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St. Louis Call Newspapers

South St. Louis County News

St. Louis Call Newspapers

South St. Louis County News

St. Louis Call Newspapers

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...

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...

Students of all ages serve Mehlville’s ‘60plus’

Students of all ages serve Mehlville’s ‘60plus’

January 9, 2019

The Mehlville School District’s “60plus” members joined the district last month for a total team effort of an event at Blades Elementary, with Blades choir students performing, Washington Middle...

Students in south county go back to school with new superintendents and principals

Students in south county go back to school with new superintendents and principals

August 25, 2018

Above, Oakville Elementary students Baileigh Holland, Logan Woods, Tommy Schoen and Hanna Backs walk into school together on the first day. Their school got a new principal, Kimberly Tooley. Students...

Gallery: Blades Elementary students slime the principal

Gallery: Blades Elementary students slime the principal

March 23, 2018

Students at Blades Elementary raised more than $11,000 by participating in Jump Rope For Heart. The students celebrated their achievement last week by dousing Principal Jeremy Booker with slime.  

Kiwanis Club honors Blades Terrific Kids

Kiwanis Club honors Blades Terrific Kids

November 9, 2017

The Kiwanis Club of South County recently recognized these Blades Ele-mentary School students as Terrific Kids of the Month. The students were honored for their hard work and great improvement in effort,...

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