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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. 

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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.”

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With everything going on amid the coronavirus pandemic, here’s a little bit of good news: Kate Schneider, an Early Childhood special education speech-language pathologist, is now cancer-free and doing well.

On Dec. 31, she was diagnosed with breast cancer at 39 weeks pregnant.

“2020 brought aggressive chemotherapy and radical surgeries while raising a newborn in a global pandemic,” she wrote in an email. “I am now, humbly and gratefully, CANCER-FREE.”

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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.

Today, staff members enjoyed a celebratory luncheon with presentations by principal Mr. Steve Vargo, superintendent Dr. Tim Pecoraro and school board president Ms. Andrea Glenn. Decorations included hand-drawn placemats completed during art class by all in-person learning students.

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“Miss Kathy” was one of three Pattonville bus drivers working with Drummond Elementary School students today teaching them about the importance of bus safety. Classes took turns getting onto a bus where students were able to practice a school bus evacuation.  

“Before we go out the back door, we go over all the different scenarios and talk about what they might have to do if there is an emergency while they are on the bus,” Miss Kathy said.

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