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Speech teachers recognized
May is Better Hearing and Speech Month, according to the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. The team of speech-language pathologists at Poplar Bluff Schools play a crucial role in helping the district reach its mission: Achieving excellence through learning: every child, every hour, every day.
A review of R-I's teachers of the year of late perhaps best illustrates the impact our speech teachers have made. This year, Donna Baller of the 5th & 6th Grade Center was named Middle School Grade Span Teacher of the Year. The previous school year, Judy Seawel of the Kindergarten Center was named District Teacher of the Year. In 2008, Jeanine Bradley of the Early Childhood Center received the same honor.
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Betas donate $1K to Rayni Day Miracles
On Wednesday, May 1, the Poplar Bluff High School Beta Club donated $1,000 to Rayni Day Miracles, a nonprofit that serves children suffering from primary immune deficiencies and other non-contagious life-threatening illnesses. The Beta Club raised the money through its annual Donut Days fundraiser, a trash service survey members participated in and membership dues.
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Succeeding Beta Club officers
During the Beta Club's closing meeting on Wednesday, May 1, Alexa Miller [above, left] was elected secretary, Aarti Parekh-who ran unopposed-was named treasurer and Tristan Moncier won the vote of vice president for the 2013/14 school year.
The officers will succeed secretary Danielle Farmer [below, left], treasurer Lauren White and president Austin McWilliams. Not pictured is this year's vice president Ridge Hester, who will serve as president next school year.
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UAB Honors Program scholarship
Adrienne Burfield of the Poplar Bluff High School Class of 2013 has been awarded a $15,000 annually renewable scholarship in the University of Alabama - Birmingham Honors Program, where she plans to pursue her professional degree in medicine so she can enter the pediatric care field.
Burfield, 18, will graduate high school with 74 credit hours from Three Rivers College, having maintained a 4.0 GPA at the secondary and higher education institutions, respectively. In December, she was the first student to complete her associate degree requirements through College Now, a dual credit program between the community college and PBHS. On top of the necessary 62 credits, Burfield opted to continue to take college courses this spring semester. She is a member of the Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society.
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Cheerleaders to perform at Gator Bowl
Poplar Bluff Junior and Senior High Cheerleaders held their first of a series of fundraisers on Tuesday, April 30, at Marble Slab Creamery to help finance a trip to Gator Bowl in Jacksonville, Fla., which is estimated to cost $35,000.
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JROTC reenacts battle at Pilot Knob
The Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps recently took a trip to Pilot Knob, where the famous Civil War battle took place in 1864.
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Class of 2013
The Poplar Bluff High School graduation is slated to take place at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 9, in the Black River Coliseum. This year's speaker is Dr. Michael Caldwell of Poplar Bluff Medical Partners, a former PBHS graduate.
Mule Prints
 The premiere edition of our district magazine - a collaboration between our News Bureau and the Daily American Republic - will be distributed in the newspaper on Friday, May 10.
Gator Bowl fundraisers
Students grades kindergarten through fourth are invited to hang out with a cheerleader from 6-8:30 p.m. Friday, May 10, at O'Neal Elementary. Activities will include: picture frame decorating for a photo with a cheerleader, face painting, hair and nails, a movie and a pizza party. The cost is $25. Registration begins at 5:30 p.m. prior.
The Poplar Bluff Cheerleaders will put on a yard sale Friday and Saturday, May 31-June 1, at Dr. Fox's parking lot on 1300 N. Westwood Bldvd.
The cheerleaders will hold a Pancake Breakfast from 7:30-10 a.m. Saturday, June 8, at The Bread Co. The cost is $5.
Each of the aforementioned fundraisers will help finance the cheerleaders' upcoming New Year's Day performance at Gator Bowl in Jacksonville, Fla.
Early Childhood Screening
The Early Childhood Center is currently accepting screening appointments for May 10-14. To attend pre-school during the 2013/14 school year, children must be between 3-4 years old before July 31, 2013 and live within the R-I School District. Appointments may be made by calling 573-785-6803. Please have child's social security number ready.
Long-Range Planning
Long-range planning meetings for the Citizen's Advisory Committee will be held from 6:30-8 p.m. Tuesday, June 4 and 11, plus July 9 and 30, at the 5th & 6th Grade Center.
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On Monday, April 29, the DAR recognized our Dr. Laseter Memorial Scholarship recipient.
The DAR also highlighted the long-standing partnership between Eugene Field Elementary and Walmart.
Lastly, the DAR highlighted our St. Jude fundraising efforts.
On Wednesday, May 1, KFVS12 posted photos on its website from one of many MAP pep rallies that took place here.
On Thursday, May 2, the DAR published a photo from the Beta Club's Donut Days fundraiser.
The DAR also recognized our Foundation and Mary Lynn Wolpers Scholarship recipient.
On Saturday, May 4, KFVS12 recognized a PBHS student who received a scholarship to enter UAB's Honors Program.
KFVS12 also announced that our cheerleaders are performing at Gator Bowl.
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