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Local girl gets ‘Make a Wish’ dream

Local girl gets ‘Make a Wish’ dream

April 26, 2019

Truman Middle School students have been working hard all year to make a wish come true for Crystal City’s Makenna Jones. On April 5, they gathered the entire student body to surprise her with the trip...

Mehlville hosts regional STEM summit to display teaching techniques

Mehlville hosts regional STEM summit to display teaching techniques

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter April 23, 2019

The Mehlville School District showed off its strategies for teaching science, technology, engineering and mathematics at a regional STEM Symposium held for educators across five states last month. The...

Pictured above: Bierbaum Principal Nathan Burch with the October 2018 Kiwanis Terrific Kids.

Bierbaum Principal Nathan Burch leaving Mehlville School District

April 19, 2019

Pictured above: Bierbaum Principal Nathan Burch with the October 2018 Kiwanis Club of South County Terrific Kids. Bierbaum Principal Nathan Burch is leaving the Mehlville School District to serve...

Lindbergh Teacher of Year honors diverse cultures at Crestwood Elementary

Lindbergh Teacher of Year honors diverse cultures at Crestwood Elementary

April 19, 2019

Crestwood Elementary School English Language Learners teacher Beth Bridwell was named Lindbergh Schools’ 2019 Teacher of the Year last week. Colleagues and family members honored Bridwell during a...

Students design a ‘green’ garden for class

Students design a ‘green’ garden for class

April 19, 2019

Students in Washington Middle School’s Green Architecture class set up a sustainable garden they designed and planned last week. The students installed the irrigation system, finished the assembly and...

Mehlville School District names three new principals at Oakville, Bierbaum and Mehlville High

Mehlville School District names three new principals at Oakville, Bierbaum and Mehlville High

April 18, 2019

The Mehlville School District announced three new principals for the 2019-2020 school year, including new principals at Oakville High and Bierbaum Elementary and a new assistant principal at Mehlville...

The Lindbergh High School Drumline performs for students on April 12, 2019 during the band’s annual 36-Hour Musicthon to raise money for childhood cancer research. The event raised $2,200 for Alex’s Lemonade Stand.

Lindbergh raises money with 36 hours of music

April 17, 2019

  The Lindbergh High School Drumline and Strolling Stings performed for students April 12-13 during the band’s annual 36-Hour Musicthon to raise money for childhood cancer research. This year’s...

Mehlville School District residents celebrate the historic passage of Proposition R at a victory party at Andres South in 2015. Prop R passed with nearly 73 percent of the vote.

Mehlville finance panel: District keeping Prop R promise

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter April 16, 2019

The Mehlville School District’s Finance Committee conducted its second annual audit on Proposition R spending last month and found that the money has been spent how the district said it would be spent. Mark...

Lindbergh board President Karen Schuster, left, swears in, from left, Jennifer Miller and Mike Tsichlis to their second terms on the Lindbergh school board.

Jennifer Miller, Mike Tsichlis sworn in for second terms on Lindbergh board

April 14, 2019

Voters re-elected Jennifer Miller and Mike Tsichlis to the Lindbergh Board of Education last week, and Miller and Tsichlis were sworn in for second terms during the April 9 board meeting. Miller and Tsichlis...

Lindbergh High School band members, above, raised $2,500 during the fifth annual 36-Hour LHS Musicthon in April 2018 to raise money for Alex’s Lemonade Stand and honor a young band buddy, also named Alex, who died in 2014 from cancer after befriending Lindbergh band members during Sunday Night Lights.

Lindbergh Band hosts 36-hour Musicthon to benefit childhood cancer research Friday and Saturday

April 11, 2019

Lindbergh High School band members will perform for 36 straight music-filled hours Friday and Saturday, April 12 and 13, to raise money for Alex’s Lemonade Stand and honor a young band buddy who died...

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