Community outreach: Sikeston R-6 teachers, administrators go door-to-door to meet community

Constance Bringit checks out the flyer about Schoolfest 2015 delivered to her door by Julie Hodges with the Sikeston R-6 School District. (Jill Bock, Staff)

SIKESTON -- Even before the students walk through the doors of their classroom, their teachers are walking up to the doors of their homes to welcome them back to school.

On Wednesday braving the blazing sun and 90-plus degree heat, teachers boarded school buses and began traveling the streets of the Sikeston R-6 School District. At each stop, they went door-to-door, armed with bottles of cold water and flyers about Schoolfest 2015, where students can receive free school supplies from 4-6 p.m. Saturday at the YMCA of Southeast Missouri in Sikeston.

Kenyon Wright, principal at Lee Hunter, estimated as many as 150 teachers, administrators and even a school board member volunteered for Wednesday's community outreach effort. Working in three shifts, they sought to cover the entire town.

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