During a recent Missouri State BETA Convention, several Bernie High School and Junior High School students qualified to attend the National BETA Convention in Orlando, Florida. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the Missouri State convention was conducted in a virtual manner on February 3, 2021; however the National BETA Convention is slated to be a live event.
John Nimmo was elected to the position of Missouri Senior BETA State Secretary.
Bernie will be well represented at the National Convention as they are sending nine students.
Missouri Senior BETA
Allie Pulliam placed first in Creative Art and 2nd in Recyclable Art.
Alonna Barker and Bailey Cannady placed 2nd in 3-D Design.
Mackenzie Powell, Sara Guzman and Sierra Kirkpatrick placed 1st in Portfolio.
Missouri Junior BETA
Jon Aycock placed 4th in 6th grade Math,
Blair Pleiming placed 2nd in 7th grade ELA,
Alexa Dillinger placed 3rd in Apparel Design.
Tatum Baxter placed 5th in Two Dimensional Art.
Dexter, MO - During a recent Missouri State BETA Convention, several Dexter High School and Middle School students qualified to attend the National BETA Convention in Orlando, Florida. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the Missouri State convention was conducted in a virtual manner on February 3, 2021; however the National BETA Convention is slated to be a live event.
Dexter Senior BETA members who qualified are:
Maddie Glaus, 1st Place 10th Grade Math
Evan Grobe, 1st Place 12th Grade Social Studies
Kinleigh Chappell, 1st Place Division 1 Speech
Layne Medler, 2nd Place 12th Grade Language Arts
Rachel Lin, 2nd Place Division II Onsite Drawing and 3rd Place Division II Mixed Media
Quiz Bowl earned 2nd Place: Rachel Lin, Hannah Guy, Evan Grobe, Tara Williams, and Layne Medler.
Hannah Guy, 2nd Place, Division 1 Jewelry and 4th Place, 10th Grade Social Studies
Alise Howell, 3rd Place 10th Grade Language Arts and 3rd Place Division 1 Creative Writing
Makenzie Hutson, 4th Place Division II Color Photography
Kennedy Bess, 4th place 11th Grade Math
Andrew Ellinghouse, 4th Place 12th Grade Math
Tara Williams, 5th place 12th Grade Science
Representing Dexter on the Junior BETA level are Houston Neely who placed 2nd in 7th grade math, Adeline Prance who placed 1st in 8th grade math and Korbin Williams who placed 1st in 8th grade science.
The Stable held its grand opening during the Basketball Homecoming on Friday, Feb. 5, in the Poplar Bluff High School commons.
The Poplar Bluff Chamber of Commerce conducted a ribbon cutting ceremony for the student-run Mules merchandise store, which was originally envisioned during the relocation of the High School around five years ago.
“Several groups have approached me with the idea over the years, but these kids got it done,” stated Mike Owen, PBHS principal.
The effort was led by students Olivia Kirkman, Logan Massey and Isabella Sifford in their leadership elective taught by communication arts instructor Jennie Randolph, who charged the students with working on group projects aimed to benefit the campus community.
“Students leading this project have studied markup, ordering, electric methods of payment, contracts, interviewed local businesses, and so much more,” Randolph reflected.
The retail space is located between the gymnasium and the cafeteria, and sells Mules T-shirts, cups and other school memorabilia, as well as some practical items such as phone chargers and earbuds. Staff voted on the name, The Stable, during the design phase of the building addition, but the area has been used for storage up until now.
The plan, according to student leaders, is to operate the store during varsity basketball games and then hopefully during the school day in 2021/22. If approved, students managing the business would gain credit hours.
“The room has been here since [the facility has] been built and it was meant to be a store, but no one’s ever done anything with it,” Olivia said. “It seemed like a cool project, but we weren’t sure it would become a reality this year,” Isabella noted. Logan added: “We’re very excited to see it finally come together.”
The trio conducted a trial run in the fall, staffing a spirit table during the home football season. For the brick and mortar operation, the high schoolers acquired several manikins from Maurices, and purchased shelving units from Family Video when the chain went out of business.
The entrepreneurship class helped design a T-shirt, after surveying the student body, according to junior Gary Lewis. The Mules Booster Club, along with High School administration, donated some additional gear. All proceeds benefit the Student Council organization.
Pictured: Students (left to right) cut the ribbon for The Stable on Friday, Feb. 5. Also pictured are (from left) Dr. Scott Dill, Valerie Ivy, Mike Owen, Stephanie Hillis, Jennie Randolph and Tammy Deken from Poplar Bluff Schools; and of the Poplar Bluff Chamber.
Article and photo by Tim Krakowiak, Communications/Marketing Director, Poplar Bluff R-I School District
Bloomfield R-XIV School District - This listing of weekly activities is a service offered by the ShowMe Times, working in partnership with Bloomfield School Superintendent Toni Hill.
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 dloflin@showmetimes.com
CALENDAR
Monday, February 8
6:00pm HS Girls BB @ Oak Ridge
7:00pm Board Meeting
Tuesday, February 9
6:00pm HS Boys BB vs Oran
Thursday, February 11
6:00pm HS Boys BB vs Richland
6:00pm HS Girls BB @ Senath
Friday, February 12
No School - Teacher Workday
6:00pm HS Girls BB vs Campbell
Monday, February 15
NO SCHOOL - Presidents Day
Bernie R-XIII School District - This listing of weekly activities is a service offered by the ShowMe Times.
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 dloflin@showmetimes.com
CALENDAR
Monday, February 8
Scholar Bowl home vs Bloomfield 4 pm
Tuesday, February 9
HS Basketball @ Hayti 6:00
Friday, February 12
Teacher Work Day No School
HS Basketball @ Bernie against Malden 6:00
Monday, February 15
President's Day No School
