Poplar Bluff, Missouri - Dental Arts Group donated $100 to the Iron Mules—the Poplar Bluff High School Robotics Club—toward funding an encoder, a piece of equipment needed so the students could compete in the FIRST Tech Challenge state qualifier this past weekend at Ballwin.
 
Dr. Eric Blaich used to take a robotics class at PBHS under the instruction of retired teacher Bill Reeves, and the dentist is interested in supporting the program’s reinstatement, he said.

Robotics Club members Diego Rivetti and Chang Chi accept a check from Dr. Eric Blaich while accompanied by science teachers Patti McCoy and Kathy Miller on Tuesday, Feb. 3, at the Kanell Boulevard facility.

Submitted by Tim Krakowiak, Communications/Marketing Coordinator at Poplar Bluff R-1 School District.