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Mehlville inducting its first nominees for the Alumni Hall of Fame

Mehlville inducting its first nominees for the Alumni Hall of Fame

October 23, 2019

Mehlville School District will hold its first induction for the district’s Alumni Hall of Fame this week. Candidates were selected for making an impact in their communities or in the nation. Inductees...

Workin’ at the car wash, yeah

Workin’ at the car wash, yeah

October 17, 2019

  Those cars never seem to stop coming! Oakville High School students, above, washed cars for a good cause last month at Auto Zone on Telegraph Road. Among those volunteering were, from left...

Pictured above: The proposed synthetic turf layout for the Lindbergh High School stadium.

Lindbergh installs turf fields as first Prop R improvement

October 16, 2019

By Erin Achenbach Staff Reporter eachenbach@callnewspapers.com Lindbergh High School’s football and soccer stadium will be upgraded to a turf field this spring as part of the improvements voters approved...

Lindbergh Schools fifth-graders at Long and Sappington elementary schools performed student-choreographed dance interpretations of the novel ‘Restart’ with the Modern American Dance Company’s Books in Motion program. Funded by parent groups, the students and MADCO dancers read the novel and developed routines that interpreted the novel’s themes through movement and dance. Each school performed their routines during all-school assemblies.

Telling stories through dance with Books in Motion

October 9, 2019

Lindbergh fifth-graders at Long and Sappington elementary schools recently performed student-choreographed dance interpretations of the novel “Restart,” with the guidance of mentors from the Modern...

Lindbergh Schools rolls back its tax rate due to higher property values

Lindbergh Schools rolls back its tax rate due to higher property values

October 4, 2019

The Lindbergh Board of Education authorized a 31-cent rollback of Lindbergh Schools’ blended tax rate during its annual tax-rate hearing Sept. 24. The board voted 7-0 to approve a blended tax rate...

A Bobcat-style surprise worth waiting for: Military mom reunites with daughter

A Bobcat-style surprise worth waiting for: Military mom reunites with daughter

October 3, 2019

A family reunited last week after a military mom surprised her daughter at Blades Elementary School in Oakville. Katie Herrell, a chief warrant officer with the U.S. Army, has been stationed in...

Affton School District lowers its tax rate even more

Affton School District lowers its tax rate even more

October 3, 2019

The Affton Board of Education rolled back the property tax rate for taxpayers in the Affton School District even more this year. The school board unanimously approved the 2019 blended tax rate of $4.9191...

Pictured above: A rendering of the middle school expansion. Image courtesy of Bayless Schools.

Bayless expansion takes a step forward

October 3, 2019

By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com Plans for the expansion of Bayless Junior High are underway, with Bayless School District taking the first steps toward construction with St....

Sunday Night Lights brings football fun so children with cancer can live their dreams

Sunday Night Lights brings football fun so children with cancer can live their dreams

October 3, 2019

By Jessica Belle Kramer For the Call Every year, Sunday Night Lights brings the Lindbergh Schools community together to support children battling cancer and other serious diseases. The event allows...

In the Rogers Elementary first-day-of-school scavenger hunt in 2019, second-grader Aleah Jacobsmeyer, right, and other students went straight to the top for help, asking Superintendent Chris Gaines if he fit any of their categories. He checked the box ‘I like vegetables.’

In ‘State of the District,’ Gaines outlines Mehlville’s reliance on strategy

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter September 26, 2019

Mehlville School District Superintendent Chris Gaines presented his fifth annual State of the District last week, highlighting Mehlville’s successes with its strategic plan, which is entering its next...

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