Harrisburg R-VIII School District

The Harrisburg Elementary School Carnival will be held March 18, 2026. Mark your calendar and join us at our annual event for fun, food, and prizes!

Congratulations to the Harrisburg Bulldog Band on receiving a #1 rating at the MSHSAA Large Ensemble at Rock Bridge HS!!! #BulldawgPride

PAT FAMILIES: Be sure to MARK YOUR CALENDAR and RSVP for the Story Time with DBRL event coming up next Thursday, March 12! See flyer for details. #BulldogsReadHere #BulldawgPride

March 7, 2026 is School Maintenance Appreciation Day and we are blessed with the best. The admin team had this to say about our crew: “Our maintenance team is the best around. Each of them truly cares about making Harrisburg the best possible school for our students, and that really shows in their work ethic every single day. We appreciate the flexibility, effort and craftsmanship our maintenance team puts into our buildings and facilities. They have a wide variety of skills that not only help keep our schools functioning, but in top condition. Matt, Rob, Clark, & Shannon thank you for all you do for our students, teachers, and community.” We also want to give a big shoutout to our 2025-26 high school staff who will keep our grounds looking great through the summer mowing season and to Ryder Crites who has worked tirelessly alongside our maintenance staff this school year to keep our district facilities in top-notch shape.. #BulldawgPride

Good luck to the Harrisburg Bulldog band today at Rock Bridge for the MSHSAA Large Group Instrumental!!! Bulldogs will perform at 12:25 pm #BulldawgPride

Have you ordered your 2026 Yearbook yet? Order at yearbookforever.com by April 1! #yearbook #yrbk #bulldogyrbk

🚨Senior Spotlight🚨 Hunter Colborn High School Activities: A+ After high school, Hunter plans to join the workforce doing landscaping. Congratulations Hunter!

Congratulations to Harrisburg Bulldog cheerleader, Gracyn Overfelt, for making her commitment to Columbia College to continue her academic and cheerleading career next fall!!! #BulldawgPride

Announcing the 2026 Elementary Carnival King & Queen Candidates! (3 - 5) Students have voted candidates to represent their classroom at the Elementary Carnival. Each class will be raising money to support their King and Queen candidates. The classroom candidates who raise the most money will win the title of Elementary Carnival King and Queen. Elementary students will raise money from now through the night of the carnival, March 18th. Each candidate will be recognized during the carnival and the winners will be announced at the end of the night. Mrs. Fluty - Quin Fisher & Lilly Wilhite Mrs. Lazinger - Finley Asher & Brooke Spellman Mrs. Burt - Elijah Ovseychuk & Paxton Nichols Mrs. Hill - Jett Nichols & Kellyn Yount Ms. Hardimon - Chase Cole & Chloe Kitchen Mrs. Earlywine - Wyatt Hathman & Reagan Hill Ms. Hochwender - James Harrison & Kinley Doss

Announcing the 2026 Elementary Carnival King & Queen Candidates! (K - 2) Students have voted candidates to represent their classroom at the Elementary Carnival. Each class will be raising money to support their King and Queen candidates. The classroom candidates who raise the most money will win the title of Elementary Carnival King and Queen. Elementary students will raise money from now through the night of the carnival, March 18th. Each candidate will be recognized during the carnival and the winners will be announced at the end of the night. Mrs. Overfelt - Kash Blakemore & River Austin Mrs. Dixon - Kaleb Havrum & Savanna Douglas Ms. Wilt - Daniel Berhorst & Elsie Wanner Mrs. Carey - Clayton Woods & Maite Frausto-Mendez Mrs. Pekkarinen - Alister Jenkins & Blake Arens Mrs. McCrary - Grayson Dietiker & Bexley Dietiker Mrs. Maxwell - Tatum Ackman & Ella Hardin

Today, March 3rd, is our monthly PTO meeting at 6 p.m. and it will meet in the Elementary/Middle School Library. If you can't make it in person here is the link to follow to join.

https://harrisburg-k12-mo.zoom.us/j/84836178164?pwd=tIdjmGegpDrtMTBIIZAZonoOicAUpd.1

Meeting ID: 848 3617 8164

Passcode: 65256

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+16469313860,,84836178164# US

Hope to see you there!

Nicole Fritts

PTO Co-Secretary

Congratulations to the Harrisburg Bulldog softball team for earning MHSFCA Academic All-State Team for the team gpa of 3.59!!! Congratulations to Aidyn Burt, Jackie Stidham, Addison Doss, Carly Price & Bradey Simpson for earning individual academic all-state!!! #BulldawgPride

Check out the weekly events for our Bulldogs!!! #BulldawgPride

Have you ordered your 2026 Yearbook yet? Order at yearbookforever.com by April 1!
#yearbook #yrbk #bulldogyrbk

Mrs. Chott took our 8th grade students to State Technical College of Missouri to explore careers in Business Computers, Construction, and Health Sciences.The photos below are from the group touring the Health Sciences program and learning about future opportunities in the medical field.

TEACHER FEATURE TUESDAY: Today’s featured teacher is Mr. Caiden Webb. Mr. Webb has been in education for the past seven years. In 2018-19 he completed his student teaching internship with Mr. Ackman at Harrisburg High and, after teaching middle school in rural Central Illinois for five years, returned to Harrisburg as part-time dual credit faculty in 2024.

Mr. Webb currently teaches dual credit American History and dual credit World Geography to juniors and seniors.

In addition to his role at Harrisburg, he is a full time PhD student at the University of Missouri. His research interests include: asset-based research in rural education, rural teacher education, and social studies teacher education.

We asked a few of his dual credit students to provide a shout-out to Mr. Webb for this week’s post. Here’s what they had to say:

“I liked how Mr. Webb cared about all of our different personalities in the class and was interactive with all of us and wanted to help us chase our dreams for the future.”

“I have too much potential to die.” - one of my top 10 favorite quotes from Mr. Webb

“Mr. Webb is a swell fellow.”

“I like how in his class we actually do work but it is also laid back at the same time.”

“Mr. Webb always let me intrude on his class even though I was not one of his students and one time shared these really delicious treats that he brought for his class with me, as well.”

We are incredibly fortunate that Mr. Webb chose to continue his career at Harrisburg High. Thank you, Mr. Webb! #BulldawgPride

Varsity Quiz Bowl team earned 2nd place in the CS8 Conference Tournament Monday, March 2. The team averaged 270 points per game, a season high. Captains Cooper Peters and Nathan Bassett tied for 7th Place on the All Conference Team, earning 500 points in season and tournament combined. Team members Marie Bergfield, Josey Whitaker and Darrell Sizemore made valuable contributions to the team’s 1,890 points earned at the tournament today. Congratulations to Varsity Quiz Bowl! #BulldawgPride

For those participating in MS track, Monday, March 2nd, practice will be held at the MS gym at 5:00 pm. #BulldawgPride