kirk day school
Students are among many in the area donating their used eclipse glasses to schools that will need them in the future. Through Astronomers Without Borders, the school is sending 350 pairs to schools in South America and Asia, where a total solar eclipse will occur in 2019.
whitfield school
Brothers Jack and Harry Blase are taking advantage of an untapped market by turning a dirty chore into a business: cleaning out trash cans. Their business, Kids Can Clean, focuses on their neighborhood and surrounding ones in the Town & Country area. Jack, 13, and Harry, 15, plan to donate 20 percent of their summer profits to Shriners Hospital!
parkway schools
Junior Kate Luckerman continued a family tradition of earning a perfect composite score on the ACT this year. Her older brother, Alex, earned a perfect score on the placement exam last year. Luckerman says she doesn’t know where she will attend college yet, but she plans on studying mathematics.
community school
Fifth-graders Sofie Oztok and Mia Schlottmann raised money for victims of Hurricane Harvey in Houston by holding a bake sale at their school’s book fair. The girls came up with the fundraising idea after working on a writing project on how they could help, and they wanted to put their words into action. They were featured on Fox 2 News with Randi Naughton for their efforts.
chesterfield montessori school
Local students united with other Montessori students across the globe to celebrate the United Nation’s Day of Peace by partaking in a rendition of “Light a Candle for Peace.” The annual event included 150,000 students singing in 65 countries.