Parents joined their first graders on Tuesday, Nov. 25, at Oak Grove to participate in DEAR Day, which stands for drop everything and read. Real estate agents from Poplar Bluff Realty, the elementary school sponsor, also visited classrooms to read books to students.

Top: Dressed in camouflage to follow the theme: "hunt for great readers," Tammi Crosby reads a Thanksgiving book to her daughter Colby, who is dressed as a Native American.

Middle: Julie Gambill, a teacher from the 5th & 6th Grade Center, reads to her first grade son, James, in instructor Trendi Jones' class.

Bottom: [Right to left] Cameron Jackson reads a book about Native Americans to his younger brother Caden, along with classmates Brandon Gunn and John Moore, while mother Dr. Amy Jackson, assistant superintendent of personnel, looks on.

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Students at the Poplar Bluff Early Childhood Center dressed up as Pilgrims, Native Americans and turkeys to celebrate their annual Thanksgiving Feast served by staff on Tuesday, Nov. 25, in the school cafeteria.

Above: Brock Littles joins his son Quin, who goes by the name "Eating Fox," chosen in a classroom activity led by his teacher, Laurie Dale. 

Below: Pre-schooler Gage Sparks sports his turkey hat made out of a paper plate and construction paper under the instruction of teacher Sara Jane Robertson.

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The Poplar Bluff Mules Booster Club has selected the PBHS Competition Cheer Squad and Mules Cross-Country star Isaiah Williams as Athletes of the Month for October.

Williams, a junior, has been competing in cross-country for eight years. On Nov. 8, he vied in the Missouri State High School Activities Association Cross-County State Championship in Jefferson City, placing 55th. He qualified the week prior during the Class 4 Sectional in Farmington.

For the second consecutive year, the Cheer Squad won the Class 4 Large Squad division of the Missouri Cheerleading Coaches Association State Championship on Oct. 5 in Columbia. They will compete in the UCA Bootheel Classic national qualifier on Sunday, Dec. 7, in Cape Girardeau.

Above: [Back row from left] Taylor Wiseman, Teslyn Eudaley, Kassi Riley, Isaiah Williams, Leeza Edmundson, Madison Decker, Rachel Henson and Brian Taylor of the Booster Club; [middle row from left] Jamie Hobbs, Mallory Weitzel, Rachael Taylor, Amanda Young, Emily Hoyt and Katie Gerber; and [front row from left] Chloe Vernon, Tori Travers, Mallory Dye and Savannah Weitzel. Not pictured are: Ciara Bilderback, Hailey Garrett, Bailie Talkington and Brittany Walker, plus alternates CoCo Raymer and Lillianne Jones.