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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...

Students went on a sight-seeing trip to the city of Tübingen, Germany, which is in the southwest region of the country. Photo provided by Tara Landers.

LHS orchestra members perform two concerts in Stuttgart, Germany

By Ashlynn Couch, Staff Reporter July 3, 2025

Lindbergh High School’s orchestra took its show on the road with two recent performances in Stuttgart, Germany. From June 14-20, students of all grades in all three of LHS’s orchestras had the...

A worker places new letters on the front of Mehlville Senior High School as one of the final touches of Proposition P improvements at the school. Prop P was approved by voters in 2000, and was one of the last times Mehlville made a significant investment in its facilties.

Mehlville considers proposal adapting levies to fund $1.4 million in annual maintenance

By Ashlynn Couch, Staff Reporter June 26, 2025

The Mehlville Board of Education is considering a new, zero-tax rate increase proposal that would adapt local levies in the hopes of annually generating $1.4 million for routine maintenance and infrastructure...

Lindbergh reduces disposed plastic by 44%

Lindbergh reduces disposed plastic by 44%

By Ashlynn Couch, Staff Reporter June 26, 2025

Lindbergh Schools prides itself on moving toward green solutions, and this year, leadership tried a new route: trash liners. The R-Spec liners, introduced across the district at the beginning of the 2024-25...

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...

Carter Hausman and Isabella Moreno at the 2025 US Age Group National Championships Short Track event in New Jersey. Photo provided by Lindbergh Schools.

Two Sperreng students qualify for national speed skating competition

By Ellie Marshall, News Editor June 19, 2025

Sperreng Middle School students Isabella Moreno and Carter Hausman have a need for speed, and speed skating is the perfect outlet.  Training nearly daily, the tweens – both members of the Gateway...

Amy Bush. Photo provided by the Mehlville School District.

MHS teacher Amy Bush awarded nation’s top civics education honor

By Ellie Marshall, News Editor June 16, 2025

Amy Bush, a social studies teacher at Mehlville High School, was recently awarded a James Madison Fellowship. Bush was the only recipient of the fellowship, known as the United States’ most prestigious...

The Lindbergh High School track stadium. Photo courtesy of Lindbergh Schools.

LHS track closed for construction this summer

June 11, 2025

The Lindbergh High School track and stadium field will be closed this summer due to construction funded by the district’s Proposition R 2024.  During the closure, the area will not be available for...

Three Lindbergh schools named 2025 Promising Practice Schools

Three Lindbergh schools named 2025 Promising Practice Schools

June 9, 2025

Lindbergh High School – along with both of Lindbergh’s middle schools, Sperreng and Truman – was named a 2025 Promising Practice School by Character.org on June 5. Lindbergh High School was credited...

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...

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