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Welcome back to The eMule! Here is the latest news of the Poplar Bluff School District to help start your week on the right hoof.
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PBHS discusses anti-bullying at elementary
The Stand for the Silent group at Poplar Bluff High has begun visiting elementary schools this month to read to students children's books with messages about anti-bullying, the club's mission.
About 10 club members visited Eugene Field on Friday, Jan. 26, and
Lake Road two weeks prior, with a desire to include Oak Grove and O'Neal in the future.
"The group is generally there to care for other kids," said mental health therapist Cindy Moses, the club's community sponsor. "If you start with kids at this age, you plant that seed and maybe they'll remember this."
In collaboration with Det. Scott Phelps of the Poplar Bluff Police Department, Moses has been involved since the establishment of the Human Heroes chapter of the national organization at Poplar Bluff Junior and Senior High during the 2012/13 school year. She makes time to meet bi-monthly with the student group before the school day.
At Eugene Field, one of the books read was "Enemy Pie" by Derek Munson with a moral about the adage, to kill with kindness. After a reading, club vice president Calli Gerber-a senior-held a discussion with the elementary students, asking why the lead character of the story served a delicious pie to his bully rather than seeking revenge.
"To become his friend," second grader Abby Kearbey responded. Abby was one of several students who had read the book before on a library program the class has utilized.
Eugene Field Principal Jennifer Taylor said the visit goes hand in hand with weekly anti-bullying lessons taught as part of the school's Positive Behavior Support curriculum in an effort to help "develop the whole child," meeting social and emotional needs too.
Teachers Julie Carda and Angie Page are the PBHS sponsors of the club.
Above: Sophomore Madison Pinderski reads "Chrysanthemum" by Kevin Henkes to third graders in Jackie Gilberto's class.
Below: Freshman Justin Moses visits with students while participating in a coloring activity following a book reading.
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JV Academic Team has third clean sweep
The Poplar Bluff High School JV Academic Team had its third clean sweep of the Scholar Bowl season during a home tournament on Saturday, Jan. 20, defeating 10 schools in the region.
Individual medals were earned by Ross Dare, Michael Joseph, Hannah Tuttle and Emily Spencer, all placing among the top eight in the head-to-head competition. Also most "capably assisting" the team, reported sponsor Gail Karlish, were: Natalie Clark, Trenton Davis, Jenna Isom, Rhianna Johnston, Kristen Laird, Lauren Robertson and Madi Walker
(pictured above).
Participating schools were Arcadia Valley, DeSoto, East Carter, Jackson, Kennett, North County, Notre Dame, Perryville, Saxony Lutheran and Twin Rivers.
Prior to winning the Poplar Bluff tournament 6-0, the Academic Team swept JV tournaments in Notre Dame and Jackson.
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December Athletes of the Month named
The Mules Booster Club has named Paige Bradley and Josh Lawrinenko of Poplar Bluff High School the December Athletes of the Month, presented by Academy Sports + Outdoors.
Josh, a senior, has a current record of 24-5 with 19 pins this wrestling season. He was the Parkway South Tournament champion. In the classroom, he maintains a 9.36 grade point average.
"Josh is a great teammate and does a great job battling through adversity," said Kelton Thompson, wrestling coach. "Josh is a positive leader and is very coachable."
Paige, a sophomore swimmer/diver, has earned a consideration state cut in the medley relay, 200 and 400 freestyle relays, as well as the 50 and 100 freestyle. She broke her own six dive school record competing against Jackson at the opening of the season. She also owns the 11 dive record at the larger events. In the classroom, Paige has an 11.429 GPA.
"Paige is a very determined and dedicated athlete," said her coach Beth Lewis, noting that Paige juggles between traveling to Cape Girardeau to dive and then practices swimming at the Black River Coliseum. "She always has a great attitude."
Above: Presenting the awards to Josh Lawrinenko and Paige Bradley on Tuesday, Jan. 23, is Booster Club member Brian Taylor.
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Library expands collection of popular titles
The Poplar Bluff High School library recently won 20 new release young adult novels that students are "already excited about checking out," according to library media specialist Marcia Priest.
The promotional giveaway was offered by Mackin, a Minnesota-based company that supplies print titles, eBooks, online databases and other resources for schools. Priest, who entered Poplar Bluff into the promotion, has been doing business with the company since she first became a librarian and is very pleased with the service it provides, she said.
To learn more about the resources available at the library, visit their new website
here.
Above: Mackin regional representative Laura Hammerschmidt (right) delivers 20 new young adult books to librarian Marcia Priest on Wednesday, Jan. 24.
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Bright Futures is launching the 'Spread the Love' campaign in an effort to collect jars of peanut butter to help sustain the Chartwells 'Mule Packs' program, which serves almost 150 students in need with food supplies twice monthly.
Local businesses and organizations are being challenged to build a peanut putter pyramid throughout the month of February and post a photo on Facebook, using the hashtag #pb4pb. At the end of the month, arrangements may be made for the collection to be picked up by messaging the Bright Futures Poplar Bluff
page, or calling coordinators Carrie Booker or Donna Moore at 573-785-7751.
Above: (From left) Fourth graders McKenna Miller, Marco Buchanan Jr., Ava Monaghan, Cassidy Heuiser and Cameron Skinner.
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Mules Café
The Mules Café in the Administrative Building is open from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 30, featuring turkey bacon cheddar melts, broccoli cheese soup, choice of fried pickles or fried cauliflower, lemon cream squares and a soft drink - for just $7.
ECH Screening
Screenings for the Early Childhood Center for the 2018/19 school year will take place on Thursday, Feb. 15. Child must be between 3 and 4 years old on July 31, 2018. To schedule an appointment, contact secretary Sandy Case at 573-785-6803. Please have child's social security number available when calling.
K-Center Enrollment
Early enrollment for the Kindergarten Center will take place Tuesday through Thursday, Feb. 20-22, from 9 a.m.-noon, 1-3 p.m. and 4-6 p.m. For more information, call 573-785-4905.
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On Thursday, Dec. 28, the ShowMe Times
reported about Santa's Workshop at the Middle School.
On Sunday, Dec. 31,
the DAR highlighted the Masonic Lodge's generous donations to Eugene Field and Lake Road Elementary; honored our Eugene Field Students of the Month; and reported about the Mules' ShowDown championship victory.
On Friday, Jan. 5, the DAR reported about our VFW Post 6477 Voice of Democracy and Teacher of the Year honorees.
On Thursday, Jan 11, the DAR recognized the Middle School Students of the Month.
On Tuesday, Jan. 16, the DAR reported about Wheatley's annual MLK Day celebration featuring student speakers Jayla Matlock, Laneshia Combs and Dominique Hardimon of PBHS.
On Thursday, Jan. 18, the DAR reported two Letter of Intent signings for PBHS students: Krisman Eakin to run track for Harding University and Jaxson Huffman to play baseball for Jefferson College.
On Friday, Jan. 19, the DAR recognized our Junior High Students of the Month.
On Thursday, Jan. 25, the DAR reported about Tanner Dunivan of PBHS playing linebacker in the Blue-Grey All-American Bowl in Texas.
On Friday, Jan. 26, the DAR published a photo spread from Poplar Bluff Pom Squad camp.
On Sunday, Jan. 28, the DAR ran photos of our Basketball Homecoming Court.
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