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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...

Left to right: Peggy Hassler, Stacey Kenner, Jean Pretto, Richard Vagen and Jeff Wolman

Pretto, Hassler, Wolman elected in Mehlville

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter June 9, 2020

The Mehlville Board of Education will have a new face at its next meeting after newcomer Jeff Wolman and incumbents Peggy Hassler and Jean Pretto won in a five-way race for three open school board seats...

Teachers and administrators for the Hancock Place School District delivered yard signs to every Hancock High School senior’s house to let everyone know about their achievement in the absence of the typical pomp and circumstance. Superintendent Kevin Carl and Assistant Superintendent Tim McInnis delivered signs along with high-school FACS teacher Madison Avery, seen above.

Hancock celebrates 2020 seniors

June 4, 2020

Teachers and administrators for the Hancock Place School District delivered yard signs to every Hancock High School senior’s house to let everyone know about their achievement in the absence of the typical...

Five candidates seeking three seats on the Affton Board of Education

Five candidates seeking three seats on the Affton Board of Education

May 29, 2020

Due to COVID-19, coverage of the race for the Affton Board of Education has been limited, with a League of Women Voters forum called off. Here are the candidate profiles collected by the Affton School...

Sydney Laum

Mehlville senior named to the Missouri Scholars 100

May 27, 2020

Mehlville High School senior Sydney Lahm was named to the Missouri Scholars 100, an annual list of the top 100 high-school seniors from across the state. Cor Jesu Academy’s Isobel Damian also received...

Crestwood Elementary School physical education and health teacher Darrion Cockrell was honored as Lindbergh Schools Teacher of the Year during a surprise announcement April 14.

Chance the Rapper honors Crestwood Elementary teacher Darrion Cockrell, donates $30,000

May 11, 2020

Grammy Award-winning artist Chance the Rapper recognized the Lindbergh Schools 2020 Teacher of the Year Darrion Cockrell Friday for going above and beyond to help his students thrive.  “Mr. DC” teaches...

Mehlville Summer Session goes virtual, extends into July

Mehlville Summer Session goes virtual, extends into July

May 8, 2020

The Mehlville School District’s summer school will go virtual this year and extend through July. Social distancing requirements related to the spread of the novel coronavirus have prompted the school...

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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