Poplar Bluff teachers displayed "ingenuity" in their recent grant proposals to the Missouri Retired Teachers Foundation, according to officials, bringing home four of seven $500 grants dispersed throughout an 11-county region.
Winners and projects included: special education teacher Shalyn Copas of the middle school, with a project entitled 'Eat to succeed! Using life skills and cooking lessons to explore the world; communication arts teacher Hilary Taylor of Junior High with the project 'Reaching gifted minds through robotics; science teacher Karen Harris of PBHS with 'Cell structures and processes; and communication arts teacher Jennie Randolph of the high school - 'Understanding Shakespeare.'
The MRTF presented 98 grants totaling $49,000 to teachers representing 14 regions of the state this month. Association members scored the proposals.