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Students in the Program for Exceptionally Gifted Students (PEGS) at Rose Acres won a $10,000 grant in 2020 to purchase three hydroponic towers and have now put the grant project into action. They wrote the grant to show students how to grow healthy foods and to provide the food to the community.
Two years ago, Aliyah Brown and Eva Pulley were in third grade and wrote the grant for the Super Health, Super You Challenge created by Novo Nordisk, a multinational pharmaceutical company devoted to defeating diabetes. What started off as just an assignment to learn about grant writing under teacher Robin Chang’s direction was named a winner in the contest and the students received the funding to purchase the hydroponic towers.
“Since we’re back in school full time now after COVID, we were able to purchase the towers and we put them all together so we could start growing stuff,” said Pulley, who is now in fifth grade.
The Winter Olympics are held every four years, and every fourth grader at Parkwood Elementary was challenged to build the fastest bobsled using only the materials provided to them during its Fourth Grade Strong activity for February. Poojita Chalamalasetti and Amelia MacLean represented Belize and won the gold medal after a grade-level competition. 
The Pattonville Board of Education on Feb. 8 approved the selection of four educators to serve as administrators in Pattonville schools, effective July 1.
Families with children who plan to attend kindergarten during the 2022-2023 school year should enroll their child during kindergarten registration, set for March 1 through 3. Kindergarten students must be 5 years old on or before July 31, 2022, to enroll. Here’s everything you need to know to register.
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