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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. More »

Newsweek Americas Best High Schools

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 More »

Justin Willman

1998 Ladue Schools Alumni To Appear on “The Tonight Show”

As reported on Patch.com on March 27,2013… The last time he appeared as a guest on The Tonight Show, Justin Willman performed a magic trick that involved a cup of soda over the head of More »

LHWHS Weather Presentation

LHWHS Students Participate in HEC-TV/Fox 2 Weather Presentation

HEC-TV is partnering with KTVI Fox 2 to present a very special HEC-TV Live! program on April 4,2013 about the science behind weather forecasting.  During the live show, students will have the More »

Samantha Shanker

LHWHS Broadcast Student Receives National Recognition

C-SPAN recently announced the 75 winning videos in the 2013 StudentCam competition, and Ladue Senior Samantha Shanker was recognized with an Honorable Mention for her documentary, “On Education.”  More »

LMS Science Team 2013

LMS Science Bowl Places Second in Region

On Saturday, March 2, 2013, the Ladue Middle School Science Bowl Team placed second at the regional tournament at the St. Louis Science Center.  The team was undefeated going into the final More »

Jennifer Johnson

Spoede’s Johnson Receives February 2013 Excellence in Education Award

Jennifer Johnson, a second-grade teacher at Spoede Elementary School, received the February 2013 Excellence in Education Award at the February 26, 2013 Board of Education meeting.  Jennifer came to the Ladue School More »

Cornell Johnston - KSDK

LHWHS Junior Cornell Johnston Featured on KSDK

(KSDK Sports) – One of the most exciting high school basketball players in the area is a “living” testament to the power of determination.  Sports Director Rene Knott has seen him play and he More »

Hahn and Haywood-Gaskin Receive Benjamin Lawson Hooks Excellence in Education Award

As written by James Baer and published on Ladue-Frontenac Patch.com on March31, 2012…

Two Ladue Horton Watkins High School teachers will be recognized with the prestigious Benjamin Lawson Hooks Excellence in Education Awards June 5, 2012.  Dr. Eric Hahn and Angela Haywood-Gaskin will be recognized at the St. Louis County NAACP annual Freedom Fund fellowship dinner on Tuesday, June 5, 2012 at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Clayton.

LMS Orchestra Students Attend St. Louis Suburban Music Educators’ Solo and Ensemble Festival

On Saturday, April 14, 2012, students from the Ladue Middle School orchestra program participated in the St. Louis Suburban Music Educators’ Solo and Ensemble Festival. The following students participated:

LHWHS Gannon Pitches Perfect Game

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Hands down, this was the No. 1 story in Ladue this past week. Fifteen batters went to the plate and Ladue hurler Greg Gannon did not allow one single batter to reach first base, achieving the the first perfect game in 58 years.  Read the full Patch.com article.

http://ladue-frontenac.patch.com/articles/making-history-ladue-s-greg-gannon-throws-first-perfect-game-in-58-years#photo-9550691 

Middle School Students Place First at State Science Olympiad

On April 14, 2012, the following Ladue Middle School students placed first at the State Science Olympiad Competition in Columbia, Missouri.

Old Bonhomme Wins “Fruit and Vegetable Challenge”

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In March, the Ladue School District celebrated National Nutrition Month with the theme “Get Your Plate in Shape” orchestrated by the district’s food service contractor, Chartwells.   Some of the elementary schools classes participated in a Fruit and Vegetable Challenge.  First, students learned about making their plate half fruits and vegetables with the help of some visual aids and activities.   Then the week of March 12 – 16 students were challenged to take and eat a fruit and vegetable at lunch each day, receiving credit on their classroom’s tracking sheet for their choices.

DECA Students Win at Career Development Conference

The following students placed 1st at the DECA District Career Development Conference
Karlyn Burton-Community Service Team Event
Dylan Favazza-Financial Service Team Event
Michele Ragonesi-Financial Service Team Event
Addie O’Neill- Community Service Team Event
Mariah Thoelke-Community Service Team Event

Reed Students Win Song-Writing Contest – Again!

For the second year in a row, two Reed Elementary School students won the C.O.M.P. song-writing contest sponsored by the University of Missouri.  Ande Siegel and Menea Kefalov, composed and performed an original song entitled “War”.  The girls won the same competition last year for a different song.  Learn more by clicking on the video link to a story featured on KSDK’s Show-Me St. Louis.

LHWHS Students Win Web Site Design Programming Competition

The School of Business and Technology at Webster University hosted their annual Programming Challenge on Saturday, April 21, 2012.  The Web Site Design Programming Division included HTML and JavaScript programming.  Students from area high schools competed on teams of two or three students for this three-hour competition designing web pages.