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2014 Fall Conference Rural Education Award Winners

Rural Elementary Teacher TRAVIS GOOSEN Otterville R-VI School District ****** Rural Junior High School Teacher JULIE MORRIS . . .

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Rural Building Administrator

Mitch Barnes

  Mitch Barnes has dedicated the past six years as high school principal at the Braymer C-4 school district.  Mr. Barnes is an exemplary administrator within his district and displays excellent instructional leader skills on a . . .

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Rural District Administrator

Steve Carvajal

Mr. Steve Carvajal is currently the District Superintendent of the Salem R-80 School District. Energy … this is a contagious attribute that a leader must have.   This describes Mr. Steve Carvajal.  Steve exhibits this . . .

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Rural Elementary Teacher

Travis Goosen

Travis Goosen is a self-motivated, hardworking and a thoughtful teacher.  Only in his third year as a valued member of the Otterville Elementary faculty, Travis works tirelessly for his fifth grade students, with an outstanding . . .

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Rural Junior High School Teacher

Julie Morris

Julie Morris is a professional educator who continues to learn, engages students to do their best and goes out of her way to do what is best for the students.  When you ask individuals in the school and community to describe Julie . . .

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Rural School Board Member

Teddy DeOrnellis

Teddy DeOrnellis has spent multiple years serving the students, parents, patrons and staff as a School Board Member working to improve and support the Paris R-II School District. During his tenure, Mr. DeOrnellis is recognized as someone . . .

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Rural School District

Paris R-II School District

Paris R-II School District “Home of the Coyotes,” is a rural district located in Monroe County in Northeast Missouri.  The town of Paris is the county seat. Much of this area was settled by migrants from the Upper South, . . .

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Rural Secondary Teacher

Joni Cook

Joni Cook has been educating young people for the last twenty-five years in rural schools.  For the last 8 years she has been the librarian at Lakeland High School.  Joni is an incredibly dedicated and hard working educator.  . . .

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Rural Senior High Student

Houston Bichsel

A student of high standards, an achiever of academics, extra-curricular activities, school organizations and especially in life is Houston Bichsel, currently a member of the Senior Class at North Shelby High School, Shelbyville, Missouri. . . .

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Rural Support Staff Member

Kerri Loyd

Kerri Loyd is a person of many skills, talents, and hats. For the past twenty-three years, Mrs. Loyd has been the glue that holds the Ballard school district together.  Mrs. Loyd works as the district bookkeeper, central office secretary . . .

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Outstanding Rural School Board Member

Jeff Volting, Otterville R-IV

Outstanding Rural Board Member Jeff Nolting Otterville R-VI School District Jeff Nolting has spent the last seventeen years serving the students, parents, patrons and staff as a School Board Member working to improve and . . .

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Outstanding Rural Elementary Teacher

Mendy Bridgewater, Rich Hill - R-IV

Mendy Bridgewater is a self-motivated, hardworking and thoughtful teacher.Now in her fifteenth year as a valued member of the Rich Hill Elementary faculty, Mendy works tirelessly for her third grade students, with an outstanding exceptional . . .

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Outstanding Rural High School Student

Jordan French, Morgan Co. R-I

Outstanding Rural Secondary Student Jordan French Morgan Co. R-I School Districts A student of high standards, an achiever of academics, extra-curricular activities, school organizations and especially in life is Jordan . . .

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Outstanding Rural School District

Salem R-80 School District

Outstanding Rural School District Salem R-80 School District Salem, Missouri Salem R-80 School District “Home of the Tigers,” is a rural district located in Dent County in South Central Missouri.The district serves . . .

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Outstanding Rural Middle School Teacher

Mary C. McIntyre, Otterville R-VI

Outstanding Rural Middle School Teacher Mary C. McIntyre Otterville R-VI School District Mary McIntyre is a professional educator who continues to learn, engages students to do their best and goes out of her way to do what . . .

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Outstanding Rural Building Administration

Pam Little, Calhoun R-VIII

Outstanding Rural Building Administrator Mrs. Pam Little Calhoun R-VIII School District Pam Little has dedicated the last twenty-eight years to the education of America’s youth now as the Director of the Early Childhood . . .

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Outstanding Rural District Administrator

Bryan Copple, Newtown-Harris

Outstanding Rural District Administrator Dr. Bryan Copple  Newtown-Harris R-III School District Dr. Bryan Copple is currently the Superintendent of the Newtown-Harris R-III School District at Newtown, Missouri.There is . . .

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Outstanding Rural Secondary Teacher

Barbara Mason, Paris R-II

Outstanding Rural Secondary Teacher Barbara Mason Paris R-II School District Barbara Mason has been educating young people for the last eighteen years in the Paris R-II High School.Mrs. Mason’s teaching experiences have . . .

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Outstanding Rural Support Staff Member

Lois Stacy, North Wood R-IV

Outstanding Rural Support Staff Member Lois Stacy  North Wood R-IV School District Lois Stacy is a woman of many skills, talents, and hats. For over eighteen years, Mrs. Stacy has been the glue that holds the North . . .

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