Education

Maggie Robbins, of Washburn, graduated May 6 during the commencement ceremony for Missouri Valley College. Robbins, who majored in marketing, was one of 218 graduates at MVC this spring. Robbins was also among more than 470 students earning a spot on the dean’s list in the spring semester.

The Elks Lodge 1042 in Holiday Island, Arkansas has announced that Cassville Intermediate students, Cara Leach (first place), Kobhe Ware (second place) and Liliana Burgess (fourth place) are this year’s winners of the annual Elks Lodge essay contest. Students were asked to complete an essay answering the question “What is your American Dream?” All three winning essays advanced to the state competition. From left: Alex Markovich with the Holiday Island Elks Lodge, Leach, Ware and Burgess.

The Cassville Middle School industrial arts program has been awarded a $4,000 grant through the Barry Electric Cooperative (BEC) Sharing Success fund. Funds will be used in conjunction with a 50/50 matching grant to update the drill press and bandsaw and add a wood planer machine in the shop.

Mason Long, right, listens to Kingston Nichols perform as Adolf Sax during a sixth-grade living wax museum event held at the FEMA Event Center on May 9.

All three kitchens at Cassville R-IV School District were awarded Silver Spoon Awards from the Barry County Health Department this year.

Saige Miller, of Cassville, was one of 30 high school sophomores recently selected to participate in the Missouri Department of Agriculture’s Missouri Agribusiness Academy (MAbA). Miller and the other students selected will spend a week in June in the St.