Bernie Positive Office Referrals for Week of November 27, 2017

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November 27th 2017 by Dee Loflin

Bernie, Missouri - Kellie Owens, Bernie R-12 School District, has announced the students who received Positive Office Referrals for week November 27, 2017.

Students who earn such an honor also received a Subway Sandwich Gift Card and a POR Certificate.

These students were referred for displaying positive behavior!

Drake Taylor is a 4th grader in Mrs. Baker’s class.

Mrs. Baker referred Drake for helping another student.

Noah Summers is a 5th grader in Mrs. Collier’s class.

Mrs. Collier referred Noah for helping another student.

Shawn Beasley is a 2nd grader in Mrs. Dockins’ class.

Mrs. Dockins and Mrs. Huber referred Shawn for working so hard in class and doing well on his reading test.

Macie Botsch is a 5th grader in Mrs. Collier’s class and was referred by Mrs. Collier for helping another student.

Pictured from left to right are Drake Taylor, Noah Summers, Shawn Beasley and Macie Botsch.

Last Updated on November 27th 2017 by Dee Loflin

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DMS Weekly Activities - November 27th - December 2, 2017

November 22nd 2017 by Dee Loflin

Dexter T.S. Hill Middle School - This listing of T.S. Hill Middle School activities is a service offered by the ShowMe Times, working in partnership with C.A. Counts, Superintendent, Scott Kruse, Middle School Principal and the Dexter Public Schools for your convenience.

If you would like to submit information and a picture of a student and his/her accomplishments, send it to dloflin@showmetimes.com or call (573) 380-3318.

Calendar

Monday Nov 27 BB vs. Kennett at the BEC Supervision-Thurlkill

Stuff a Bus competition begins-8th Hour Competition

Wednesday Nov 29 Wrestling @ Jackson Bus 3:00

Thursday Nov 30 Middle School Christmas Concert DHS Gym 6:00 PM $4 adults $2 students

Wrestling @ Cape Bus 3:15

Saturday Dec 2 Wrestling @ Farmington Bus 6:00AM

Future Dates

Monday Dec 4 Jr. Beta Operation Santa Begins

BB @ Cape 5:00/3:30

Wrestling @ Poplar Bluff Bus 3:45

Tuesday Dec 5 Talent Search

Book Club-Library 3:15-4:30

Friday Dec 8 Faculty Birthday Celebration

Stuff A Bus pickup

Saturday Dec 9 Tuba Christmas

Wrestling @ 7:00AM

Tuesday Dec 12 7-8 Grade Choirs to Cape Bus 9:00AM

Wednesday Dec 13 Finals Sci/ELA

Thursday Dec 14 Finals Math/SS

MS Band Concert 6:00

Wrestling @ Farmington Bus 2:00

Friday Dec 15 2nd Quarter Ends

Cafeteria Workers and Crossing Guards Pizza Party

Locker Cleanout

Operation Santa Delivery

Staff Christmas Party!!! 5:30

Last Updated on November 22nd 2017 by Dee Loflin

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DHS Weekly Activities - November 27th - December 3, 2017

November 22nd 2017 by Dee Loflin

Dexter High School - This listing of weekly activities is a service offered by the ShowMe Times, working in partnership with Dexter High School principal, Alana Dowdy, and DHS Asst. Principal Melissa Hahn for your convenience

We hope you will mark your calendar and we encourage everyone to support our local students and their activities. The education and growth of young people in our community is the key to everyone's future!If you would like to submit information and a picture of a student and his/her accomplishments, send it to news@showmetimes.com

Monday, November 27th

Varsity Girls Basketball in Semo Conference Tournament at Saxony Lutheran High School

Dexter vs. Sikeston - 5:30 pm

Drama, Speech and Debate meeting at 3:05 in Mr. Bennett’s room

Foreign Language Club Potluck at 5:30 pm

Tuesday, November 28th

Varsity Girls Basketball in Semo Conference Tournament at Saxony Lutheran High School-Games TBD

Boys Basketball at Charleston at 6:00 pm, bus leaves at 4:45 pm.

Drug Awareness Session #2 at 6:00 pm in BEC

Wednesday, November 29th

Talent Search for select students 6th-7th periods

Robotics Club meeting in Mrs. Rodgers classroom after school

Thursday, November 30th

Varsity Girls Basketball in Semo Conference Tournament at Saxony Lutheran High School-Games TBD

Beta Club performance for students during 1st period

Beta State Convention in Springfield, bus leaves at 9:00 am

Wrestling at Notre Dame at 5:00 pm, bus leaves at 2:45, team dismissed at 2:30

Friday, December 1st

Beta State Convention in Springfield

All State Band Auditions in Columbia, bus leaves at 11:00 am

Boys Basketball vs. Sikeston at home at 6:00 pm

Saturday, December 2nd

Beta State Convention in Springfield

All State Band auditions in Columbia

Sunday, December 3rd

Beta State Convention in Springfield

Robotics Club meeting in Mrs. Rodgers’ room at 1:00 pm

Upcoming Dates

Monday, December 4th

Varsity Boys Basketball in Semo Conference Tournament at Sikeston High School - Games TBD

Stuff a Bus Canned Food Drive

STUCO Candy Gram sales begin

Drama, Speech and Debate after school in Mr. Bennett’s room.

Tuesday, December 5th

Varsity Boys Basketball in Semo Conference Tournament at Sikeston High School - Games TBD

Stuff a Bus Canned Food Drive

STUCO Candy Gram sales continue

Wrestling at New Madrid at 5:00 pm, bus leaves at 4:00 pm

JV Girls Basketball vs. Holcomb at home at 6:00 pm

Last Updated on November 22nd 2017 by Dee Loflin

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Superintendent Spends Day as High School Student

November 22nd 2017 by Dee Loflin

Poplar Bluff Superintendent Scott Dill could be spotted in plain clothes with a school-issued backpack off Barron Road at a quarter to 7 a.m. on a brisk autumn Thursday, waiting for the bus to pick him up… to go to Senior High.

He contemplated what may pose the biggest challenge for him at this stage in life, such as skipping that second cup of coffee in order to limit his fluid intake.

Despite the careful consideration, he failed to bring something to write in and had to visit the Giving Closet for a notebook first thing, according to assistant librarian Cindy Webb.

Dill was provided a full class schedule because he committed to spending an entire day as a PBHS student.

“As a superintendent, I’m afforded the opportunity to make decisions every day that impact the lives of kids, and my focus—in concert with the administration and board—is, and has to be, what’s best for students,” said Dill in an interview the day before his experiment. “My goal is to become better attuned to the needs of our kids and have a deeper appreciation for what their lives within our school system entail.

What he learned quickly was students were rather interested in what he was up to and why. Zac Batton, who was alerted in advance by Dill’s teenage daughter, said he thought the bus ride in particular was “pretty cool.” Zac, a senior, was rumored that Dill had Spanish II with him, considering he heard the superintendent took German in high school.

Attending concert choir class together, sophomore Caitlin Dollins was curious to see if Dill really could sight read the music. And while the superintendent was fully prepared to eat alone, Caitlin ended up welcoming him to her table.

“A couple friends of mine had the idea to invite him to sit with us at lunch if he had D lunch, so I made sure to ask him before anyone else could get the chance to ask,” Caitlin explained. “I really wanted to get his opinion of what was going on in the school system, but I didn’t want to make him feel uncomfortable or different, as that wouldn’t really be in the spirit of the project. So we just talked about classes and which teachers he liked.”

One assignment that Dill found invigorating, he noted, was when he had to write an essay in Mike Sowatzke’s American history class about whether he believed industrialist Andrew Carnegie was a hero or a villain. Dill felt the correct answer was probably a combination, but he was challenged to pick a side to compose a more cohesive analysis.

Having served in a leadership capacity for so long, Dill realized he had grown accustomed to helping solve real world problems and had forgotten what it is like to engage in an intellectual exercise for the sole sake of learning, he mentioned.

Sowatzke was excited for the opportunity to leave an impression on his boss, he said, and then he remembered it was his department’s week to participate in PB Writes in preparation for EOC and ACT testing. Rather than delivering an engaging lesson, the instructor ended up spending the majority of time bouncing from desk to desk answering students’ questions, but that is part of the profession, too.

“It’s good for people to see all the stuff we have to do in a given day to keep everyone on task,” Sowatzke commented, and reflected on what has changed since his secondary education a decade ago. “Instead of a teacher’s role just being teacher—you get your grade and that’s it—we are actively watching out to make sure kids aren’t failing.”

In a follow-up interview, Dill stated this experience would live with him forever, which was especially important to him considering he graduated from high school in the western part of the state – roughly a quarter of a century ago. While today’s technology integration equips faculty with more tools at their disposal, he observed, quality instruction is still quality instruction.

“We really have good teachers doing good work,” Dill pointed out. “Some people that I had previously considered reserved or quiet came alive in front of a classroom, and I got to see them at their brilliant best, helping kids.”

After several 47-minute periods with six minutes in between, and only a 25-minute lunch break, Dill said he felt like he had run a marathon, constantly shifting subjects as well as dispositions. While he gathered his belongings to go home, some students were gearing up for basketball practice, and various other extracurricular activities on campus.

“Whoever said, ‘Youth is wasted on the young,’ hasn’t put in their academic day in a while,” Dill joked. “And we ask our students to do this day in and day out, rain or shine – for 13 school years.

“It could truly enhance a person’s ability to effectively facilitate the education and protection of our kids if we were to walk a mile in their shoes, which I have done today,” said Dill, reaffirming his earlier sentiment, perhaps with a touch more conviction this time around.

Pictured: Superintendent Scott Dill (maroon hoodie) practices songs for the Community Thanksgiving Dinner with concert choir students in music teacher Joshua Allen’s class.

Photo and article submitted by Tim Krakowiak, Communications/Marketing Director, Poplar Bluff R-I School District

Last Updated on November 22nd 2017 by Dee Loflin

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The Green Bear Club is Coming to Dexter Schools

November 20th 2017 by Dee Loflin

Dexter, Missouri - The Green Bear Club is coming to Dexter Public Schools. It is a primary child abuse prevention program designed to teach your children how to stay safe.

They teach children that no one has the right to hug, kiss or touch them where they should not be hugged, kissed or touched. Primary abuse prevention is an integral part of their program.

The program is presented to Southeast Missouri schools FREE of charge. The Green Bear Club is sponsored by The Southeast Missouri Network Against Sexual Violence and private donations. With this funding they see approximately 15,000 students each year.

They would like to invite you, the parent, to attend their program. Although instructing children is an essential component of their mission of protection, educating parents is just as vital.

After they visit with your child, they will send a brochure home for you to discuss how you can talk with your child about abuse and what you can do to prevent abuse in your family. Dexter Schools can also provide you with continuing education regarding abuse prevention through school newsletter and handouts.

You can access the website www.greenbearmo.org for more information.

Presentations will be given throughout the day on Tuesday, November 21, 2017 in the Southwest Elementary gym. An information sheet was distributed to each child. For more information contact Southwest Elementary School.

Last Updated on November 20th 2017 by Dee Loflin

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