The Poplar Bluff City Council issued the R-I school district a proclamation on Thursday, April 9, at the 5th & 6th Grade Center, encouraging students to perform their best, as high schoolers begin End of Course exams this week, followed by Missouri Assessment Program testing for grades 3-8. For a detailed test schedule and some pointers, please visit: http://www.poplarbluffschools.net/admin/2015-test-schedule/
An area soybean and rice farmer with family ties at Lake Road chose to direct a $2,500 donation to the elementary school toward the expansion of technology to students. Rick Duncan of Butler County was among over 1,000 people across the U.S. selected to receive a monetary award through America’s Farmers Grow Communities, a philanthropic program under Monsanto, a sustainable agriculture company. He selected Lake Road Elementary School as the benefactor since his daughter-in-law, Valerie Duncan, works as a guidance counselor there, and his granddaughter, Cori Duncan, attends the third grade. “I would like to personally thank Mr. Rick Duncan for entering the America’s Farmers Grow Communities contest and choosing Lake Road Elementary to receive the $2,500 donation,” Principal Erica
JANUARY The Mules Booster Club named Cassidy Harris and Steven Haley of Poplar Bluff High School the January Athletes of the Month during a special presentation on Tuesday, March 24, in the Student Center. Haley, a state qualifier, ended his junior wrestling season with a 49-5 record. He was named the SEMO Conference champion. Harris, a senior, earned 444 seasonal points in swimming, setting dozens of school, meet, all conference and all state records. FEBRUARY The Mules Booster Club named Morgan McAtee and Chris Stocks of Poplar Bluff High School the February Athletes of the Month during a special presentation on Tuesday, March 24, in the Student Center. Stocks, a senior, finished the basketball season as the seventh
Poplar Bluff High School math instructor Hope Conover was recently elected to serve a three-year term representing the Southeast District of the Missouri Association of Student Councils. Conover, the PBHS Student Council adviser, attended her first meeting during the annual MASC state convention, which was held Thursday through Saturday, March 19-21, at Park Hill South High School in the Kansas City area. “I have come to love this organization and everything it stands for,” Conover stated. “The other advisers are incredible people and it is such a wonderful opportunity to work with and be surrounded with some of the state’s best teachers and young leaders. I want to do everything that I can to help MASC be as great as
Students of the Poplar Bluff 5th & 6th Grade Center made a $70 donation to the Poplar Bluff Historic Depot Restoration Corporation on Wednesday, March 25, to aid in the efforts in restoring the grand staircase. The community service project was coordinated by teacher Terena Whitworth. The classes of Keri Jameson and Robyn Dickerson were the top fundraisers, earning an ice cream party and an extra recess for their efforts. Wendy Nepean’s class placed in third, Jennifer Edwards - fourth, and Juliane Gambill’s students came in fifth place.
