School Year 2024-2025

The University of Missouri has named Anita Cates the Pre-Employment Transition Services Teacher of the Year for the Southeast Region due to  her advocacy in helping students with disabilities

Dr. Valerie Ivy has been named High School Principal of the Year for the region, the first recipient representing Poplar Bluff High School in recent memory, officials of the Missouri Association of Se

The Poplar Bluff School District has been awarded an $8,000 competitive grant to certify its school-based therapist in play therapy, a research-developed intervention designed for young students. A

An Oak Grove student recently won the 13th annual Butler County Community Resource Council spelling bee at Fox Radio Network, continuing a five-year winning streak for the elementary

The Poplar Bluff Technical Career Center has welcomed Clearwater High School to its consortium for the upcoming academic year, increasing its total network of area sending schools to 10, in addition

The nursing pathways program being piloted in Poplar Bluff is successfully leading to an uptick of student interest in the lucrative profession, R-I educators have reported. The second annual

The Poplar Bluff School Foundation has recently allocated $3,500 for technology upgrades for three High School classrooms through the nonprofit's innovative educational project program. Foundation

NORDYNE has quadrupled its support of the Poplar Bluff Technical Career Center’s HVAC-R program since last school year. Company officials recently donated a total of 30 new pieces of equipment for

Poplar Bluff High School students of Jeanette Miller’s class were chosen to receive a reward from Patrick Mahomes of the Kansas City Chiefs for participating in the Super Bowl hopeful’s reading

Poplar Bluff Schools has an opportunity to expand its building capacity at Early Childhood, enhance safety district-wide and address deferred maintenance including the construction of a new bus

McDonald’s has honored an ‘Outstanding Educator’ from Poplar Bluff for the fifth year in a row since the inception of the restaurant’s regional awards program. Interventionist Teresa Webb of Eugene

Former Eugene Field student repurposes unused space on school playground A sophomore of Poplar Bluff High School found a meaningful way to give back to his former elementary school, perhaps

Poplar Bluff High School has continued its long-standing tradition of providing students a realistic voting experience, despite some school systems reportedly getting away from hosting mock elections

Students of Junior and Senior High recently had the chance to sample Caribbean cuisine as part of the Global Eats program hosted by Chartwells School Dining Services.

The Kinders resumed their touring schedule just in time to help get students of the Poplar Bluff Early Childhood and Kindergarten centers hyped up for Halloween.

Poplar Bluff High School has produced a National Merit Scholarship candidate for the first time in several years. Jack Funke, a senior, is one of more than 16,000 semifinalists of the 70th annual

A total of 1,500 gift cards to Dunkin’ valued at $5 apiece have been distributed to the student body in addition to numerous employee groups at Poplar Bluff High School. The $7,500 contribution was

If community members do not already know about the Poplar Bluff Technical Career Center, the secret will be out soon.

Eugene Field kicks off Leader in Me program with red-carpet event Being proactive has become a superpower at Eugene Field. The enthusiasm stems from guidance counselor Esther Luna’s creation of

A pair of top Poplar Bluff Technical Career Center students were selected as 2024 Malco Head of the Class recipients last month. Samuel Johnson and Parker Kneir, seniors in the HVAC-R program, were

The Mules Football program was recently able to put a precautionary safety measure in place for student-athletes with the aid of an anonymous donation. Several local medical practitioners, lawyers

A student has been chosen to be a member of the National FFA Band for the first time since the Poplar Bluff High School chapter was chartered in 2002, confirmed advisers of past and present. PBHS

School-based health clinics open at three campus locations School-based health clinics are functioning out of three sites within the Poplar Bluff School District this academic year as the result of

“Easier,” “more convenient,” “less time consuming” and “long overdue” were sentiments shared by parents over social media concerning the Poplar Bluff School District’s launch of its online

Taylor steps up to lead R-I Personnel Department When Jennifer Taylor initially learned about an opening at the Poplar Bluff School District during a time in which such opportunities were few and