Michelle Schmitt Receives January 2012 Excellence in Education Award
Michelle Schmitt, librarian at Ladue Horton Watkins High School, was presented with the January 2012 Excellence in Education Award at the January 23, 2012 Board of Education meeting.
Ladue Horton Watkins High School Principal Dr. Bridget Hermann describes Michelle as a highly valued member of the Ladue Horton Watkins’ family who has worked very hard to make the library a center of activity, as opposed to simply a quiet place to study and read.
LHWHS Choral Students Perform with St. Louis Symphony
Students from the Ladue Horton Watkins High School Choral Music Department (listed below) performed in the Holiday Celebration Concerts with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra at Powell Hall on December 15 and 17, 2011. Junior Sydni Davis was a soloist at one of the performances.
Student Shines at National Tournament
Emily Bell (senior, Ladue Horton Watkins High School) was named the Consolation Champion at the Montgomery Bell Academy’s Southern Bell Forum Extemporaneous Speaking Round Robin. Held the first weekend of January, Emily faced challenging competition in facing twenty of the best extemporaneous speakers in the country.
Speech and Debate Team Wins Big at Local Tournament
The Talking Rams came out on top in the Greater Saint Louis Speech League’s Finals Tournament held January 20th and 21st at Ritenour High School. The students faced strong competition but came out on top with four team trophies, eight individual trophies, and high rankings for all students.
Student Earns Highest Degree
Emily Bell, senior at Ladue Horton Watkins High School, has earned the highest degree of membership in the National Forensic League (NFL). Bell earned Premier Distinction in January of 2012 when she reached 1,711 points. Earning this degree places Bell in the top half of one percent of all members in the NFL. Currently, she has the most points on the Talking Rams.
Ladue Middle School Named Missouri School of Character
Ladue Middle School is one of 12 schools from the St. Louis metropolitan region to have earned distinction as a 2012 Missouri School of Character. The program is conducted by CHARACTERplus®, a division of Cooperating School Districts, and is the most rigorous award process in the field of character education.
LHWHS Habitat Charter Wins $10,000
On Wednesday, December 28, 2011 the Ladue Horton Watkins High School’s Habitat for Humanity Charter was notified they were chosen as a runner-up in the SUBWAY® High School Heroes II Competition, which includes an award of $10,000. The group, made up of students from Ladue Horton Watkins High School (LHWHS), is the only Habitat for Humanity Charter held by a school in Missouri, and one of only a few in the nation.
LHWHS Alum Wang Authors Article in Chemical Journal
2011 graduate Melissa Wang recently co-authored an article in the Journal of the American Chemical Society. The article is entitled: ”Structural and Kinetic Analysis of the Unnatural Fusion Protein 4-Coumaroyl-CoA Ligase::Stilbene Synthase”
