- Category: District
Please join us in congratulating the following individuals on their new roles. The following administrative changes were discussed at the Dec. 14 Pattonville Board of Education meeting and will become effective July 1.- David Besgrove has been named chief human resource officer for the Pattonville School District, replacing Dr. Barry Nelson, assistant superintendent for human resources, who will become superintendent of Pattonville on July 1.
- Dr. Tori Cain’s position will be reclassified to assistant superintendent for student services.
- Kelly Gordon has been named chief communications officer, replacing Mickey Schoonover, APR, upon her retirement at the end of the school year.
- Gene Grimshaw was named associate principal of Pattonville High School, replacing Bob Thompson, who is retiring at the end of the school year.
- Dr. Mark Houston was selected as the principal of Pattonville Heights Middle School, replacing Dr. Scot Mosher, who is retiring at the end of the school year.
The Pattonville community programs department earned two grants worth nearly $3,000 from USA 
Orchestra students from Holman and Pattonville Heights middle schools participated in a music workshop with Brian McNeill, a Scottish folk multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, record producer and musical director. Students worked with McNeill via Zoom to learn about and practice Scottish music.
The Pattonville Heights Middle School cross country team won the district’s first intramural cross country meet. The 2-mile race organized by the community programs department was held at Remington Traditional on Wednesday with the course going through Vago Park. The high school cross country team attended to run as the rabbit and to cheer on and mingle with the middle school teams. Every participant received a free treat from Kona Ice after the race.
Students at Pattonville Heights Middle School went to great lengths to figure out how to determine jump distance on other planets. After creating a hypothesis concerning the relationship between jump distance and gravitational force, students in Ms. Terri Sallee’s science class went outside and measured their jump distance three times using meter sticks.
