Category Archives: Academics
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.
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.”
2013 Senior Awards Recipients
On April 25, 2013, Ladue Horton Watkins High School honored many outstanding seniors at the annual Senior Awards Program. Of special note, Samantha Shanker was the recipient of the faculty’s Scholarship Leadership and Service Award and Jeet Das was the recipient of the Dads Club Scholarship. See the complete list of all Senior Award recipients.
Four LHWHS Students Chosen for STARS Program
Four Ladue Horton Watkins HIgh School students will get the opportunity to work side-by-side with top scientists this summer and gain hands-on experience in a laboratory research setting. 2013-14 seniors Jacob Jacob, Sarah Jacob, Christine Yan and Yu Ze Zhu are four of nearly 90 high school students from the St. Louis area and beyond who will take part in the program. Following is the full news release provided by the University of Missouri St. Louis as the coordinator of the Students and Teachers as Research Scientists (STARS) program.
St. Louis Rams Player Presents Two Awards to Ladue Middle School
St. Louis Rams tackle, Rodger Saffold was at Ladue Middle School on Monday, May 6, 2013 to present students with not one, but two achievement awards.
Newsweek Ranks LHWHS #1 in Missouri
Each year, Newsweek ranks America’s Best High Schools. This year, Ladue Horton Watkins High School (LHWHS) took the top spot in Missouri, having been ranked fourth last year, and third the year before. LHWHS placed 18 in the midwest, and 166 in the nation, rising from 188 in the nation in 2012.
LHWHS Senior Schindler Places Third in U.S. Math Competition
Schindler One of Four to Represent U.S. Team
At International Competition in England
Max Schindler, a senior at Ladue Horton Watkins High School, placed third, out of all students in the United States, in the North American Computational Linguistics grueling five-hour qualification test. Schindler and the other three members of the U.S. team will head to Manchester, England in July 2013 for the international competition. Schindler is the first student from Ladue Horton Watkins High School to earn a position on the U.S. team for any International Olympiad since 2006.
Conway Elementary School Students Have Family Stories Published
Tripp Gatch, Rebecca Tan and Daniel Volobuev pictured above. Not pictured: Miles Bassett
The following news release was provided by The Grannie Annie organization on April 3, 2013:
Four fifth-graders at Conway Elementary School will be honored by The Grannie Annie Family Story Celebration with publication of their historical family stories. Authors from Conway Elementary School who will have their stories published in Grannie Annie, Vol. 8, to be released in May, are:
