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Lindbergh High 2020 graduate Karen Guo waves to spectators during a May 26 car parade for graduates, since an in-person graduation has been postponed due to COVID-19.

Lindbergh Class of 2020 will get a drive-in graduation at the PowerPlex

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor June 12, 2020

Lindbergh High School will hold its 2020 graduation Friday, June 26, at the PowerPlex complex at the former St. Louis Mills mall in Hazelwood. The school will have an outdoor drive-in graduation ceremony,...

The pool at the Crestwood Aquatic Centers lazy river and slide, as seen in a photo from Westport Pools.

Crestwood pool will open Monday with reservations, masks and possible Sunset Hills collaboration

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor June 11, 2020

The Crestwood Aquatic Center will be open beginning Monday, June 15, but the pool will operate under COVID-19 restrictions on capacity and requirements for social distancing that will make this year’s...

2020 Lindbergh High School graduate Jimmy Keating celebrates graduation with his classmates in a socially distanced car parade on May 26, the original date of graduation.

Flyers fly by: Class of 2020 graduation parade

June 10, 2020

The Lindbergh High School Class of 2020, including Brayden Kenner pictured above, drove through campus in a special celebratory parade May 26, the original date for graduation, now postponed to late...

Lindbergh High School 2020 graduate Jimmy Keating celebrates graduation with his classmates in a socially distanced car parade May 26, the original date of graduation.

Chaifetz Arena cancels all graduations through July, including Mehlville and Lindbergh

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor June 9, 2020

School districts in St. Louis County had hoped that the Class of 2020 could have some semblance of a normal graduation ceremony this summer, but Chaifetz Arena has canceled all graduations set to be held...

Jack Thayer from Holly Hatfield’s 2018-2019 third-grade class at Sappington Elementary School spent nearly two years coding a math program called ‘Jack Math.’ This program helps students learn addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. His father, who studied engineering, taught Jack how to code in Python.

Lindbergh moves to 1:1 technology, will buy elementary iPads and high-school laptops

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor June 4, 2020

Lindbergh Schools is going to give a computer to every K-12 student through a 1:1 technology program starting this summer and extending over the next three years, in a decision made even before school...

Oakville High graduates like Lauren Long, above, and their families celebrated the Class of 2020’s achievements with a drive-by graduation parade last week. Officials still hold out hope that despite the coronavirus pandemic, in-person graduation ceremonies can be held later this summer.

30th annual Grad Salute celebrates the unique Class of 2020

May 29, 2020

Oakville High graduates like Lauren Long, above, and their families celebrated the Class of 2020’s achievements with a drive-by graduation parade last week. Officials still hold out hope that despite...

Lindbergh High School Class of 2020, official class photo

Grad Salute: Lindbergh High Class of 2020

May 27, 2020

Congratulations Lindbergh High School seniors for a terrific achievement. To see this year's Grad Salute and greetings from the South County business community, celebrate with the May 28 print edition...

Lindbergh High School student Rachel Nieters performs during the Sappington-Concord Historical Societys 2016 Memorial Day celebration in this photo courtesy of Marilyn Muegge. Rachel also performed in the 2017 ceremony.

‘Biggest little annual Memorial Day’ celebration will not happen this year

May 23, 2020

The Sappington-Concord Historical Society has canceled the “biggest little annual Memorial Day celebration in South County” for this year. The event usually takes place the morning of Memorial...

The Lindbergh High School Drumline and Strolling Stings performed for students April 12, 2019 during the band’s annual 36-Hour Musicthon to raise money for childhood cancer research. This year’s event raised $2,200 for Alex’s Lemonade Stand. The band raises money in honor of a young man named Alex, who the band members met in 2012.

Lindbergh High School Musicthon goes virtual, will raise money for 36 hours straight

May 7, 2020

A Lindbergh Schools musical tradition raising money for a great cause is continuing this year despite the extended school closures and limits on crowd sizes due to COVID-19. For the first time, the fundraiser...

Chance the Rapper

Chance the Rapper will honor Lindbergh teacher in Instagram surprise

May 7, 2020

A Lindbergh Schools teacher is going to be honored by Chance the Rapper during an Instagram award show Friday night. A teacher from Crestwood Elementary in Lindbergh — whose identity is not yet being...

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