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10.28.2009 9:15 am

Wentzville schools robotics team pumped for premiere of PBS documentary

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Last year, we told you that KETC producers were filming Wentzville’s award-winning robotics team, made up of students from Timberland and Holt high schools, for a PBS documentary.

Well, “Gearing Up” is now finished and ready for a premiere event planned for…

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10.27.2009 8:29 pm

Wentzville School District cancels H1N1 flu vaccination clinic scheduled for Saturday

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The first H1N1 flu vaccination clinic scheduled for Saturday for students in Wentzville schools has been canceled, officials announced on the district website today.

The school district will not be receiving the vaccinations this week as previously scheduled due to distribution…

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10.22.2009 12:31 pm

Wentzville’s Nick Demien gets U.S. Army All-American bowl invite

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Sports fans know Timberland High School’s Nick Demien, the top-ranked prep football recruit in the state of Missouri who also has been rated as the seventh-best offensive lineman in the country.

Today, Demien’s fans in Wentzville are bursting with even more pride as he got his…

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10.13.2009 12:12 pm

Wentzville School District preparing for two H1N1 vaccination clinics for students

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The news this week includes the closure of four Jefferson County schoolsdue to flu absences and the start of H1N1 vaccinations in the Hazelwood School District. 

In St. Charles County, the Wentzville School District told parents today they are preparing to have H1N1…

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08.27.2009 11:31 am

Wentzville, Fort Zumwalt report first suspected swine flu cases of the new school year

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

UPDATE: The cases involve one student at Boone Trail Elementary, one at Holt High School, and 10 at Wentzville Middle School. Attendance at Wentzville Middle is at about 90 percent today, compared to 94-95 percent on an average day. More…

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08.17.2009 8:57 am

Wentzville students, teachers head back to school

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

It’s the first day of school for students in the Wentzville School District, and I’m out this morning writing a story for Tuesday’s paper.

Wentzville students may be just heading back but some students have been in classes for a week…

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08.11.2009 1:41 pm

Wentzville School District gets nearly $500,000 federal grant for physical education

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Physical education in the Wentzville School District will get a boost with nearly half a million dollars in federal grant money.

Wentzville is the only school district in Missouri to receive this grant, which can be used towards equipment, staff and teacher training, according to…

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08.04.2009 5:23 pm

Missouri Association for Career and Technical Education selects Wentzville educator as teacher of the year

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Charlotte Gray

Charlotte Gray

A Wentzville educator is the Missouri Association for Career and Technical Education teacher of the year.

Charlotte Gray, a family and consumer sciences teacher at Holt High School, continually encourages students to build on their strengths and be willing to learn from their mistakes,…

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06.09.2009 11:28 am

After cuts at GM, who is Wentzville’s largest employer?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

For years, it was the General Motors plant, where 887 job cuts were announced Monday morning. Just three years ago, GM had around 2,400 people working at the plant.

But the economic development and population boom in Wentzville during the last decade has lessened GM’s financial impact…

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05.04.2009 11:22 am

St. Charles County school districts plan to raise tax rates

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Did you read Sunday’s story about school district’s raising tax rates to make up for the loss in property tax revenue?

The story mostly focused on St. Louis County, but here’s the situation in St. Charles County for those interested. 

Home values dropped…

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