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WSD Student Earns Perfect Score on ACT
Timberland High School junior Abby Manner has earned the highest possible ACT composite score of 36. Nationally, while the actual number of students earning the top score varies from year to year, on average, only around one-half of 1% of students who take the ACT earn a 36. Among test takers in the U.S. high school graduating class of 2019, only 4,879 of nearly 1.8 million students earned an ACT composite score of 36.
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Timberland Senior Selected for Missouri All-State Choir
Timberland senior Emma Giltner has been selected as an alto for the Missouri Choral Directors Association (MCDA) All-State Honor Choir. Giltner was selected for the elite choir based on recorded auditions. The MCDA All-State Honor Choir will meet, rehearse, and perform at the MMEA Conference January 22-25, 2020, in Osage Beach.
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WSD PE Teacher named MOSHAPE Teacher of the Year
Nicholas Clements, a physical education teacher at Liberty High School, has been named the 2019 Middle School Physical Education Teacher of the Year by the Missouri Society of Health and Physical Educators (MOSHAPE). He received the award for his work as a middle school health and PE teacher at Wentzville Middle School, where he worked prior to his move to Liberty High School this year.
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WSD Holds 24th Annual Turkey Trot
A Wentzville tradition continued on October 29 when approximately 200 students from the Wentzville School District ran in the 24th Annual Turkey Trot. The event occurred at Holt High School, and was organized by the Holt Cross Country team and the Wentzville/Lake Saint Louis Optimist Club.
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WSD Schools Celebrate Veterans
Schools in the WSD held Veterans Day celebrations over the past week to salute the brave men and women who are currently serving or who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces. Veterans were treated to meals, student performances, and slideshows honoring past and present members of the military, along with special guest speakers.
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HHS Theatre Department Presents Oklahoma!
The Holt High School Theatre Department will present Richard Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein’s “Oklahoma!” on November 21, 22, and 23. This musical will be performed by an all-school cast and crew, each evening beginning at 7:00 p.m.
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THS Senior Elected DECA Officer
Timberland High School senior Olivia Riek has been elected as the Missouri DECA District 6 Vice President for the 2019-20 school year. State officers were elected and installed during the Missouri DECA Fall Leadership and State Officer Election Conference, held October 12-13 in Branson, Missouri. The annual state conference was attended by more than 600 high school marketing students and their teachers.
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Operation Warm 2019
Firefighters from the Wentzville Fire Protection District (WFPD) and employees of the Wentzville School District (WSD) distributed hundreds of coats to kids in need at an event held at Fire Station #1 on Saturday, October 19. WFPD firefighters partnered with Operation Warm and the Wentzville School District for the seventh consecutive year to supply nearly 300 brand new coats to elementary students identified by school district counselors.
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LHS Theatre Department Presents Cinderella
The Liberty High School Theatre Department will present Rogers and Hammerstein’s “Cinderella” on November 14, 15 and 16. This production is based on the Broadway revival of the famous musical by Richard Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein II.
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Kaci Lueking Selected for Emerson Excellence in Teaching Award
Kaci Lueking, a first grade teacher at Wabash Elementary School, has received the 2019 Emerson Excellence in Teaching Award. She joins an elite group of teachers from across the St. Louis metropolitan area to be recognized for their outstanding and innovative work in the classroom on behalf of students.
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THS Theatre Department Presents Little Shop of Horrors
The Timberland High School Theatre Department will present Howard Ashman’s “Little Shop of Horrors” on November 7, 8, and 9.
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WSD Students Honored with Glory of Missouri Awards
Fifteen WSD students have been named recipients of the 2019 Glory of Missouri Award by State Representatives Bryan Spencer, Bart Korman and Justin Hill. The Glory of Missouri Awards were created to recognize students who display virtuous qualities both as students and as citizens.
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Two WSD Educators Win Presidential Award
Terri Politte and Stacey Wade have both won the prestigious Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST). The White House made the announcement October 15 for 2017 and 2018 recipients.
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Boone Trail Elementary Celebrates 29th Annual Boone Trail Days
Students at Boone Trail Elementary in the Wentzville School District had an opportunity to participate in a long-held tradition that dates back to the opening of their school. Boone Trail Days is a chance for students to learn what life was like for Americans who lived in the 1800s.
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Green Tree Elementary and Heritage Primary Students Participate in International Walk to School Day
Students from Green Tree Elementary and Heritage Primary joined schools around the world to celebrate the 23rd annual International Walk to School Day on October 2.
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WSD Students Plant Pinwheels for Peace
Members of the Timberland High School Art Club planted almost 2,000 pinwheels around the exterior of their school in recognition of International Day of Peace. The pinwheels were created by Timberland students, staff and families in conjunction with “Pinwheels for Peace,” a project that was initiated in 2005 by two art teachers in Florida as a way for students to express how they felt about what was going on in the world around them.
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Timberland Student Named National Merit Scholarship Program Semifinalist
The WSD is proud to announce that Timberland senior Logan Brenningmeyer has been selected as a semifinalist in the 65th Annual National Merit Scholarship Program. Eight more WSD students earned Commended Student status, as well.
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WSD Schools Raise $73K for AHA
Schools in the WSD raised over $73,000 last year for the American Heart Association (AHA), the sixth-most in the state, thanks to students in nine of its schools who held fundraisers over the course of the school year.
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WSD Hires Principal for New Elementary School
The WSD has named the principal for the new elementary school opening next fall for the 2020-21 school year. Dr. Candice Belton, who is currently serving as an assistant principal at Boone Trail Elementary, has been selected to serve as principal at the new school being constructed on Interstate Drive off South Point Prairie Road in Wentzville.
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Schools in the Wentzville School District Honor First Responders on Patriot Day
Students across the Wentzville School District participated in Patriot Day celebrations to remember the lives lost on 9/11 and to honor first responders and community service providers. Crossroads Elementary, Discovery Ridge Elementary, Heritage Intermediate, and Wabash Elementary held large-scale events this year, while other schools observed a moment of silence and discussed the historic significance of the events on 9/11.
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