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Josh Groh

Oakville Elementary teacher named regional teacher of the year

July 27, 2022

Josh Groh, a third-grade teacher at Oakville Elementary School, was named one of 10 honorees for Missouri Regional Teacher of the Year for the St. Louis region, meaning he is eligible to apply for Missouri...

New Year’s Resolutions: Students offer these 2022 goals

January 29, 2022

Students from MOSAIC, Beasley, Blades, Forder, Wohlwend, Hagemann, Point and Oakville Elementary Schools in the Mehlville School District share these resolutions for the new year. Ja’Haven — My...

New principal named for Oakville Elementary

New principal named for Oakville Elementary

May 7, 2021

Meagan Ochoa will be the principal at Oakville Elementary School beginning with the 2021-2022 school year. The Mehlville School District Board of Education unanimously voted to approve Ochoa’s hiring...

Oakville Elementary switches to virtual day due to school power outage

Oakville Elementary switches to virtual day due to school power outage

February 8, 2021

Due to a power outage, Oakville Elementary School's campus is closed today, Monday, Feb. 8, and students will have a virtual learning day. The Mehlville School District told parents to look for an email...

PHOTOS: See photos from Mehlvilles first day of school

PHOTOS: See photos from Mehlville’s first day of school

September 4, 2020

The Mehlville School District began the fall semester last week with a unique start for students, parents and teachers, as most classes and grades are all-virtual.  

Noemi Ban and her mother Juliska pictured in 1922. Photo courtesy of the Holocaust Center for Humanity in Seattle.

Beloved Oakville Elementary teacher had a secret: She had survived the Holocaust

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor June 27, 2019

Noemi Ban, a beloved Oakville Elementary teacher who later became an internationally renowned speaker about how she survived the Holocaust, died this month. Ban, 96, had lived in the Seattle area since...

Oakville Elementary kindergarteners do the footy-ta dance in January 2019.

Embracing ‘That Friday Feeling’

January 25, 2019

Heather Mastis’ class at Oakville Elementary embraced #ThatFridayFeeling last week with the ‘Tooty Ta,’ above. This goofy song and dance helps children (and grown-up children like School Resource...

Isad Menkovic, a third-grade student at Oakville Elementary, completes a math lesson.

Mehlville School District has 1:1 laptops for all its students, K-12

November 20, 2018

By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com The Mehlville School District now has a laptop for every student in the district from kindergarten through 12th grade. Superintendent Chris...

Those who served honored for Veterans Day

November 13, 2018

Schools in the Mehlville School District honored veterans last week for Veterans Day. At Rogers Elementary and Oakville Elementary veterans appeared at an assembly and ate breakfast with students....

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...

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