PBHS: Mule Skinner, Stuff the Bus, & New Teachers Welcomed

Aug 20, 2014

More than $25K Raised During Annual Mule Skinner

The Poplar Bluff Mules Booster Club generated around $26,000—100 percent of which will support Poplar Bluff R-I’s athletic programs—during the sixth annual Mule Skinner Golf Tournament held on Friday, Aug. 8, at Westwood Hills Country Club.

There were 32 teams consisting of 144 ex-Mules and school supporters that participated in the fundraiser, and 80 businesses and individuals who sponsored holes.

[From left] Athletics Director Kent Keith and Booster Club board members Jason Smothers, Scott Vaughn, Dennis Legrand, Larry Capps, Ed Norton and Brian Taylor stand in front of silent auction items.

[From left] Athletics Director Kent Keith and Booster Club board members Jason Smothers, Scott Vaughn, Dennis Legrand, Larry Capps, Ed Norton and Brian Taylor stand in front of silent auction items.

Stuff the Bus

An estimated several thousand dollars worth of school supplies for Poplar Bluff R-I elementary students in need was generated on Saturday, Aug. 2, at Walmart on South Westwood Boulevard during Stuff the Bus, an event put on by the United Way of Southeast Missouri and KFVS12, each headquartered in Cape Girardeau.

An estimated several thousand dollars worth of school supplies for Poplar Bluff R-I elementary students in need was generated on Saturday, Aug. 2, at Walmart on South Westwood Boulevard during Stuff the Bus, an event put on by the United Way of Southeast Missouri and KFVS12, each headquartered in Cape Girardeau.

 

Administrators Welcome 74 New Employees

During a new teacher in-service on Monday, Aug. 4, in the Administrative Building, Poplar Bluff Schools’ 42 new certified staff members were formerly introduced to administrators, and then the teachers attended a series of training workshops. The in-service continued the following day with 32 new classified staff members were welcomed into the school system.

[Names of teachers are listed alphabetically, not the order in which they appear in the photo] New certified staff includes Katherine Bell, Staci Campbell, Christopher Carpenter, Joseph Cochran, Brandi Compass, Shalyn Copas (began midyear), Daniel Cox, Dustie Curnutt, Meg Daniels, Mitch Davis, Christine Dunham, Michael Eason, Stephanie Edwards, Amy Ethridge, Jessica Foriester, Stephanie Halter, Gina Hamby, Karen Harris, Denise Hatch, Jane Jones, Tyler Lappe, Melissa Lovette, Stephanie Lovette, Christal Painter, Natosha Painter, Cassie Parks, Gretchen Pendley, Jessica Ratliff, Elizabeth Rose, Kassie Stonecipher, Rebecca Tuley, Jessie Vazquez, John Wilkins, Lauren Wilkins, Tina Wilkins, Amanda Willard, Heather Willcut, Casey Wills, Aaron Winberry, Julie Withrow, Deborah Woodsmall (began midyear) and Deanna Ziomek (began midyear). New classified staff includes Laura Barrett, Teresa Bollenbacher, Karen Bollinger, Crystal Brooks, Jonathan Carpenter, April Colburn, Rene Crowder, Sydney Davis, Elizabeth Dennis-Sanders (internal transfer), Misty Dunkin, Courtney Elston, Cora Gordon, Rebecca Higgs, James Hunt, Cory Jackson, Rachel Johnson, Tony Kirkley, Sheila Lively, Tamra Martin, Stephanie Moon, Brenna Moots, Corey Reynolds, Paige Robertson, Cindy Rutledge, Breanna Savat, Jennifer Skillman, Jonathan Vazquez, Lesley Warren, Klarissa Webb, Leann Winberry, Rebecca Winters and Jordon Yager.

[Names of teachers are listed alphabetically, not the order in which they appear in the photo] New certified staff includes Katherine Bell, Staci Campbell, Christopher Carpenter, Joseph Cochran, Brandi Compass, Shalyn Copas (began midyear), Daniel Cox, Dustie Curnutt, Meg Daniels, Mitch Davis, Christine Dunham, Michael Eason, Stephanie Edwards, Amy Ethridge, Jessica Foriester, Stephanie Halter, Gina Hamby, Karen Harris, Denise Hatch, Jane Jones, Tyler Lappe, Melissa Lovette, Stephanie Lovette, Christal Painter, Natosha Painter, Cassie Parks, Gretchen Pendley, Jessica Ratliff, Elizabeth Rose, Kassie Stonecipher, Rebecca Tuley, Jessie Vazquez, John Wilkins, Lauren Wilkins, Tina Wilkins, Amanda Willard, Heather Willcut, Casey Wills, Aaron Winberry, Julie Withrow, Deborah Woodsmall (began midyear) and Deanna Ziomek (began midyear). New classified staff includes Laura Barrett, Teresa Bollenbacher, Karen Bollinger, Crystal Brooks, Jonathan Carpenter, April Colburn, Rene Crowder, Sydney Davis, Elizabeth Dennis-Sanders (internal transfer), Misty Dunkin, Courtney Elston, Cora Gordon, Rebecca Higgs, James Hunt, Cory Jackson, Rachel Johnson, Tony Kirkley, Sheila Lively, Tamra Martin, Stephanie Moon, Brenna Moots, Corey Reynolds, Paige Robertson, Cindy Rutledge, Breanna Savat, Jennifer Skillman, Jonathan Vazquez, Lesley Warren, Klarissa Webb, Leann Winberry, Rebecca Winters and Jordon Yager.