De Soto Junior High School recently was chosen as a winning school in the “Champions for Character: Celebrating Service Learning” recognition program sponsored by Cardinals Care and CharacterPlus. The award focused on student service learning. Service learning projects are integrated into the school curriculum and school culture. For instance, students in Communications Arts and computer classes wrote and designed thank you letters and cards to building support staff, local law enforcement and emergency personnel, and the military. Also, art students created a large thank-you card for the Union Pacific railroad, which sponsored the school in the CharacterPlus program, that included photos of student sculptures and artwork. The school received a banner presented at an assembly that featured St. Louis Cardinal mascot Fredbird and students and staff involved were recognized at the Cardinals’
The De Soto Doves Junior Bible Quiz team, representing the First Assembly of God Church in De Soto, earned honors at sectional, district and regional competitions and has qualified to compete at the national competition June 6-8 in Cedar Hill, Texas.
The church has two teams – A Team and C Team. Both teams placed first in sectional competition. From the A Team, Marc Grogan took first-place honors and Sophie Lawson placed 10th.
As part of its Youth Appreciation Project, members of the Twin City Area Optimist Club recently honored seven students for their accomplishments.
The students were selected by their high school teachers, counselors or principals because of their academic achievement, civic accomplishments, service to their community and school and extracurricular activities.
“We want to recognize local youth for their efforts in the arts, athletics, academics and community service work,” said Barb Schmidt, Optimist president. “We
Eighty-nine people competed in Get Healthy De Soto’s 2013 Better Body Challenge. Winners received their prizes last night (May 2). They are: Ron Sutton (first-place male) – 76-pound weight loss (22.04 percent of his total body weight). Sutton won $445; Tracey Sawdy (first-place female) – 48.2-pound weight loss (21.01 percent) – $445; Randy Davis (second-place male) – 22.6-pound weight loss (10.38 percent) – $130 and two gift certificates; and Wendi Turner – 26-pound weight loss (13.42 percent) – $130 and two gift certificates.
The Taylor Early Childhood Center in the Dunklin R-5 School District recently held a balloon release to raise awareness for cerebral palsy and epilepsy. During the event, a special red balloon was released in the memory of Kade Bauman, a former student
Kade, the son of Josh and Annette Bauman, died at the age of 3. He started having seizures when he was five months old and was diagnosed with epilepsy,
Leo Bell of Imperial bought a $6 Missouri Lottery “Club Keno” ticket and won $55,071 on a progressive eight-spot ticket.
Bell, 51, is kitchen manager at Weber’s Front Row, 3930 Vogel Road, in Arnold. He bought the ticket there following a 12-hour shift in the kitchen.
After realizing he had won, Bell joked that he “ might’ve cried a little” while sharing the good news with his 20-year-old son on the phone. The
Brenden McKeon, a senior at De Soto High School, was recognized by the De Soto Board of Education at its meeting Tuesday (April 16) for his selection to the Missouri Scholars 100, a statewide program that honors the state’s top 100 scholars.
As part of the program, McKeon will attend a luncheon in Columbia on April 28.
Principals around the state are asked to nominate students to the program, which
Seventh- and eighth-grade students from Michelle Storment’s C.A.T.S. gifted education class at Senn-Thomas Middle School recently traveled to Chicago to participate in the 20th annual Future City Regional Competition. Part of National Engineers Week, the competition introduces students to engineering with the popular SimCity software. Students design cities with simulation software, build scale models, write essays and give oral presentations describing their city’s design. The Senn-Thomas seventh-grade team received the “Great Engineering Feats” award from the Illinois Society of Professional Engineers for its city, named
The Knights of Columbus Council 14402 at Our Lady Catholic School in Festus recently announced the winners for its Substance Abuse and Awareness Poster contest. The winners were Paige Drinen of Barnhart (8-to-11-year-old drug category), Breanna Boone of Herculaneum (8-11 alcohol category) and Samantha Goodwin of Crystal City (12-14 alcohol category). The object of the contest was to raise awareness about the dangers of using drugs and alcohol. Winners at the council level won a gift card and their posters were sent on for judging
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.
In celebration of Jefferson College’s 50th anniversary, area alumni, current and retired employees, friends
For the second year, Joachim-Plattin Ambulance District is spending grant money to place automated external defibrillators at sites in
Carmen LaPresta and Joe Kister recently presented 318 pounds of aluminum tab
The community came out in force March 2 for Chapel Hill Trivia Night 2013, to benefit the
Robert Schutte of Imperial cashed in a winning Missouri Lottery ticket,
