Several area teachers have earned Emerson Excellence in Teaching Awards, which annually recognize more than 100 educators in the St. Louis metropolitan area who are examples of excellence in their field.

More than 400 children in the Francis Howell School District will be warm this winter thanks to the efforts of the Cottleville Firefighters Outreach’s Operation Warm program – a nonprofit focused on ensuring kids have a winter coat, helping to improve school attendance and overall wellness.

In honor of the school’s success in their annual Fun Run fundraiser, the Fairmount Elementary principals agreed to let students turn them into “human ice cream sundaes.”

For the next few days, an O’Fallon native’s art will be on display to the public at Fontbonne University at a special Fine Arts Exhibition.

Francis Howell Central and Francis Howell High students recently competed at the 70th annual Missouri YMCA Youth And Government State Convention in Jefferson City.

This year, five Francis Howell School District school programs have been recognized as “Promising Practices,” earning them a prestigious place in the NNPS annual publication.

St. Charles County Police Department’s “Chief for the Day” program highlights outstanding youths in the community. Most recently, it was Peine Ridge Elementary student Luke Rever.

In November, Holt High senior Noah Scheuermann took home the Missouri Class 2 state swimming championship title in the 200 freestyle event with a time of 1:39.29 at the St. Peters Rec-Plex.

The journalism students at Francis Howell North High recently received several awards and recognitions, including the George H. Gallup Award from Quill and Scroll – the International Honor Society for High School Journalists.

The Francis Howell School District’s boundaries will look a bit different when the 2019-2020 school year rolls around. The district has announced it plans to implement “soft boundary” changes to ease the burden on some of its more heavily populated schools.