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Building Trades program completes house
The final touches are being made on the 38th house constructed by the Building Trades program of the Technical Career Center, located at 108 Avery St.
The three-bedroom/two-bath, 1,694-square-foot house including a two-car garage, is expected to go out for bid next month for opening by the school board during the July 20 meeting.
"Going over the bookwork, and then seeing that excitement when students do something and it works-it's a good feeling," program instructor Jody Cochran said. "Not all kids are college-bound. You need kids with skills to earn money so they can make a living."
While some vocational schools teach students to build modular structures such as sheds, the TCC has maintained its tradition over the decades of constructing a full house that is up to code and completed under professional carpentry standards, according to TCC Director Charles Kinsey.
During the two-year program, students prep the site, dig the foundation, pour the concrete, lay the floor, frame the walls, wrap the building, install windows and doors, place vinyl siding and put up a roof. Then they place drywall, paint, lay the carpet and flooring, install cabinets, hook up plumbing, perform electrical work, connect the appliances, etc. When designing the layout, Building Trades students subcontract the HVAC class to install the heating and cooling system.
"Like Mike Rowe (of 'Dirty Jobs' fame) says, the community would be lost without your technical people," Cochran said. "Your lights would no longer work. The plumbing would shut down. Automobiles wouldn't run without mechanics."
While Cochran has been building houses in the field for over 20 years, this will mark the first house completed from start to finish under his supervision as an instructor. Having started his tenure at Poplar Bluff R-I during the 2014/15 school year, Cochran was named the TCC Teacher of the Year both in 2016 and '17.
Two open houses will be scheduled this summer. Advertisements can be found in the
Daily American Republic in the near future, or look for updates on
Facebook.
Above: Building Trades students apply the final touches to a great starter home for a new family.
Below: (Back, left to right) Teddy Luttrull, Jody Cochran, Cody Buffington, Luke Cook, Matt Harwell and Ronald Anglin; (front, from left) Austin Farley, Johnny Jaco, Nick Loyd and Ariana Burkhart.
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Multi-sport student athletes who display exemplary sportsmanship, ethics and integrity-as determined by coaches-received awards of excellence from the Missouri State High School Activities Association on Friday, May 19.
Sierra Sievers and Joseph Hardimon were named Missouri Good Sports at Junior High, and Katie Sliger and Adam Vincent received the annual award at Senior High. Sierra plays basketball, volleyball and cross country, with an 11.0 GPA. Joseph plays basketball, and track and field, with a 9.8 GPA. Katie runs cross country, track and field, and participates in swimming and diving, with a 10.886 GPA. Adam plays football and soccer, and runs track and field, with a 9.944 GPA in the classroom.
"We at MSHSAA firmly believe that a positive role model such as yourself can positively influence the actions of others in your school - your teammates, younger students, your opponents and even spectators," stated Jason West, MSHSAA communications director. "By taking the responsible steps in displaying positive sportsmanship, you are helping to rekindle the spirit of citizenship and are serving as a positive representation of your school and community."
Above: (From left) Adam Vincent, Katie Sliger, Athletic Director Kent Keith, Sierra Sievers and Joseph Hardimon.
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Annual scholarships awarded
Graduating Poplar Bluff High School senior Hamiz Mirza has been awarded the $1,300 Mary Lynn Wolpers Scholarship.
Mirza plans to study biology at St. Louis University and then transfer to medical school. He also has an interest in dentistry, he said, having volunteered over 200 hours to the Smiles of Hope Dental Clinic, among other nonprofit operations. Mirza was recently presented the Missouri Award for Outstanding Achievement in
Citizenship.
The Wolpers scholarship, designated for a PBHS senior, was endowed in 2007 and has since bestowed a total of $13,300 to students.
Above: Foundation member Emily Wolpers, sister of the late Mary Lynn, presents Hamiz Mirza a scholarship.
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Graduating senior Katie Huskey has been awarded the $1,000 Dr. Michael D. Laseter Memorial Scholarship for Poplar Bluff High School.
Huskey, who plans on studying biomedical engineering at Columbia University in New York, wrote in her essay that she would like to marry her love of technology and her desire to help others by designing prosthetics to improve the quality of life for amputees.
Huskey is the 10th student to be awarded the Laseter scholarship since its inception. Dr. Laseter was a physician specializing in internal medicine at Kneibert Clinic for over 20 years. After retiring from medicine in 1994, he taught physiology at PBHS on a voluntary basis for five years.
Above: Donna Laseter presents a scholarship check to Katie Huskey, who plans to enter the field of medicine.
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Mackenzie Moore has been awarded the $1,000 Poplar Bluff Public School Foundation scholarship.
Moore has completed 59 credits at Three Rivers College while attending high school through the
College Now program. She has plans to enroll in Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau, where she will study elementary education with a focus on middle school language arts. Upon completing her master's, she hopes to secure a teaching job in Poplar Bluff, "giving back to the community that gave so much to me," she said.
The foundation scholarship has been awarded to PBHS students, past graduates or present-day, since 2001. The foundation is a 501c3 nonprofit dedicated to furthering the educational opportunities of its students and promoting innovation in the classroom.
Above: Foundation president Dr. Amber Richardson awards PBHS senior Mackenzie Moore a teaching scholarship.
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Montana Chitwood was Poplar Bluff High School's fourth recipient of the $400 Kyle Dicken Memorial Scholarship.
Chitwood plans to study music education at Missouri State University in Springfield. "She's in the marching band, jazz, concert - pretty much her whole schedule is band," said instructor Stephen Winters, half-jokingly.
Curtis and Wanda Dicken, the grandparents of the late Kyle, who would have been in the Class of 2014, wish to grow their endowment fund, which they say is the only scholarship available exclusively to local band students. For more information, email the Community Foundation of the Ozarks at
awingo@cfozarks.org or call 573-803-1248.
Above: (From left) Curtis and Wanda Dicken, Montana Chitwood, and Stephen Winters.
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Screening for parents/guardians interested in enrolling their student(s) in the Early Childhood Center half-day program will take place on Thursday, May 25. Child(ren) must be 3 years old by July 31, 2017, and not older than 5. To make an appointment, contact secretary Sandy Case at 573-785-6803. Please have child's social security number handy when calling.
Graduation
The commencement ceremony for the PBHS Class of 2017 is scheduled to take place at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 25, in the Black River Coliseum.
Last Day of School
The last day of the 2016/17 school year is Friday, May 26. Enjoy your summer vacation!
Summer School
Summer school runs from Monday, June 5, to Friday, June 30.
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On Tuesday, May 16,
the DAR reported about Mules Baseball defeating Jackson to win the MSHSAA Class 5 District 1 championship.
On Wednesday, May 17, the DAR reported about PBHS sophomore Aaron Taylor being selected to attend the Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry's Leadership in Practice program; and reported about Mackenzie Moore's foundation scholarship.
On Thursday, May 18, the DAR published a photo display from the PBJHS choir's presentation of "The Music Man;" recognized our March and April Athletes of the Month; and reported about Wolpers scholarship recipient Hamiz Mirza.
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