kirk day school
Students raised more than $30,000 in sponsorships during the third annual KDS Biathlon event. Students biked and ran to raise awareness for the importance of physical fitness while also raising money for the school’s technology program. The event included an alumni fun run, music, awards and food trucks.
old bonhomme elementary
First-grader Sean Dixon raced in Quincy, Illinois, at the Race for Autism, a go kart benefit to raise money for autism-related nonprofits. Sean won first place and gave his winning trophy to a young spectator with autism. Competitors from all over the region, as far as Oklahoma, took part in the race.
kirkwood high school
The student-run Kirkwood Call and thekirkwoodcall.com are Crown finalists in the hybrid publication category for the Columbia Scholastic Press Association. The Crown Awards annually recognize top student publications in the nation. The Kirkwood Call, advised by teacher Mitch Eden, also is a finalist for a Pacemaker award, a distinction bestowed by the National Scholastic Press Association. It is one of six Missouri schools named Pacemaker finalists and one of only three named Crown finalists.
rockwood school district
After learning that one in three mothers struggle to provide diapers for their children, students in the Family and Consumer Science classes at the Rockwood high schools participated in a diaper drive for the St. Louis Area Diaper Bank. Almost 10,000 diapers were collected a week before the drive ended, including more than 1,000 collected by Eureka senior Jensen Schoch, who rallied help from her golf teammates and put out requests on social media.
parkway south high school
The Parkway South Spirit of ’76 marching band took first place overall in the Jaguar Pride Invitational Marching Band Festival. The band works under the direction of band director Chris Becker and assistant band director Lisa Kinworthy. In division preliminaries, the band took first place and also earned awards for Outstanding Music, Outstanding Visual, Outstanding Color Guard and Outstanding Percussion.
