Dexter, Missouri - Marianne Bruce graduated from Southwest Baptist University in 1987 with a Bachelor of Science in biology and then earned her Masters in Education from Southeast Missouri State University - Cape Girardeau.
She taught high school science at Portageville, Risco and Richland before coming to Dexter in 2013. She is retiring with over 30 years of classroom experience.
Congratulations Mrs. Bruce on your retirement!
Dexter, Missouri - A Teachers Retirement Tea was hosted in the Bearcat Event Center in Dexter for retiring staff.
Connie Heil graduated from Mississippi State University in 1981 with a Bachelor of Science in Education.
Her teaching career spanned 24 years and included time in Germany, Louisiana, Hallsville, Missouri and Savannah, Missouri prior to her arrival at Dexter in 2005.
Congratulations Mrs. Heil on your retirement!
Dexter, Missouri - Seven staff members from Dexter Schools and two people from the Dexter Schools Credit Union were honored at the Bearcat Event Center upon their retirement.
The six certified teachers and one non-certified classroom aid represented almost two hundred years of service in education.
Pictured are retiring staff members of Dexter Schools from left to right Dr. Michele Williams, Connie Heil, and Nancy Wright. Standing are Marianne Bruce, Tania Reiker, and Teresa Kapelski. Unalbe to attend the event was retiring third grade teacher, Kendra Ward. Also honored, but not pictured were Gene Potthoff and Dottie Parrish of the Dexter Schools Credit Union.
Tyler Stevenson, senior exercise science major from Dexter, Missouri is among more than 1,200 Harding University students included on the Dean's List for grades achieved during the spring 2018 semester.
The Dean's List is published each semester by Dr. Marty Spears, University Provost, honoring those who have achieved high scholarship.
To be eligible, a student must be carrying 12 or more credit hours with a 3.65 or higher grade-point average and no incompletes.
Tyler is the son of Keith Stevenson and Kay Stevenson and is a 2016 graduate of Dexter High School.
