Attention high school seniors! If you are planning on attending Southeast Missouri University, the deadline is drawing near. You can apply to the college online at www.semo.edu but if you are interested in applying for the numerous scholarships that the school offers, the deadline is also coming up within the next few days.

March 1^st is a big day, because that is when the scholarship application forms are due to SEMO, either online or by snail mail. If you are hoping or wishing to apply for the Academic Scholarships at Southeast, it must be done quickly yet efficiently. There are many other scholarships that can be applied for, such as: The residence Life Leadership Scholarship, Midwest Achievement Award (MAA) Scholarship, various scholarships for transfer students (that are in the state of Missouri), School of Visual and Performing Arts Scholarship, Music Ensemble, Golden Eagles, Theatre and Dance, Speech and Debate, as well as Spirit Groups.

The requirements for these scholarships depend on ACT or SAT scores, the high school grade point average (GPA on a 4.0 scale), and the time of submission. The chance to apply for the Governor’s, Regents’, and President’s Scholarships ended in early December of 2012 but there are many others that are still available. The University Scholarship is a common scholarship that is offered to most seniors that are planning on attending SEMO that have earned either a 23 or higher on the ACT (1050 on the SAT) and also carry a 3.3 or higher grade point average.

If you have already applied for federal aid (FAFSA) in mid-February, then your application for Federal Student Aid must be turned into SEMO by March 1^st also. The FAFSA form must be submitted prior to April 1^st to be considered for the need-based aid from the state.

These scholarships and financial aid forms all must be applied for by March 1^st and must be submitted no later if you wish to attend SEMO’s fall semester!

If you are up and ready to go, don’t forget about Show Me Day, which will take place on the main SEMO campus in Cape Girardeau on April 1^st. Take an official tour of the campus and get some extra information before attending in the fall. Another important date to remember is July 1^st, which is the deadline for the on-campus housing form which is for the fall semester of 2013.

Juniors who will soon be transitioning into their senior year are able to begin applying to SEMO on June 1^st, if they wish to attend during the 2014-2015 school year.

After the small winter storm that passed through Stoddard County earlier last week, the Richland Rebels finally got to have their annual History Day Competition that was held on Friday. The students have been working the past few months on their projects and were excited to show them to their family members and to the judges.

History Day is always a big part of the history classes at both the high school and junior high grade levels. Each student that is enrolled in a required history class participates in the competition. Each participant is required to have a written research paper, a presentation board, an annotated bibliography, numerous pictures, and an idea or event that falls under the chosen national topic for this year’s competition (Turning Points in History: People, Ideas, and Events).

There are numerous competitions with in History Day that the students are able to enter into. Many compete in Web Design, Performances, and even Historical Research Papers, but the most popular is the Exhibit Division. Each year, the students spend a healthy amount of class time and even time at home working on their project. They are encouraged to be creative, professional, and knowledgeable about their chosen topic and how it relates to the national topic.

The Richland staff and students are happy to announce that this year’s History Day was another success and the students did a wonderful job on it and the Open House ran very smoothly.

Here are the winners of this year’s school wide History Day Competition:

Junior Division: Historical Paper

1^st Place – Abigale Adams by Alyssa Atchinson

2^nd Place – Harriet Tubman by Gerlynn Grossius

Junior Division: Group Web Design

1^st Place – The Gettysburg Address by Brandon Partenberry, Devin Stoker, and Preston Tilley

Junior Division: Group Performance

1^st Place – “The Ride” by Jerry Craft, Ben Pierce, Garet Phillips, and Joshua Thornton

Junior Division: Individual Exhibit (Boards)

1^st Place – The Assassination of John F. Kennedy by Megan Cullum

2^nd Place – The Little Rock Nine by Lane Brown

3^rd Place – The Battle of Lang Vei by Luke Rhodes

Junior Division: Group Exhibit (Boards)

1^st Place – The Assassination of John F. Kennedy by Aleena Robbins, Madison Snider, and Kaylee Turner

2^nd Place – The Radium Girls by Hailey Anderson and Katelyn Pinkley

3^rd Place – Attack on Pearl Harbor by Clayton Harriel and Sarah Tacket

Senior Division: Historical Paper

1^st Place – The Battle of Midway by Joe Foster

2^nd Place – The Berlin Wall by Daniel Stucker

3^rd Place – Walt Disney by Charlie Atchinson

Senior Division: Individual Web Design

1^st Place – The American Feminist Movement by Aimee Whitney

2^nd Place – The British Invasion by Tristan Montgomery

Senior Division: Group Web Design

1^st Place – D-Day by Marcus Grayson, Alex Green, and Skyler Harper

2^nd Place – Henry Ford and the Assembly Line by Dawsey Horton and Drew Hickson

Senior Division: Individual Exhibit (Boards)

1^st Place – Walt Disney by Jamie Smith

2^nd Place – Case IH Combines by Parker Miller

3^rd Place – Remembering Pearl Harbor by Ryan Gilbert

Senior Division: Group Exhibit (Boards)

1^st Place – Martin Luther and the 95 Theses by Jordan Head, Skie Pinkley, and Breanna Williamson

2^nd Place – Henry Ford and the Assembly Line by Zach Carmack, Caleb Clark, and Jacob Gonzales

3^rd Place – The British Invasion by Alicia Meeker and Madi Passley

Many students advance into the District Competition held at SEMO in Cape Girardeau on March 15^th. If they pass the judges round at the District Competition, they will advance to the State level and will compete on April 20^th at the University of Missouri in Columbia. The National Competition is held at the nation’s capital and Richland is hoping for a good turnout at each competition like they have had in previous years. 

Congratulations to all of this year's winners and good luck at Districts!

Dexter Senior High School- This listing of activities is a service offered by the ShowMe Times, working in partnership with the Dexter Public Schools for your convenience.

The ShowMe Times would like to encourage all of our readers to support our local school system. The education and growth of young people in our community is important to everyone's future.

We would like everyone to join us as we encourage these young students in their pursuits. 

So lets get involved by supporting the events at our schools.

Dexter T.S. Middle School- This listing of activities is a service offered by the ShowMe Times, working in partnership with the Dexter Public Schools for your convenience.

The ShowMe Times would like to encourage all of our readers to support our local school system. The education and growth of young people in our community is important to everyone's future.

We would like everyone to join us as we encourage these young students in their pursuits. 

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 21^st to tomorrow, Friday, February 22^nd. 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 (6^th through 8^th grade) and the Senior Division (9^th through 12^th 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 15^th. 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.