2025-26 School Year
![2026 OHS Ed Rising National Qualifiers]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1782410924/ozarkk12mous/svvrtquweic4s6zqay4k/edrising_1.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1782410924/ozarkk12mous/svvrtquweic4s6zqay4k/edrising_1.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1782410924/ozarkk12mous/svvrtquweic4s6zqay4k/edrising_1.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1782410924/ozarkk12mous/svvrtquweic4s6zqay4k/edrising_1.png","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1782410924/ozarkk12mous/svvrtquweic4s6zqay4k/edrising_1.png","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1782410924/ozarkk12mous/svvrtquweic4s6zqay4k/edrising_1.png","width":2200}])
Ozark High School Educators Rising students recently attended the Educators Rising National Conference in Portland, Oregon, where they showcased their talents and represented both Ozark High School and the state of Missouri on a national stage.
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The Ozark School District Communication Department strives to build strong and supportive relationships across the school community through community engagement, internal culture and climate, and transparent communication. The National School Public Relations Association is recognizing Ozark for that work with three 2026 NSPRA Publications and Digital Media Awards.
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Ozark Schools has named Ray Godfrey as interim head football coach for the Ozark Tigers football program at the May 21 Board of Education Meeting.
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Ozark High School will have some new faces in the front office next year as the administration team takes shape for 2026-27. As part of a district reorganization, Dr. Kent Sappington will serve as interim High School Principal, and Fernando Sustaita will join as an assistant principal, hires approved at the May 21 school board meeting.
![Tony Hatfield Named Transportation Director]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1779458087/ozarkk12mous/erj46pmfehqcbiqc21d9/TonyHatfield.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1779458087/ozarkk12mous/erj46pmfehqcbiqc21d9/TonyHatfield.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1779458087/ozarkk12mous/erj46pmfehqcbiqc21d9/TonyHatfield.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1779458087/ozarkk12mous/erj46pmfehqcbiqc21d9/TonyHatfield.png","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1779458087/ozarkk12mous/erj46pmfehqcbiqc21d9/TonyHatfield.png","width":1535}])
The Board of Education, at the May 21 meeting, approved the hire of Tony Hatfield as the Director of Transportation. Hatfield comes to Ozark with 34 years of experience in school transportation.
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Ozark School District recently received a $2,500 grant through the Community Foundation of the Ozarks, in partnership with the Louis L. and Julia Dorothy Coover Charitable Foundation and Commerce Trust. The money is for the Steps to Success program, which is an effort to provide shoes on a limited basis to students who attend the Back to School Bash.