Duke Tip Talent Search Identifies 38 LMS Seventh Graders
Duke TIP’s 7th Grade Talent Search identifies students across the United States who have scored at or above the 95th percentile on a grade-level achievement test. As part of the program, these students take above-level college-entrance exams (ACT or SAT) to learn more about their abilities. On March 11, 2013 the exam results were provided for Ladue Middle School seventh-graders.
LMS PE Department Finishes Year of Recognitions with Exemplary Program Award
On Thursday, May 23, 2013, the Physical Education department at Ladue Middle School learned they had been designated as an Exemplary Physical Education Program by the Missouri Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (MOAHPERD.) The middle school will be officially recognized at the MOAHPERD convention in the fall.
LMS Science Olympiad Team Places 22nd at National Competition
The Ladue Middle School Science Olympiad had a great showing at the National Science Olympiad Competition, held on May 18, 2013 in Fairborn, Ohio. The students competed against the top 60 teams from across the country. Ladue Middle School students placed in two events, Sounds of Music (3rd) and Write It Do It (5th). Overall the team earned 22nd place. We are very proud of the dedication and hard work of the following students:
Philip Adams
Luke Biernbaum (Sounds of Music)
Hans Chan (Write It Do It)
Justin Chen
Albert Liu (Write It Do It)
Annie Liu
Tom Liu
Wil Michael
Patrick Naughton
Seema Patil
Kate Prablek
Sahana Raju
Sasha Rice
Ezra Umen
Audrey Wang
Jeffrey Wang
Stephanie Zhong (Sounds of Music)
LHWHS Science Olympiad Team Fares Well in 2013 National Competition
The weekend of May 18-19, 2013, the Ladue Horton Watkins High School Science Olympiad Team traveled to Dayton Ohio to compete in the National Science Olympiad Tournament. Sixty teams from across the country, and a visiting team from Japan, competed in 23 events which included building a robot arm, building an elastic launched glider, astronomy, anatomy, a chemistry laboratory, a circuit laboratory, plus many more.
LHWHS Scholar Bowl Ranked #1 in Nation and Headed to National Competitions
The Ladue Horton Watkins High School Scholar Bowl team is currently ranked number one in the country and will be heading off to two national competitions. The first is in Atlanta on Memorial Day weekend (May 25-27, 2013.) The second is in Maryland from June 7-0, 2013.
2013 Graduates End Year with “Senior Service Day”
Before finishing out the school year, these seniors gave back to their community by donating a day of volunteering to Habitat for Humanity and Our Lady’s Inn.
LHWHS Freshman Puyo Named St. Louis Post-Dispatch Athlete of the Week
As reported on stlhighschoolsports.com on May 8, 2013…
A freshman forward, Puyo has emerged as an offensive threat and was a vital cog in a recent seven-game winning streak. In her last five games, Puyo has seven goals, including three game-winners and two assists. She scored the winning goal and had two assists in a 3-0 win against Lutheran North and added two goals in a 4-0 win over Ritenour. She also had the lone goal in a 1-0 win over Whitfield and scored all three goals in a 3-1 victory over Clayton, which clinched the Suburban East championship for Ladue. Puyo has a team-high 16 goals to go along with eight assists.
LMS Students Win Blue Ribbon at St. Louis Science Fair
Abhay Cashikar, Ryan Cox and Emma Ross, all seventh-graders at Ladue Middle School, received a Blue Ribbon at the Academy of Science – St. Louis Science Fair for their project: “Injuries in Middle School Sports.”
