Two Poplar Bluff elementary teachers have been named 2022 McDonald’s Outstanding Educators across a multi-state service area.

The Missouri State Teachers Association recently awarded five $100 classroom project grants to Poplar Bluff faculty members out of 64 applications and 30 awarded in total within the Southeast region, according to officials.

The Rotary Club of Poplar Bluff has provided financial backing for the Rotary ‘Good Habits’ Store at Lake Road Elementary for a decade long – rewarding punctual, well-behaved, high-performing students.

Poplar Bluff R-I has been awarded over $55,000 to help expand Project Lead the Way’s premier science, technology, engineering and math curriculum to its elementary schools.

Poplar Bluff Lodge No. 209 of the Ancient Free & Accepted Masons recently donated $2,100 to Eugene Field and Lake Road Elementary, respectively, to purchase clothing items for students in need.

Each of Poplar Bluff’s lower elementary buildings have been named ‘Best Elementary Schools’ by U.S. News & World Report, with three R-I campuses placing among the top 15 schools in Missouri.

Lake Road recently received the first round of free books to enhance the home libraries of students as part of an exclusive program designed to promote literacy among Title 1 schools across the country.

Sparklight recently donated 50 Google Chromebooks to Lake Road Elementary to be used to teach coding during latchkey as the school works toward its goal of incorporating STEM into its curriculum.

Three buildings in the Poplar Bluff School District out of 325 campuses across the U.S. have been named national showcase schools under the Capturing Kids’ Hearts initiative.

Two Poplar Bluff elementaries have been named 2020 National ESEA Distinguished Schools, the first time in the 25-year history of the program that each of Missouri’s designees were a part of the same school system, a state official has confirmed.

The seventh annual PB Connect took place virtually across campus on Tuesday, Jan. 19, with a digital learning focus.

Distinguished elementary educator Rondi Vaughn has been hired to succeed Erica Weadon as principal of Lake Road Elementary.

Poplar Bluff Schools became the first of two districts in the country to launch a bulk milk dispenser pilot program on Monday, Feb. 10, rolling out about $20,000 in grant-funded cafeteria equipment.

Two Poplar Bluff educators received $100 classroom project awards to fund student-centered materials earlier this month through the Southeast Region Teachers Association, a division of the Missouri State Teachers Association.

Southern Bank has agreed to sponsor Kid Account, allowing the R-I district to expand the dismissal system utilized at the Poplar Bluff Middle School to include Lake Road Elementary this year.

Lake Road Elementary School hosted its inaugural Blue Ribbon Showcase on Tuesday, March 19, to share with the community the journey it took to achieve the coveted national honor.

For the second year in a row, Poplar Bluff R-I has had an elementary school receive national recognition for exceptional student achievement on the MAP test.

U.S. Rep. Jason Smith delivered a Congressional Record to Lake Road on Tuesday, Dec. 18, to commemorate the elementary school’s recent National Blue Ribbon honor.

The U.S. Department of Education announced today that Lake Road Elementary has been named a 2018 National Blue Ribbon School, the highest honor an educational institution can achieve.

Poplar Bluff R-I education officials have taken measures for Lake Road Elementary to expand its configuration to include fourth grade as an offering made available to parents this year, with the possibility of serving up to grade six by 2020/21.

Lake Road Elementary has been named a Missouri Gold Star School among only eight statewide for performing at a high academic level while serving a significant proportion of disadvantaged students, the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education announced.

Lake Road and Junior High have been selected among only four schools in Missouri and 123 in the United States as national showcase award winners under the Capturing Kids’ Hearts, program officials have announced.

Thirty new bicycles and helmets were awarded to students who have maintained perfect attendance at Lake Road on Friday, Dec. 15, during the elementary school’s morning celebration.

A student-led effort at Lake Road is aimed at reducing the elementary school’s carbon footprint.

Three Poplar Bluff R-I educators were awarded Missouri School Teachers Association mini-grants for additional classroom resources on Thursday, Oct. 5.

The Poplar Bluff School District has recently earned a string of national and state honors for carrying out multiple character-building initiatives in an effort to improve academic performance.

The Poplar Bluff City Tree Advisory Board planted two trees for national Arbor Day on Friday, April 28, at Lake Road Elementary.

Lake Road Elementary was selected as the Southeast Region’s success story in the “Positive Focus” quarterly newsletter, published by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education in cooperation with the University of Missouri Center for SW-PBS.

An elementary teacher at Lake Road has realized her vision by installing a chicken coop at the school, with help from some generous patrons.

U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill chose Lake Road Elementary School to be the recipient of five used computers as part of the Computers for Schools program of the legislative chamber.

New data is showing that the average daily attendance at the Boys and Girls Club of Poplar Bluff has increased by nearly 200 students over last year, thanks to the long-standing partnership with Poplar Bluff Schools.