Bakersfield will be in school tomorrow! We are anticipating flooding. If we can't get to you, and you can't get to school, your weather absence will be excused. Please call the office and let us know you can't get to school. We do not want to add anxiety to anyone. We want to offer consistency for our kids and community in a normal school day for all who can get here. Stay safe! Turn around, don't drown!!
There will be No Votech Friday, April 4,2025 due to potential and severe weather tomorrow.
Congratulations to Josh Yarber, the winner of the 14" laptop donated by RootEd!
The HS softball game for today, 4/3 @ Fordland has been cancelled due to field conditions and incoming weather
JH baseball @ Dora is cancelled today, 4/3 and rescheduled for Monday, 4/21 @ Dora following the HS varsity baseball game.
A small update on just a few of some of the things our agricultural courses have been working on this year. We have a shop full of projects, and it won't be long before we host our annual plant sale (more info to come soon). We will also be taking a meats evaluation, forestry, and FFA knowledge team to districts in Rolla next week, so wish them luck!
Cabool JV golf tournament @ Mountain Grove today, 4/3 is cancelled and rescheduled for Tuesday 4/8 @ Wedgewood golf course in Mountain Grove @ 4:00 pm
HS track @ Ava is cancelled for today, 4/3 due to inclement weather conditions.
High School Baseball is cancelled for today and rescheduled for Monday, 4/28 @ Viola 4:00
Bakersfield student Council is hosting a Pickleball tournament to help raise money for the Frazier family on Saturday, April 12 starting at noon. The Frazier family suffered severe injuries as victims of the devastating tornado that struck Bakersfield on March 14. Cassidy and Drake have been unable to work since the disaster due to their injuries and one of their their sons is facing particularly serious health challenges, including six spinal fractures, a brain cyst, spinal cord swelling, and a knee infection caused by a punctured wound. He is currently receiving treatment at Mercy Kids in Springfield. Please complete the form attached by April 9, if you would like to support this family and have some fun any questions please contact Mrs Summers at 417-284-7333 extension 306.
Buses have left and students have been dismissed. Many buses will have to divert due to high water so your child might be later than normal. Thank you for your patience today! Stay safe!
The radar appears to indicate a reduced threat at this time for Bakersfield. We feel it is safe to allow high school drivers to leave at 4:40 and load buses at 4:45. Thank you for your patience! Kids have had snacks and drinks.
We are monitoring the weather and the radar. If the weather stays with what the radar is doing, we plan to load buses at 5:10. We will be loading from the FEMA building. If you are picking up your child, please come in off O Hwy like you are coming to the gym. We will load kids who are being picked up from the door closest to the gym. Just pull in, form a line and pull up the door by the end of the FEMA building closest to the gym (same procedure the middle and high school students use who are picked up). You will just make a U-turn exit the same gate you came in. After the buses have left, we can direct you through the elementary gate, but until buses are finished loading, we will ask you to exit through the high school gym gate. Thank you!
There is a lull in the storm activity for about 30 minutes, but that is not enough time to get everyone home. Students are taking bathroom breaks now and the middle school and high school students are being given their cell phones. Everyone will continue taking shelter in the FEMA building until the next round has passed. We will not be dismissing by 4:00 as we will have another major storm in the area at that time. We will keep you posted here about a safe dismissal time.
The tornado warning for Bakersfield has been cancelled, but we are still under a watch until 4:00. Everyone is still in the FEMA building and we are all safe. We will remain in the FEMA building for a while longer.
All students and staff are all in the FEMA building. We will be here until the end of the school day. We are all safe and staying put. If it is storming badly or we are under any warnings, we will not dismiss until that has passed. We will continue to post to update parents.
Parents, if you are wanting to pick your child up early, please do. If you want to check them out before the storms, please do sooner rather than later. We plan to utilize the FEMA building to keep kids safe here. If we are under a tornado warning, we will not let kids leave until that has passed. The reason we did not let everyone out early is because we have a SAFE room here on campus and many students do not have a safe room or basement at home. If you want to check out your child early before the storms get here, please do. Please know, once we have a warning and are in the FEMA building, that is NOT a good time to check kids out because that is in the middle of the storm. We are doing everything possible and prudent to keep everyone safe. Thank you!
No middle school baseball practice today.
Calling all parents of Middle School Softball, Baseball, and Track participants...Yearbook needs your photos! If you have any pictures of your child participating in these sports, please upload them to our Yearbook using the QR code below. If you don't have any yet, you may take them at their next event and send them in. Thank you!!
Due to the timing of incoming storms, we are NOT sending students to vo-tech today. Mrs. Summers will be contacting parents of those students impacted.