Water will be available for all students who ride the bus on evening routes. Practices will be abbreviated or held inside the gym. Be safe out there!
Water will be available for all students who ride the bus on evening routes. Practices will be abbreviated or held inside the gym. Be safe out there!
Students, please bring back the Free & Reduced meal forms. One per family is all that is needed. We will have a drawing for gift cards for elementary, middle and high school. There will be $50 and $25 gift cards available for each age range. This impacts our school very much! In recent years, few forms were turned in. This resulted in our Free and Reduced lunch count going down to 51%. (Our normal is about 80%). Our Free and Reduced percentage is used in our state formula, all federal money and most recently our ESSER money. For the past few years, our Title I money has been steadily going down as our Free and Reduced count declined. Title I pays for tutoring, part of preschool, as well as some parent nights and even materials and supplies. Additionally, we did not get nearly as much ESSER money as other area schools because our Free and Reduced count was so low. Please fill out the forms and return them! All forms that are in by Friday will have the students entered for a drawing for gift cards! Thank you!
Congratulations to our winners for the vaccine drawing! All students who were fully immunized by today (the first day of school) were entered into a drawing! Congratulations to Jackson Mathis, Gracie Harding and Johnny Everett!
Tuesday, August 22 is the first day of school! We look forward to seeing everyone tomorrow! Be safe! Watch for students and school bus stops!
2023 Volleyball Jamboree
Hosted by Mansfield High School
Important Information for Jamboree August 22, 2023.
1. Locker rooms will be available for each team.
2. Concessions will be available.
3. Admission will be $3 for Adults, $2 for Students
4. Following MSHSAA jamboree rules for 4 team format.
5. If time allows we will start games early, there will be a full warm-up before your first
match, with an abbreviated 2-2-1 warmup following the first game.
Schedule of Games
Court 1 will be court closest to Locker Rooms
Court 2 will be closest to Lobby
Game 1: 5:30pm start
Court 1: Mansfield vs Gainesville
Court 2: Seymour vs Bakersfield
Game 2
Court 1: Mansfield vs Bakersfield
Court 2: Gainesville vs Seymour
Game 3
Court 1: Mansfield vs Seymour
Court 2: Bakersfield vs Gainesville
Yearbooks will be distributed on September 1. Once all preorders have been delivered, any extra copies we have will be available for sale on a first come first served basis. We will not take reservations via FB or email. They must be purchased in person. More info will be posted next week.
Due to bus driver vacancy, we have had to absorb one of our routes. Drivers are contacting affected students. Please be early to your stops. The maximum impact to any route is 15 minutes. We ask for your patience as we work to safely and efficiently transport your children.
Don't forget to have ALL required immunizations before you can come to school this year!! We are partnering with Ozark County Health Department to ensure kids who have all required immunizations will be entered into a drawing for an Amazon gift card!!
(Our nurse will have a list of students who are current and may be included in the drawing. )
Mark your calendars...we are having a BOOK FAIR!! 📚
Tuesday, September 5-Saturday, September 9 in the school library.
Students will have the opportunity to visit the fair with their class that week.
We will also be open to the community on Thursday, September 7, after school until 7pm, and on SATURDAY, September 9, from 10am-2pm!

Cross Country Schedule

Middle school and High School Cross Country will have practice tomorrow, August 9th at 9:30 to 10:30 am. Please meet at the high school gym.
High school boys baseball will have practice tomorrow , Monday August 7th at 5 pm..
Attention: Parents and 6-12 grade girls who are interested in playing volleyball for Bakersfield... please go to this Facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1397117177791125/?ref=share
and request to become a member. You will be added to a Messenger group and you will find all the information that you need.
Here are the details for some important upcoming events.
August 7th @9am -12 pm practice for grades 9-12
Team party for grades 6-12. Meet at the school at 3 pm. There's an RSVP FB post that has more details and a Sign-up Genius link to sign up for food assignments on our FB page.
August 8-9, Paula Weidemann camp! Grades 6-12. $25/ player. There will be two sessions a day 10am-12pm and 1pm-3pm. Come at 9:30 am to make payment and help with set up etc.
We are looking forward to a fun and successful season of volleyball. Go Lions!
New student registration will be Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, August 8, 9, 10 from 9 AM-3 PM in the building office! We look forward to meeting new students!
Bakersfield Back To School List

BAKERSFIELD FFA ALUMNI MEETING
JULY 17TH 6PM IN THE HS AG BUILDING
Alumni Members/Parents and FFA Officers only please. No students.
Dues are $5 dollars per alumni member
Pizza provided
Meeting agenda to follow soon.
PLEASE RSVP BELOW TO ENSURE ENOUGH FOOD IS AVAILABLE:
https://forms.gle/YFaf6sBTU3tr4c8M8
Event Address: 357 State HWY O, Bakersfield, MO 65609, HS AG Building
Contact us at (417) 284-7333 ext. 340 or jgrigg@bakersfield.k12.mo.us
President: Shasta Foster
Secretary/Treasurer: Lynn Pearson

Summer is a great time to take care of those required vaccinations! The Ozark County Health Department is taking appointments! Call today 417-679-3334. All students who get vaccinated before school starts will be entered into drawings for prizes!!!

First week of Summer School with the middle school was a blast!!! Homemade butter and strawberry jam, tie dye t-shirts, and a pool rainout that led to a movie day with s'mores cones!!!


The Bakersfield R-IV School District is accepting bids for the following items:
Milk, juice -- goods must be produced and processed in the United States
Propane--approximately 20,000 gallons annually
Diesel--with winter additive November-February - approximately 10,000 gallons annually
Contracted Bus Maintenance (call 417-284-7333 for list of specifications)
Bids must be received by 3:00 PM, CST on Wednesday, June21, 2023. Bids may be mailed to Dr. Amy Padgett, PO Box 38, Bakersfield, MO 65609.
