Fox School District maintenance staff are busy this morning (April 23) scrubbing walls and other areas outside Seckman High School in Imperial, which was vandalized overnight.
Vandals spray-painted “FOX 2013″ and obscene phrases on the outside of the building, on school vehicles and on parts of the newly constructed athletic facilities, Seckman High principal Don Grimshaw said.
“It looks like they started at the loading docks (behind the school) and went around the building (spray-painting),” Grimshaw said. “They got some of the food service trucks and some of the walls and doorways. Then, it looks like they moved out to the field and got the dugouts (at the baseball field), the turf at the baseball field and all the bases.”
Fox High School will perform the musical comedy, “Once Upon a Mattress,” at 7 p.m. Thursday and Friday, April 11-12, and at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Saturday, April 13, at Rickman Auditorium, 745 Jeffco Blvd., in Arnold.
Admission is $5 for students and senior citizens and $8 for adults.
Also, the theater troupe is offering a discount for elementary and middle school students who dress as a princess, knight or prince. Those students
Kindergarten students at Good Shepherd School in Hillsboro, including Laci Schrekenberg and Sam Eimer (pictured) celebrated the 100th day of the school year by performing activities involving 100 items.
Nick Venable, right, president of the We Are One Community Choir recently donated $1,000 each to the Fox and Seckman high school vocal music programs. The money was collected at concerts the choir held throughout 2012.
The community choir is made up of local singers. It is open to new members. For more information, see its Facebook page called We
The De Soto Board of Education recognized 12 high school students who scored 30 or above on the American College Test college entrance examination. From left: Krystal Barker, Ezra Butcher, Dustin Haigler, Miranda Ketcherside, Brenden McKeon, Matthew Scott and Lauren Williams. Those who didn’t attend the school board’s December meeting but also scored at 30 or above were Jeremy Viner, Heather Tarr, William Rieffer, Alexander Johnson and Melanie Hurt.
Steve Taylor photo
About 40 female students in grades nine through 12
Students at St. Rose of Lima Cathoilc School of De Soto visited
Gov. Jay Nixon recently visited Grandview High School to recognize the Grandview School District for academic excellence.
Youngsters at St. Joseph Catholic School in Imperial retold the Christmas story with the musical, “On Our
Suzanne Hoke, who teaches third grade at Lone Dell Elementary School in the Fox School District, submitted
