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So lets get involved by supporting the events at our schools.
Essex, Missouri - The Richland junior high and high school students have been busy working on their History Day projects for the last couple of weeks but there is a slight delay on the unveiling of the winners of this year’s competition due to an early release at the school today.
This year’s History Day theme is “Turning Points in History: People, Ideas, and Events”. There have been many great projects picked by the students that have shown a quick preview of their hard work before the Open House, which was scheduled for tonight before the bad weather set in. This year’s topic brought a lot of new participants and ideas to the table, with boards and papers ranging from The Assassination to John F. Kennedy to the revelation of John Lennon and The Beatles.
With History Day being around for nearly forty years, there are millions of students that participate in it across the nation. Many United States Presidents and legislatures have recognized this program and annual event multiple times. Richland is proud to be a part of it and have been participating in their school wide program for nearly a decade.
Open House has been moved from February 21st to tomorrow, Friday, February 22nd. The students’ projects will be judged by History Day judges that will be brought in from different areas and schools and students in both the Junior and Senior Divisions will be awarded with trophies from third to first place. The gym will be arranged by category: Individual Exhibit, Group Exhibit, Individual Historical Research Paper, or Group Historical Research Paper. Each category will be divided up by the Junior Division (6th through 8th grade) and the Senior Division (9th through 12th grade).
The winners of each category and both divisions will be announced tomorrow night and the students will receive their grades for their History classes at a later date. This year’s competition has been both exciting and stressful, just like any school project this large, but the participants have put a lot of effort into their work and are excited for their friends and family to see.
The winners of the local Richland competition will be taken to Cape Girardeau for the SEMO National History Day District Competition, which will take place on March 15th. All students who receive an award at the local level will have the option to advance to Districts. Richland has had great success at the District and State competitions and has sent multiple students to the National History Day Competition in Washington DC within the last couple of years.
Three Rivers College offers many different programs, and they are preparing to celebrate “National TRIO Day” on February 23rd. TRIO is a large group of eight federal programs that is knitted together to deliver information that many high schoolers need and want in order to prepare for college and for job opportunities later in life.
Three Rivers supports TRIO and offers Talent Search Representatives to many local schools to give thousands of students an opportunity to learn things that will benefit them and their career path. Talent Search recently took many schools with multiple students to visit the campus’s of many colleges and universities. Certain areas got to visit Missouri State University, University of Missouri, Arkansas State, Murray State University, SEMO, and many others.
Each school has at least one Talent Search meeting each month. This group of junior high and high school students consists of the students who are able to contain a B-average report cord and who are eligible to receive financial aid or other resources to help them attend college. Talent Search offers tips and procedures to study, including tutors and ACT Prep hints and tips. Members of Talent Search are influenced and encouraged to begin to search for their career path and the colleges that they wish to attend.
With many different choices and decisions to make throughout their high school career, it is a good thing to know that Talent Search and the TRIO representatives will always be there to support the students as they continue their educational journey. TRIO offers advice that some students will never come in contact with inside of the classroom. With this program, students are able to receive help and tips on how to create a resume, how to apply for scholarships, and how to fill out an application for the college they wish to attend.
TRIO and its many programs are crucial to the development of the students and their bright futures. Although many schools in the area have the TRIO program, some teachers and students are unaware that it exists. That is why in 1986, Three Rivers decided to begin celebrating National TRIO Day, which builds awareness of this excellent program.
Three Rivers is holding a National TRIO Day Celebration on the Poplar Bluff Campus on Friday morning (February 22nd). Three Rivers would like to thank State Representative Todd Richardson for supporting the TRIO Programs in Missouri and the students that are a part of it.
Nearly 80% of the students that are involved in a TRIO program attend college and finish college with the major that they applied for. High school students that are preparing for college are encouraged to make lists, outlines, and plans for their future. It allows them to organize their life and write down what they are looking for in a school, career, and overall lifestyle.
Students that are not involved in Talent Search are still visited by TRIO representatives. Every semester and sometimes every quarter, certain grade levels are visited by the representatives to help all students prepare, not only the ones that are enrolled in the Talent Search program. A vast majority of the students in high school are still unsure about their decisions or plans for after high school, and TRIO helps them figure things out step by step.
TRIO plays a large part in the education of Missouri and in the younger generations. Education is a chain reaction, and TRIO has helped motivate students for nearly twenty years. So, celebrate with Three Rivers and the members of TRIO on February 23rd, as they celebrate their success and the growing education in the state of Missouri.
Three Rivers College is happily celebrating the number on their enrollment records for the spring semester. This year’s spring semester started last month on January 14th with a total of 4,310 students and had over 46,000 credit hours registered for my students. The total enrollment of the spring classes at the main campus in Poplar Bluff and the branches located in Kennett, Dexter, Malden, Sikeston, and Cape Girardeau increased by 2% and the total classes that were registered for increased by 8%.
This is truly an outstanding record set by the local college and it is exciting to see the college expanding and growing in more ways than one. This has been an exciting year for Three Rivers as they just launched their brand new Physical Therapy Assistant Program, along with introducing their newest scholarship for nursing students, and now they are preparing to open their new Academic Resource Center in Poplar Bluff at the main campus in May. Now, as the college prepares to celebrate their 47th anniversary in early April, they can also celebrate the new semester, students, and programs as well.
Three Rivers was labeled in a recent “Community College Week” as one of the fastest growing community college. During last year’s fall semester, the Three Rivers Branch in Sikeston had all of its classes completely overtaken by eager students and the class-size limit had been maxed out. The teachers and members of Three Rivers are astounded by the growth and goals that have been reached over the past few years.
The growth of the college has jumped up tremendously and they have nearly broken their previous records every year. With many different branches and ITV classes offered at other colleges and high schools, Three Rivers is expanding quickly and efficiently. The needs of both high school and college students are recognized and met by the local college. In fact, TRC is going to continue to expand and is preparing to hold a groundbreaking ceremony in March for their new Eastern Campus in Sikeston.
The Sikeston Branch is completely full this year and is continuing to grow quicker and quicker each semester as demand for career training and credit hours has shot up around the local area. Not only has the Sikeston Branch expanded tremendously, but so has the branch in Dexter. Dexter’s TRC Center has grown by 52% since last year as the TRC Center is Kennett has grown by 28%.
With many scholarships, workshops, tutoring, and other aids offered to the students, it’s no mystery why the numbers have skyrocketed. The college believes that classes and branches will continue to grow over the next couple of years and that they will provide even more services than before for the surrounding communities.
