School begins on Friday, August 23 for all kindergarten through grade students attending Diagonal or Mount Ayr Community Schools.
Both Diagonal and Mount Ayr elementary schools are hosting a back to school night on Thursday, August 22 beginning at 5:30 p.m. Students in Kindergarten through fifth grade can find their classrooms, meet their teacher and drop off school supplies during the open house.
Julie Capps (left), Emily Schnoor (center), Kate Holmes (right)
Mount Ayr Community School District is welcoming three new faces to the instructional team this year.
While new to the Mount Ayr District, Julie Capps has been teaching band for 40 years. She brings a wealth of experience with her including thirteen years teaching in Texas, nineteen years at Santa Fe RX School District in Waverly, MO. Most recently she taught two years in Grant City, MO after teaching in Boliver, MO for a couple years. Capps notes she obtained her masters in flute.
Emily Schnoor is joining the elementary building as an incoming preschool teacher. She is a graduate of Martensdale St. Mary. She taught her first four years at Southeast Warren, and most recently taught at Central Decatur in Leon. Kate Holmes is returning to Ringgold County to teach middle school science and computer science this year.
