
Congratulations AC JH Boys Basketball for their first place victory in the WEMO Conference Tournament! Go Bulldogs!!


The Appleton City Elementary Music Concert is
Monday, December 18th at 6:00pm
in the Elementary Gym.
Performances will be presented by Kindergarten through 6th Grade students. Students should arrive by 5:45pm and
should wear red or green shirt, jeans and tennis shoes.


Great job to our Band and Steel Band for their performances last night at Crown Center. They were fantastic and represented AC well!





Best of luck to our Band and Steel Band members as they play at Crown Center this evening. What an awesome experience for our students and great exposure for our band! I'll try and stream some of it when we get up there this evening.
Proud to be a Bulldog!

We have some great news! Our preschool program will start up in January! After searching, we were able to hire a teacher and will be ready for students mid-January. Here's some FAQ's:
1. Enrollment will be limited to 10 students for this school year. Enrollment packets may be picked up during school hours starting Tuesday, December 12th from Central Office.
2. Preference will be given to students who will be entering Kindergarten in the Fall of 2024. If any open slots remain, students entering kindergarten during the Fall of 2025 may enroll.
3. There will be no fee for preschool.
4. Enrolled students must live within our school district boundaries.
5. No transportation will be provided.
6. Preschool will be a full day (most likely from 8:00 am to 3:00 pm).
7. Students' first day in session will be January 16th, with an Open House on the evening of January 8th.
8. The preschool will operate on the same calendar as the District.
9. Enrollment packets may be turned back in to Central Office. We will enroll students in the order paperwork is received. As part of the enrollment process, a Free and Reduced Lunch Application must be filled out, whether eligible or not.
10. When we have reached our capacity of 10 students, we will put any remaining students on a waitlist in the order paperwork was received.
We hope you are as excited as we are to start our preschool program up again! We can't wait to meet all of our future Little Bulldogs! If you have any questions, please call Central Office at 660-476-2161 or email smiller@appletoncity.k12.mo.us


Thank you to our community members who attended our Golden Apple Dinner today. It was a fantastic time with great food, wonderful servers/hosts, and great entertainment.
A big shout out goes to Mrs. Gutshall and her fantastic group of students for such a wonderful event today!







Congratulations to our JH/HS November Students of the Month. JH - Griffin Strope and Larain Weisbach. HS - Sam Young, Natalie Nitchals, Laryn Sprinkle, and Raeah Hill. Great job Bulldogs!!



Come support our Band program by attending the Pancake Breakfast this Saturday, December 9th from 8-10:30 in the Elementary Gym. Proceeds will go to the AC Band to help get them to St. Louis for Competition! This should be a fun event!


Join us for the Golden Apple Dinner on Thursday. RSVP by calling the number below. If you have not yet let us know you will be in attendance, please do so as soon as possible so we can get an accurate count of attendees.

Mrs. Piepmeier's 4th Grade Class has triple reasons to celebrate today! Not only did they obtain the attendance trophy, for best classroom attendance in November, but they also received special recognition for being the classroom with the most academic growth on the Evaluate Test, in both ELA and Math!!! Congratulations 4th Grade! Keep up the good Work!



Congratulations to all of our November STAR Students!
From Ms. Raybourn's Kindergarten Class, Marin Evans
From Mrs. Schenker's Kindergarten Class, Maddox Koshko
From Mrs. Vogel's 1st Grade Class, Knox Knight
From Mrs. Bartz's 2nd Grade Class, Brilyn Green
From Mrs. Hendrickson's 3rd Grade Class, Fischer Heiman
From Mrs. Piepmeier's 4th Grade Class, Gage Pettyjoyn
From Mrs. Cooper's 5th Grade Class, Karlie Gilkey
From Mrs. Nold's 5th Grade Class, Larry Weisbach
From Mrs. Scotten's 6th Grade Class, Ella Siegismund
We are so very proud of all of you! Keep up the good work!
It's a great day to be a bulldog!


The Appleton City R-II School District encourages qualified persons interested in running for a position on the school board to file to be a candidate in the April 2, 2024, election. Interested persons may file at the Superintendents office located at 408 W. 4th Street, Appleton City, MO. 64724. For more information contact Sarah Miller at 660-476-2161.
Filing will begin on December 5, 2023, at 8:00 a.m. and will continue during the district's regular business hours, which are Tuesday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Except for the first and last day of filing, filing will not occur on days that the school district's Central Offices are closed due to inclement weather. Filing will also not occur on the following holidays and breaks when the school district's Central Offices are closed:
December 21, 2023 - December 25, 2023 for Christmas Break.
Filing will resume on December 26, 2023, from 1:00 - 5:00 p.m.
There are two positions available with three-year terms.


Junior High basketball hosts Archie tonight at home! Game time is 5:30 pm. B Boys will play first, followed by A Girls, then A Boys.
Let's Goooooooooooooooooo, Bulldogs!


It's a big win for our Varsity girls over Butler in their first game of the season tonight! Great effort, ladies! Way to start the season!


Our HS Girls Varsity basketball team plays tonight at their first home game in AC. Game time is 6:00 PM. This is a Varsity Girls only game. Good luck, Bulldogs!


Monday, November 20th
School is IN Session
Wednesday - Friday, November 22- 24
NO SCHOOL—Thanksgiving Break
Monday, December 18th
School is IN Session
Elementary Music Concert 6:00pm
Thursday, December 21st thru Tuesday, January 2nd
NO SCHOOL—Winter Break
Wednesday, January 3rd
Students Return to School


Congratulations to Olivia Engeman! She was selected of All-State volleyball from the Missouri High School Volleyball Coaches Association. Way to go Olivia, we are so proud of you! Go Bulldogs!!


Junior High basketball plays at Rich Hill at 5:30 pm tonight. Let's go, Bulldogs!


Best of luck to our HS basketball teams in the Jamboree at Lakeland tonight! Go Bulldogs!


Join us tonight as our Junior High Bulldogs take on Liberal! Game time begins at 5:30 pm in the High School Gym.
Correction: B Girls play first, followed by A Girls; then, B Boys followed by A Boys.
