Forsyth High School

To inspire and equip every student for their next stage in life.

• Freshmen - 90 total students - 95.6% attendance rate
• Sophomores - 113 total students - 94.9% attendance rate
• Juniors - 108 total students - 94.4% attendance rate
• Seniors - 78 total students - 91.7% attendance rate
• Total Students - 389 total students - 94.3% attendance rate

• Oct. 16 Progress Report #2
• Oct. 21 Parent Teacher Conferences (8am - 12pm)
• Oct. 17 Fall Picture Retakes
• Oct. 24 Parent Teacher Conferences (3:45 pm - 7:30 pm)
• Oct. 26 ACT Exam @ Forsyth High School
  
• Oct. 23-26 National FFA Convention
  
• Nov. 8 Marine Corps JROTC Birthday Ball (6-9pm)
• Nov. 11 Forsyth Veteran's Day Assembly
• Nov. 14 ASVAB Exam for all Juniors (8 am - Noon)
• Nov. 13 Progress Report #3

FHS counselor, Mrs. Richardson, and Student Success Advisor, Ms. Arie Good, took 18 seniors to the Discover OTC Table Rock Campus Event. Students attended mini informational sessions on "Preparing for College" and "Paying for College." Students were able to tour the campus and view all the programs OTC offers. Several students expressed interest in the nursing and EMT programs, as well as general education and Information Technology. OTC provided lunch and snow cones to all the students! The students left excited about pursuing their programs of interest, and many said they can't wait to get started at OTC after graduation! Mrs. Rchardson and Ms. Good saw several former graduates leaving classes while on tour at the campus.

Mrs. Richardson and Mrs. White took a group of 13 seniors to College of the Ozarks for the Bobcat Days event. At this event, students were able to listen to a presentation about the college and attend a Student Services Bazarre (Financial Aid, Registrar, Career Center, ResLife, Students’ U, Work Education, Christian Ministries, and Academic Affairs). Students also had time to walk through campus for an academic open house in which students met with professors and learned about various programs available. Students were fed an excellent lunch by the CofO catering team. The group ended the day with a housing tour and were able to see the new Student's Union Watson Center. The students all had a great time and were very appreciative they got to see what College of the Ozarks is all about. They were each very excited about moving forward with their college/career planning after seeing what all is available in their prospective programs. Several students submitted applications to CofO at the event.

The Forsyth community celebrated Homecoming Week with several activities leading up the Homecoming game against Strafford. Our boys played well, but ended up losing to the undefeated Strafford Indians 33-49.

The week-long Homecoming Festivities included:

Homecoming Parade and Pep Rally Thursday evening.

FHS Student Pep Assembly on Friday.

Homecoming Dance on Saturday from 7pm-10pm.

Coach Paul Voliva's girls tennis team will close out another successful next week during team district play. Here are a few pictures from recent tournaments.

The Cross Country team has had a lot of success this season. Combined, the FHS Cross Country team has brought home more hardware this year than any team in the previous 6 years!!

Freshman runner, Brynlie Yarnell, has won 4 cross country meets in a row - including a new course record at the Fair Grove meet with time of 20 minutes and 55 seconds!

Wesley Miester is currently the top boys finisher for the Panther CC team followed closely by Simon Matson. Practice is paying off for runners Runner Jeramiah Foye & newcomer Kamdyn Watson. Foye shaved an entire minute off his PR! For those of you who run you know how difficult that is. Kamdyn Watson also completed her second three mile run in a week topping her lifetime total for miles run ever! The Cross Country team will close out the regular season on October 23rd with the conference meet hosted at Reeds Spring HS. Best of luck to our runners!

They Lady Panther Volleyball team will begin winding down their regular season with their final home game against Fair Grove on Tuesday October 15th. Anna Cardwell, this year's only senior volleyball player, was recognized during senior night. The Lady Panthers will begin district play on Tuesday, October 22nd against the Houston Tigers in Houston, MO. Good Luck ladies!

Senior Anna Cardwell with her parents

Mr. Gailey's students and FFA members have been busy during the past month. Several students made the annual trip to Farm Fest on October 4th. While at Farm Feat students have the opportunity to see the latest innovations in agriculture.

Mr. Gailey continues to visit his students on the job while conducting individual Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE) visits. Several of our students manage the difficult task of working a part time job in addition to being a full time high school student. Check out the FFA Facebook page to see where our students work when they aren't at school.
Gabby Thompson, Jade Robison, Alexis Turney are preparing for the fall speaking competitions. Jade and Gabby have had tremendous success in prior years winning several local and district competitions. Area contest will be Oct17th with districts to follow. Good luck ladies!

Mr. Gailey's leadership team and top point earners will be attending the annual FFA National convention Oct 22-25 in Indianapolis Indiana. Keep an eye on the FFA Facebook page for updates.

The FHS Marine Corps JROTC students have been the past month! The cadets have taken over the morning ritual of raising the flags each morning before school begins. The JROTC leadership team attended a retreat at Wilsons Creek on the 14th & 15th of September. The cadets toured the visitors center and hiked the historic battlefield before heading north to Pomme De Terre lake where they hiked and swam.

Cadet leaders - Josh Coggins, Emily Rivere, and Damian Frazey hand MCJROTC birthday ball invitations to Dr. Guy & Mr. Linehan.

On September 28th, FBLA and Student Council members spent their morning giving back to our community. They took part in the annual H2Ozarks Shoreline Cleanup, cleaning up the shore of Lake Taneycomo and picking up 15 bags of trash and debris.

The Student Council is planning activities for Red Ribbon Week. The mission of Red Ribbon Week is to keep kids drug-free! We will be having a Spirit Week October 29 - November 1.

Email: phguy@forsythr3.k12.mo.us
Website: www.forsythpanthers.org
Location: 178 Panther Street, Forsyth, MO, USA
Phone: 417-546-6383
Facebook: facebook.com/ForsythR-IIISchools