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An Oakville High School student sews during class as students returned for two weeks in October-November 2020, before the announcement that they would return to all-virtual learning until January 2021.

Oakville and Mehlville high school students will return to four days in person starting March 9

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter February 26, 2021

Students at Oakville and Mehlville high schools will attend class in person four days a week starting in March, after almost a year of hybrid or virtual learning due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Mehlville...

PHOTOS: MHS and OHS students return to part-time, in-person learning

January 30, 2021

Mehlville and Oakville high school students returned to the classroom Monday, Jan. 19 for the first time since COVID-19 shutdowns last spring, aside from a brief, two-week window last November.  

MHS students wrap hundreds of shoeboxes filled with toys, clothes and household necessities to donate to families in need in Mehlville School District and a nearby district.

A look back: Mehlville High School students wrap presents for families in need

January 25, 2021

During the COVID-19 pandemic, The Call is taking a look back at some of the past stories of South County. The holidays in 2020 weren't normal for most families, but here's a look back at students giving...

Mehlville Superintendent Chris Gaines talks to a teacher in a hallway while schools were all-virtual in fall 2020.

Mehlville elementary students will attend in-person class five days a week

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter January 8, 2021

In a few weeks some Mehlville School District students will attend in-person class for five days a week for the first time since last March, when school districts first closed due to COVID-19. On Friday,...

Students graduate from Oakville High School in a socially distanced in-person graduation last July.

Mehlville, Oakville highs switch to all-virtual

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor November 18, 2020

Mehlville and Oakville high school students were set to return to all-virtual learning Monday, Nov. 16, the Mehlville School District announced Nov. 12 in an email to parents. Superintendent Chris Gaines...

An Oakville Elementary student the first day of school in 2020.

With students in and out of school, teachers still worried despite air quality upgrades

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter November 17, 2020

The Mehlville School District is trying to make the return to schools safer for students and staff by upgrading air quality, but some teachers are still nervous about teaching in person during the COVID-19...

Above, Mehlville’s Eric Ohmer (No. 2) scores the winning touchdown with less
than two minutes to go in the Oct. 9 game, flanked by Dino Pajazetovic (No. 33) of Oakville.

Panthers fall to Wildcats in first home game of delayed season

By Stephen Glover, Sports Reporter October 19, 2020

For the first time since the long-delayed fall football season started Oct. 9, Mehlville hosted a home football game Oct. 16 — but the Panthers suffered a 54-17 setback to Eureka under the glow of Friday...

Students walk to class during the passing period at Lindbergh High School Thursday, Dec. 13, 2018.

Mehlville, Oakville, Lindbergh high schools will return in person

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor October 13, 2020

Both Lindbergh Schools and the Mehlville School District will bring high school students back to in-person class by the end of October, and Lindbergh will move elementary students to five days a week in...

Above, Oakville wide receiver Tyler Lanzarini tries to elude a tackle from a Panther.

Return of Oakville and Mehlville football leads to a 24-21 thriller, Panthers victory

By Stephen Glover, For the Call October 12, 2020

Local high school football fans deprived of a regularly scheduled season have been patiently waiting for a return to normalcy, and they finally received it last week as Oakville hosted rival Mehlville. Mehlville...

The Mehlville Senior High School football team kicked off its 2014 season Friday night, Aug. 22, 2014, at home, falling to Chaminade 50-7. Above, Mehlvilles Tradell Cunningham, right, pursues Chaminades Bryce Johnson. The Panthers faced Pattonville the next week on the road.

Take our poll: Should school districts play football outside St. Louis County to get around COVID-19 restrictions?

October 3, 2020

The Lindbergh Flyers will be playing football in Jefferson County and the Mehlville Panthers and Oakville Tigers will play each other in an undetermined outside county Friday, Oct. 9. Do you agree with...

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