Participating schools launched two surprise seat belt checks at each school to measure student seat belt use before and after an educational campaign. In addition, schools had the opportunity to submit a 30-second video spot to encourage their peers to buckle up.
Bernie High School received top honors with 100 percent seat belt usage during this Battle of the Belt Challenge. In addition to having the highest overall percentage among Southeast Missouri schools, Bernie High School was one of only eight schools across the state to achieve 100 percent usage.
An assembly was held at Bernie High School March 12, with guest speaker Penny Lorenz, Assistant Director of ThinkFirst Missouri. Sharee Galnore of Team Spirit and Sandy Taurone of the Southeast Coalition for Roadway Safety awarded the school a Gold Banner and $500 check from American Family Insurance during the assembly.
During the 2014 challenge, East Prairie High School was named Most Improved in the Southeast District with a 97.42 percent increase.
In addition, the following Southeast Missouri schools achieved gold (99-100 percent usage), silver (95-98 percent usage) and bronze (91-94 percent usage) levels:
*Saxony Lutheran High School 99.00% (Gold Banner)
*Notre Dame Regional High School 98.34% (Silver Banner)
*Oak Ridge High School 97.44% (Silver Banner)
*Thomas W. Kelly High School 94.67% (Bronze Banner)
*Norwood High School 94.12% (Bronze Banner)
*Lesterville High School 92.86% (Bronze Banner)
*Clearwater High School 90.72% (Bronze Banner)
Jackson High School will also receive a participation banner for the greatest number of students surveyed.
Traffic crashes are a leading cause of death for people 15-20 years old. Results of a 2013 survey among Missouri teens indicate 33 percent of teens are not wearing their seat belt putting them at greater risk to get killed or injured in traffic crashes. Seven out of 10 teens killed in Missouri traffic crashes are unbuckled.
Battle of the Belt was originally brought to southwest Missouri by the Missouri Emergency Nurses Association and St. John's Hospital. In 2006, the Missouri Coalition for Roadway Safety, in conjunction with American Family Insurance, took the competition statewide and continue to sponsor this year's program with the Missouri College of Emergency Physicians.
Is your school ready to take the challenge to buckle up? Learn more at http://www.savemolives.com/.
Bernie, Missouri – Is your child going into Kindergarten in the fall? If so, you must make an appointment for enrollment and screening for March 26th.
Students who do not come to this event on March 26th may not be able to begin Kindergarten on the first day of school.
They will have to wait until after first day of school (in August) to reschedule a screening time in order to enroll in kindergarten. (Which may be end up being as late as the beginning if September.) That's two weeks of very important instruction missed! Please schedule those appointments!
Children must be five years of age before August 1, 2015 to be eligible to attend the upcoming 2015-2016 school year.
A Social Security number must be available when making the appointment. The following mandatory documentation must be provided at the time of screening: Birth certificate, shot record (does not have to be up-to-date), and proof of residency. The proof of residency must be a financial obligation to the address for example, water bill, cable bill, tax statement, etc.
Call 293-5335 ext 229 to schedule an appointment.
Shown in the photo from left to right are: Kayla Gates 12th grade, Adesyn Shelton 11th grade, Kayli Tanner 10th grade, Jeri Ann Glass 9th grade, Devin Barnes 8th grade, and Allisa Redding 7th grade.
Photo provided by Michele Carmode, Curriculum Coordinate/Technology Specialist/A+ Coordinator/Publications adviser of Bernie Schools.
The students are supposed to take what they learn from the character trait instruction and apply it to their daily lives in how they treat others and make decisions.
At the end of the month, each teacher gets to nominate one student from their classroom they felt most consistently displayed the character trait of the month. The students are recognized for their accomplishment and are given a character trait pencil.
January character trait was INTEGRITY!
Front row from left to right: Haley beasley, Cayden Hunt, Eli Crow, Mason and Wooldridge.
Middle row Bailey Henry, Blair Plemling, Krista Cochran, Jace Foster, Arlin Wishon, and Kalijah Coleman.
Back row Kayla Nash, Caidyn Spitzer, Sara Guzman, Maisie Stevens, Mallory Stevens, and Trevor Parks.
Bernie, Missouri – Each month Mrs. Summer McGowan teaches a Guidance Counseling session at Bernie Public Schools for each class and the lesson stems from our character trait of the month.
The students are supposed to take what they learn from the character trait instruction and apply it to their daily lives in how they treat others and make decisions.
At the end of the month, each teacher gets to nominate one student from their classroom they felt most consistently displayed the character trait of the month. The students are recognized for their accomplishment and are given a character trait pencil.
December character trait was CARING!
December Caring students were from left to right (front row) Cane Hobgood, Luci Cluck, Josiah Copeland, Katelyn McKuin, and Tatum Baxter. (middle row) Elicia Freeman, Arlin Wishon, Alexa Dillinger, Gracie Ogelvie, Lesley Cobb, and Draven Beasley. (back row) Mercedes Dean, Caitlyne Kitchen, Elizabeth Potts, Kynlee Asher, Carleigh Polito, and Caitln Charles.
