Raytown Quality Schools are about education in every sense of the word. Academically and socially, the schools challenge students to live up to the promise of their expectations and provide the programs they need to succeed.
The 2003-2004 school year marked a special time for the Raytown C-2 School District as it celebrated its 100th Anniversary. In 1903, eight independent elementary schools consolidated in order to provide the best education for their community. Now, one hundred years later, the district has embarked on its next century of quality education.
The district has a strong tradition of community support. Residents have come to "expect the exceptional" in student and teacher performance as well as the wide range of academic programs and extracurricular activities.
Although the first priority is the education of school-age children, the district has programs that reflect the community’s commitment to education at any age. From early childhood education to adult education, Raytown Schools strive to make learning an inviting and rewarding experience for everyone.
In November of 2000, patrons passed a $47 million bond issue. With this commitment, the district was able to install geothermal heating and cooling systems and state-of-the-art computer technology throughout the district. Currently, district buildings are being heated and cooled for less money than it cost to simply heat them before. Raytown Schools also has one of the largest and fastest computer networks of any school in the metropolitan area. The district was able to stretch bond issue dollars to accomplish several other needed projects.
Eighty-nine percent of the 2003 graduates indicated they were going to college or a business/technical school. The schools that alumni are attending include the state schools in Missouri, Boston College, Harvard University, Chicago University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Kansas University, Kansas State and many more.
Recognizing that students possess individual needs, Raytown Quality Schools offer specialized programs designed to serve their needs. The Herndon Career Center prepares students for immediate employment after graduation or a head start on college hours. Northwood School serves students with multiple handicaps from Raytown and 13 other districts. Raytown Alternative School ensures students struggling with the rigors of conventional classroom situations are given another way to succeed. Complete special education services are available to students requiring these programs with many mainstreamed into regular classes.
Recently, the district has committed more than $1 million in additional support initiatives.
Raytown Quality Schools does more than set exceptional expectations. They exceed them. It is seen in the success of students. It is seen in the quality of teachers and administrators. It is experienced through the ongoing collaboration of educators, parents and others who live and work in the district's boundaries.
A sense of community creates a welcoming and safe environment, a small-town feel within a predominantly suburban area. Those who have attended Raytown Quality Schools, or sent their children to the schools, appreciate the district and often stay, becoming lifelong residents.
Our Exceptionals
* 14 students named as National Merit semifinalists with 10 being chosen as finalists in the past seven years.
* Both high schools have debate and forensics squads nationally ranked in the Top 100.
* Three alumni in the Top 100 point leaders of all time in the National Forensics League.
* Several students from Raytown High School and Raytown South High School selected to the Kansas City Metro District and Missouri State Choirs.
* 2002 and 2006 senior chosen as one of two young men from Missouri to attend Boys Nation.
* Several students from Raytown High School recognized in a writing competitions in the state.
* One 2003 senior from Raytown South High School who achieved a perfect score on the SAT I and a 2003 senior from Raytown South High School who achieved a perfect score on the SAT II. Two 2004 gradautes achieved a perfect score on the ACT and SAT.
* Several students from Raytown High School and Raytown South High School selected as members of district and state orchestras and bands.
* Only district in the metropolitan area with a Rhodes Scholar as an alumnus.
* Middle school programs that were the first to receive the ABC's of Career Awareness and Exploration Award and the Rudy W. Winter Planning for Life Award in the same year.
* Four teachers participating in the STARR teacher program.
* Nine students, the maximum number allowed, participated in recent Missouri Scholars Academies and Missouri Fine Arts Academies.
* Raytown Educational Foundation has awarded approximately $10,000 in teaching grants for the past several years.
* Breakfast program recognized as best in ten-state region by the United States Department of Agriculture.
* Food service director named 2002 Outstanding Dietitian of the year by the Kansas City Dietetic Association.
* Basketball coach inducted into Missouri Sports Hall of Fame. |
