During an all-school assembly, MICDS students formed the ‘Turkey Train,’ stretching from one end of campus to the other. More than 700 frozen turkeys were passed down the line, and nearly 4,000 pounds of canned food were collected for St. Louis Area Foodbank, a nonprofit dedicated to fighting hunger in the St. Louis area. This annual service activity started in 2004, and all turkeys and food are donated by students, families, faculty and staff. (Pictured, above)
During a special school donation week called In the Spirit of Giving, Westminster Christian Academy students partnered with Promise Christian Academy to collect more than 11,000 items for children in the St. Louis area and rural southern Missouri. Donations, which included food, cleaning supplies, clothing and toys, were then distributed to eight different agencies in the area.
Seventy-eight orchestra students from Nipher Middle School performed at the 68th annual Midwest Clinic International Band, Orchestra and Music Conference in Chicago. The Nipher Orchestra was the only middle school group in the Midwest selected for the international conference, which brings together top ensembles from 30 countries and all 50 states.
Four students from Andrews Academy were selected out of the 3,300 who auditioned to join the 2015 National Honor Choir. They will perform with renowned conductors Dr. Angela Broker and Bob Chilcott for a concert in Salt Lake City at the famous Mormon Tabernacle, known for its stunning acoustics. Pictured: Sajjad Haider, Imani Higo, Ria Mirchandani, Aaradhya Diwan
Five Parkway North students were selected to the Missouri All-State Choir, which has only 16 members from St. Louis-area schools. The group will perform at Tan-Tar-A Resort in Lake of the Ozarks at the Missouri Music Educator’s Conference. Pictured: Kirby Cooper, Amanda Crawford, Daniel Ham, Leo Diamant, Sammy Elfanbaum
After hearing about El Palenque, a restaurant in Ferguson damaged during protests, Cor Jesu Academy students organized a lunch to raise money to help rebuild the business. Students, faculty and staff bought Mexican food made by restaurant owners Joel and Maria Flores, and all proceeds, which totaled more than $3,000, were donated to the couple.
Students from St. John School in second through fourth grades collected frozen chickens for the food pantry at Third Baptist Church in St. Louis, which serves families each month who would otherwise go without. Pictured: Harrison Weller
To celebrate the November curriculum of ‘building character,’ staff, students and families of University City’s Little Sunshine’s Playhouse & Preschool donated Thanksgiving baskets filled with food to students in need at Dunbar Elementary in East St. Louis.
Miriam School and Learning Center students in kindergarten through eighth grade created an extra-large—and illuminated!—birthday card featuring the downtown St. Louis skyline as part of the city-wide birthday cake project for St. Louis’ 250th celebration. The sign stands in front of the school for all to enjoy.
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