Poplar Bluff School District

TCC granted reaccreditation for six years The Poplar Bluff Technical Career Center will continue its long-standing tradition of upholding full accreditation, ensuring that adult students can

R-I works to strengthen Professional Learning Community Building leaders from Poplar Bluff R-I participated in a Professional Learning Community Institute this summer in order to continue to ensure

Behavioral incentive program leads to student success The Poplar Bluff School District has recently earned a string of national and state honors for carrying out multiple character-building

Poplar Bluff joins Missouri Model Districts Poplar Bluff R-I was among 21 school systems in the state invited to participate in a three-year initiative expected to shape the design of MSIP 6, the

Students decide what is taught for a day Poplar Bluff Junior High School educators figured out a sure-shot way to tap into the intellectual curiosity of students – let them decide what to

Largest graduating class in decades A total of 340 students graduated from Poplar Bluff High School on Thursday, May 25, at the Black River Coliseum – the largest graduating class since 1980,

Building Trades program completes house The final touches are being made on the 38th house constructed by the Building Trades program of the Poplar Bluff Technical Career Center. The

Downtown Poplar Bluff supplies tower gardens Downtown Poplar Bluff Inc. delivered the last of 10 tower gardens, valued at approximately $9,000 total, to the R-I school district on Monday, April

Education commissioner, legislators honor PBHS student Poplar Bluff High School senior Hamiz Mirza was among 15 select students to receive the Missouri Award for Outstanding Achievement in

Junior High, O’Neal named national ‘showcase’ schools O’Neal Elementary and Poplar Bluff Junior High are among 53 school campuses out of over 10,000 to be named national showcase schools by the

Lighthouse school shines at Leadership Day More than 100 area business associates, educators, pastors, social service workers, legislators and media members participated in the fourth annual

Students present almost $48K to St. Jude Top fundraising students presented a check to St. Jude in the amount of $47,748 on Friday, March 31, during a field trip they were awarded to the children’s

PBHS freshman nominated for Spirit of Sport award Poplar Bluff High School freshman Savannah Hicks was Missouri’s nomination for the National High School Spirit of Sport Award for returning to the

National Technical Honor Society chapter started The Poplar Bluff Technical Career Center inducted its first set of students in its newly established National Technical Honor Society chapter on

Teacher, student receive regional VFW honor Area VFW leaders visited Poplar Bluff Junior High on Thursday, March 9, to recognize social studies teacher Kathy Beck for being named the regional

Meet Kenny Carpenter, Middle School SRO Poplar Bluff R-I’s newest school resource officer, Kenny Carpenter, completed his introductory presentations with the sixth grade last week at the Middle

WWII vet visits American history class World War II veteran Cloyd Cook, a recipient of four Bronze Star Medals, spoke to advanced American history students about some of his early involvement in

Second grade leaders visit with legislators Eugene Field Elementary was recently selected among 15 public schools in Missouri to showcase to legislators its highly successful programming.  Second

Student Safety Patrol established at Middle School A new group of student leaders has emerged at the Poplar Bluff Middle School this year with the relocation of the campus on Victory Lane.  A

Meet O’Neal Elementary’s 10-year-old librarian Name: Bailey Williams Number: Don’t have one yet Address: Mrs. Owings’ classroom Talents: Able to organize perfectly Achievements: Reading 66

Autism ambassador opens up to students Poplar Bluff Junior High School students had a chance to view the world from another lens last week.  “Finding Kansas” author Aaron Likens spoke about what

Teachers draw inspiration from one another What began as a technology camp to share digital resources to upper grade level faculty has expanded to become a district-wide conference with a total of

District launches new mobile-friendly website On New Year’s, Poplar Bluff Schools launched a brand new district website with information and interactive features most popular to over half a million

First ‘lighthouse’ school in Southeast Missouri Eugene Field has achieved lighthouse status under The Leader in Me program, joining only a dozen other schools in Missouri and less than 250

The Giving Closet Poplar Bluff High School students in need of an article of clothing, a personal hygiene product or a classroom supply now have a discrete place to go directly on campus to seek