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Poplar Bluff School District

Achieving Excellence Through Learning: Every Child, Every Hour, Every Day

School Year 2014-2015

Shown with shovels are (from left) Board Member Ken Davis, Senior High Principal Mike Kiehne, Board Members Alana Robertson and Gary Simmons, Board President John Scott, Superintendent Chris Hon, Board Vice President Dr. Cynthia Brown, Board Member Heathe

Community leaders break ground on future High School

More than 75 supporters celebrated the groundbreaking ceremony for Poplar Bluff Schools’ new high school, the impetus of the district buildings plan, on Thursday, June 4, at the present site of the
June 5, 2015
Education leaders and supporters gather for a groundbreaking for the Poplar Bluff Middle School.

Community leaders celebrate Middle School groundbreaking

More than 60 community members attended the groundbreaking for the Poplar Bluff Middle School on Tuesday, June 2, at the current Senior High campus. Supporters in attendance included the Board of
June 3, 2015
PBHS senior Ben Soeter poses next to the 100 novels he read.

Soeter completes 100-book challenge

Poplar Bluff High School senior Ben Soeter is the first student in three years to read 100 novels and earn a $1,000 scholarship via the Designing Women Foundation’s Charlie Classics reading
May 12, 2015
School administrators, students, project officials and community leaders gather to celebrate the groundbreaking. Holding shovels (from left) are Superintendent Chris Hon; PBJHS Principal Bob Case; architect Brett Dille; school board members Gary Simmons,

Junior High groundbreaking kicks off buildings plan

About 50 supporters came out on Friday, March 20, to celebrate the groundbreaking for the Poplar Bluff Junior High School addition, which will include a FEMA safe room and nine new classrooms, among
March 24, 2015
Pictured in front of the Washington Monument, Tamara Day and Darian Sales get in some sightseeing while visiting the U.S. Capitol for the first time.

PBHS student to be featured on MTV

A Poplar Bluff High School student will be featured on a popular MTV doc film series for the role she played in a Native American panel discussion that recently took place in Washington,
December 16, 2014
A routine occurrence, custodian John Ethridge picks up mail for the 5th & 6th Grade Center in the Administrative Building, which includes multiple pairs of sneakers for students in need.

Bright Futures program spotlight: Sole Providers

Bright Futures program spotlight: Sole Providers For the past eight years, sneakers to be distributed to students in need across campus have magically appeared in the mailroom of the Administrative
November 4, 2014