
Cape Girardeau, Missouri – The Dexter High School Drama, Speech, and Debate Team performed extremely well t the Cape Central Tournament Thursday evening.
Macy Cecil and Adam Webb earned 2nd place in Public Forum Debate.
Morgan Ross placed 2nd in Lincoln-Douglas Debate.
Haley Cornett took 2nd place in Dramatic Interpretation and 3rd place in Prose.
Congratulations to the DHS Drama, Speech, and Debate Team!
Photo provided by Celeste Colley. Shown in the photo from left to right are Haley Cornett, Adam Webb, Macy Cecil, and Morgan Ross.

2nd Quarter Honor Roll for Fifth Grade Students
Dexter, Missouri - Students must earn a B average to earn a spot on the Honor Roll each quarter. The following fifth grade students accomplished just that ans were awarded a certificate of recognition at Central Elementary School in Dexter.
Jill Allen – Daniel Aycock, Sajah Ballard, Emily Belcher, Kennedy Bess, Maci Comfort, Alex Dugan, Blake Jung, Gerica Harris, Lexie Laramore, Magi McBride, Landon Pullam, Dulcie Pullen, and Camille Winchester
Kara Lummukka – Drake Channell, Alyssa Frizzell, Patrick Lutmer, Katelyn Riley, Julianna Rivera, Benjamin Rybolt, Allison Thurlkill, Ethan Watson, and Bailey Whitaker
Jennifer Bolin – Annie Banken, Andie Kruse, Miller McLaughlin, Avery Neely, Lexis Newell, Dylan Sitze, Ryan Strickland, and Mia Williams
Nicole Guethle – Lydia Bishop, Garrison Cabral, Andrew Dodson, Grace Hanner, Diego McCormick, Gabriel MeGhee, and Natalie Sells
Lacey Winchester – Lauren Barnes, Toni Long, Tanay Patel, and Abigail Thompson
Gale Slinkard – Sydney Bess, Abigail DeMent, Kayla Freeman, Amaya Summers, and Ayden Walters
Rob Scott – Addy Atherton, Makayla Boyt, Arielle Coyner, KanDee Harris, Andrew Hueckel, Logan Kayler, Danielle Morgan, Mackenzie Raley, Isaac Sandage, Layken Smith, and Ivy Tucker
Sandy Stone – Jacob Adams, Emily Drews, Kayleigh Gibson, Jordan Lay, Arianna Mercado, Camden Riley, Kenedy Robertson, Austin Stieferman, and Kyle Tellman

2nd Quarter Honor Roll for Fourth Grade Students
Dexter, Missouri - Students must earn a B average to earn a spot on the Honor Roll each quarter. The following fourth grade students accomplished just that and were awarded a certificate of recognition at Central Elementary School in Dexter.
Casey Williams – Clara Barber, Peyton Boles, Eric Harmon, Reece Justice, Ava Markham, Cole Nichols, Abigail Rash, Jasmine Silvey, Destiny Snell, Hanna Spence, Christopher Stone, and Ethan Williams
Kristen Mick – Zackery Brown, Camron Dobbelare, Parker Evans, Madison Glaus, Brianna Granger, Destiny Griffin, Jayci Holcomb, Myles Keena, Owen Lacy, Julia Lykins, Hunter Moore, Blaine Prance, Morgan Ryan, Molly Simmons, and Calysta Whitaker
Cassie Terry – Drew Chamberlain, Chase Elder, Caitlin Giles, Isaac Hann, Owen Bewley, and Clayton Whitaker
Dawn Warren – Grant Ayers, Derek Bradley, Chevy Burns, Isabella Cook, LeeAmber Costigan, Shelby Dawson, Hannah Guy, Logan Josupait, Carly Long, Lakota Lovell, Alisha Pittman.
Kristy Rinehart – Cassie Bess, Kaden Bias, Keller Buck, Levi Grubbs, Alexis Holden, Braxton Huey, Amber Madigan, Taylor Oliva, Eric Riddle, and Mahkiya Voice
Ashley Burns – Seth Bolin, Draven Cato, Rachel Cobb, Makenna Dean, Kami Fortner, Nate Harris, Alise Howell, Truman Krapf, Kylan Moore, Grace Sepulvado, Xzander Smith, and Seth Warren
Anna Whiteman – Austin Akin, Evan Childers, Aysia Corbin, Christian Dobbelare, Ellen Dowdy, Gabrielle Dunivan, Jude Griffin, Kellie Kersey, Hailey Pennebaker, Taylor Tatum, and Brock Wyman

2nd Quarter Honor Roll for Third Grade Students
Dexter, Missouri - Students must earn a B average to earn a spot on the Honor Roll each quarter. The following third grade students accomplished just that and were awarded a certificate of recognition at Central Elementary School in Dexter.
Christin Nichols - Mya Darnell, Emma Dorton, Amelia Jenkins, Landon Leibowitz, Adaline Medley, Cy Scott, Carson Williams, and Ryan Young
Chasity McLaughlin – Alexis Smith, Sam Butler, Jaylynn Davis, Levi DeMent, Ayden Fleming, Matthew Honeycutt, Hayden Jarrell, Brooklyn Link, Logan Watson, and Bree Winchester
H. Waddle – Parker Carter, Rylee Corlew, RJ Farmer, Koghen Hall, Gracen Hampton, Makenzie Kirkpatrick, Anna Liu, Julia McFadden, Zachary Parrish, Lily Simpson, Raiden Waters, and Emma Worley
Christina Muzny – Katarrah Chruchill, Preston Fitzpatrick, Luke Gentry, Meagan Hale, Allyson Keller, Juan Lara, Tommijo Mitchell, Lexie Munoz, Quinton Peery, Abbygail Powell, Mackinlee Rodriquez, and Luke Worley
Kendra Ward – Holden Duer, Marie Fees, Brooklyn Huggins, Tristan King, Evelynn LaVenture, Kennedy McCormick, Malaki Mitchell, and Ben Sheridan
Adam Clark – Lilly Crockett, James DeBerry, Amelia Holden, Brooke Lasater, Abbie Lloyd, Kali Pennebaker, Sophia Stevens, Macie Templemire, and Rhyder Williams
Kristi Whitehead – Tyson Carmode, Piper Freeman, Gage Malone, and Allexis Mercado

Dexter, Missouri – This spring, the Shelter Insurance Foundation will award a $2,000 scholarship to a graduate of Dexter High School. Shelter Agent Matt Thurmon sponsors and partially funds this scholarship.
A committee of local high school officials and community leaders will select the local recipient. The committee will consider each applicant’s scholastic achievements, educational goals, citizenship, moral character, and participation and leadership in school and community activities. The scholarship is given without regard to race, disability, religion, national origin, or gender of applicants. The name of the recipient will be announced at the close of the school year.
The student may apply the scholarship funds towards tuition, fees, or campus housing for any course of study beginning the fall after the recipient’s high school graduation and leading to an academic degree at any accredited college or university. The Foundation makes payment directly to the school the recipient selects.
Applications and additional information about the Shelter Foundation Scholarship will be available in early March and should be completed and returned to the school official serving on the selection committee by March 31st. For more information, interested seniors should contact their high school counselor or Shelter Insurance Agent Matt Thurmon.
The Shelter Insurance Foundation is a not-for-profit corporation for charitable and educational purposes. It is sponsored by the Shelter Insurance Companies – offering auto, home, life, farm and business insurance services to customers in 14 states via a network of local insurance agents and headquartered in Columbia, Missouri.