Two students from O’Neal Elementary, second grader Blake Brown and Grace Neighbors of the third grade, recently won the Butler County Community Resource Council’s sixth annual spelling bee, sponsored by Fox Radio Network, at the County Road 448 station headquarters. Grace won on the sixth word, p-o-s-s-i-b-i-l-i-t-y, after Eddie Thornton of Eugene Field, Keona Sample of Lake Road and Kennedy Zgaynor of Oak Grove got hung up on e-x-p-e-d-i-t-i-o-n. Meanwhile second graders Destiny Jackson of Oak Grove, Aaryn Johnson of Lake Road and Madelyn Hunter of Eugene Field made it to round 78, with Blake winning by spelling the word p-e-r-m-a-n-e-n-t correctly. Each of the elementary students did an incredible job, spelling well beyond their grade level expectations, according to
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The Poplar Bluff High School Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps competed against five schools, from as far as Arkansas and Tennessee, winning the physical fitness challenge, plus placing third in the drill and ceremony events, at a drill competition held last month in E.T. Peter’s Gym.
Mar 06,Several educators from Poplar Bluff Schools were selected to present on topics related to the district’s one-to-one laptop initiative during the annual Midwest Education Technology conference held Tuesday and Wednesday, Feb. 10-11, in St. Charles. With over 2,000 participants, METC is the largest technology conference in the Midwest region. There were only 175 conference proposals accepted this year, including presentations by Junior High teachers Mike Berry, Jenn Nicolini, Marcia Priest and Josh Wesemann. R-I technology facilitators Valerie Ivy and Candace Warren also led workshops.
Mar 06,On Wednesday, Feb. 4, in E.T. Peters Gym, Ozark Federal Credit Union hosted a Reality Fair, its third budget-planning event involving Poplar Bluff Schools, with the participation of 280 high school seniors along with 38 local businesses and organizations. Students each received a unique packet stating their occupation, salary, debt history, marital status and whether or not they had children. Then they were assigned to visit with real industry professionals to purchase necessities such as a mock house, transportation, furniture, clothing and food. The object was to attempt to keep within budget in a workbook. Sponsored by the Missouri Credit Union Association in partnership with the Missouri Council for Economic Education, the Ozark Federal Credit Union Reality Fair has become
Feb 18,Ozark Federal Credit Union made a $100 donation to the Poplar Bluff High School Competition Cheer Squad toward their trip to compete over the weekend in the Universal Cheerleader Association’s National High School Cheerleading Championship in Florida. The cheerleaders ended up placing eighth out of 14 teams in the preliminary round of the Large Varsity Division II, missing out by a single place for advancement to the semi-finals. To watch the performance, visit: http://goo.gl/GraV2b.
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