Dexter, Missouri - A Teachers Retirement Tea was hosted in the Bearcat Event Center in Dexter for retiring staff.
Tania Reiker graduated from Southeast Missouri State University - Cape Girardeau.
She earned her Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education/Exceptional Child in 1984 and her Masters in Education from Southwest Baptist.
She has spend 20 of her 25 years teaching at Dexter.
Congratulations Mrs. Reiker!
Dexter, Missouri - A Teachers Retirement Tea was hosted in the Bearcat Event Center in Dexter for retiring staff.
Teresa Kapelski graduated from Southeast Missouri State University with a BS in Education, majoring in Spanish with a minor in French.
She has taught at Dexter High School since 1992. Twenty-six of her twenty-seven years teaching has been in a classroom at Dexter.
Congratulations Mrs. Kapelski!
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.
