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The Mehlville School District has purchased a house next to Oakville High School that could serve as the future site of the school’s first auditorium — but there are currently no plans to actually build what would be the district’s second auditorium. The district closed June 1 on the purchase of 2.2 acres at 5501...
 – (April 12, 2021) â To show appreciation for area K-12 educators who have been forced to adapt to new styles of teaching throughout the pandemic, Western Governors University (WGU) is pledging to award up to $125,000 in grant money to K-12 teachers who need help funding their innovative classroom projects as part of the nonprofit universityâs âFund My Classroomâ initiative. Teachers can submit proposed projects online at wgu.edu/fundmyclassroom for the opportunity to receive full or partial funding. Applications are being accepted through April 18, a...
University plans to award up to $125,000 in funding to K-12 teachers throughout Missouri, Illinois and Kansas to help bring innovative classroom projects and initiatives to life West Plains, Mo – To show appreciation for area K-12 educators who have been forced to adapt to new styles of teaching throughout the pandemic, WGU Missouri has announced the return of its “Fund My Classroom” initiative, pledging up to $125,000 in grant money for K-12 teachers who need help funding their innovative classroom projects. Teachers can submit proposed projects online at wgu.edu/fundmyclassroom for th...
Editor’s note: During the pandemic, we are looking back at several inspiring stories from local South County schools. This grant was given in May 2019. Jill Hudson, a library media specialist at Blades Elementary School in Oakville, received a $300 grant in May 2019 from local online university WGU Missouri to fund her idea to bring pedal exercisers to the school’s library media center. Hudson was officially presented with a check for $300 on Friday, May 17, 2019, to help purchase the pedal exercisers, which will allow students to work out their minds and bodies all at the same time. Hu...
The Mehlville School District hopes to bring back elementary school students to five days a week in person and high school students back part-time in the second semester, but the district is appealing to residents for help with that by masking and social distancing to keep cases of the COVID-19 pandemic down. The second semester starts Jan. 19. Students are slated to return from winter break — which began Dec. 22 — Tuesday, Jan. 5. High school students in the district have been attending school 100-percent virtually since the start of the pandemic in March, aside from a brief two-week ...