kirkwood high school
The school’s assistant track and field coach Chris Scott received the Distinguished Coach Award from the Missouri Track Cross Country Coaches Association. Scott has coached athletes from across the St. Louis area for 35 years, including at John Burroughs School, Lafayette High School, Riverview Garden High School and St. Louis University High School. While at Kirkwood High School, he assisted the boys track and field team finish third in state in 2018 and coached the boys 4×800 team to back-to-back state championships in 2018 and 2019.
mason ridge elementary school
The school’s fourth grade team placed third at the WordMasters Challenge, an annual national vocabulary competition involving nearly 125,000 students. Individual students at the competition also found success. Fourth graders Madison Cohen and Harper Springman and fifth graders Neena Moolsintong, Andrew Qin and Ellie Zhao earned perfect scores in the Gold Division. The students were coached for the WordMasters Challenge by Abby Webb.
cor jesu academy and st. joseph’s academy
For 19 years, the two schools have turned their basketball rivalry into a force for good. Each year, the two schools compete in a varsity basketball game and the Funderwear Challenge, an initiative to collect underwear and sock donations to benefit St. Patrick Center. This year, more than 41,000 items were donated, and Cor Jesu took home the basketball victory.
ursuline academy
Students, parents, faculty and staff gathered to hold its second community-wide packathon to provide 50,000 meals to those in need in Haiti. “It is hard to fathom that one of the poorest countries in the world is less than a two-hour flight from Miami, Florida, and that 59% of its population lives on less than $2 a day,” director of campus ministry Nicole Weston says. “Our community may never meet the families who are receiving this food, but the fact that we can have such a large impact in just one afternoon is amazing.” The school partnered with the CRUDEM Foundation to bring the meals to Hôpital Sacré Coeur, the largest private hospital in northern Haiti.
westchester elementary school
The school’s Girls on the Run team collected monetary donations, gift cards and items including toys and games to support Friends of Kids with Cancer. The group organized a school-wide pajama day where students could donate money to wear their PJs, and a representative from the nonprofit accepted a check for $222.50. “We are so happy to present these donations and know that they will make a difference for kids fighting cancer and their families,” said Cindy Voller, Westchester teacher and Girls on the Run sponsor.