Dexter, Missouri - Dexter High School Sr. Beta will host their first Beta's Got Talent on Friday, April 7th at 6 p.m. in the DHS auditorium.
Tickets cant be purchased for $5.00 in advance from any Dexter High School Sr. Beta member. Tickets at the door will be $7.00 each. This event is open to the public and the Kona Ice truck will be on hand.
Sr. Beta's will also have a Bake Sale and Silent Auction.
Please come out and support the new Sr. Beta Club at Dexter Senior High School. Community members may visit Kona Ice, the bake sale, and the silent auction without purchasing an event ticket.
For more information contact Laura Stone at the Dexter High School.
Dexter, Missouri - T.S. Hill Middle School will host a Blood Drive on Monday, March 27, 2017 from 2 p.m. - 5 p.m. All donations help increase the scholarship monies donated to the Dexter High School by the American Red Cross. This blood drive is open to the public and anyone is encouraged to give blood and save three lives each!
No appointment is necessary; however if you can go online to schedule your appointment it will decrease the time you have to wait. The need is great this time of year and the American Red Cross needs blood NOW!
A decline in donations occurs from Thanksgiving to New Year’s Day when donors are busy with family gatherings and travel. However, patients don’t get a holiday break from needing lifesaving transfusions. In fact, every two seconds, someone in the U.S. needs blood.
Platelets and type AB plasma also needed
Platelet donors and those with type AB blood are also continually needed to help ensure patients receive the lifesaving blood products they need. Platelets – a key clotting component of blood often needed by cancer patients, surgical patients and bone narrow recipients – must be transfused within five days of donation, so donations are constantly needed. Donors with type AB blood are urged to give blood or platelets to restock the plasma supply. Type AB donors have the universal plasma type, which can be given to patients of all blood types.
How to donate blood
The free Blood Donor App – available in app stores by searching for American Red Cross or by texting BLOODAPP to 90999 – not only makes appointment scheduling easy, but donors can also access their digital donor card and be notified when their donation is distributed to a hospital. Donors can also visitredcrossblood.orgor call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) to make an appointment or for more information. All blood types are needed to ensure a reliable supply for patients. A blood donor card or driver’s license or two other forms of identification are required at check-in. Individuals who are 17 years of age (16 with parental consent in some states), weigh at least 110 pounds and are in generally good health may be eligible to donate blood. High school students and other donors 18 years of age and younger also have to meet certain height and weight requirements.
Blood donors in the Missouri-Illinois Blood Services Region can now save time at their next donation by using RapidPass to complete their pre-donation reading and health history questionnaire online, on the day of their donation, prior to arriving at the blood drive. To get started and learn more, visitredcrossblood.org/RapidPassand follow the instructions on the site.
About the American Red Cross
The American Red Cross shelters, feeds and provides emotional support to victims of disasters; supplies about 40 percent of the nation’s blood; teaches skills that save lives; provides international humanitarian aid; and supports military members and their families. The Red Cross is a not-for-profit organization that depends on volunteers and the generosity of the American public to perform its mission. For more information, please visitredcross.orgor visit us on Twitter at@RedCross.
Poplar Bluff, Missouri - Carissa Patridge, a chef representative for Sullivan University in Kentucky, talked to Poplar Bluff Technical Career Center students Wednesday, March 8, about higher education opportunities at the National Center for Hospitality Studies. TCC culinary instructor Brandon Moon received his associate degree from Sullivan University, majoring in baking and pastry arts.
Patridge, who visited the district last year as well, additionally guest taught for the day, showing culinary students how to make bacon brittle, French macarons and divinity Southern candy.
Article and photo submitted by Tim Krakowiak, Communications/Marketing Director, Poplar Bluff R-I School District
Bell City, Missouri - Bell City Schools will hold their Kindergarten Screening on Friday, March 31st at the Bell City United Methodist Church.
Children entering Kindergarten for the 2017 - 2018 school year must turn five years old prior to August 1, 2017.
Parents or guardians should bring their child's birth certificate, Social Security card, and Immunization Record (even if shots are not current).
Call (573) 733-4444, Ext 2 to schedule an appointment.
Dexter, Missouri - Southwest Elementary honors students with Positive Office Referral certificates.
This award is presented to students who consistently show the 3R's RESPECTFUL, RESPONSIBLE, and READY TO LEARN at Southwest Elementary in Dexter.
Each student received a certificate and a FREE Taco from Taco Bell.
Shown in the photo front row from left to right: Jiles Monroe, Peyton Dudley, Kayleen Kingston-Horn, Sawyer Thurlkill, Hunter Spain, and Braxton Graves. Back row from left to right Parker Keena, Lila Grimes, Alexis Underwood, Breanna Childers, Alaina Ford, and Corbin Olsen.
