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Mary McKenzie running in the 2025 Festival of Miles. Photo courtesy of Cor Jesu Academy.

Cor Jesu student Mary McKenzie reflects on her summer running triumphs

By Ashlynn Couch, Staff Reporter August 7, 2025

Mary McKenzie, an incoming senior at Cor Jesu Academy, says the conditions were just right for that run in early June. With the high-energy atmosphere of the Festival of Miles to aid her, she took off...

Summer construction at Rogers Middle School. Photo courtesy of the Affton School District.

Using Prop 1 funding, Rogers Middle School is under construction

By Ashlynn Couch, Staff Reporter July 31, 2025

For anyone walking through Rogers Middle School, the building may look like a stranger. Thanks to the funds generated by Proposition 1 — a zero-tax-rate-increase bond that was passed on the April ballot...

The Soulard Blues Band. Photo courtesy of the Ulysses S. Grant National Historical Site.

Soulard Blues Band concert rescheduled for July 31

July 28, 2025

The Soulard Blues Band is coming to the Ulysses S. Grant National Historical Site on July 31. The lively blues musicians were originally scheduled for a concert on July 17, but because of the rain, it...

Duo Dog Tracker poses for a photo at Cor Jesu Academy. The black English Labrador is two years old. Photo provided by Christin Connors,  CJA’s director of  marketing and communications.

Cor Jesu welcomes Duo Dog Tracker, a furry new facility dog

By Ashlynn Couch, Staff Reporter July 10, 2025

Staff and students at Cor Jesu Academy will be seeing a friendly, furry new face around the school this fall: Duo Dog Tracker, a 2-year-old black English Labrador.  “He’s a lover. He will snuggle...

Cor Jesu Academy soccer after winning the 2025 Class 4 Missouri girls state championship game. Photo courtesy of Cor Jesu Academy.

Cor Jesu soccer wins back-to-back state championships

By Ellie Marshall, News Editor June 19, 2025

Coming in as defending state champions, the pressure was on for Cor Jesu Academy soccer this season. “They felt the pressure,” Cor Jesu head soccer coach Rachel Brcic said. “There was that added...

Affton High School students visit the SLU rare books library where they observe centuries-old texts on the history of seafaring. Photo courtesy of SLU's 1818 ACCP newsletter.

Affton students, faculty partner with local professor for class on pirates

By Ashlynn Couch, Staff Reporter June 5, 2025

This semester, pirates sailed onto the scene with Affton High School’s new course, “Sea Scoundrels: A Global History of Piracy.” Under the instruction of Lisa Lillie, a dual credit history coordinator...

Lutheran South High School takes home five awards for ‘Little Women’

Lutheran South High School takes home five awards for ‘Little Women’

By Ashlynn Couch, Staff Reporter June 5, 2025

Lutheran South High School’s production of “Little Women” won big at this year’s St. Louis High School Musical Theatre Awards. Of the eight categories they were nominated in, the Lutheran South...

The 2025 Cor Jesu waterpolo team.

Cor Jesu boasts first all-girls private school water polo team

By Ellie Marshall, News Editor May 22, 2025

For the first time since its founding in 1956, Cor Jesu Academy has added water polo to its athletic offerings. Though monumental for the school itself, the team is making regional history as the first...

From left to right: Ike Fronabarger, Hamilton Striker, Nolan Belval and Sam Catlett. Photo courtesy of Lutheran South High School.

Four Lutheran South students ride in Black Hawk helicopter

By Ellie Marshall, News Editor May 22, 2025

After winning a school-wide National Guard competition consisting of solving a puzzle in the dark using night vision, four lucky Lutheran South High School students earned a ride in a Black Hawk helicopter.  “Every...

Affton girls soccer hopes to close season on high note

Affton girls soccer hopes to close season on high note

By Jeremy Housewright, For the Call May 14, 2025

 The Affton High School girls soccer team has ridden a wave of highs and lows this season, currently sitting at an even 10-10 record with one game left in the regular season. But with district competition...

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