Poplar Bluff School District

Resilient Class of 2021 graduates PBHS A total of 299 students graduated from the Poplar Bluff High School Class of 2021 on Thursday, May 20, at the Black River Coliseum, earning a total of $2.6

Bestselling children’s author spends day at Oak Grove Prolific children’s book author and illustrator, Jan Brett, visited Oak Grove last week and read one of her favorite titles, sharing some

R-I earns national recognition from CKH for fifth year Three buildings in the Poplar Bluff School District out of 325 campuses across the U.S. have been named national showcase schools under the

PBJHS leads essay contest about civil rights Poplar Bluff Junior High yielded three out of four of the top students who placed in a recent county-wide essay contest, sponsored by the Butler County

$3,000 awarded in Red Cross scholarships The American Red Cross has awarded four $750 scholarships to Poplar Bluff High School students who completed successful applications reflecting on their

Municipal Library earns Friend of School Libraries award Poplar Bluff Municipal Library Director Sue Crites Szostak received the 2021 Friend of School Libraries award from the Missouri Association

Two Poplar Bluff sophomores named Missouri Scholars Poplar Bluff High School had both of its allotted student nominees accepted into the 2021 Missouri Scholars Academy—a rarity—according to

PBHS sophomore accepted into Agribusiness Academy A Poplar Bluff sophomore has been chosen alongside only 30 high school students across the state to participate in the 2021 Missouri Agribusiness

Elementary students connect with local author Second graders were overjoyed to meet a local author for the first time in their lives in most cases after reading the recently published book as a

Oak Grove student named finalist in multi-state art contest An Oak Grove first grader has been selected among 100 students to have her artwork featured as part of the 31st annual Picture the Music

Guests dine at mock restaurants created by TCC students Poplar Bluff Technical Career Center students prepared a sampling from several original menus for about 60 guests to enjoy during the

PBHS Iron Mules win Connect Award for outreach The Iron Mules earned the Connect Award during the FIRST Southeast Missouri Regional Competition on Saturday, March 6, held virtually at Poplar Bluff

First district in Missouri to win both national ESEA awards Two Poplar Bluff elementaries have been named 2020 National ESEA Distinguished Schools, the first time in the 25-year history of the

Student-run Mules store opens on PBHS campus 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

Substitute teacher compensation increased, fees reimbursable Missouri Gov. Mike Parson approved last week a reimbursement extension for people interested in obtaining their substitute teaching

HVAC program forges local industry partnerships The HVAC program at the Poplar Bluff Technical Career Center has been receiving scrap equipment donations from businesses as inroads are being made

Barbering, esthetics available for high school students at TCC The Poplar Bluff Technical Career Center has begun recruiting area high school students for esthetics and barbering programs offered

Seventh annual PB Connect has virtual learning focus The seventh annual PB Connect took place virtually across campus on Tuesday, Jan. 19, with a digital learning focus. The internal professional

Students tour watercolor exhibit at museum Sixth grade art classes from the Poplar Bluff Middle School had an opportunity to view nationally renowned watercolor art on Friday, Jan. 8, at the

Pavilion, walking track added at PBMS through partnership A pavilion has recently been constructed in front of the Poplar Bluff Middle School, connected to an ADA-compliant walking track installed

PBHS students raise $1,000 for Project Christmas Promise   A class at Poplar Bluff High School has raised a projected $1,000 for Project Christmas Promise through a student-led enterprise that has

PBJHS donates over 9K cans to food pantry Poplar Bluff Junior High generated 9,025 canned goods last month for St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry, helping to sustain the nonprofit for the entire year,

About 40 elementary students at Oak Grove recently participated in a home project, creating a piece of art using nothing but recyclables, besides adhesive material. This year’s building-wide winner

The Poplar Bluff Middle School may have reinvented the way its student body observes Veterans Day, having hosted a parade in place of its longstanding assembly for the first time. Veterans looped

Kindergarten Center nearly doubles fundraising goal The campus community rallied around Poplar Bluff Kindergarten Center to make its annual Stonie’s Sausage fundraiser by far the most successful in