News Archives
August - December 2004

 

Pattonville students raise money for military families
Members of the National Honor Society (NHS) at Pattonville High School recently raised more than $650 to assist the families of servicemen and women who are serving in active duty abroad.(continued)

Briar Crest takes award for best float
The Student Council and Parent-Teacher Association at Briar Crest Elementary School nabbed the trophy for best elementary or middle school float in the Pattonville Homecoming Parade recently.(continued)

Parents As Teachers to host activities for families
The Parents As Teachers (PAT) program of the Pattonville School District will host several workshops and activities that are geared toward families with preschool-aged children.(continued) 

Pattonville to offer “Common Sense Parenting”
The Pattonville School District will host a series of six-week classes that will help arm parents and care givers with the skills they need to raise responsible children.(continued)

Pattonville teacher named “Boeing Educator”
Laura Hartsock, a science teacher at Pattonville Heights Middle School, spent her summer learning the lifestyle of an astronaut and plans to bring what she learned back to her students in Pattonville.(continued)

Homecoming parade to take new route
Pattonville High School will celebrate its homecoming on Oct. 9, starting with a new route for its annual parade.(continued)

Elementary teacher wins Strongman championship
Willie Wessels, an elementary physical education teacher from Briar Crest Elementary School in the Pattonville School District, recently won the lightweight division of the U.S. Strongman Championships in Arlington, Texas.(continued)

Pattonville program selected for national demonstration
Barbara Weekley, Pattonville High School science teacher, along with two of her students Nikeisha Fortenberry and Shannon Boehmer and fellow science teacher Jo Ellen Leeke, participated in the No Child Left Behind e-Learning Summit Virtual School House this summer.(continued)

Pattonville offers community education, fall tours
Brochures and registration forms are now available for Pattonville’s community education classes for both adults and children.(continued)

Kinney serves on panel at state conference
Dr. Hugh Kinney, superintendent of the Pattonville School District, was selected as one of three superintendents in Missouri to participate in a panel discussion with a federal education official during the 43rd Annual Cooperative Conference for School Administrators, hosted by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.(continued)

Kinney named chair of state education committee
Dr. Hugh Kinney, superintendent of the Pattonville School District, has been named the 2004-05 chairperson of the Federal Relations Network of the Missouri Association of School Administrators (MASA).(continued)

Pattonville Education Foundation elects officers
Jan Schweiss, a parent educator in the Pattonville Parents As Teachers Program, has been named president of the Pattonville Education Foundation. (continued)

Pattonville electronic newsletter wins national award
The "Board at Work" newsletter of the Pattonville School District recently earned an Award of Merit in a publications contest sponsored by the National School Public Relations
Association.(continued)

Pattonville students continue to score above state average on Missouri Assessment Program
Results from the spring 2004 Missouri Assessment Program (MAP) show that the majority of Pattonville students continue to score above state average in communication arts, mathematics, science and social studies.(continued)

Board adopts new logo for Pattonville School District
Pattonville is getting a new look, thanks to the help of the district's Logo Redesign Committee.(continued)