A Lake Road Elementary student won the Math Counts championship last week, advancing among hundreds of fourth graders across the district.

The Rotary Club of Poplar Bluff has made a $1,500 donation to Lake Road Elementary, renewing its long-term partnership over the Good Habits Store, established during the 2012/13 school year.

Rondi Vaughn, who is in her third year leading Lake Road Elementary, has been named Southeast Region’s 2023 Exemplary New Principal by the Missouri Association of Elementary School Principals. She, along with 10 colleagues across the state, were recognized Monday, March 6, during the annual MAESP Leadership Conference at Osage Beach.