Thursday, May 16, 2013
Pattonville Heights hosts the trivia-style battle for its seventh year.
As trivia-style events continue to grow in popularity throughout the St. Louis-area, one school has found a way to make it both educational and a fun time for students. On Tuesday, 33 teams from schools across St. Louis competed at Pattonville Heights Middle School in the Book Battle Challenge, where teams tested their knowledge of 20 books that members read throughout the school year. This is the seventh year for the event. “It’s really cool to watch kids who are so connected to the world to actually prepare for battle because they had to read books,” Pattonville Heights language arts teacher and Book Battle committee member Jan von Harz said. At the beginning of the school year, a committee comprised of teachers, librarians and, this …
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
More than 190 children from area schools including Armstrong Elementary, are expected to participate on Friday.
It was rained out last week, but now Hazelwood East High School (HEHS) will welcome elementary students for its annual Special Olympics track meet on Friday. That's right, more than 190 elementary-aged children are set to participate, with opening ceremonies and torch lighting beginning at 9:30 a.m. Hazelwood School District schools participating include Armstrong Elementary, Barrington Elementary, Grannemann Elementary, Larimore Elementary, Lawson Elementary, Lusher Elementary, McCurdy Elementary, Twillman Elementary, Hazelwood Central Middle, Hazelwood North Middle and Hazelwood Southeast Middle. Other schools include Ackerman Elementary and Jefferson Elementary. Has your child participated in this event? Feel free to upload pictures to …
Friday, May 10, 2013
The annual run/walk hopes to raise $500,000 for scholarships for 100 students. Have you benefited from the program? Tell us in the comments section.
It's time for the They’ll be out for the 32nd Annual Hazelwood PTA Scholarship Run/Walk event. More than 2,000 participants are expected to turn out to run, walk and enjoy the festivities of the day starting at 8 a.m., and ending at noon. The Hazelwood School District (HSD) PTA coordinates the event each year to benefit students’ scholarships to college. The group hopes to raise $50,000 this year, which would provide $500 scholarships to 100 students. For more than 30 years the event has raised more than $2 million for the Hazelwood PTA Student Scholarship Fund. On-line registration is still available or you can register Saturday morning at the event. To register for this event or to make a donation toward the scholarship fund, visit the …
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
The Missouri Association of Colleges for Teachers Education named William Livingston one of Missouri’s Outstanding Beginning Teachers. Livingston has taught fifth-grade math at Garrett Elementary School for two years.
William Livingston, a math teacher in the City of Hazelwood, has a few tips for new teachers―you will make mistakes, but it's what you learn from them. “Focus on building relationships with your students," he said. "If you can build relationships, everything else will fall into place. The Missouri Association of Colleges for Teachers Education (MACTE) has named Livingston one of Missouri’s Outstanding Beginning Teachers, and his relationship building is just one of the reasons why. Livingston has taught fifth-grade math at Garrett Elementary School in the Hazelwood School District for two years. He credits his relationships with former teachers for giving him the inspiration to become an educator. “I have wanted to be a teacher for most of…
Hazelwood students reap the benefits of Target's Take Charge of Education program.
Although several area school districts, such as Hazelwood, are working to overcome financial hurdles, some area schools are getting a helping hand from a large retail company. Several Hazelwood-area schools have received funding thanks to Target’s “Take Charge of Education” initiative, a signature program designed to provide funds to area K-12 schools for their most important needs, such as books, classroom technology and so forth. The program has donated more than $350 million to schools across the country since 1997, according to its website. The program is also a part of the company’s commitment to give $1 billion to education by the end of 2015, Sarah Van Nevel, a spokeswoman for the company, wrote in an email. “As part of our …
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Will you be at Tuesday's meeting? The board will also discuss
The Hazelwood School District (HSD) Board of Education will convene Tuesday at 6:30 p.m., to discuss district business. The board will hear a quarterly update report regarding the district's supplier diversity program. The last update, given in early February, included stats through Dec. 31, 2012, on minority and women supplier participation as it pertains to bid contracts awarded within the district. See: Hazelwood Schools Minority Suppliers On Target, Struggling to Find Women. At it's last meeting, newly re-elected Board of Education members were sworn in. Council also approved contracts to purchase three new vans and approved bids proposals for contractors to perform building code upgrades at multiple HSD schools. These code upgrades …
Thursday, May 2, 2013
The Center for Educational Leadership and Technology came into the district and conducted a study that involved more than 1,300 students, staff and parents to find out where it's lacking.
The Hazelwood School District (HSD) is being proactive in creating a blueprint for updating its technology, not only as it pertains to curriculum, but also to the buildings' infrastructure. HSD hired the Center for Educational Leadership and Technology (CELT) based in Marlborough, Massachusetts to make recommendations for updating the district's technology infrastructure. At a recent board of education meeting, the company discussed its preliminary findings, which it called an IT Blueprint. The report is set to be finalized and released to the public some time this month. The reason in conducting the study is to help isolate things needing improvements to benefit student achievement, develop students’ competencies, maximize operational …
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
The Missouri Department of Education will host one of eight statewide meetings in North County.
The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education will host a number of statewide informational meetings on the state’s Common Core Standards, which includes a site in North St. Louis County. The Hazelwood School District will serve as a site for one of eight statewide meetings regarding the standards Thursday evening. The Common Core Standards are a part of a nationwide initiative to have a set of clearly defined educational standards in language arts and math for students in kindergarten through twelfth grade. Missouri is one of 45 states to adopt the standards. According to the DESE press release, the meetings are a part of the state’s ongoing outreach efforts regarding the standards. The adoption of common core standards …
Saturday, April 27, 2013
The team is competing at the St. Louis FIRST Robotics World Championship this weekend at the Eward Jones Dome. Write them some well-wishes in the comments section.
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
There will not be a job fair on Thursday at Hazelwood East Middle School.
The Hazelwood School District will not be hosting its “Spring into Employment” job fair on Thursday as originally planned. Kimberly McKenzie, HSD community relations and communication specialist, sent out the cancellation announcement early Tuesday morning. "There was limited participation," she said. " It will be revised for next year." The district did host the first two sessions of the three part employment event on April 4 and April 18. The sessions taught job seekers about résumé building, applying for applications, how to interview for a job and job skills. The event took place at Hazelwood East Middle School but McKenzie said next year will be a bit different. "We are looking to change the location and make it an off-site event," …
Candace Jarrett
11:58 am on Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Hopefully longer than that, Karen. When I was coming up in the district there were very few teachers I felt weren't dedicated, good teachers. That was more at the high school level. more ›