Poplar Bluff High School business education teacher Pamela Davis was awarded a $500 grant from the Missouri Retired Teachers Foundation on Wednesday, Aug. 14, so students can create interactive folders detailing concepts learned in personal finance class.
“Students will be learning objectives centered on budgeting, saving, credit/lending, checking, financial decision making, spending, taxes and earning income,” wrote Davis in her proposal. “My goal is to help them prepare for their future by creating a resource of knowledge, which they can take with them to reflect on.”
The funding will be used toward supplies for approximately 90 students, including file folders, binding rings, play money, hole punches, writing utensils and other materials.
Davis was among seven regional recipients chosen in the association’s annual classroom grant program.
Pictured (Left to right) R-I Superintendent Dr. Scott Dill, MRTA Region 12 Vice President Anne Moyer, teacher Pam Davis, MRTF board member John Moyer, Butler County Unit Vice President James Barnhill and Butler County Unit Secretary Jan Duffy.
Article and Photo by Tim Krakowiak, Communications/Marketing Director, Poplar Bluff R-I School District
Dexter, Missouri - New faculty and staff members at the Dexter R-XI School District were introduced this week.
Pictured from left to right are: Courtney Potts, first grade; Maddison Cox, companion aide; Ashlyn Bruce, title aide; Lauren Walker, Special Education aide; Stephanie Ordway, Special Education aide and Alex Barot, special services aide;
second row left to right: Amanda Long, high school social studies; Christy Griffen, ELA; Michelle Jacques, high school special services aide; Rebecca Williams, library aide; Nichole Childers, aide and Linda Hill, high school math teacher;
third row left to right: Bethany Slavings, third through fifth grade special services ELA; Tammy Eifert, middle school/high school special education teacher; Tonya Keena, middle school art; Christy Hampton Fortner, middle school special aide; Doreen Lammon, high school special education aide and Rachel Elder, agriculture;
fourth row left to right: Emily Norris, library aide; Allison Sneed, Southwest Elementary building aide; Hillary Mayberry, third grade; Angie Hilfiker, third grade ELA; Brittany Becker, middle school history, science, and STEM.
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Dexter High School - This listing of weekly activities is a service offered by the ShowMe Times, working in partnership with Dexter High School principal, Alana Dowdy, and DHS Asst. Principal Melissa Hahn for your convenience.
We hope you will mark your calendar and we encourage everyone to support our local students and their activities. The education and growth of young people in our community is the key to everyone's future!If you would like to submit information and a picture of a student and his/her accomplishments, send it to news@showmetimes.com
Tuesday 8-27-19
DHS Stock Your Locker, 3-8pm
Wednesday 8-28-19
First Day of School
Senior Sunrise, 6:15 am - meet at office entrance
Thursday 8-29-19
Chromebook Distribution #1
No Scheduled Activities
Friday 8-30-19
4:00 pm - Girls Tennis at Poplar Bluff, bus 2:45 pm
7:00 pm - Football vs. Ste. Genevieve
9:30 pm - Back to School Dance (after FB game)
Saturday 8-31-19
7:00 pm - Cross Country at Brooks Memphis Twilight, bus 2:00 pm
Bernie, Missouri - Positive Office Referrals at Bernie R-13 Schools. These students were caught making excellent choices and deserve to be recognized!
Bernie Elementary Positive Office Referrals for the week of 8/26/19:
Front Row from Left to Right:
Alexisnell (3rd) helped a kindergarten student get her tray and go through the breakfast line.
Eylen (2nd) had a great week.
Wyatt (2nd) goes out of his way to help others everywhere he goes.
Adilynn (1st) has been following the rules, being a good friend, and trying her best.
Back Row from Left to Right:
Carson (4th) has been kind, generous, and a great example to others.
Ashtin and Kinley (3rd) have been great helpers to their teacher all week.
Madison and Amelia (3rd) went out their their way to make a new student feel welcome.
Kamden (4th) picked up a mess of paper towels in the bathroom.
Dexter High School FFA joined more than 700 FFA members and agricultural leaders on Tuesday, Aug. 13, for the third annual Missouri FFA Food Insecurity Service Day held at the Missouri State Fair. Together, members packed 128,460 meals to feed families of up to six people. The meals were distributed to Missouri’s regional food banks across the state.
“FFA Food Insecurity Day was once again a great success at the State Fair. Students noticed a need in our state and took action, which is what FFA is all about,” said Brenden Kleiboeker, Missouri FFA Association President. “I have confidence that students will go back to their communities with these needs in mind and continue making an impact in our state.”
The Service Day recognizes the efforts of Missouri FFA members and enables members to experience the State Fair. The food packing event and food drive are components of Missouri Farmers Care's Drive to Feed Kids, presented in partnership with Bayer and Brownfield Ag News with support from the Missouri State Fair, Missouri FFA and Missouri Department of Agriculture, along with many organizations and individuals across Missouri agriculture.
"The last line of the FFA motto is 'Living to Serve'," said Dan Cassidy, secretary of Missouri Farmers Care and chair of the Drive to Feed Kids. "FFA Food Insecurity Day plants this seed as hundreds of FFA students and their advisors came together, some on the last day of their summer break, to prepare meals for fellow Missourians in need. They did so with a smile on their face and a sincere desire to make a difference. We are proud to partner with Missouri FFA and Feeding Missouri on this event, knowing we are working together to prepare not only meals but an appetite for service."
In addition to meals packed by FFA members, 1,740 backpack meals were paced at the fair by farmers, ranchers, agribusinesses and legislators. FFA members also collected donations from fairgoers of more than 15,000 pounds of canned food for Missouri children facing hunger. The Drive culminated Saturday, Aug. 17, with a check presentation of $175,000 to Feeding Missouri.
“Missouri farmers are stepping up and saying, ‘not in our state’ when it comes to childhood hunger,” said Scott Baker, State Director for Feeding Missouri. “Thousands of children in Missouri will have something to eat this year because of Missouri Farmers Care and their partners. The pairing of expertise with compassion shows exactly what can be done to address hunger when we work together.”
Sponsorship of Missouri FFA Food Insecurity Day and Missouri Farmers Care’s Drive to Feed Kids was provided by: Brownfield Ag News, Bayer, American Family Insurance, Missouri Farm Bureau, Missouri Farm Bureau Insurance, MFA Incorporated, FCS Financial, Missouri Corn Merchandising Council, Missouri Soybean Association, Missouri Soybean Merchandising Council, Missouri Department of Agriculture, Missouri State Fair, National FFA Association, Missouri FFA Association, Country Vet Pet Foods, Nutrablend, Forrest and Charlotte Lucas – founders of Protect the Harvest, CoBank, A Better Way to Farm, Sydenstricker Implement Company, Missouri Pork Association, Missouri Cattlemen’s Association – The Beef House, Missouri’s Electric Cooperatives, Missouri State Fair Foundation, Tyson and the contributions of many Missouri farmers, ranchers and agribusinesses.
