The Top 10 seniors in the Pattonville High School Class of 2023 were recognized during an assembly today and presented with T-shirts from the universities they will attend after graduation. After seven semesters of high school, their grade point averages range between 4.49 and 4.731 on a weighted scale. 

The Top 10 seniors in the Pattonville Class of 2023, their declared majors and the universities they will attend are: 

1. Sarah Pieper will major in philosophy, neuroscience and psychology at Washington University in St. Louis;
2. Ben Holland will major in urban planning at Missouri State University;
3. Allison Schrumpf plans to major in data science and earned a scholarship to play Division I soccer at Lindenwood University;
4. Abram Schario was a recipient of the Vice Presidents’ Scholarship and will major in chemistry and be a part of the pre-medical program at Saint Louis University;
5. Sydney Suvansri plans to major in biology and minor in music at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville;
6. Talisa Prabhu received the Saints Scholarship and Dean’s Award in addition to the Chick-fil-A Leadership Scholarship and plans to earn a dual degree in the engineering field at Maryville University;
7. Katherine Kellner plans to earn a bachelor’s degree in mathematics with a certification in secondary education at Lindenwood University; 
8. Hallie Friedrich will major in biology at the University of Arkansas;
9. Maichi Nguyen earned the Vice Presidents’ Scholarship and plans to study engineering based physics through the Honors Program at Saint Louis University;
10. Jayne Herter is planning to major in computer science and interactive digital media at Webster University. 

The Few. The Proud. The Bulldogs.

Members of the U.S. Marine Corps were at Bridgeway Elementary School on Tuesday to conduct a fitness and leadership opportunity with select fifth graders. 

“The students' self discipline, ability to work together as a team and just the effort they are putting into the drills is impressive,” PE teacher Steve Jones said. “They are cheering each other on and motivating each other to finish everything they try.”

The Bridgeway Elementary School K-Kids Green Team won first place in the elementary school division of the 2022-2023 Green Schools Quest challenge. There were 50 schools participating this year and the theme was climate change action. A cash award of $600 and a trophy was presented to club sponsors Jeanne Fernandez (reading specialist), Cheryl Sprengel (secretary) and Mary Kay Campbell (Pattonville board of education member) last week during a club meeting in recognition of their work for creating a healthier, greener environment for their school. 

K-Kids is a year-long student service club that fourth and fifth graders commit to being a part of and is modeled and developed by Kiwanis International. Bridgeway has sponsored K-Kids Club for many years, but this year they added a Green Team component to it. The 32 club members continued to implement many service-oriented projects as in the past, but this year all of the projects included a sustainability focus, especially ways in which they can reduce waste in order to reduce climate change.

“I'm really proud of them all for sticking with it and working hard all year on the projects," Fernandez said.