Miller County R-III School District

Good luck to our High School Scholar Bowl team. They are competing in the Show-Me Central Conference Meet this evening at St. Elizabeth at 4pm.

PTO Strawberry Fundraiser Forms are coming home today. They have some wonderful and delicious items that you can purchase. Check out the order forms and put your orders in!🍓🍓

It may be cold outside but Little League Softball and Baseball sign up forms are coming home today. Please turn in the registration form and payment to the office by March 2nd.

8th grade is helping our school save the world by collecting recyclable materials throughout the school! Way to lead the way! 💪🌱

The Lions battled through an intense matchup against Columbia Independent. After a slow first quarter, they clawed their way back and made it a tight contest, but just couldn’t take the lead. Columbia Independent edged out the win, 62–58. 🦁🏀

The Lady Lions powered through snow mode to pick up a big 44–13 win over Columbia Independent! ❄️🦁 Way to stay focused and get it done! 💪🏀

You can watch the girls and boys game online tonight using this link. There is a paid subscription for the games tonight.

https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/columbia-independent-school-columbia-mo/gam958e1f68e2

🏀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.