Congratulations to Destiny Burks - Rivercrest Homecoming Queen!
Students in Mrs. Elrod’s Medical Detective class began an experiment today to grow bacteria and test the effectiveness of different antibiotics.
Thank you to Laura Wilson at Big River Steel for her donation of backpacks for our food program and Aricka Ammons for helping!
𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗠 𝗢𝗡 𝗥𝗜𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗖𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗔𝗧𝗛𝗟𝗘𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗦:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjBCN80mCUa2yIohywWas4g
IT’S GAME DAY….and HOMECOMING! Your Rivercrest Colts will host the EPC Warriors this evening with kickoff scheduled for 7pm. Homecoming field ceremony begins at 6:25pm.
Despite the fact these school are less than 13 miles apart, this will be their first matchup since 2013. EPC was off last week but lost their opener a couple of weeks back 37-0 to Walnut Ridge.
The Colts are 1-0 on the season after beating Gosnell in their opener last week 29-14. Despite battling effects from being sick, senior QB Cavonta Washington threw for 164 yards and a TD and added 2 more scores on the ground. Jayden Young had 81 yards receiving including a 76 yard TD catch and snagged 2 interceptions from his safety position. Tekylun Sanders and Andrew Lomack lead the Colt defense with 8 and 7 tackles. Joe Louis Ralph had 5 tackles, 2 TFL, and forced and returned a fumble for a 59 yard score last week. K Hunter Ellis was 3 for 3 on extra points.
The Colts lead the all-time series 10-3-1 but EPC has taken the last two matchups (29-17 in 2012 and 28-27 in 2013). The Colts will look to right that ship tonight. The rain should be moving out and it looks like it’ll be a good night for high school football. GO COLTS!
The Worldstrides 2025 trip to New Your City and Washington, D.C. meeting will be Tuesday, September 24 at 6:00pm in Rivercrest Junior High Classroom 133.
Grades 5-12 are welcome to attend, a parent must accompany the student.
Mrs. Heather Lucius can be contacted for further information at heather.lucius@smccolts.com.
The Reading Rainbows enjoyed the morning in the library listening to Mrs. Lancaster read The Sky Tree by Thomas Locker. Then the students used scratch art to make leaves to put the finishing touches on the library’s fall bulletin board.
The deadline has been extended!
Advertisement spaces are available for the RHS Football Program and Corral Yearbook. Promote your business and support Rivercrest! For more info please email rivercresteast@smccolts.com
Rain or shine Rivercrest has the best staff all of the time!
RSD distributed Colt umbrellas to show appreciation to our amazing faculty and staff members. Your dedication and hard work shines even on the rainiest days!
Mr. Stoddard's FFA students and Mrs. Cain's Fashion students paired up today to take measurements for the FFA jackets. It was a win-win, Mrs. Cain's class learned the first steps in tailoring using a tape measure, and Mr. Stoddard's students now have their measurements to order new jackets! It was a great partnership and we hope to work together more in the future.
The RJHS and 7th grade football games scheduled for tonight, September 12 have been canceled due to inclement weather.
We want to thank Whitney, Justin, Cory, and Justin from Nucor and Nucor Yamato for visiting Rivercrest! We are excited to explore ways in which Nucor can be a partner in our students' education and career exploration experiences.
PreK Grandparents Day Announcement: With the threat of bad weather and 100% chance of rain tomorrow, it is doubtful we will be able to be on the playground Friday. At this time, WE ARE POSTPONING LEMONADE ON THE LAWN UNTIL TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 AT 11:30.
We are aware of login issues with parent HAC accounts. This is a widespread problem across the state. We will update you as more information becomes available to us.
RHS - Our Jostens rep will NOT be on campus this week due to our homecoming activity schedule.
We can't wait to see your Homecoming photos! Share them with us by emailing socialcolt@smccolts.com before noon each day.
Spirit Week Snack Drive - help support our Backpack Project!
LIVESTREAM ON RIVERCREST ATHLETICS:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjBCN80mCUa2yIohywWas4g
Football season is finally here and — IT’S GAME DAY! The Colts open their season at The TEZ is evening against an always dangerous and familiar foe, the Gosnell Pirates.
Rivercrest drops down to the 3A classification and the Colts didn’t have a game in week 0, but 4A Gosnell traveled to 5A Greene County Tech and walked out with a decisive 26-7 win to snag a 1-0 record early in the season.
The Pirates have weapons all over the field and a big physical line. Athlete Jai Jacobs ran for 77 yards and a touchdown and had a 76 yard pick-6 last week. Big-time sophomore running back, Marcus Anderson, ran for 72 yards and a score and averaged over 10 yards/carry. Bruising linebacker and short-down back (6’0” 250lbs), Vanterreus Lucas, converted several first downs and punched in a score along with making several plays on defense.
Senior Cavonta Washington threw for 2,081 yards and 24 touchdowns along with running for 359 yards and 4 more scores last season. The Colts return 3 of their top 4 receivers from a year ago — Jakavion Williams (17-262yds 4TDs), Buddah Harris (43-691yds 6TDs), and Jayden Young (19-205yds). Senior WR Keiran Morris will line up at receiver as well. Running back Tekylun Sanders ran for a score and averaged 9.8 yards/carry in limited time last year. Sanders did excel on defense where he notched 82 tackles, 19 TFL, and 6.5 sacks. Young was a ballhawk in the secondary last year having pulled down 5 interceptions to go with 70 tackles. Morris (68 tackles) and Williams (53 tackles) were productive on defense last season.
Rivercrest leads the all-time series 21-12-2, but these teams are nearly even in their last 22 games with the Colts holding a slim 11-10-1 advantage. Make your way to The TEZ tonight to cheer on the red and gray. GO COLTS!
PreK grandparents are invited to join their grandkids for Lemonade on the Lawn from 11:30-12:00 on Friday, September 13.
Congratulations to Ali Herron on her acceptance to the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, SEMO (Southeast Missouri) and Northwest Missouri State.
The high school is conducting a safety drill this morning. In the event of an actual emergency, parents would be notified.
