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Pattonville School District to begin preschool enrollment
Enrollment in Pattonville School District preschool classes for the 2012-2013 school year will begin Feb. 27.
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University City schools to have kindergarten night
The School District of University City will host its spring Fired Up for Kindergarten night on Tuesday, Feb. 28.
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Parkway School Board candidates invited to speak at forum
The League of Women Voters of St. Louis is sponsoring a public forum Monday, March 12 for the three candidates on the April 3 ballot for the Parkway School District Board of Education.
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Ladue School District to hold Proposition 1 discussions
The Ladue School District will hold community preservation and roundtable conversations on Feb. 29 and March 5 regarding the Proposition 1 tax increase that will be on the April 3 ballot.
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Valley Park schools to have kindergarten registration week
Valley Park School District will have a kindergarten registration week from Feb. 27 to March 2 for children who will be entering kindergarten in fall 2012.
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Bayless High offers free sports physicals
Bayless High School is offering free physical examinations for junior high and high school students for the 2012-2013 school year.
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University City school superintendent to discuss district's status
Superintendent Joylynn Pruitt will present an update on the state of the district at the Conversations with the Superintendent.
Feb 21, 2012 | 5:30 am | Loading…
Mehlville School District sees higher revenues, lower costs
The financial picture for the Mehlville School District looks a little rosier than district officials expected. The district will see higher revenues and lower costs than anticipated for the remainder of the year.
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Mental health symposium scheduled
Valley Park Middle School will host a parent symposium on mental health at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 27, in the school cafeteria, 1 Main St.
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School News: Nine Lindbergh students named National Merit finalists
Lindbergh High School's senior class has produced nine National Merit Finalists — a record-breaking number for the school.
Feb 20, 2012 | 5:30 am | Loading…
Arnold to become Avery School principal
Anthony Arnold has been hired as principal of Avery School in the Webster Groves School District, effective July 1. He now is principal of Maplewood-Richmond Heights Elementary School.
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League of Women Voters to have candidate forum
Hamid R. Hamrah, a candidate for the Kirkwood School District Board of Education on the April 3 ballot, has withdrawn from the contest.
Feb 20, 2012 | 5:30 am | Loading…
DAR honors U.S. history teacher
Webster Groves High School teacher Julie Burchett has been chosen by the Missouri State Society Daughters of the American Revolution as the 2012 Outstanding Teacher of American History. She'll be honored May 5 in Jefferson City.
Feb 19, 2012 | 6:15 am | Loading…
Twenty-three Rockwood students reach National Merit finals
Twenty-three high school students in the Rockwood School District achieved finalist standing in the 2012 National Merit Scholarship competition. They are as follows.
Feb 19, 2012 | 3:00 am | Loading…
Six KHS students named National Merit finalists
Kirkwood High School seniors John Frohlichstein, Emily Goyda, Jess Grommet, Alina Luke, Richard Sulser and Sarah Tucker were named National Merit finalists in the 2012 National Merit Scholarship program. They were among the 16,000 high school seniors who were designated last September as semifina…
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KHS students win writing awards
Two Kirkwood High School students received awards in the Missouri Region Scholastic Writing Awards Contest. Sophomore Emily Stobbe won an honorable mention award in the poetry category for her poem, "Dear God, If You Should Find Me Last Night I Dreamed," and a Silver Award in the short story cate…
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Students find books in another form just as neat
Tracy Krysl called her class to order and told her students to open to William Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet."
Feb 15, 2012 | 6:30 am | Loading…
Art group offering scholarships
The Greater St. Louis Art Association invites St. Louis area high school seniors to apply for its annual Artistic Merit Scholarship.
Feb 14, 2012 | 4:45 am | Loading…
NFL prize funds walking trail
Rogers Middle School students recently discovered that cheering for their hometown sports teams can pay off.
Feb 14, 2012 | 4:45 am | Loading…
Mehlville School District plans forum for board candidates
The Mehlville School District will host a candidate forum for the April 3 election of the two open seats on the board of education.
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Rockwood seeks feedback on gifted education
Rockwood School District residents will be able to give feedback on a variety of options for gifted education improvements during a meeting set for Tuesday, Feb. 21.
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Optimist Club honors Green Park student
The Mehlville Optimist Club recently honored Brooke Harmon, a student at Green Park Lutheran School, as its Student of the Month. She was recognized for her academic and athletic achievements, strong moral and civic character and leadership skills. Brooke is the daughter of Steve and Jan Harmon o…
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Rossman School collects shoes for needy
The Rossman School community donated 279 pairs of shoes to Soles4Souls recently. The shoe drive started during the school's Wellness Week. It ended with 14 boxes of new and gently-used shoes. The shipment weighed about 280 pounds.
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Parkway approves budget cuts
The Parkway School District Board of Education has approved budget cuts that will lead to the elimination of jobs.
Feb 13, 2012 | 4:00 pm | Loading…
Five Mehlville district seniors named National Merit finalists
Five Mehlville School District seniors have been selected as finalists in the National Merit Scholarship Program. Mehlville High School student Nathan Quinn and Oakville High School students Clarisse Caliman, Alexander Mathews, Charles Meyer and Stephen Ream are among 15,000 students in the natio…
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Cancer society gives district award
The Rockwood School District's Relay For Life organization was presented a Thanks a Million award for its cumulative donation of $1.1 million dollars to the American Cancer Society during the past 11 years.
Feb 13, 2012 | 5:30 am | Loading…
Pattonville Education Foundation plans dinner, dance, auction
Tickets are now on sale for the Pattonville Education Foundation's annual dinner-dance and auction, set from 5:30 to 11 p.m. on Saturday, March 3, at the Debonaire Banquet Center in St. Ann.
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Character partnership honors 12 Mehlville schools
Twelve schools in the Mehlville School District have been recognized by the Character Education Partnership for their efforts in character education.
Feb 12, 2012 | 6:45 am | Loading…
School News: Two science teachers win awards
The St. Louis Public School District named Emily Williamson as its 2011 Middle School Science Teacher of the Year. She teaches at Gateway Math, Science, and Technology Middle School. An educator with the district since 2008, Williamson creates lessons that incorporate media-rich PowerPoint presen…
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Long Elementary displays black history museum
The hands-on black history museum is on display at Long Elementary School, 9021 Sappington Road in Sappington, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., through Friday, Feb. 24, in the school's library.
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SLPS plans forum on magnet, choice school applications
The St. Louis Public School district will host a public forum on the magnet and choice school application process.
Feb 12, 2012 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Home-schooled student first at fair
Uttara Chakraborty, a home-schooled high school junior, won first place at the Academy of Science-St. Louis Honors Division Science Fair Feb. 4. Chakraborty, a Chesterfield resident, qualified to represent St. Louis at the Intel International Science & Engineering Fair.
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Q&A: Freedom Rider talks about 1961
Matthew Walker Jr. stood in front of the Long Elementary School students, telling them about the time in 1961 when he risked his life in the name of equality.
Feb 11, 2012 | 12:30 am | Loading…
Gym classes bring home-schoolers together for fitness, fun
Bob Needham held the basketball against his chest, demonstrating the correct form for passing it.
Feb 09, 2012 | 6:30 am | Loading…
Chesterfield Day School students take part in spelling, geography bees
Chesterfield Day School students in grades 4-6 recently participated in the Scripps National Spelling Bee and The National Geographic GeoBee.
Feb 06, 2012 | 4:15 am | Loading…
Pattonville to present veterans with honorary diplomas
The Pattonville School District will reserve time during graduation ceremonies to award honorary diplomas to veterans who left high school before graduation to serve in the U.S. military during foreign conflicts.
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Bayless appoints assistant superintendent
The Bayless School District recently appointed Dawn Thieman as its new assistant superintendent for the 2012-2013 school year.
Feb 04, 2012 | 4:15 am | Loading…
Affton school District will start kindergarten registration
The Affton School District will soon begin taking registration for the kindergarten program for the 2012-2013 school year.
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Seckman Middle raises money for Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
Seckman Middle School students and staff recently participated in a fundraiser to raise money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.
Feb 03, 2012 | 12:54 pm | Loading…
SSD selects Brown principal for Special Ambassador Award
The Special School District of St. Louis County has selected Matt Phillips, principal at Brown Elementary School in the Hazelwood School District, as a 2012 Special Ambassador Award recipient.
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North area Lutheran schools to have open houses
Lutheran schools in North St. Louis County will open their doors Sunday, Feb. 12, for a special all schools open house event.
Feb 03, 2012 | 11:11 am | Loading…
Lindbergh High teacher named Peabody Logos Leader
Laura Thomas of Lindbergh High School in Crestwood was named a Peabody Logos Leader in Education for the 2011-12 school year, and awarded $1,000 for her compassion and commitment to students.
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Four St. Anthony Medical staff to serve on medical society board
Four members of St. Anthony's Medical staff recently were installed on the board of the St. Louis Metropolitan Medical Society.
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Backpack program in Rockwood School District seeks to feed students in need
Heavy backpacks are a blessing, not a curse for some Rockwood School District students.
Feb 01, 2012 | 6:30 am | Loading…
Kirkwood School District to consider appointment of chief financial officer
Kirkwood School Superintendent Tom Williams is backing the appointment of Michael Romay as chief financial officer.
Jan 31, 2012 | 5:30 am | Loading…
Valley Park School District seeks nominations for awards
The Valley Park School District is seeking nominations for its annual Above and Beyond for Children and Community Recognition Awards.
Jan 31, 2012 | 2:00 am | Loading…
Business News: West Community Credit union offering scholarships
West Community Credit Union is accepting applications for its 2012 high school scholarship program. Four $1,000 scholarships will be granted to high school seniors in the credit union's general membership and one $1,000 scholarship will be granted to a Brentwood High School senior, where the cred…
Jan 31, 2012 | 1:00 am | Loading…
Parkway going ahead with Polar monitor project
Parkway School District administrators have changed course and now plan to go ahead with district-wide implementation of a Polar active monitor program this spring.
Jan 30, 2012 | 11:45 am | Loading…
North Kirkwood eighth-graders win movie contest
North Kirkwood Middle School eighth-graders Emma Sward, Drew Wagner and Nathan Waller were named winners in the 2011 Show-Me a Movie Digital Storytelling Contest in the "Show-Me Something New" category.
Jan 29, 2012 | 5:30 am | Loading…
City preschool teacher honored
Dawn Neupert was named the Adelaide M. Schlafly Preschool Teacher of the Year by the St. Louis Public Schools.
Jan 29, 2012 | 4:00 am | Loading…
The Art & Science of Scheduling Classes
"Sometimes it seems like colleges are conspiring to keep kids in school longer," lamented a local parent. Her older daughter graduated from a publi…
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