Prairie Dell Elementary School

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PDE Spring picture day will be:

Tuesday, March 24, 2026
Pre-Order Online: www.WagnerPortraitGroup.com
Pre-Order Password: 9C4W2P9Z

All Students will be photographed.

Today we recognize our amazing maintenance workers who ensure everything is working in our district. These team members often work behind the scenes doing anything and everything needed. Thank you, maintenance workers!

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We would like to thank our amazing social workers and let them know that we appreciate them everyday. Happy social worker appreciation day!

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Please have a look at the PDE March newsletter. https://app.smore.com/n/6bzek

Here are the Menus for March.

From March 1st - March 31st Kindness Club is collecting the following items for the Foster Closet. Students can bring the items in or they can be sent to the office. Items needed: 3t/4t and 4t/5t pull-ups, baby and toddler socks, full size kids lotion and hair detangler.

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We would like to announce the PDE staff of the year nominees. Mrs. Pracht - office, Ms. Voss - para, Ms. Hulsey - para, Ms. Young - para, Ms. Gerding - para, Mrs. Brinkley - para, Mr. Boykin - custodial and the winner Mrs. Yawn. We appreciate each and every one of them.

PDE would like to announce our teacher of the year nominees and winner. Mrs. Dewitt - 1st grade, Mrs. Thurmond - kindergarten, Ms. Slezak - 5th grade, Mrs. Hilton - SPED, Mrs. Kindle - SPED, Mrs. McColloch - Art, Mrs. Smith - Music, Mrs. Stettes - Speech Pathology and the Winner Mrs. Gildehaus - 1st grade.

We are looking for a positive and student-centered assistant principal to join our team at Prairie Dell Elementary for the 26/27 school year.

Learn more and apply here: https://unionrxi.tedk12.com/hire/ViewJob.aspx?JobID=834

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Last night at our regularly scheduled February Board of Education meeting, the Board approved the hiring of Mrs. Ashley Smith as the 26/27 principal at Prairie Dell Elementary. Mrs. Smith is currently the assistant principal at Prairie Dell Elementary and has been in that role the past two school years. Prior to her current position at PDE, Mrs. Smith was a kindergarten teacher at PDE for two years. Before coming to Union, Mrs. Smith was a kindergarten teacher for 12 years in both St. Clair and Lonedell and a 5th grade teacher in Webb City for one year.

Mrs. Smith earned her bachelor's degree at Pittsburg State University and earned both a specialist and master’s degree from Northwest Missouri State. Mrs. Smith resides in St. Clair with her husband, Cory, and their two children.

This is what Mrs. Smith had to say about serving as the 26/27 principal of Prairie Dell Elementary:

“Prairie Dell is home to me. From my time as a kindergarten teacher to now as an assistant principal, I have grown to love the Prairie Dell family and community. We have the best students and parents and our staff is absolutely amazing. I’m honored to have the opportunity to continue working alongside our PDE team because I know the work we are doing is making a difference in the lives of our students and our community.”

Mrs. Smith is filling the vacancy of Mr. Ryan Klein who was recently appointed as our 26/27 assistant superintendent of operations.

Please take a moment to congratulate Mrs. Smith!

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Today we are celebrating School Resource Officer Appreciation Day. Thank you to all our amazing SROs who partner with our district to keep our schools safe. We appreciate you!

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Friendly reminder that there's no school on Monday, 2/16/26 in observance of Presidents' Day.

Thank you and #Uproud!

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