Schools

WGU Missouri has announced the return of its “Fund My Classroom” initiative, pledging up to $125,000 in grant money to help fund innovative classroom projects.

Students in all three Francis Howell high schools qualified for the Missouri State High School Athletics Association State Speech and Debate Tournament, which will be held virtually April 23-24.

The St. Louis Regional Financial Empowerment Coalition and Money Smart Committee, in partnership with United Way of Greater St. Louis, is hosting a Money Smart Kid Essay Contest.

Lutheran High junior Megan Claytor was recently recognized with the President’s Volunteer Service Award through the Prudential Spirit of Community Awards program.

The primary, first and second grade classes at Academy of the Sacred Heart in St. Charles sponsored a Lenten Book Drive and collected “like new” or new books that will be donated to Books for Newborns and Big Brothers Big Sisters.

To enter, individual students create a 45-90-second video pitch, register for the pitch challenge and upload their video by grade level (K-5, 6-8, 9-12) on or before April 30.

The St. Louis Regional Financial Empowerment Coalition and Money Smart Committee, in partnership with United Way of Greater St. Louis, is hosting a Money Smart Kid Essay Contest for sixth through eighth grade students in the St. Louis area.

In late February, the Lutheran High Robotics program, specifically the Roboteer Leadership Council, brought some of their program’s contraptions to showcase and introduce to the students and staff of Trinity Orchard Farm Lutheran School in St. Charles County.

Isabelle Delarue, Francis Howell North senior, passed Lisa Kowaleski as the high school’s leading scorer for women’s basketball in a game against Fort Zumwalt North on Friday, Feb. 19.

Ashlynn Perez, a senior at Francis Howell North, took home two first place honors in the 2021 Scholastic Writing Awards Contest for the Missouri region.