Rural Special Schools

Rural Special Parents: This email has been sent out to all HS students about procedure for checking out after ball games if student is not riding with parent/guardian. Rural Special Students: If you plan to ride home with anyone other than your parent or guardian after a ballgame, you must have a prearranged, written note from your parent or guardian. This note must be hand-delivered to the principal’s office before the bus leaves for the game. Notes sent by text message, phone call, or email will not be accepted. If your travel arrangements will be the same for each game (for example, you always ride home with the same adult), your parent or guardian may submit a blanket approval note for the season. The approved adult must sign you out with Mr. Terry or the coach at the game before you leave. Students may not leave with another adult unless this process has been completed. This policy is in place for your safety and to ensure we have clear documentation of parental permission. If a note is not on file prior to departure, you will be required to return to school on the bus with your team. Thank you for your cooperation and understanding.

RS:
Come out and cheer on our teams as we kick off a great season of basketball!!!!!!!!

FROM RS:

From RS:

Rural Special...9/25/25 Mr. Stephen's bus is having bus issues this morning. It is running late about 30 min to an hour.

Rural Special...Due to construction, Mr. Benny's bus will be running late dropping students off this afternoon.

RS:
This morning, we held an induction ceremony to welcome new members to Jr. Beta. We were proud to welcome these new 7th graders to Jr. Beta.
Kynli Blackwell, Peyton Krieger, Layla Vanemburg, Logan Winkle, Ed Parks, Chase Pflieger, Allison Rushing, Sadie Younger, Archer Lejeune, Ainslee Goodnight, Braxtyn Harloff, Kole Holland, Goku Morrison, Shelby Pagett, Brooklyn Rentz, Cooper Stone, Tate Taylor, and Maddison Wilcox.
Current 8th grade members are: Khloe Baker, Adalyn Berry, Sawyer Gardner, Mason Knapp, Addison Newman, Khloe Nichols, Brennen Pepper, Easton Rushing, and Grady Smith.
Officers for the 2025-22026 school year are:
President- Adalyn Berry
Vice President- Logan Winkle
Secretary- Mason Knapp
Treasurer- Khloe Nichols
Reporter- Kynli Blackwell
Students must maintain a 3.0 GPA and good behavior in order to be invited to join Jr. Beta. We are very proud of the achievements of these students!

Rural Special Parents & Guardians:

Interim Progress Reports (IPRs) will be going home today with students. In addition to IPRs, you will find the following information as well:

* Home Access Center (HAC) passwords for Grades 3rd through 12th: View your child’s grades online
* Achievement Day Letters for Grades 4th through 12th: Achievement days based on Spring 2025 ATLAS Summative results & ACT results for 12th Grade
* ATLAS Portal Codes for Grades Kindergarten through 11th: View all ATLAS testing results
--Grades 1st - 3rd: Summative Spring 2025 results will be posted in October
--Grades 4th - 11th: Summative Spring 2025 results are posted
--Grades K - 3rd: Screener Fall 2025 results will be posted in October
--FYI…the ATLAS Portal will be an ongoing window to view a collection of your child’s state testing results including Screeners, Interims, and Summatives.

RURAL SPECIAL:
Thanks so much to Farm Bureau for providing school supplies!!!!

Rural Special:
Due to extreme heat, there will be no golf match today.

Rural Special...Just a reminder that tomorrow (Monday, August 18th) is school picture day at Rural Special. All students will have pictures made for the yearbook and for parent orders. After school pictures, seniors who participate in sports will have banner pictures made.

Rural Special High School is excited to announce that we have been recognized by National Jr Beta as a School of Merit for the 2024-2025 school year.

Rural Special...Monday, August 18th, is School Picture Day at Rural Special. All students will have pictures made for the yearbook and for parent orders. After school pictures, seniors who participate in sports will have banner pictures made.

Thank you from RS!!!!!!!!

A special thank you from RS:

Rural Special...Thrilled to be adding Martha Holland to the Rebel Staff!!

Rural Special...So excited to welcome Taryn Beach!!

Rural Special...A big welcome to Tasha Harloff!!

Rural Special...In accordance with Act 122, we want all parents and students to be aware of the upcoming policy for cell phones. Please see attached flyer.