• Seeking Community Feedback

    As we move forward in the planning stages of Operation Renovate & Innovate, we would like to ask for your help designing the new high school innovation center.

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  • Ozark School District Purchases Facility as Part of Long Range Plan

    SLS Audio Products - Dolby Laboratories now has a new neighbor as Ozark School District closed on the purchase of the commercial property known as the Fasco building located at 1600 W. Jackson St. in Ozark on Tuesday, July 16, 2019. The $4.1 million purchase is part of Phase 1 of the District's Long Range Plan, which the Board of Education approved in March, and will serve as an extension of the main Ozark High School campus and a new location of District Office.

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  • Back to School Information

    From school supply lists to start and release times to important dates - find all your Back to School information for the 2019-20 school year.

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  • Meet the Teacher Celebration Set Aug. 13

    It's time to kick off the 2019-2020 school year. Meet the Teacher will be 2-7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 13 at all school buildings.

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  • Kindergarten Open House Slated Aug. 14

    Parents are invited to a special kindergarten only open house where you can experience a day in the life of your kindergarten student.

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  • Ozark Summer School Students on an EDventure

    Over the past few weeks, have you seen Ozark Zoology students at the Finley River exploring? Or maybe you saw OHS students in the Personal Finance class comparing prices at Cash Saver. Or you could have seen students in the Leadership Through Writing class talking to residents and cleaning the courtyard at the nursing home. That's because Summer School is in full swing and offers students the opportunity to participate in unique, hands-on activities.

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  • North 3rd Graders Open for Business

    The cafeteria at North Elementary was abuzz May 15, but not with children eating. Instead, third graders were opening their businesses for the culmination of a three-week economics unit.

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  • Missouri Governor Visits West Elementary

    Missouri Governor Mike Parson visited students at West Elementary May 10. He stopped by a few classrooms before talking to students in an assembly about the importance of teachers and recognizing Teacher Appreciation Week.

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  • West 4th Grader Qualifies for National Math Competition

    Alan Shih, a fourth grade student at West Elementary, competed at the state math contest held May 4 by the Missouri Council of Teachers of Mathematics and Mathleague.org at Columbia College in Columbia.

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  • Elizabeth Dawson Named Assistant Director of Early Childhood

    The Ozark Board of Education voted to hire Elizabeth Dawson as the assistant director for early childhood.

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  • Rachel Tabuya Named West Elementary Assistant Principal

    The Ozark Board of Education voted to hire Rachel Tabuya as the West Elementary assistant principal.

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  • Anna Thurman Named East Elementary Principal

    Anna Thurman has been the assistant principal at South Elementary since 2013. Thurman began teaching in 2001 and has taught multiple grade levels. She joined Ozark School District in 2007 teaching fourth grade before moving to elementary science in 2010.

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  • Earliest Learners: Preschool Screening Registration Open for Tiger Paw

    Children who live in Ozark School District may be eligible to attend one of the Early Childhood Preschool programs, and can participate in a free preschool screening. Slated March 19-22, screenings are open for children who will be 3 years old on or before July 31, and children who are 4 years old.

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  • Helen Hawkins Award for Elementary Teacher of the Year

    The Finley River Community Foundation honored North Elementary Teacher Randi Jo Miller with the Helen Hawkins Award for Ozark Schools Elementary Teacher of the Year.

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  • East Elementary Students Receive Art Awards

    East Elementary students, along with art teacher Cynthia Shepard, were honored recently at the Southwest District Art Teachers Association Fall Elementary Art Show, including two Best of Show winners.

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  • Regional Educators Learn from Each Other During Annual STAR Summit

    We may be rivals on the field and court, but in the classroom we are all on the same team. More than 2,000 educators from Nixa, Ozark, Republic, Willard and regional school districts learned from each other Nov. 6 during the annual Shaping Teachers Across the Region (STAR) Summit.

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  • Impact 100 Awards $10,000 Grant to Tiger Paw

    Money used to purchase vision, hearing screening devices for better early intervention.

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  • Dream Big, Do Good: Ozark Teacher Wins $1,000

    The sign in Tori McBain's office says "Everyone smiles in the same language." And the smiles on her and the faces of her students say it all. Silver Dollar City recently notified McBain, an English-language learner teacher at Ozark South and West elementary schools, that she won $1,000 in the Dream Big, Do Good campaign.

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