Dexter, Missouri - Eleven Dexter educators representing nearly 300 years i the field of education were honored at the annual Retirement Tea on Thursday, May 4, 2017.
Dexter School Board vice President Herman Morse, a retired educator and administrator, presented the honors at the Bearcat Event Center.
Honored were Loretta Morrow, Regina Mick, Elizabeth Spratt, Rhonda Lane, Michelle Kirkley, Linda Hill, Jennifer Miller, Derek Urhahn, Judy Patterson, Tracy Elfrink and Melanie Stoelting.
Mrs.Jennifer Miller graduated in 1996 from Southeast Missouri State University with a B.S. in Education.
Her emphasis is in Exceptional Child, Learning Disability, & Intellectually Disabled.
In 1996, she began her career teaching Intellectual Disabilities at Malden Elementary.
In 2000, she was hired to split her time as a Learning Disabilities Resource teacher at Dexter High School and Reading teacher at T. S. Hill Middle School.
In 2005, she received her Masters in School Counseling and in 2007, she transferred from the classroom to the counseling department.
She has served 17 years as the Student Council advisor.
In her tenure as advisor, she was awarded Student Council’s Advisor of the Year and has served on the state association’s executive board.
She is retiring with 21 career years in education.
Dexter, Missouri - Eleven Dexter educators representing nearly 300 years i the field of education were honored at the annual Retirement Tea on Thursday, May 4, 2017.
Dexter School Board vice President Herman Morse, a retired educator and administrator, presented the honors at the Bearcat Event Center.
Honored were Loretta Morrow, Regina Mick, Elizabeth Spratt, Rhonda Lane, Michelle Kirkley, Linda Hill, Jennifer Miller, Derek Urhahn, Judy Patterson, Tracy Elfrink and Melanie Stoelting.
Each educator is featured in a special article on the ShowMe Times.
In addition to those noted above, two non-certified Dexter school employees retired this year. They are Deloris Wamble with 10 years as a Dexter School bus driver and Al Castro who has served the district as a mail carrier for the past 17 years.
Dexter, Missouri - Eleven Dexter educators representing nearly 300 years i the field of education were honored at the annual Retirement Tea on Thursday, May 4, 2017.
Dexter School Board vice President Herman Morse, a retired educator and administrator, presented the honors at the Bearcat Event Center.
Honored were Loretta Morrow, Regina Mick, Elizabeth Spratt, Rhonda Lane, Michelle Kirkley, Linda Hill, Jennifer Miller, Derek Urhahn, Judy Patterson, Tracy Elfrink and Melanie Stoelting.
Mrs. Loretta Morrow graduated from Southeast Missouri State University in 1991 with a degree in Early Childhood Education.
She received her Master’s Degree from Southwest Baptist College in 1995.
She has spent her entire career as an Aide, Kindergarten classroom teacher and Kindergarten Title Resource in the halls of Southwest Elementary, providing a quality education to all her students.
Of the 11 retirees honored this year, she carries the greatest number of years in education, retiring after 31 years in the field.
Dexter, Missouri - Eleven Dexter educators representing nearly 300 years i the field of education were honored at the annual Retirement Tea on Thursday, May 4, 2017.
Dexter School Board vice President Herman Morse, a retired educator and administrator, presented the honors at the Bearcat Event Center.
Honored were Loretta Morrow, Regina Mick, Elizabeth Spratt, Rhonda Lane, Michelle Kirkley, Linda Hill, Jennifer Miller, Derek Urhahn, Judy Patterson, Tracy Elfrink and Melanie Stoelting.
Mrs. Judy Patterson graduated from Southeast Missouri State University in 1987 with a B.S. in Art Education and a minor in History.
She then received her Master’s in Counseling from Southeast Missouri State University in 2000.
She is retiring with 29 career years in education.
She began her career in 1988 teaching Art at Richland High School. From there she spent 6 years at New Madrid as the High School Art teacher, and was then hired at Poplar Bluff Jr. High as Counselor for 2 years before coming to Dexter.
She has spent her last 17 years at Dexter as High School Counselor, and 16 years as prom and project prom coordinator.
Dexter, Missouri - Eleven Dexter educators representing nearly 300 years i the field of education were honored at the annual Retirement Tea on Thursday, May 4, 2017.
Dexter School Board vice President Herman Morse, a retired educator and administrator, presented the honors at the Bearcat Event Center.
Honored were Loretta Morrow, Regina Mick, Elizabeth Spratt, Rhonda Lane, Michelle Kirkley, Linda Hill, Jennifer Miller, Derek Urhahn, Judy Patterson, Tracy Elfrink and Melanie Stoelting.
Mrs. Melanie Stoelting began working in the district as a substitute teacher.
In 1995, she was hired as a Learning Disability Aide at Southwest Elementary.
In 1997, she became a Parent Educator for the Parents As Teachers program and in 2004, she was named Coordinator for the program.
In 2013, she was awarded Educator of the Year by the Dexter Chamber of Commerce.
She has served as the P.A.T. consultant for the National Center of Parents as Teachers & the Department of Education & Secondary Education (DESE).
Dexter has the largest P.A.T program in Southeast Missouri.
Mrs. Stoelting is retiring with 22 years of service with the Dexter Public Schools.
