Monday, July 30, 2012
Parkway Students Head Back to School August 14. Are you ready for the new year?
The district has released its annual Back 2 School booklet, which has been mailed to parents and is also available online at Back-to-School Parent's Guide. Be sure to "Like" Patch on Facebook - check out our page here. The district is preparing its newest students—kindergarteners—with a bus safety chat before school starts. The students will get to meet “Buster the Bus” and have their first bus ride around the neighborhood. Parents can check the school calendar here to find out when their school is scheduled for a safety meeting. New this year will be electronic report cards for grades six to twelve. Report cards are currently mailed out to families six times a year. Next year parents will only receive grade reports through Infinite Campus…
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Parkway School District Administrative Center
455 N Woods Mill Rd, Chesterfield, MO
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Parkway West High School
14653 Clayton Rd, Ballwin, MO
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Carman Trails Elementary School
555 S Weidman Rd, Ballwin, MO
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Barretts Elementary School
1780 Carman Rd, Ballwin, MO
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Hanna Woods Elementary School
720 Hanna Rd, Ballwin, MO
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Parkway South High School
801 Hanna Rd, Manchester, MO
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Parkway South Middle School
760 Woods Mill Rd, Ballwin, MO
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Parkway Southwest Middle School
701 Wren Ave, Manchester, MO
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Mason Ridge Elementary School
715 S Mason Rd, Saint Louis, MO
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Wren Hollow Elementary School
655 Wren Ave, Manchester, MO
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Henry Elementary School
700 Henry Ave, Ballwin, MO
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Pierremont Elementary School
1215 Dauphine Ln, Manchester, MO
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Thursday, June 14, 2012
Fifth-grader was nine contestants away from best speller in the nation!
Chesterfield's national spelling expert, Gokul Venkatachalam was recognized for his abilities Wednesday night by his home school district Board of Education, Parkway. Gokul, a fifth grader at Claymont Elementary, advanced to the semifinal round in 2012 Scripps National Spelling Bee until tripping up on the word "kahikatea" a word of Maori origin referring to a type of coniferous tree found in New Zealand. He had only nine competitors left in the nation at that point, out of 278 local champs who started. The top winner was an 8th-grader. Venkatachalam misspelled the word as "kaikatea" after Spelling Bee officials pronounced the word incorrectly, as though it had a silent "h" but native Maori speakers say the "h" is pronounced. Sign up for …
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Helen Casteel speaks to campaign attack, with stunning charge.
Outgoing Parkway district school board member Helen Casteel said Wednesday that a smear tactic aimed at her during the recent campaign was the work of "a city council member." Casteel, who lost a run for a third 3-year term April 3, spoke during the public portion of the first school board meeting with newly-elected Kim Applebaum and re-elected incumbent Beth Feldman. She said someone "anonymous" put 22,000 fliers in voters' mailboxes that denigrated her as a candidate. What follows is the text of her speech Wednesday night, without editing on Chesterfield Patch's part. First, I want to say “Thank You” to our future service men and women, as well as those who have served in the past and those who are currently defending our country. I also…
Saturday, April 7, 2012
Superintendent Keith Marty recommends changes.
The Parkway School District announced that Superintendent Keith Marty made three administration personnel recommendations Friday. If the recommendations are approved by the Parkway Board of Education, all three will assume their new posts July 1. Parkway released information on the recommendations in the following email. Kevin Beckner has been selected as the coordinator of student assessment, replacing Dr. Julie Collins who is relocating to Kansas City. Beckner has 10 years of educational experience including five years as assistant principal at Northeast Middle School and five years as a social studies teacher in the Pattonville School District. Beckner holds a master of arts in educational administration from Lindenwood University as …
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Chesterfield school board race heats up with three good candidates.
At a glance, it's three candidates for two spots on the Parkway District Board of Education (total seven members) in the April 3 election. A term is three years. Two are incumbents, current board Vice President Beth Feldman, and 2-term member Helen Casteel. Kim Appelbaum is the third candidate and challenger to the two incumbents. She is an IT contract manager and Ballwin resident. See who else is on the Parkway school board. The Chesterfield-based Parkway School District has an annual budget of some $210 million a year to spend on public education—the majority of it from residents' property taxes. Read candidates' bios, in their own words: Beth Feldman 314-317-9569 I have been a resident of Parkway since I married in 1990. My husband and …
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
School board to introduce its new branding Thurs., 10am, Queeny Park at a districtwide fete.
With a pep rally of sorts set for Thursday, Parkway School District's Board of Education is set to introduce its new branding image or logo to the public. The district's new superintendent, Dr. Keith Marty, will address the district gathering in Queeny Park, 10am, on Mason and Weidman roads. Parkway's newest brand can be recognized as a half-sun with rays, as well as an open book with the pages radiating out and upward in a half-circle. (See new and previous logos in photos with this article.) Parkway keeps its red color but drops the word district from the new look—saying simply Parkway Schools. The giant school district covers 68 square miles and was created in 1954 by the consolidation of three smaller districts, after citizens voted to…
parkwaydad
3:03 pm on Wednesday, May 2, 2012
So, if the flyer claimed both Feldman and Casteel should not be re-elected (presuming equality of claim on both), how can one reason that the flyer accounted for the difference in vote count between the two. Thus, Casteel's claim is illogical and irrational as this flyer would have a net zero impact between Casteel and Feldman, but could improve their rival's vote count (Applebaum's). more ›