School Year 2022-2023

Mark Twain School has been awarded $1,100 for its Jobs for America’s Graduates program in a string of new grant initiatives under Missouri first lady Teresa Parson’s Moving Missouri Forward

The Poplar Bluff Technical Career Center will receive over half a million dollars in facility improvements through a 75 percent state, 25 percent local matching grant awarded recently by the

Two Poplar Bluff elementary teachers have been named 2022 McDonald’s Outstanding Educators across a multi-state service area. Third grade teacher Ashley Blume of Oak Grove and Teresa Hefner, fifth

The Poplar Bluff Board of Education has hired a career educator who draws on more than two decades of experience, the majority of which has been spent as superintendent in public schools across

Missouri Education Commissioner Dr. Margie Vandeven and the Blue Ribbon Commission detailed their efforts in addressing what was labeled a statewide teacher recruitment and retention “crisis” during

A teacher’s chance visit to a local dog groomer has led to a month-long series of student fundraisers generating thousands of dollars for the no-kill animal shelter in Poplar Bluff. The Middle

Mark Twain School has partnered with the Northside Nutrition Center to serve senior citizens lunch and, in addition to an elective credit, gain life experience. Several students have been working

The HVAC/R program at the Poplar Bluff Technical Career Center has incorporated solar energy into its hands-on curriculum, ensuring students remain at the forefront of industry advancements. Toward

Poplar Bluff High School hosted its annual College Fair for upperclassmen on Tuesday, Oct. 25, in the auxiliary gym. The event featured 50 representatives, including several first-timers and a dozen

Bright Futures Poplar Bluff hosted a ‘reboot’ event for community partners since the organization’s mission was impacted during the public health crisis. While visitors were limited, student needs

The Missouri State Teachers Association recently awarded five $100 classroom project grants to Poplar Bluff faculty members out of 64 applications and 30 awarded in total within the Southeast

Poplar Bluff counselors, grades K-3, have their own curriculum for the first time in recent memory supplied along with a $500 implementation stipend per school building by the Butler County

Poplar Bluff has created its own pipeline of teachers by offering paraprofessionals an opportunity to receive a certification in special education at little to no cost, while continuing to earn a

The Rotary Club of Poplar Bluff has provided financial backing for the Rotary ‘Good Habits’ Store at Lake Road Elementary for a decade long – rewarding punctual, well-behaved, high-performing

“If it is to be, it is up to me.” These 10 two-letter words inspired Missouri first lady Teresa Parson to initially become involved with the Jobs for America’s Graduates program on which she now

A lifetime collection of pottery-making equipment has been generously donated to the art programs at Poplar Bluff Junior and Senior High. Kim Stenger passed along the supplies from her late husband

O’Neal Elementary has kicked off a reading incentive program this month with help from a business sponsorship to encourage students to read more at home. Students received reading logs on which

The Poplar Bluff High School robotics program continues to progress with financial support from a Georgia-based philanthropy group that has a vested interest in the future of engineering. The

Mark Twain School incorporated a chicken coop into its non-traditional learning environment on Friday, Sept. 23, for students to work in shifts and tend after. “We’re expanding our alternative way

In a string of successful grants this year alone, gifted teacher Hilary Taylor has been awarded $3,870 through the Louis L. and Julia Dorothy Coover Charitable Foundation toward mental health

Bailey Hester has the task of leading the district out of the pandemic and into a "semi-new normal," she says – a lofty goal inherently beyond her control. She also happens to be Poplar Bluff

The Poplar Bluff High School Class of 1972 has selected the Class of 2022 to pass a time capsule on to in hopes that the gesture inspires the new alums to follow suit, and stay connected. During

Poplar Bluff Schools is bringing back food canning and board games, with assistance from the Missouri Retired Teachers Foundation. Hilary Taylor, who teaches a game design elective at Junior High,

The Poplar Bluff Transportation Department has been restructured to require its director to not only maintain a commercial driver’s license, but be certified as a school administrator. The office

Poplar Bluff R-I has been awarded over $55,000 to help expand Project Lead the Way’s premier science, technology, engineering and math curriculum to its elementary schools.