Union Star R-2
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Union Star R-2 is the name of the school district that is located in Union Star, Missouri. It is a K-12 facility that has about 200 total students. The school mascot is the Trojan, and its colors are blue and gold.
[edit] School Information
The Union Star R-2 school district is fully accredited by the Missouri Board of Education and recently received the "Distinction in Performance" award.
Union Star is affiliated with the Plate Valley Conference and is rated Class 1A by MSHSAA. Activities provided for the students include:
- Academic Team
- 8-Man Football
- Boys' Basketball
- Girls' Softball
- Girls' Basketball
- Cheerleading
- Envirothon
- FFA
Recent achievements by the students in these activities include six consecutive trips to the MSHSAA State Academic Competition Championships, as well as representing Missouri in the 2002 Cannon Envirothon and winning the district girls' softball championship.
Under Mrs. Belinda Pearl the Academic team has made it to state multiple times. Academic team is a contest where students answer questions with a buzzer system. The questions are over a variety of topics including math, science, history, language, sports, current events, and common knowledge. These contest are awarded points for every question right, there are four rounds two toss up and two toss up and bonus. Bonuses are questions that require 4 answers for the correct answer. You get 10 pts for every toss-up and 5 pts for every bonus question.
[edit] School History
The oldest part of the current building is a three-story structure, originally built in 1914 and now houses the elementary classes. There have been several additions and renovations, the most recent being the multi-purpose room that was completed in 1995.
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