Marion C. Early R-V School District

Great news for all today! Polk County Health Center will be sponsoring the Summer Lunch Program again this year and we will be in SIX communities beginning July 6th through August 14th. We will serve in each community from 11:30-12:30, Monday-Friday.

Bolivar- Cribbs Family Youth Park
Halfway- Halfway Lions Club
Pleasant Hope- Pleasant Hope City Hall
Morrisville- Morrisville First Baptist Church
Fair Play- Fair Play Baptist Church
Humansville- Humansville Life Church
We are also looking for volunteers to help us with transport of meals and serving meals, so if you know anyone that might be interested, please send them my way.
Thank you for your help in spreading the word!

Carol Bookhout
Health Education Supervisor
POLK COUNTY HEALTH CENTER
1317 West Broadway
Bolivar, Missouri 65613
Office: 417-326-7250 | Fax: 417-326-2766

🌾🐄 You’re Invited! 🐖🌽 Join us for the Morrisville Agriculture Expo & Livestock Show on May 23, 2026! This is a great opportunity for our MCE students and families to showcase their hard work, talents, and love for agriculture. From livestock to creative projects, there’s something for everyone to enjoy! 🐑 Livestock Shows 🌻 Ag Exhibits 🎨 Student Projects 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Fun 💙 All MCE Agriculture students will have an entry in the expo! 💛 We encourage families to come out, support our students, and celebrate all the amazing things happening in agriculture!

🎉 MCE Teacher Proud Tuesday Winners - May Edition! 🎉

We are excited to recognize this month’s Teacher Proud Tuesday winners!

🍎 Heather Bess – 2nd Grade Teacher
🏀 Bryson Crowell – MS/HS PE Teacher
⭐ Jessica Cutler – Elementary Para

We are so thankful for the positive impact each of these staff members has on our students and school community every single day. Thank you for your hard work, dedication, and the care you show to our students. MCE is better because of you! 💙

🐾💙 MCE Panthers Celebrate Excellence!💙🐾 Today we proudly honored our amazing teachers and staff members for their years of dedication and service to the MCE Panther family! 🎉 👏 Celebrating milestones of 5, 10, 15, 20, and 30 years of service---thank you for the lasting impact you make each and every day. 🏆 Congratulations as well to our Teachers of the Year and Staff Member of the Year for going above and beyond to support our students, school, and community. Your hard work, passion, and commitment help make MCE a special place to learn and grow. 💙

🐾💙 MCE Panthers Celebrate Excellence!💙🐾 Today we proudly honored our amazing teachers and staff members for their years of dedication and service to the MCE Panther family! 🎉 👏 Celebrating milestones of 5, 10, 15, 20, and 30 years of service---thank you for the lasting impact you make each and every day. 🏆 Congratulations as well to our Teachers of the Year and Staff Member of the Year for going above and beyond to support our students, school, and community. Your hard work, passion, and commitment help make MCE a special place to learn and grow. 💙

Join us as we celebrate four incredible members of the MCE family on their retirement! 🎉💙🐾 Thank you to Bengie Gray, Cheryl Hinkle, Alan Rogers, and Alta Wood for your years of dedication, hard work, and love poured into our students, staff, and school community. Your impact on MCE will be felt for generations to come. We are so grateful for the memories, leadership, laughter, and care you’ve shared throughout the years. While you will be greatly missed, we are excited for the next chapter ahead for each of you! Congratulations on your retirement and thank you for leaving such an amazing legacy at MCE! 💙🖤

More sectional qualifiers
Isaac Mabary - 800m and 1600m 4th place
Elly Baker - 400m 4th place

Class 1 District 5 Meet Day @ Greenfield
The top 4 in each event will move on to the Sectional to compete for a chance to go to state
Schedule: All running events are Boys then Girls (Events may run late, but not early)
9:00 AM - All Javelin, Boys High Jump
9:30 AM - Girls High Jump, Girls Shot Put, Boys Discus
10:00 AM - Boys Shot Put, Girls Discus, Girls Triple Jump
10:30 AM - Boys Long Jump, 4x800m Relay
11:00 AM - Girls Long Jump, 110/100m Hurdles
11:25 AM - 100m Dash
11:40 AM - 4x200m Relay
12:05 PM - 1600m Run
12:20 PM - 4x100m Relay
12:40 PM - 400m Dash
1:00 PM - 300m Hurdles
1:20 PM - 800m Run
1:30 PM - 200m Dash
1:55 PM - 3200m Run
2:25 - 4x400m Relay

To wrap up MCE Teacher Appreciation Week, our students delivered some very special notes to our staff today. 💙

These heartfelt messages were a simple but meaningful reminder of the impact our teachers make every single day. We are so thankful for the love, encouragement, and dedication our staff pours into students all year long.

Thank you, MCE teachers, for all you do! 🍎✨

https://youtu.be/IxfDF2xOFFQ

🎬🍿 FCCLA Movie Night & Bake Sale 🍪🧁

Join FCCLA for a fun Movie Night on Monday, May 19th in the AP Room! Bring your friends and enjoy a great movie, snacks, and treats while supporting our FCCLA chapter.

📍 AP Room
📅 Monday, May 19th
⏰ 6:00 PM

Our FCCLA Bake Sale will also be available before and during the movie, featuring homemade goodies and sweet treats!

Come relax, have fun, and support FCCLA! We hope to see you there! 🎥✨

#FCCLA #MovieNight #BakeSale

Don’t forget to join us Monday as we celebrate an incredible career and wish a special retirement farewell for Bengie Gray, AJ Wood, Cheryl Hinkle, and Alan Rogers! 🎉💙

We hope you can stop by the retirement party to share memories, laughter, and well wishes as we honor all the years of dedication and impact made along the way.

We can’t wait to celebrate together!

Today we celebrate our incredible school nurse! 🩺💙 Nurse Stephanie, Thank you for being the calm in the chaos, the helping hands, and the caring hearts that keep our Panthers safe, healthy, and ready to learn every day. From band-aids to big worries, you handle it all with compassion and strength. We are so grateful for YOU! Happy School Nurses Day! 🐾

Leftover high school baseball hats will be sold at remaining home games. They'll be in the concessions. $20. First come, first serve!

Congratulations to the following players on being named to Class 2 Academic All-State Team: Landon Tomlinson Lucas Cutler Michael Doyle Byron Bolton STUDENT-athletes!

JH State Track and Field Results

The Panthers competed well at the Middle School State Championships on Saturday and came away with some strong performances and several All-State recognitions. Congratulations to all of the athletes who qualified and competed. The junior high team concludes their season Monday with the GOC meet

All-State
Girls 4x200 - 5th Place - Yvonne Colf, Suzanna Fast, Khloe Wilson, Brynlee Rice
Girls 4x400 - 6th Place (School Record) - Yvonne Colf, Suzanna Fast, Khloe Wilson, Emmari Back
Boys 4x200 - Jay Schneider, Braiden Poole, Ethan Rodiger, Liam Hooper
1600m Run - 7th Place - Ethan Rodiger
800m Run - 8th Place (School Record) - Yvonne Colf

🐾🌾 WE LOVE A GOOD SHOWDOWN- ESPECIALLY AN AGGIE SHOWDOWN🌾🐾 Today, MCE Elementary hosted the Second Annual GOC Marion C. Early vs. Spokane Aggie Showdown! The day was designed to test 4th and 5th Grade students skills in the areas of Poultry Evaluation, Food Science, Agronomy, Entomology, and Animal Science while 6th grade tackled the areas of Dairy Cattle Evaluation and Public Speaking. We are excited to Share the following results: 🐄 6th Grade-Dairy Cattle Evaluation Champions! Team members included: Wyatt, Sellers, Cade Presley, Charley Hensley, Jace Scott, Antonius Karanga and Gabriel Ridgeway. 🐄Wyatt Sellers- Res. Champion Dairy Cattle Evaluation 🐄Cade Presley- 3rd High Individual 🐄 Jace Scott-4th High Individual 📣Ruby Petry- 3rd Place, Prepared Public Speaking 📣Nelsie Myers- 6th Place, Prepared Public Speaking 🌾4th and 5th Grade- Reserve Overall Champions (Every students score was part of this win!) 🌾Preston Bolton- Res. High Individual Overall 🌾Clay Corum- Res. Champion, Food Science 🌾Raelynn VanHolt- 3rd Place, Animal Science 🌾Aubree Sellers- 4th Place, Animal Science 🌾Skylar Smith- Champion, Poultry Evaluation 🌾Aubree Sellers- Res. Champion, Poultry Evaluation 🌾Preston Bolton- 4th Place, Poultry Evaluation🌾Fynlee Vaughn- Champion, Crop Science 🌾Holt Trantham-3rd Place, Crop Science 🌾Preston Bolton-4th Place, Crop Science 🌾Blake Long-5th Place, Crop Science 💥Thank you to all who helped today be a success- including the Morrisville AgriLeaders, Morrisville FFA, MCE Administration, and so many more. This day would not be possible without you. 💥Thank you to all of our sponsors for supoeting our awesome awards! 💥Thank you parents for letting us work with your students! They displayed amazing work ethic, determination, and kindness throughout the day. It is a great day to be a Panther! 🐾 PS- more pictures to come!

Two of our outstanding musicians are headed off to MSHSAA State Solo & Small Ensemble Contest today! Jaxson Rice (trombone) and Eli Baker (trumpet) qualified on their solos at the District level in March. This is a huge accomplishment and reflects their hard work, dedication, and musicianship. We are so proud of them and know they will represent MCE with excellence. Congratulations and good luck!

💙🖤MCE Panthers Celebrate Our Lunch Heroes! 💙🖤 Today we proudly recognize the amazing cafeteria team who keep our Panthers fueled, smiling, and ready to learn each day! From early mornings to busy lunch lines, your hard work, kindness, and dedication make a difference for every student. Thank you for serving our school with care and heart. We appreciate all you do for MCE! 🐾 You are true Panther Heroes! 🐾

🎉 Happy Principal Appreciation Day to two outstanding leaders of MCE School District — Mr. Corum and Mr. Crumpley! 🎉 Thank you both for your dedication, leadership, and the countless ways you support our students, staff, and families each day. Your commitment helps make MCE School District a place where students can learn, grow, and succeed. We appreciate all you do for our Panthers! 💙🐾