School News

P.E. Teacher Barb Wnek poses with the singlet she plans to wear after officially running marathons in all 50 states on Dec. 11 (in South Carolina). (Special to the Independent News)…

Keron Foster, a senior at Hazelwood Central High School, and Bailey Carnes, a sixth-grade student at Hazelwood West Middle School, are both involved in aspects of the Joffrey Ballet’s Nutcracker…

Lawson Elementary School first-grade students Jordan Green, Aaron Bunch, his aide Jessica Trotter, Michael Bohning and Raeonna Harrell help visitor Papa Wright play with some instruments that can be used…

The FIRST robotics season is drawing near and St. Louis Community College - Florissant Valley is gearing up for its annual competition the first weekend of December. The 2010 FIRST…

Students in the Hazelwood School District who are preparing to take the ACT college entrance exam on Dec. 11 can take advantage of workshops hosted by the district. The workshops…

Free developmental screenings, health, hearing and vision functional screenings for children 6 months to 5 years are offered by the Ferguson-Florissant School District’s Parents as Teachers program.  A certified screener…

Blessed Teresa of Calcutta School in Ferguson has had a busu school year and is preparing for  the holidays. The second half of the school year looks to be just…

Seventeen students from Hazelwood West High School were selected as members of three St. Louis All-Suburban choirs – Freshmen/Sophomore Honor Choir, Junior/Senior Honor Choir and Women’s Honor Choir. One student…

STUDENTS SELECTED FOR ALL-SUBURBAN ORCHESTRA: Tejiri Agbigbe, Dylan Pender and Abby Rice of Hazelwood Northwest Middle School are members of the St. Louis All Suburban Middle School Orchestra. Agbigbe plays…