Visitation Academy students chose Variety as its designated charity for Spirit Week, a week-long celebration before homecoming. The school community has numerous students, parents, faculty and alumni who are involved with the children’s charity, and more than $10,500 was raised through donations and fundraisers. (Pictured above)
Cub Scout Pack 303 invited Avery Elementary Girl Scouts to get in on the racing action at its Pinewood Derby. The girls built and decorated their own cars, which offered stiff competition for the boys. Nearly half the competitors were girls in kindergarten through fifth grade, and a third-grade Girl Scout had the best time overall. The activity supported the Girl Scouts’ focus on STEM (science, technology, engineering and math).
Westminster Academy‘s We the People team won first place at the state competition, its 15th top finish in the past 19 years. The students will represent Missouri at the national competition in Washington, D.C., this month. The yearlong program promotes civil responsibility among youth. Students participate in simulated congressional hearings before a panel of judges.
Whitfield School‘s varsity dance team won the Division 1 Missouri Dance Team Association State Championship (its sixth since 2008), finishing first in both the kick and mix routines. The squad also received the Academic All State Award for highest team GPA in its division, and head coach Leah Fiske received an award recognizing her 15-year coaching career.
SLUH has expanded its robotics program thanks to a grant from the Innovative Technology Education Fund and NASA, along with other supporters. The expansion included doubling the size of the robotics lab and implementing an outreach program to introduce robotics to Catholic schools in the city and other underserved areas.
The top three finishers in the Honors Division at the Academy of Science-St. Louis Science Fair will be recognized at an awards dinner at the Chase. First place is junior Joshua Kazdan (John Burroughs), second place is Jessica Sun (Parkway Central), and third place is junior Allison Tielking (MICDS). High school students completed college-level research for the scholarship competition, and the top two will compete at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in May.
