Board approves hiring chief financial officer

Category: District
Published: 09 March 2022

The Pattonville Board of Education on March 8 approved the selection of Mary Jo Gruber as Pattonville’s new chief financial officer (CFO), effective July 1. She replaces Ron Orr, who will retire at the end of the current school year. 

Gruber has served as the CFO for the School District of Clayton since 2011 after working as Clayton’s director of accounting for 11 years. She also served as the business manager for the former Wellston School District and as an auditor and audit manager in the private sector. 

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Update from the superintendent

Category: District
Published: 09 March 2022

Dear Pattonville families and staff,

As we approach spring break, I wanted to provide an update regarding our COVID-19 mitigation practices.

  • As a reminder, masks are optional in all district facilities and school buses. 

 

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Elementary students compete in March Madness basketball tournament

Category: District
Published: 08 March 2022

March Madness is here! Elementary teams battled it out for the district title on Friday and Monday at the fifth grade intramural basketball tournament hosted at Pattonville Heights Middle School.

Teams from Bridgeway, Drummond, Parkwood, Rose Acres and Willow Brook competed in the inaugural season of the intramural league organized by the Pattonville Community Programs and developed by Drummond PE teacher Caleb Stroop.

“When I first got here, I noticed we didn't have anything at this level so this was kind of my mission from the very beginning,” he said. “Basketball has had such a huge impact on my life and I just wanted to kind of share that with the kids.”

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Pattonville Heights students make stuffed animals out of kindergarten drawings

Category: District
Published: 04 March 2022

Kindergarteners at Bridgeway Elementary School saw their drawings come to life when they received stuffed animal likenesses of their imaginary monsters.

Pattonville Heights Middle School family and consumer sciences teacher Elizabeth Stockmann collaborated with Nisa Peters’s class for the project. 

“The kindergarteners all drew a monster using color and patterns and my FACS 3 students had to interpret an imaginative idea and create a real-life version of it,” Stockmann said. 

The groups met today and presented the stuffed animals to the original artists. 

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VDT wins hip hop title at the NDA National Championship

Category: District
Published: 07 March 2022

🏆 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS - Medium Varsity Hip Hop

The Pattonville High School varsity drill team was named the top dance team in the country at the NDA National Championship in Orlando, Florida. This is the fifth time in program history the team has won a national championship (most in Missouri) and the first since 2000.

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PBL unit allows French students to pick what they study

Category: District
Published: 03 March 2022

Margaret Hall was inspired to use the project-based learning method with her French 2 students to allow them a chance to learn about more than just the modern language.

She surveyed her students and said the results were eye-opening.

“They’ve studied the language, but they shared with me that they are interested in so much more about France and the Francophone culture.”

Hall created a three-week PBL unit that allowed students to study a topic they were passionate about on their own and then present it to the class.

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  • Guest reader shares book with Willow Brook students
  • Building-level Teacher and Support Staff of the Year honorees announced
  • Cicotte announced as new director of early childhood
  • Board accepting applications to fill vacant school board seat
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