish in the 2-mile, running a 10:43.92. Jose Cortez competed in the 110 hurdles and 100m dash finishing 7th (18.99) and 17th (13.38) respectively. Addison Ratliff competed in the mile and 2-mile tonight finishing 7th (6:26.35) and 8th (14:24.86) respectively. Jade Stasiack continues to make progress in the 200 and 400. She ran 34.43 and 1:19.9 respectively. Brooklyn Duggan took 10th in the 100m hurdles with a 19.15 and 16th in the 100m dash with a 14.44. We are proud of our Pirate track athletes with their back-to-back performances. Keep hustling team! The Pirates will be back in action at the Osage Invitational on Tuesday and are excited to welcome Nevaeh Dorrell to the team. #MCPirates
The Pirates Track team competed in the Skyline Invitational last night in Urbana. For the Lady Pirates, Brooklyn Duggan ran in the
100m dash (10th - 14.57)
100m hurdles (2nd - 18.82),
and the 300m hurdles (5th - 56.37). Jade Stasiak ran in the 200m dash in 34.49 (a PR)
and the 400m 1:19.20. Addison Ratliff ran the 800m (4th - 2:56.47), the 1600m (5th 6:33.7), and the 3200 (3rd - 13:51.52, a PR). For the Pirates, Jose Cortez ran the 100 meter dash in 12.9, the 110 Hurdles (5th - 18.6) and the 300m hurdles (6th - 48.00). Caleb Phillips ran the 800m (4th - 2:05.37),
the 1600 meter, (3rd - 4:38.69) and the 3200 - (1st - 10:37.65). Great racing team! This meet doubled as the PCL meet and we will share the official results of how our athletes measured up against PCL schools soon. The team is in action right now at the Camdenton Invitational. Go Pirates! #MCPirates
Tomorrow is the last day of our Academic Week before beginning MAP testing next week. Don't forget to 'Rock the Test' by dressing 80's, wearing your favorite band or MC Pirates clothing! #MCPirates
The baseball game for tomorrow evening that was supposed to be played at either Skyline or Wheatland has been cancelled along with the baseball game that was supposed to be played at Stoutland on Monday 4/17, due to unforeseen circumstances. These games will not be rescheduled. #MCPirates
To have a look at what happened during the High School PCL Track Meet yesterday at Skyline High School, click on the link that is located below with all the results. #MCPirates
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This Friday, April 14th the Baseball Team will play at 6:30 PM in the Wheatland Tournament. The game will be played at either Skyline or Wheatland. The venue will be sent out tomorrow April 14th. #MCPirates
BOGO Book Fair is COMING April 17-24
Come get some great books for Summer Reading!!
We have a few exciting thing happening at the Book Fair:
Saturday, April 22nd, the Book Fair will be open during the Spring Arts and Crafts Market from 10 am – 3 pm
April 24th is Math and Reading night. The Book Fair will be open 5:30-
7:00 pm.
Don’t want to send cash with your child? No problem! Sign up for an eWallet! Just follow the link: https://www.scholastic.com/bf/mackscreekhighschool
The softball game scheduled next week on Monday, April 17th against Stover has been cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances. It will not be rescheduled. #MCPirates
The Pirates fall 15-0 in four innings to the Weaubleau Tigers. They are back in action on Thursday again in the Wheatland Tournament when they take on the Wheatland Mules at 4:00 p.m. #MCPirates
Heading into the top of the fourth the Pirates trail Weaubleau, 5-0. #MCPirates
The Tigers are able to push across another run in their half of the second to build a 2-0 lead. #MCPirates
The Pirates are back in action in the Wheatland Tournament against Weaubleau this afternoon. After one inning of play its the Tigers with a 1-0 lead over the Pirates. #MCPirates
Macks Creek School passed its annual school bus inspection with a 100% this morning. Each year, the Highway Patrol inspection team visits our campus to closely evaluate our buses. Over 200 different items are assessed on each bus. The resulting 100% means our district will receive the Patrol's Fleet Excellence award for the coming school year. Our district is grateful to Lewis, JR and Carla Stoufer for their diligence in maintaining our buses to ensure they are safe and running efficiently. We are also grateful to our bus drivers for their attention in performing daily trip inspections to ensure everything is operating optimally for our students. Thank you and congratualtions to the team at Stoufer's Tire and Auto and to all our drivers on a perfect score this year! #MCPirates
The Pirates Baseball team began the Wheatland Tournament this evening. Despite a great effort, the team fell to Lakeland. The Pirates will be back in action tomorrow at the Wheatland Sports Complex at 4:00 against Weaubleau. Go Pirates! #MCPirates
The Lady Pirates Softball team worked hard today, but came up short against Wheatland. A solid effort team! #MCPirates
Good evening, Pirates! The Macks Creek School Library is participating in a classroom-level coin drive called the 'All for Books Coin Drive Challenge'. The challenge will run this Tuesday - Friday (April 11 - 14). Each day this week will represent a different type of coin:
Tuesday - Pennies/Nickels
Wednesday - Dimes
Thursday - Quarters
Friday - Anything goes!
The classes are broken into two sections: PreK - 3rd classrooms will compete against each other while the 4th - 6th grades will face-off. The classroom that collects the highest overall total will receive a prize, and their teacher will receive a cash prize to be spent at the Book Fair next week! (April 17 - 21)
What does your donation help with? Purchasing new books for the library and classroom libraries, easier access to books for students, and helping kids connect with more books!
Also, the BOGO (Buy one, get one) Book Fair will be available next week: April 17 - 21.
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Here are some more photos from today's Macks Creek Community Park Easter Egg Hunt. Thank you to all of the volunteers, buissness sponsors, and the Park Board for making this event possible. #MCPirates
Today's Easter Egg Hunting Event at the Macks Creek Community Park has been a tremendous success! A few hundred folks are enjoying delicious food, Easter egg hunting, raffles and more. Egg hunters have found candy and tickets for prizes and $100 bills! There is still plenty of food, prizes and fun. Please stop by and join in if you can! #MCPirates
The Macks Creek Park Board is hosting a whole-family event TODAY at the Macks Creek Community Park from 10 - 2. This "all-free" event will include Easter egg hunting, games & activities, a bounce house, as well as drawings and give aways of a variety of donated prizes. Hot dogs, chips and soda will be served. The egg hunt for ages 0 - 4 will start at 11 AM. The hunt for ages 5 - 8 will start at noon and the hunt for children ages 9 - 12 will begin at 1:00 PM. All of the eggs will be stuffed with fun prizes or candy. There will be plenty for all children - over 5,000 eggs have been donated! Families are encouraged to bring lawn chairs. Overflow parking will be available at Macks Creek School and a shuttle will be provided. We hope you and your family can attend! #MCPirates