Beginning Monday, Nov. 2, the free curbside meal pickup for Pattonville students will shift to Mondays only at Pattonville High School. The new hours for Monday meal pickup are from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 5 to 6 p.m. The meal bags will contain five breakfasts and five lunches for the whole week and will be distributed under the bridge at the high school.
Drummond Elementary ISS supervisor Adrienne Draper has written and published several children’s books. Her latest title, “Rona, Rona, GO AWAY!” was released in June. It’s a story that gives the reader a snapshot of how an 8-year-old boy and his family adjusted to the rapid changes in their community during the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Kids were getting excited about spring break and having this extra week off of school,” Draper said. “The book focuses on the highs and lows of what happened next and makes the Coronavirus something kids can understand.”
Pattonville will host a Pre-Candidate Forum for those interested in running for a seat on the district’s board of education. The forum is set for 7 to 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 17.
Just one week away from the general election, students at Remington Traditional School are participating in Kids Voting USA. They are gaining an appreciation of the power of voting, studying the candidates and important issues, and understanding the registration process in order to participate in an election.
“This is a national program and we were introduced to it through UMSL and have done it in the past,” SIGMA and social studies teacher Ms. Dodie Logue said. “Their votes will be counted with students from across the country and we will find out who the kids elected on Nov. 4.”
Drummond Elementary third grade teacher Ms. Alexis Hasty and fifth grade teacher Ms. Jami Miller each received a grant of $500 and 500 Scholastic Book Clubs Bonus Points for the purpose of building classroom and at-home libraries for their students. They are among 5,000 teachers throughout the United States who received a grant, part of a $2.5 million personal donation made by best-selling author James Patterson and a Scholastic Book Clubs match of 2.5 million Bonus Points.
To be considered for the grant, Hasty and Miller had to fill out a form on Scholastic’s website and were asked to share in 50 characters or less how they planned to use the funds and Bonus Points to help build their classroom libraries.
Rose Acres was one of seven schools in Missouri recognized by the U.S. Department of Education as a 2020 National Blue Ribbon School. The Blue Ribbon Schools Program honors public and non-public schools where students achieve very high learning standards.
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