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Natalie and Zachary Chapman with Blades Elementary Cafeteria manager Michelle Kovacich.

Two Mehlville students turn freeze-dried candy sales into charitable treat for Blades

By Ellie Marshall, Staff Reporter December 27, 2023

Natalie and Zachary Chapman were extra sweet this holiday season and donated $100 of the money they made selling homemade freeze-dried candy to Blades Elementary to help families needing assistance with...

Kevin Green with some of his students.

Mehlville teacher inspires students to embrace healthy, active lifestyles

November 8, 2023

Kevin Green, a physical education teacher at Blades Elementary School, was honored with the Emerson Excellence in Teaching Award for the 2023-2024 school year, representing Mehlville School District. He...

Board hears summer Prop S updates

Board hears summer Prop S updates

By Erin Achenbach, News Editor September 1, 2022

The Mehlville Board of Education heard an update on several Proposition S projects that began this summer at a board meeting Aug. 18 ahead of the first day of school Aug. 22.  Several Prop S projects...

Blades Elementary honors first responders, military

September 10, 2021

Blades Elementary School students and staff invited family members who serve or previously served as first responders or in the military for a special ceremony honoring them and the victims of 9/11...

PHOTOS: Mehlville elementary students now attending five days a week

January 29, 2021

Mehlville students expanded their time in class at the start of the second semester Jan. 19. Elementary students are now attending five days a week, while Mehlville and Oakville high schools attend part-time...

Students from Mrs. Rygelski’s third-grade class at Blades Elementary School pose with Library Media Specialist Jill Hudson after she was presented in May 2019 with a check for $300 to fund her idea to bring pedal exercisers to the school library. Pictured from left to right are Ella Weber, Ashlyn Petlansky, Jill Hudson, Kaimen Matthis (back right) and Wesley Givens (front right).

A look back: Blades Elementary teacher’s idea to add pedal exercisers to library receives grant

January 24, 2021

Editor's note: During the pandemic, we are looking back at several inspiring stories from local South County schools. This grant was given in May 2019.  Jill Hudson, a library media specialist at Blades...

Blades Elementary Terrific Kids in November 2018: Pictured front row, from left, are: Kiley Eschbacher, Elmindina Elijazovic, Aseya Kadymova and Gabriella Colombo.  In the back row are Kiwanian Pauline Roth and Blades Principal Jeremy Booker.

A look back: Blades Elementary Terrific Kids recognized

December 27, 2020

Editor’s Note: The terrific program “Terrific Kids” from the the South County Kiwanis is on hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic and schools limiting visitors, but we thought we’d look back on some...

Mehlville students at Blades are looking forward with 2020 New Years resolutions

Mehlville students at Blades are looking forward with 2020 New Year’s resolutions

December 26, 2019

Blades Elementary fourth-graders came up with New Year’s resolutions they’ll work on this year. Connor — My resolution is to work better. Ulpiana — I want to try to be more creative. For example,...

The story behind Mehlville assignment that made world headlines

The story behind Mehlville assignment that made world headlines

December 17, 2019

By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com A Mehlville School District teacher got international attention for an assignment asking students to “set your price for a slave,” but...

Class assignment asking students to set your price for a slave gets international attention

Class assignment asking students to ‘set your price for a slave’ gets international attention

December 10, 2019

By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com The Mehlville School District is getting international attention for a Blades Elementary assignment in which a teacher asked students to “set...

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