During the FBLA state leadership conference in April, Bowling Green High School’s Gaby Farabee was awarded a great opportunity. Farabee will represent Missouri at the National Leadership Conference in Anaheim California this June. She will be competing against the top 150 students from across the nation in the Healthcare Administration competition. “Gaby’s work ethic and ambition pushed her to the top of the class in this event. Gaby completed all
Seventh grade students from Bowling Green Middle School could be seen all over town Friday as they participated in the school’s job shadowing activity. Shadowers did everything from butchering to hair dressing and mechanic work. “Our retired middle school counselor Cindy Norton started this program several years ago to provide the students with an opportunity to make a connection to their studies and how they may be applied in a
Members of Bowling Green High School’s Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) Chapter recently attended the 2013 Missouri FBLA Leadership Conference. The conference, which ran April 21, 22, and 23, was held in Columbia. While there, the BGHS students proved once again they are not to be taken lightly. FBLA is a career and technical student-based organization. During the conference, 3,000 members, representing more than 450 chapters throughout the state,
Of the 360 total attendants at the recent 4-H Teen Conference, Pike County stood in proud representation. Connor Shannon, Payton Teasley, Olivia Niemeyer, Emily Meyer, Katherine Dixon, Kara Meyer and Katy Horner, all of Pike County were among the people attending the conference, which was recorded as the largest in Missouri history. The conference was held March 29 and 30 at the University of Missouri, Columbia. The delegates, ages 11
The Pike County Health Department Home Health and Hospice and the WIC program have rescheduled their exciting day in the park due to weather. Fit-N-Fun day will be held Wednesday, May 15, from 4 to 6 p.m., with a rain date of Saturday, June 8 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. The event is for children ages two to five. Fun, age-appropriate physical fitness activities will be available, using playground
Please make plans to come out and enjoy fellowship with former schoolmates and teachers at the Frankford School Reunion, to be held May 25 and 26 at the Jennings Opry Building located on the East Outer Road of Highway 61. Members will be honoring the graduating classes of 1929, 84 years; 1933, 80 years; 1943, 70 years; 1953, 60 years. Zelma (Magness) Rucker is the only surviving classmate from 1929
by Darin Powell, BG R-1 Superintendent It may not seem possible, but the end of the 2012-2013 school year is quickly approaching. The end of the year becomes a hectic time for our students and parents because of all of the various activities and functions that occur at the Bowling Green R-I School District Important Dates and Events Monday, May 13, – 6 p.m. – Baccalaureate Baccalaureate services for
Bowling Green High School’s track team did excellent at the recent EMO
Emergency personnel were called to the scene of an accident involving two