Bloomfield, Missouri - Caroline Robison, a senior at Bloomfield High School, was among 112 students selected for participation in the University of Missouri School of Medicines High School Mini Medical School (HSMMS).

Robison is the 17-year old daughter of Bill and Tracy Robison of Bloomfield.

The program, now in its 18th year, is designed to give high school seniors who are already interested in medical careers a one-week preview of medical school.  Students will attend one of two summer session from June 19th to June 23rd or from June 26th to June 30th. 

During the session, Caroline participated in a medical-school style curriculum, which included problem-based learning, a method of teaching that that combines independent learning in small groups with patient care cases.  Student also participated in sessions with clinical and research specialists; gained hands-on experience in anatomy, microbiology and clinical skills; interacted with medical school students, faculty and staff; and attended seminars on college and medical school life.

"We learned different techniques for stitching wounds and spent time in the anatomy lab where we explored actual muscles, bones, and tissues," commented Robison.  "The simulation lab was a great experience! I delivered a (model) baby, intubated a mannequin, and practiced laparoscopic surgery on a simulator."

Caroline is exploring various healthcare careers this summer, including medicine and pharmacy.  She will be a student at Ole Miss for one month to participate in the pre-pharmacy track of their Summer College for High School Students. She will move in Monday, July 4th and take seven credit hours as well as test the waters away from home.  She will apply to multiple schools to explore opportunities in medicine or pharmacy. 

This girl is going to go far and we wish her the best of luck during her senior year at Bloomfield High School!

For more information about HSMMS, contact Alex Horn, Program Coordinator for the MU Office of Medical Education, at (573) 882-9219.

Puxico, Missouri - Abby Dare, a 2013 graduate of Puxico High School was named to the Missouri S&T Dean's List for the 2016 Spring Semester.

Abby is a nuclear engineering major minoring in math.

She will graduate from Missouri S&T in the spring of 2017.

Missouri University of Science and Technology - Missouri S&T for short, located in Rolla, Missouri -  has been at the top of the research and innovation game for a long time. Founded in 1870 as one of the first technological institutions west of the Mississippi, they have been building on their heritage of discovery, creativity and innovation to equip and inspire today’s students to meet tomorrow’s great global challenges.

Congratulations Abby!

Puxico, Missouri - The University of Missouri - Columbia has released its list of graduates and Dean’s List students for the Spring 2016 semester.

Nathan Mark Martin graduated from Mizzou on May 14, 2016 with a degree in Parks, Recreation and Tourism Sports Management Emphasis and a Business Minor.

He also made the Dean’s List for the spring semester.  The University of Missouri recognizes students who achieve a 3.5 GPA or higher with at least 12 credit hours to be named to the Dean’s List.

Martin was hired by Puxico Schools as the new Jr. High Boys Head Basketball Coach and Assistant Varsity Boys Basketball Coach for the 2016 - 2017 academic school year.

Congratulations Nathan!

Bloomfield, Missouri - Tabitha Jones, a 2016 graduate of Bloomfield High School, was awarded the University Scholarship to attend Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau, Missouri for the 2016 - 2017 academic year.

Jones is the daughter of Jolene and Byron Bolin of Bloomfield.

Congratulations Tabitha!

Bloomfield, Missouri - The Bloomfield School board met on Monday, June 20, 2016.

The board approved resurfacing the high school gym parking lot, purchasing of a van, adding an 8th hour to the high school and middle school, and changes in the 2016-2017 handbook.

The biggest adjustment will be adding the 8th hour.  Class periods will now be 46 minutes in length with the first period being 48 minutes.  Other changes in the handbook are students will have to have some type of health insurance to go on school trips, student meal prices, definition of “appropriate shorts” length, and a change in the form used by parents to allow corporal punishment.  The Elementary Handbook also added a Scholar Leadership Award.

In Executive Session the Bloomfield School Board approved the resignation of Debbie Stogsdill from an elementary teaching position, the hiring of Sabra Mayberry for an elementary teaching position and the hiring of Brandon Crook for the ISS/ALS teaching position.

Also several extra curricular positions were filled: