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Beth Farrah, SMT Writer
Poplar Bluff, Missouri - The area school superintendents recently gathered in Poplar Bluff at the Three Rivers campus for a monthly meeting. The Three Rivers College Board of Trustees installed six new officers at their most recent meeting on April 10th.
The members of the Bord of Turstees are elected by voters that belong to the college district. The Board holds the governing power of Three Rivers College. Their terms will each last six years, but the terms are staggered so that only two positions are up for re-election in an even amount of years.
The college district is divided into sub-districts, which are responsible for electing the trustees. The sub-districts are aligned by school district but follow the county boundaries. Based on population, there is one board member from Wayne, Carter, and Ripley counties while there are three members from Butler.
Pictured from left to right are Randy Grassham, Vice-Chairman; Wilbur Thornton; Randy Winston; Ben Ressell, Secretary; Phil Davis, Treasurer; and Darren Garrison, Chairman.
Dee Loflin SMT Manager/Writer
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.
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Beth Farrah, SMT Writer
Essex, Missouri - The students at Richland Elementary School have had a lot of celebrations due to their many successes during this school year. Today, the students had a perfect attendance record, which means that every student was there for MAP testing, including the kindergarten through third graders also. The elementary principal, Cara Merritt, rewarded the students with ice cream cones and other sweet treats.
The whole first grade class was recently rewarded a pizza party due to their attendance at Richland’s PTO fundraiser at McDonald’s. The PTO members worked at McDonalds and received a percentage of the earnings to put towards their PTO Scholarship, which was given to high school senior Baylee Taylor.
As the upper elementary students finish up MAP testing, the younger students will begin Terra Nova Testing. Once that is finished, the Richland PTO will reward the kids with the annual “Play Day”. Play Day has been a part of Richland for many, many years and it helps the students celebrate the end of state testing and the end of the school year. Many high school students, including Beta Club members, help out with the activities, snacks, and games.
This year’s Play Day will be held on May 15th, two days before school is released for summer. The students are very excited and are looking forward to a day spent on the play ground with their friends, teachers, and some of the parents.
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Dee Loflin, SMT Manager/Writer
Dexter, Missouri – The Dexter High School Future Farmers of America Chapter Contest Teams are traveling to the State FFA Convention in Columbia, Missouri on Wednesday, April 17th.
They will be competing against other high school FFA students, singing in the FFA choir or providing FFA talent for the convention. The students will also receive their first place rating for their record books and FFA scrapbook.
The theme for this year’s Convention is “Value The Past, Embrace Your Future”. This annual convention attracts more than 8,000 students and guests to the Hearnes Center on the University of Missouri’s campus and this year will be no exception.
The DHS Poultry Team consists of Erika McCoy, Emily Peters, Paula Hagy and Chelsey Massey.
The DHS FFA Knowledge Team consists of Hannah Craft, Garrett Kyle and Madison Bishop.
During the two-day conference, the Missouri FFA will present awards to adults and groups for their support of agricultural education and FFA as well as student awards.
We wish these student well as they travel to Columbia to compete, sing and enjoy such a great organization and what it has to offer.
Ronnie Shipman is the Agriculture Instructor for DHS and the FFA Advisor. If you have a student that wishes to join FFA have him/her contact Mr. Shipman at the school.
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Beth Farrah, SMT Writer
April is a very busy month for the Richland Rebels as they continue MAP and EOC testing in the elementary, junior high, and high school. Spring sports including high school and junior high baseball and elementary and junior high volleyball have recently started and both seasons are going well for the Rebels.
Here’s an update on Richland Elementary:
-April’s RES Student of the Month is Liza King, congratulations Liza! The other nominees included Preston Shiver, Adam Chafin, Eric Williams, Dillion Williams, Lennon Cook, Kylie Herrion. The nominees will be treated to a special pizza party during the lunch hour on April 23rd to celebrate their hard work and citizenship.
-On April 8th through 11th, the third through sixth graders completed the Math portion of their MAP test. Throughout the rest of this week (April 15th through 18th) the third through sixth graders will be testing in the Communication Arts portion.
-On April 17th, Mrs. Taylor will be holding Open Library for any student who wishes to check out books after school hours.
-On April 26th, annual Dental Screening will be held in the elementary.
-On Monday, April 29th, there will be NO SCHOOL.
-While the upper elementary students are about to finish MAP testing, the kindergarten through second grade students will begin their Terra Nova Testing on April 30th and will be finished by May 3rd.
-On May 7th, the 6th grade band concert will take place in the gymnasium.
-Mark your calendars for May 9th, because you won’t want to miss the annual Elementary Spring Music Program! Mrs. Duley and the students have been working very hard to prepare for one of their favorite times of the year.
Here’s the Junior High Update:
-The junior high volleyball team, consisting of the sixth, seventh, and eighth graders have been helping host the SCAA volleyball tournament in the Richland gym. It was a busy day with so many teams on Saturday, but the tournament is still going on today (April 15th) and the championship game (April 16th) will be held tomorrow.
-Junior high baseball will be playing at Bloomfield tomorrow (April 16th). The team has a back-to-back game on April 18th and April 19th against Gideon and Bell City. On April 23rd, the team will be playing the Puxico Indians at home but on April 30th, they will be playing their rival at Puxico.
-On April 26th the junior high Student Council will be putting on their annual Spring Dance.
-Junior high Science Club members, don’t forget to keep working on your rockets! The club will get ready to launch them within the next few weeks. Also, due to MAP and EOC testing, Class/Club Meeting Day will not be held this month so you must build your rocket on your own free time. The high school science room will be open before and after school on Monday, Tuesday, and Friday.
Here’s the High School Update:
-Beta Club members: your Little Caesars Pizza fundraising money is due to Mrs. Monroe in the art room no later by Wednesday, April 17th. All order forms must be turned in by this date in order for the money to go towards the trip to Beta Nationals in June. The orders will arrive and distributed to students on the 25th.
-On April 20th, the State History Day Competition will be held in Columbia at the University of Missouri.
-The high school baseball team will compete against Bloomfield on April 22nd, Cairo on the 25th, Oak Ridge on the 26th, and Charleston on the 29th.
-Skit members will have practice during their lunch hour in the gymnasium on April 24th and 25th.
-On April 26th, the Athletic Banquet will be held in the cafeteria for all junior high and high school athletes, coaches, and families.
-On April 27th, the Science Club will be heading to St. Louis for a day filled with fun activities at the Science Center and other sites.
-On April 29th, there is NO SCHOOL but the high school baseball team is still having a game at Charleston.
