
Congratulation to Sage Welch. He signed with Baptist Bible College where he will continue his Academic, Basketball, and Golf Careers.



Results from the Missouri FBLA State Leadership Conference.
Robert Wagner earned 4th Place in "Networking Infrastructure"
Robert has earned the honor of competing at the FBLA National Leadership Conference in Chicago, IL June 30-July 2, 2022
The Parliamentary Procedure team of Brittany Simagna, Carissa Simagna, Ethan Wolf, and Cooper Blackburn earned 8th Place at the MO State Leadership Conference.


Congratulations to the AHS girls track team for taking 1st place at the Pierce City relays.

Congratulations to Angie Miller, Kim Mobley, and Leanne Cope (pictured left to right) for winning the MO Association of School Librarians Collaboration Award. Way to represent AHS!


Congratulations to the Aurora Girls and Boys Track Teams, the Girls placed 1st and the Boys placed 2nd in the annual Ice Box Relays!!!

Congratulations to the AHS March Students of the Month
(pictured left to right)
Freshman - Jaelyn Ernest
Sophomore - Addison Swadley
Juniors - Kaylin Dutton and Olivia Ray
Senior - Makenna Besett


The following are the District FFA Results from last Saturday, Monday, and Tuesday with 8 teams and 1 speaker qualifying for state competition. We also had several top 20 individuals at districts.
Dairy Cattle - DISTRICT CHAMPIONS (State qualifier)
Harley Prevo - 2nd High Individual
Clayton Jaramillo - 10th High Individual
Jaelyn Ernest - 12th High Individual
Ailyn Reyes
Horse Evaluation - DISTRICT CHAMPIONS (State qualifier)
Luke Miller - 2nd High Individual
Carissa Simagna - 8th High Individual
Brittney Simagna
Caymen Cornelison
Nursery/Landscape - DISTRICT CHAMPIONS (State qualifier)
Kyrstin Gold - 1st High Individual
Lexie Burch - 2nd High Individual
Jaydn Rohlman - 12th High Individual
Taylor Lauffer
Entomology - RESERVE DISTRICT CHAMPIONS (State qualifier)
Logan Rysted - 1st High Individual
Karina Lopez - 15th High Individual
Marisol Castillo
Lexie Brashers
Division II Public Speaking - 3rd Place (State qualifier)
Taylor Lauffer
Farm Management - 5th Place (State qualifier)
Lyndsey Hankins -7th High Individual
Grant Henderson - 14th High Individual
Thalia Figueroa
Poultry - 8th Place (State qualifier)
Levi Garrett - 3rd High Individual
Matthew Cutbirth
Brody Seitz
FFA Knowledge - 9th Place (State qualifier)
Castle Spieker - 7th High Individual tie
Darian Dummit
Seth Shoemaker
Emilee Coffey
Livestock Evaluation - 12th Place (State qualifier)
Emma Rosencrans - 15th High Individual
Bailey Andrews
Orran Cope
Tony Guess
Dairy Handlers - Clayton Cline - 2nd Place
Colton Wrinkle - 3rd Place
Abbi Koehler
Maddie Krantz
Derek Arnold
Agronomy - Silver Rating
Sydnee Hert
Destiny Jaramillo
Caitlyn Enoch
Dairy Foods - Silver Rating
Tyler Jordan
Damari Valenciano
Hailie Steketee
Aaron King
Soils Evaluation - Silver Rating
Berrick Dobyns - competed as an individual
Congratulations to all! These FFA members have represented our chapter and school well.

Results from Friday’s Marshfield HS track and field Open.
Boys Results:
Boys 4 x 8 10:04 Cayman C, Luke M, Joseph H and Ben N 3rd Place
Joseph Hargus 800m 2:30.73 3rd Place
Daunte Floyd High Jump 1.72 HJ 3rd Place
Jansen Hunt Long Jump 5.69 4th Place
Ethan Husmann Shot Put 12.01 5th Place
Boys finished 5th overall
Girls Results:
MaKena Hall 1st Place 100m Hurdles, 6th in Triple Jump, 4th in pole vault
Auri Phillips 1st Place 300 m hurdles, 2nd place 100m hurdles
Gabie McVey 1st place Discus
DJ Jaramillo 3rd place mile run, 5th in 800m run
Payden Blevins 3rd place Javelin
Jaelyn Ernest 7th in Long Jump
Aubrey Simpson 8th in Long Jump
Adeline Patillo 5th in pole vault
Maci Montgomery 5th in discus
4x100m. Hall. Jaramillo. Simpson. Phillips 5th place
Girls finished 4th overall.

Aurora High School NHS and JAG members spent Thursday morning bagging over 14,000 bars of soap for distribution during disaster response at Convoy of Hope. These caring young adults received many compliments for their passion and work ethic from the staff





On Thursday, March 10 the Aurora High School NHS members and our driver, Sabin, had a busy day. Packaging hygiene kits for distribution during crisis at Convoy of Hope, they also gathered and distributed food, hygiene, and clothing items from the March Blue Barrel collections.





Friday, March 4th the AP Government students competed in the District National History Day competition in Joplin at MSSU.
There were three submissions advancing to the State competition in Columbia in mid-April.
1st Place- Haylee Batson in Individual Exhibit
2nd Place - Paige Johnson & Rosie Ackerman in Group Exhibit
3rd Place - Robert Wagner in Historical Paper.

Congrats to the following who were selected as Aurora High School's February students of the month.
(pictured left to right)
Freshman - Jacek Rackley
Sophomore - Zandra Hankins
Junior - Leslin Perez
Senior - Gabi McVey


AP English students used their research skills at Drury University's Olin Library to dive further into their topics.


Congratulations to the following students on medaling during the Scott Tech District Skills USA competition.
Auri Phillips in Culinary Arts: 2nd Place
Brendon Hall in Related Technical Math Written Test for Welding: 2nd Place
Nathanial Schmitt Welding Fabrication: 3rd Place
Auri and Brendon will compete at the State Competition on April 8th and 9th.

Aurora FFA Booster Club Fish Fry is going on tonight from 5-7:30pm at the High School. All you can eat fish, chicken, and fixins. To go orders are available. Tickets available at the door. Ripplin’ Creek Band will be providing live music. A silent Auction is also taking place.

Some of our NHS members working hard on the clothing closets. Keep up the great work!





NHS members volunteered yesterday organizing and cleaning the Robinson and Junior High Care Closets and the Houn Dawg Clothing Closet. Thanks for going above and beyond.



Aurora FBLA Students attended the District Leadership Conference in Monett, MO on Thursday, February 10th. Students earning medals will be advancing to the Missouri State Leadership Conference in April. Results are: Madison Daniels, 5th place in Business Calculations and 1st Place in Introduction to Financial Math, Robert Wagner, 1st Place in Computer Problem Solving and 1st Place in Networking Infrastructure.
Other student results are:
Cooper Blackburn 6th Place in Cyber Security
Lillian Jonason 6th Place in Journalism
Jasmine Buchholz 9th Place in Journalism
Jansen Hunt 12th Place in Advertising
The Parliamentary Procedure team of Cooper Blackburn, Brittney Simagna, Carissa Simagna, and Ethan Wolf earned 3rd Place.
The Sales Presentation team of Carissa Simagna and Madilyn Winchell earned third place.
Lastly: Brittany Simagna was selected to be the Parliamentarian for the FBLA District 6 Student Officers Team for the 2022-2023. Brittany earned her position by achieving the lowest score when taking the Parliamentarian Objective Test in December 2021. Congrats to Brittany!!


Congratulation to AHS January Students of the Month (left to right):
Freshman - Nadia Davis
Sophomore - Carsen Hamelink
Junior - Jack Cline
Seniors - Caleb Wittenborn and Alex Phelps


A meeting for any students interested in signing up for track and field will be held in the High School Commons at 10:00 AM on Thursday, February 10th.
The track team store is now open. Visit the link. Store closes on 2/17.
http://bit.ly/34uSLeL