Below are is the Press Release from Dr. Sharp, Superintendent of Dexter Public Schools.
The regularly schedule board meeting will be held Monday, June 29th at 6:00 p.m.
at Student Excellence Awards
Bloomfield and Dexter Students Receive Awards
Poplar Bluff, Missouri - Three Rivers College recognized over 50 of its highest-performing students at its Annual Student Excellence Awards ceremony on May 8. Winners were chosen to represent each academic department and career education program, the Three Rivers Centers, honor society students, and major student organizations.
“The Student Excellence Awards are a celebration not only of academic success, but of the hard work and commitment of our student body,” said Dr. Wesley Payne, President of Three Rivers College. “The success they’ve achieved is not only an indication of natural ability and talent, but their dedication to putting in the time and doing the work that makes them the standouts of Three Rivers.”
To be eligible to receive an Academic Excellence Award, a student must have completed at least 15 credit hours and have a 3.0 cumulative GPA. Winners from academic and career programs are chosen by that program’s leadership based upon recommendations from individual faculty members. The leadership of each organization selects student organization, Center, and honor society award recipients.
Three Rivers College is committed to contributing to the quality of life in Southeast Missouri with quality, affordable higher education opportunities and community services that support and encourage the economic, civic, and cultural vitality of the region. For more information about college and workforce programs and upcoming events, visit trcc.edu
Bloomfield
Micaela Griffin
Honor Society: Phi Theta Kappa
Dexter
Ryan Humphrey
Academic Excellence: Philosophy
Adrian Scallion
Academic Excellence: Environmental/Occupational Safety & Health Technology
Tabatha Crow
Academic Excellence: Information Systems Technology – Legal Option
Jamie Garrison
Academic Excellence: Nursing – Evening Program
Sara Gentry
Academic Excellence: Three Rivers - Dexter
Bernie, Missouri – The Bernie Board of Education hired long time employee Jason Long as the new volleyball coach for Bernie High School. Long currently teaches social studies and physical education.
Gavin Miller formally resigned to take over the assistant principal at the T.S. Hill Middle School in Dexter. Debbie Freed resigned her position as assistant volleyball sponsor only and Paige Williams resigned as parent educator for the Parents as Teachers program.
In executive session, board members approved the hiring of Courtney Gore for a non-specified high school teaching position and Tyler Vincent to work in the maintenance department.
The Board also approved the Special Education program outline for the district as well as several updates to the elementary and high school student handbooks to be distributed in the fall.
Also approved was the FBLA student trip to the Executive Leadership Conference in Columbia, Missouri on July 27th and 28th.
Other news: Bernie Graduation will be Sunday, May 17th at 2:00 p.m.; Summer School begins May 27th and runs thru June 12th; and the next Board Meeting is slated for June 8th at 7:00 p.m. in the Media Room at the Bernie High School.
Unlike other All-state honorees that can be recognized multiple years while in high school, his award is cumulative and can only be received once during a students’ high school career.
Miller was one of only 10 students throughout the state of Missouri selected for the team. Including this award, Miller has amassed seven different local, state, national and international awards for his photography in the 2014-2015 school year.
Richland’s yearbook, which Miller is the co-editor of this year, has received 21 different individual local, state, national and international photography awards during the 2014-2015 school year for their excellent photography work. The awards have come from various sources including: Jostens, Journalism Education Association, Quill and Scroll as well as others.
"The Missouri Journalism Education Association sponsors the annual All-State Journalism Team for Missouri high school students. Members of the 2015 team will be selected in the spring. The MJEA invites all its advisers to nominate students for this honor."
"The purpose of the All-State Journalism Team is to recognize those students who have proven themselves to be indispensable to their respective school media. Missouri has numerous journalism contests that recognize “bylined” excellence. The All-State Team recognizes those students who are “most valuable players” – those students whose leadership, energy, dedication and expertise make their publications possible but whose main contributions often occur behind the scenes."
"The Missouri All-State Journalism Team consists of the top students who practice excellent journalism in any of the following venues: newspaper, magazine, yearbook, broadcast, radio or online. All Missouri student journalists in grades 9-12 are eligible to be nominated. A student journalist must be nominated by his or her adviser. The adviser must be a member of the Missouri Journalism Education Association. Nominations may not exceed two students per school. Students are eligible to win the award once in their high school career."
Photo by Kyle Carter / Richland School
Students in grades six through eight were in the junior group; high school students made up the senior group.
Blunt will represent the state of Missouri while competing in the National History Day Competition in June in Washington, D.C.
Blunt will also be competing in the National Junior Beta Photo Competition in Nashville, Tennessee, which is also in June.
"National History Day in Missouri, launched in 1980, is the state affiliate of National History Day. Each year, nearly half a million students nationwide—grades 6 to 12—participate in this innovative educational program. They conduct extensive research on a historical subject that they choose and present findings their way by creating documentaries, exhibits, papers, performances or websites.
The State Historical Society of Missouri, in partnership with the Missouri Humanities Council, administers National History Day in Missouri. Over 3,000 students participate in local and regional competitions each year, with nearly 600 advancing to the state contest at the University of Missouri in April.
Top winners in each category earn the opportunity to serve as Missouri delegates to the Kenneth E. Behring National History Day Contest in College Park, Maryland in June. Missouri's students represent the Show-Me State well, frequently bringing home medals in both the junior and senior divisions!"
Congratulations Emily Blunt! We are proud of you!
Photo by Kate Wyman / Richland School
