Miller County R-III School District

🏀Basketball Game Day🏀

The HS Basketball teams travel to Columbia Independent tonight! The girls start the night off at 6:00pm with the boys to follow.

Good luck to both of our Lady Lions and Lions!

We will NOT be using Monday, February 2nd, as a makeup day for yesterday--school will not be in session that day, but teachers will report for PD. We will use Monday, February 16th, for our first makeup day, so school WILL be in session on 2/16/26.

4th and 5th grade Archery practice has been cancelled for today and Thursday.

Tuscumbia will have a 2-hour late start on Tuesday, 1/27. School will start at 10:00 a.m. Buses will run 2 hours later than their usual time. Breakfast will not be served. We will dismiss at our usual time.

Last week was another busy and fun week across our classrooms! 🦁📚 Reading ✔️ Writing ✔️ History ✔️ Music with Karaoke ✔️ Dodging selfies ✔️

🎨 Hands-on learning! Last week, 4th grade students were busy creating Clay Pinch Pot Creatures projects in class.

There will be no school at Tuscumbia on Monday, 1/26, due to weather. Everyone stay safe!

Congratulations to the Lions on their 3rd place win at the Iberia Tournament! 🦁 The Lions took down Sullivan with a 67–49 victory. Great game, boys!

Rock solid learning! 🪨 3rd and 4th grade explored rocks and minerals in class.

See this week's Lion's Link for reminders about inclement weather procedures, great pictures of what our students are doing, and some surplus equipment for sale: https://app.smore.com/n/yzx7a

The 2026 Book Fair is coming to Tuscumbia Schools February 9-13! You can set up a safe, cashless digital payment account for your student to use by following the directions below. Please note that there are no refunds– unused funds can either be donated to the school or saved to be used by your student at next year's fair. Cash will also be accepted, but please do not send anything larger than a $20 bill. To set up an account, click on the link below and follow the directions. If you have any questions, please email Mrs. Lawless at slawless@tuscumbialions.k12.mo.us https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DUfu1TErNd2HP0-PjQ72fUNZOWO35r3ApSdrDhyIFBo/edit?usp=drive_link

Vet Science students are hard at work, getting hands-on practice before their next contest! 🐾🩺

PLEASE make sure your students are dressed warmly when they leave the house tomorrow! With negative wind chills expected, we won't be going outside, but our bus heaters work overtime during this cold weather, and we don't want cold students if we were to have a breakdown. If your student needs a coat, please contact the building office and let us know, and we will take care of it.

Middle School families, mark your calendars. The middle school dance is February 20th from 7-9pm. See flyer attached for more details.

The HS Boys basketball 3rd place game tomorrow in the Iberia Tournament will be played at 5:30pm. There is a game at 4:00pm and they will start the game early if possible.

Our kindergarteners are hard at work sounding out words during morning work! Building strong reading foundations early. 💙📖

Our students are participating in Teen Mental Health First Aid, led by certified instructors from Compass Health Network. They’re learning how to recognize and respond to mental health and substance use challenges in their peers.

🏀 Game Day!
HS Boys Basketball is back in action tonight as they take on the Dixon Bulldogs in the 2nd round of the Iberia Tournament. Tip-off is set for 6:00pm. Good luck, boys!

Lady Lions faced a tough matchup this evening against Class 3, state-ranked #7 Dixon Lady Bulldogs. The Lady Lions held their own in the first half, but the second half didn’t go our way. Dixon took the win, 65-24.

You can watch the Lady Lions game tonight on this link: https://fan.hudl.com/usa/mo/dixon/organization/91810/dixon-r1-high-school/schedule?date=2026-01-18T06%3A00%3A00.000Z&range=Week&s=U2NoZWR1bGVFbnRyeVB1YmxpY1N1bW1hcnk2OTMwNzgwMDUyMzNhN2FhN2Y4MGIwZTg%3D