The second annual Transportation Day at the Kindergarten Center took place on Friday, Nov. 7, during which students had the chance to see various modes of transportation in action.

Thanks to community partners willing to show off their wheels (and hooves), students learned about the classic car, dirt bike, hearse, horse, mule, party bus, segway, semi truck, snowplow, steam engine, tow truck and tractor, as well as emergency vehicles from the police, highway patrol, military, ambulance, sheriff and fire department.

Organized by kindergarten instructor Pennie Ethridge, the Fun Friday director, the activity coincided with a teaching unit recently completed.

Above: The U.S. National Guard shows Tonya Hill's class a wrecker.

Below: Students of Jannette Walk's class sit in a ranger golf cart fabricated by Greg West of Poplar Bluff.

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Parents were given the opportunity last week to learn about Techbooks that are being utilized by Junior and Senior High students as part of the digital transformation.

An estimated 200 people participated in Family Night hosted by Discovery Education on Tuesday, Nov. 4, at Poplar Bluff High School.

Educators collaborated to demonstrate what a blended classroom looks like, combining hands-on activities with technology in the subjects of science and social studies.

Above: High school science teacher Vic Clark demonstrates surface tension "magic," to the amazement of students.

Below: Sophomores [from left] Jackson Warren, and Tanner and Tyson Tibbs dress in colonial attire to interpret a historical scene in front of a green screen, while Lynnell Matthews, Discovery manager of Techbook implementation, facilitates.

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Junior High students of Melinda Moncier's social studies class were introduced Friday, Oct. 31, to Google Cardboard, which is a modern day View-Master that uses an Android App and lens to create a virtual reality experience.

The device was brought back to Poplar Bluff by a group of R-I technology leaders, who recently attended the annual MOREnet conference in Columbia, during which they learned about the fabrication lab at Fulton Schools where students used a laser cutter to produce the Google Cardboard.

Chief Technology Officer Aaron Badgley attended the conference, along with Instructional Technology Facilitators Valerie Ivy and Candace Warren, while Junior High science teacher Jennifer Nicolini was invited to present on the concept of the flipped classroom.

Cutline: Eighth grader [above] Lexi Robertson and instructor [below] Melinda Moncier look through Google Cardboard for the first time.

A total of 260 students of the 5th & 6th Grade Center were recently rewarded a WINGS party for good attendance, behavior and academics during the first quarter.

Sponsored by the Parent Teacher Organization, students were treated to snacks and fun including an inflated obstacle course, karaoke, basketball, temporary tattoos, face painting and makeovers, courtesy of the cosmetology students at the neighboring Technical Career Center.

A quarterly incentive program at 5&6, WINGS stands for We're Into Noticing Good Students.

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Cutline: Sixth graders [above, from left] Demi Wisdom, Peyton Powell, Sydney Sanders and fifth grader [below] Axton Eisenbeis get their hair dyed for the occasion.