Category Archives: Academics
LHWHS Science Olympiad Team Places Second in Region
The Ladue Horton Watkins High School Science Olympiad Team placed second in the Regional Tournament behind John Burroughs School. The team placed in 18 of the 23 events, taking away nine gold mdals, four silver medals, three bronze medals and two honorable mentions.
LHWHS Junior Chang Wins “Poetry Out Loud” Contest
Katy Chang, a junior at Ladue Horton Watkins High School, won the school’s Poetry Out Loud competition in early January and will be representing the Ladue School District at the St. Louis regional competition.
LHWHS Junior Chen Published in Scientific Journal
Ladue Horton Watkins High School Student Enze Chen is the second author of an article entitled “Gold Nanorods as Plasmonic Nanotransducers: Distance-Dependent Refractive Index Sensitivity” published in the November edition of Langmuir. Langmuir is a peer-reviewed scientific journal established in 1985 and published by the American Chemical Society. It covers research in the areas of surface and colloid chemistry.
Chen was one of four LHWHS students participating in the 2012 Students and Teachers as Research Scientists (STARS) program at the University of Missouri–St. Louis. Also participating from Ladue Schools were Chloe An, Rui Chen and Toby Zhu.
As part of the STARS program, students spent six weeks conducting intensive research with St. Louis-area professionals and professors as part of the 2012 Students and Teachers as Research Scientists Program (STARS).
Students were paired with top research mentors from UMSL, the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, Saint Louis University, Washington University in St. Louis and the Solae Company. Experts from the five institutions took on student apprentices in laboratories and directed students in research projects. Chen was paired with Srikanth Singameneni at Washington University who was also a participating author of the article recently published in Langmuir.
“Ladue View” Places 7th in “Best of Show” Contest
The student staff producers of Ladue View placed seventh in this year’s National Scholastic Press Association’s Best of Show contest. This is the most prestigious category for this competition, where schools from every state in the country submit their television shows for entry. This is the first ever such recognition for our high school’s show.
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iAm Ladue Rises Quickly on the HEC-TV Charts
With only two editions completed, iAm Ladue is the #1 Top Collection of all HEC-TV shows. In addition, the second show submitted has become the second-most downloaded shown on HEC-TV.
Each month, two of the Ladue Broadcast Technology department’s televisions shows, the student-produced Ladue View and the district communications program Ladue Schools Today, are combined into a one-hour television show called iAm Ladue. See the first edition of iAm Ladue.
LHWHS Senior Subramanian Publishes Article in Science Magazine
Ladue Horton Watkins High School Senior Mukund Subramanian, has been published in the Journal of Experimental Secondary Science. His article, Application of Bioinformatics in the Revelation of NSCLC Biomarkers and Potential Targeted Drug Therapies, was researched at Washington University by Subramanian who then collaborated with LHWHS Science Teacher Ted Waterson to submit the article.
LHWHS’ Allen Selected for National Speech Event
Sarah Allen, a senior at Ladue Horton Watkins High School, has been accepted to the George Mason University Extemporaneous Speaking Round Robin. Sarah was selected as one of eight students from across the country to compete in a head-to-head style round robin. Sarah will be expected to be an expert on domestic and international topics – from the economy and elections, to the conflict in Syria and governments in transition around the world.
“iAm Ladue” Featured on HEC-TV
The Ladue Broadcast Technology department has entered into a new joint venture with HEC-TV. An Emmy award winning station of excellence, HEC-TV is St. Louis’ leading producer of education, arts, and cultural television.
Each month, two of the Ladue Broadcast Technology departments televisions shows, the student-produced Ladue View and the district communications program Ladue Schools Today, will be combined into a one-hour television show called iAm Ladue. See the first edition of iAm Ladue.
