Congrats to Senior Zander Dombrowski, who received the Player of the Week award and special game ball sponsored by Farmers Insurance Agent Mike Medsker. He was selected following his performance in the Ray-Pec win over Park Hill.
Congrats to Senior Jaidyn Doss, who was named Athlete of the Week by KSHB Channel 41 and HyVee!
Congrats to Congratulations to the Ray-Pec football team on being named KMBC Channel 9/HyVee Team of the Week! The award was presented on Sept. 7 to Head Coach Sean Martin and the team.
1-0! Ray-Pec Boys Soccer leading in the first half ⚽️ against Blue Springs South in the championship game of the Park Hill Tournament!
Congrats to the Ray-Pec JV Softball Bracket Champions at the Lee’s Summit High School Tournament! #raypec @raypecnow @raypecad
The Ray-Pec boys soccer team opened its 2022 season on Tuesday in the Park Hill tourney vs Van Horn, who was coming off a 2021 Class 2 state semifinal appearance. The Panthers played the Falcons to a first-half draw, but broke out for 3 second-half goals from Matthew Como, Logan Wilson and Jacob Adams. The defense limited Van Horn to zero corner kicks and goalie Jack Green kept a clean sheet in the 3-0 win.
Congratulations to the Ray-Pec High School Junior Varsity Girls Golf Team on winning the Lee’s Summit North JV tournament on Monday at Fred Arbanas Golf Course. As a team, Ray-Pec placed first out of 16 teams. McKenna Raymond placed third and medaled. Addison Showalter placed 6th and Isa Odom placed 14th out of 80 golfers.
(From left: Hannah Rayburn, McKenna Raymond, Jordan Johnston, Isa Odom and Addison Showalter)
Are you ready for some football? Come watch the Ray-Pec High School Varsity Cheerleaders and Varsity Prowlers dance team play an exciting game of powder puff football at 6 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 21, at Panther Stadium. You will also see fall sport athletes performing cheers and a dance for your half-time entertainment! Tickets are $7 at the gate only. Gates open at 5:30 p.m.
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Preseason training starts today for these 5 Ray-Pec grads who are all on scholarship to play soccer at Avila University! From left: Trent Day (2021), Robbie Davies (2022), Jesse Simpson (2022), Landon Burdick (2022), & Malcom Goswell (2022).
The Ray-Pec Marching Band Color Guard will have a new face on staff this year with the addition of Kelsey Walker.
Although Ms. Walker came to Ray-Pec from Chicago, she is actually a Kansas City native. The city and her grandmother’s philanthropic prowess formed her passion for nonprofit missions during her formative years. She has since worked for nonprofits for the last 12 years, making her start doing search and rescue in New Mexico and working her way to becoming founder and CEO of From The Green Desk and owner of Fiddlestix Creative, LLC. She is a published author and comes with a rich writing and development history.
Ms. Walker fostered her love for color guard at age 11, becoming captain of her 13-time state champion team in high school and proudly marching with the “Pride of Wildcat Land” Kansas State University Marching Band for three years in college. She is married to Christopher Walker and has two kids, Cayden and Ember. Please welcome Kelsey Walker to the Ray-Pec community!
Last week, a group of Ray-Pec High School students participated in the Missouri Choral Directors Association Graded Youth Honor Choirs and the All-State Festival Choir. Front row, from left: Choral Director, Stephen Rew, Destinee Shaffer, Jillian Collom, Sav Jordan, Meghan Larsen, and Ellie Barker. Back row: Caitlin Gregory, Chloe Adams, Mason Rew, Serena Bursley, Nathan Eckert, and Xander Blackmon.
Ankita Kapoor, who will be in the 10th grade at Raymore Peculiar High School this fall, is one of 50 students who participated in the ATSU-Truman State University Healthcare Academy, June 12th to 17th.
The healthcare academy was developed in partnership with A.T Still University of Health Sciences. Its mission is to serve as a summer institute for gifted and talented high school students interested in science and healthcare programs.
While living on the Truman campus, healthcare students participate in hands-on activities and discussions. They learn about numerous healthcare professions and common situations health professionals may encounter during their careers. In addition to their course work, they participate in a variety of local community activities each day.
Students who participate in the Healthcare Academy are nominated by school officials or area health education center officials.
Ankita is the daughter of Vishal and Charmel Kapoor.
The Ray-Pec High School yearbooks are here! Drive-thru the bus lanes on the north side of the high school on one of these dates: 4 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 27, or 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 7. Questions to stefani.russ@raypec.org You can pay with cash or a check to RPHS. The yearbook staff will also be set up to take orders for next year's yearbook as well. They can accept cash or checks to be made out to RPHS. Books purchased before school will be sold with a back-to-school discount for $70. If you are unable to attend one of these events, books will be available for pick up when students return to school.
Ray-Pec High School welcomes Greg Jones to the Baseball Coaching staff.
Coach Jones has lived in Raymore since 1987. Coach Jones and his wife, Vicki, have raised two children who are Ray-Pec High School graduates: (Jeremy 1995) and (Tara 2003. Coach Jones is a graduate of University of Missouri at Kansas City (UMKC) with a bachelor's degree in Accounting. Coach Jones has worked in public accounting at Deloitte and Touché specializing in tax accounting and is retired from Sprint Corporation after 25 years of service in their Corporate Tax Department.
Like Coach Lersch, the new head baseball coach, Coach Jones spent time in the military. Prior to earning his degree from UMKC, Coach Jones spent four years in the Air Force. Coach Jones has many years of coaching experience, starting with his son’s youth baseball and basketball teams up to high school. Coach Jones has coached in his son’s baseball academy since 2004 helping develop baseball players throughout the Kansas City area. Coach Jones served as a volunteer baseball assistant on the Ray-Pec Varsity Baseball team last year and as the Girl's Varsity Basketball Assistant coach last year.
Having fun in the pool this summer? Join the boys swim team this fall! Practice starts Aug. 8th at High Blue Wellness Center.
Contact Coach Parisi at michaela.parisi@raypec.org for more information.
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Ray-Pec High School will have two Coach Parisis leading the swim teams this year. We are welcoming coach Joe Parisi to lead the boy's program This will be Coach J. Parisi's first year coaching high school swim. With 10 years of competitive swimming experience, Coach J. Parisi looks forward to returning to the sport he loves. For the past four years he has coached Special Olympics bocce ball for the Belton School District and has occasionally helped Coach Michaela Parisi with the RPHS girls swim team. Coach J. Parisi is excited to develop a positive and supportive team culture, and he can’t wait to see all the team can accomplish this year.
Zach Shupe is the new Jazz Band Director for RPHS. Mr. Shupe is currently serving as Director of Bands for Raymore-Peculiar East Middle School, as well as assisting with Ray-Pec High School concert bands and Panther Pride Marching Band. He attended the University of Missouri-Columbia, where he received his Bachelors in Music with an emphasis in Music Education. He is currently pursuing a master's program through Mizzou.
Since his time in the Ray-Pec School District, he has been performing/recording around the Kansas City area with various jazz groups, as well as participating as a judge and clinician in Jazz competitions. Playing and teaching Jazz has always been one of Mr. Shupe's passions.
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