• Registration Open for 10th Annual Back to School Fair

    Vendor registration has opened for the 10th Annual WSD Back to School Fair which is scheduled to be held Saturday, August 15 at Liberty High School.

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  • WSD Teacher Awarded Emerson Gold Star Grant

    Kaci Lueking, a first grade teacher at Wabash Elementary, has been named the recipient of the 2020 Emerson Excellence in Teaching Gold Star Grant in the amount of $7,500 for her stEMPOWER initiative, an after-school club that will encourage girls in grades 4-6 to explore STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics) subjects while developing leadership skills and confidence as critical thinkers and problem solvers.

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  • WSD HOSA Students Advance to International Competition

    Students in the Holt, Liberty and Timberland high school HOSA chapters competed in the Missouri HOSA State Leadership Conference, which was held virtually from April 13-27 this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Seven students brought home an award and qualified to move on to the HOSA 43rd Annual International Leadership Conference (ILC), which will take place virtually this year June 24-27.

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  • WSD Students Earn St. Charles County CAPS Outstanding Associate Awards

    Two WSD students, Holt senior Trinity Craig and Liberty senior Henry Young, earned the St. Charles County Center for Advanced Professional Studies Outstanding CAPS Associate Award, two of only four awards distributed. The award is given to CAPS participants who exemplify CAPS professional skills at a high level on a daily basis. St. Charles County CAPS honors one associate in each of their four strands of career exploration. Craig won the Healthcare Associate Award and Young won the Global Business/Entrepreneurship Associate Award.

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  • Proposition C and S Passed by Voters

    Propositions C and S were passed by voters June 2, 2020 to meet the needs of our growing school district. Prop C is for a new middle school, expansions/additions at existing middle schools and safety and maintenance items. Prop S is for additional staff, salaries and safety.

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  • WSD Foundation Awards $16k in Grants to WSD Teachers

    The WSD Foundation has announced the winners of the 2020 Teacher and Building Mini Grants. On Thursday, May 7, Foundation President Dan Schroeder, Secretary Dr. Susan Hladky, Directors Dr. Curtis Cain, Frank Klaas, and Mary LaPak awarded grants ranging from $500 to $1,000 to 18 teachers at nine schools, totaling $9,000.

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  • District Summer Reading Program Information

    District librarians have planned fun activities and are coordinating summer reading challenges to encourage and reward readers this summer in order to promote literacy and encourage students to continue reading during the summer months.

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  • Timberland Student Earns DESE Missouri Award for Outstanding Achievement in Citizenship

    Timberland High School junior Abby McCallum has received the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) 2020 Missouri Award for Outstanding Achievement in Citizenship, which is reserved for those who demonstrate high academic achievement, extracurricular leadership and community service. McCallum is one of only seven Missouri students to earn this distinction.

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  • WSD Graduating Seniors Awarded Community Scholarships

    The Wentzville School District Class of 2020 has been awarded over $140,000 worth of local scholarships this year. These deserving students from Holt, Liberty, and Timberland high schools will be receiving their diplomas on July 25, 2020 before they continue on with their post-secondary education.

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  • WSD Students Host 4th Annual Film Festival

    The WSD held its 4th Annual Film Festival, which was presented as a four-night online premiere April 15, 22, 29, and May 6. The Festival, sponsored by Central Methodist University and supported by grants from the Wentzville School District Foundation, highlights films written and produced by students in grades K-12.

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  • Three WSD Students Win Cuivre River Youth Tour

    Three students from the WSD have been selected as winners in the Cuivre River Electric Cooperative’s 52nd Annual Youth Tour Competition. Meghan Coyle, Matthew Long, and Jonah Tate from Liberty High School were selected as three of six winners out of over 60 entrants from 12 area high schools in the annual contest that begins with an essay submission.

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  • WSD Student Earns Award for High Score on National German Exam

    Joshua Talluto, a sophomore at Timberland High School in the Wentzville School District, has been awarded the Gold Medal and special recognition on the Presidential Honor Roll for outstanding performance on the 2020 National German Exam for High School Students.

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  • Four WSD Students Named to Missouri Scholars 100

    Four Wentzville School District students were selected for this year’s Missouri Scholars 100. Timberland High School seniors Logan Brenningmeyer and Josh Gary, as well as Holt High School seniors Rodney "Gavin" Jenkins and Amaya Kopp, were all named to the distinguished list. The statewide program, now in its 26th year, honors 100 of Missouri’s top academic students in each year’s graduating class. The 2020 recipients were scheduled to be honored at a luncheon in Columbia, Missouri, on April 26; but the event was cancelled due to social gathering restrictions.

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  • WSD Students Selected for Girls State

    Seventeen high school juniors from the Wentzville School District have been selected to attend the American Legion Auxiliary Girls State of Missouri. Missouri Girls State delegates are selected based on their leadership abilities, interest in government, service to others and academics.

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  • WSD Students Selected for Boys State

    Fourteen high school juniors from the Wentzville School District have been selected to attend the American Legion Boys State of Missouri. The American Legion Boys State of Missouri is an eight-day, hands-on experience in the operation and fundamentals of government, and draws together the best and brightest high school juniors to help lead them down the path in individual success and leadership.

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  • Timberland Teacher Named Economic Educator of the Year by St. Louis Fed

    Timberland Social Studies teacher Michael Kaiman has been named the 2020 Economic Educator of the Year by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. The award is given annually to recognize a board member for his or her commitment to economic and financial education.

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  • WSD Students Selected for Missouri Scholars Academy

    Six high school sophomores from the Wentzville School District have been selected to participate in the Missouri Scholars Academy (MSA), a three-week residential program on the campus of the University of Missouri – Columbia. Nathan Hoenig and Aidan Reed from Holt; Dagon Williams and Jaden Zelidon from Liberty; and Joseph Hess and Ronan Townes from Timberland are among 330 high school sophomores from across Missouri selected for the program.

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  • Holt Students Earn Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarships

    The annual Martin Luther King Jr. Unity event took place at Holt High School once again on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a program to celebrate the life and legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. As part of the celebration, the WSD offers a scholarship competition and awards a minimum $500 scholarship to high school seniors who keep Dr. King’s legacy alive through their actions. This year’s winners are Holt senior Jamal Rice and early 2020 Holt graduate Aidan McCarthy.

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  • Four WSD Yearbooks Featured in Herff Jones “Best-of” Publication

    Four WSD yearbooks were chosen to be highlighted in the 2019 Herff Jones Portfolio, which showcases best-in-class yearbook work from students across North America. All three WSD high schools - Holt, Liberty, and Timberland - as well as Wentzville Middle School, were included in the Portfolio that features 477 schools chosen across multiple categories out of the thousands of yearbooks printed last year by the company.

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  • WSD Students Excel at Regional Science & Engineering Fair

    Students in kindergarten through 12th grade from the Wentzville School District competed in Missouri’s Tri-County Regional Science and Engineering Fair held at Francis Howell North High School on Saturday, March 7. Thirty-one individual projects and three classroom projects from the WSD received awards, including 24 first and second place awards.

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