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The Ferguson-Florissant School District Board of Education will honor the accomplishments of staff and students at its monthly board meeting on Wednesday, April 14, at 7 p.m.

Superintendent Jeff Spiegel, said he believes the recognitions are a good reminder to the board and district as a whole about the reason they exist – to serve students. He added, “It also gives us an opportunity to smile before we address routine board business.” The list of board recognitions follows:

• Laura Beckmann, physical education, health and wellness curriculum coordinator, who is one of more than 70 “Distinguished Delegates” (educators, health professionals, administrators and policymakers) from 30 countries invited to the Global Forum for Physical Education and Pedagogy 2010. The May 13-14 event will be held in Iowa.

• Drew Mueller, a sophomore at McCluer North High School, for placing second in the nation for his age group and tenth overall in the 2010 U.S. National High School Racquetball Championships in Portland, Oregon. Mueller competed against top-ranked high school males in singles matches and brought home a silver medal. He also finished second for players from Missouri.

• Taelon Smith, a senior at McCluer High School, was presented with the prestigious President’s Volunteer Service award. The award recognizes Americans of all ages who volunteer significant amounts of time to serve their community and country. Smith also received  Certificate of Excellence.

• District students whose artwork ranked among the top 100 entries in the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra’s 20th Annual Picture the Music Art contest. Cool Valley Elementary School winners include Jimonnie Whittaker, a kindergartener, Tahj Henderson, a second-grader, Jayla Allen and Trinity McCaw both fourth-graders, and Cody Yates, a sixth-grader. Andre Parker, a sixth-grader at Halls Ferry Elementary School, and Jalen Frazier, a third-grader at Wedgwood Elementary School, were also winners.

•  The board also recognized Zyericka Higgins, a third-grader at Cool Valley, who received the coveted Maestro award for “The People Who Love To Sing.” This is significant because only two of 16,000 students received Maestro awards.

• The board commended the 2010 Ferguson-Florissant School District Spelling Bee participants.

The first-place elementary school winners include the following: Cole Owens, a fourth-grader at Vogt, Eric Mahoney a fifth-grader at Duchesne and Annta Blackwell a sixth-grader at Johnson-Wabash. The first-place middle school winners include the following: Taylor Lampkin, a seventh-grader, and Tia Galloway, an eighth-grader, at Ferguson Middle School. The overall second-place winner of the district bee is Dominick Gillette, a sixth-grader at Robinwood. The district’s Spelling Bee Champion is Annta Blackwell.

• OASIS Tutors Honored for up to 15 Years of Service. Tutors with five years in the program include: Barbara Clasby (Parker Road), Nancy Kappel (Johnson-Wabash), Mary Jane Loraine (Parker Road), Sharon McFarland (Halls Ferry), and Vivian Weeden (Duchesne). Tutors with ten years in the program include: Rosemary Davison (Bermuda), Sharon Goggins (Combs), and Pat Murphy (Wedgwood). Lastly, Penny Carpenter (Halls Ferry) and Judith Walters (Lee-Hamilton) served 15 years.

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