Students, staff recognized at the June 11, 2024, board meeting

Each month during the school year, the Pattonville Board of Education honors students, staff and volunteers who have gained recognition outside of the district or who’ve made a special contribution to Pattonville.

Bridgeway

Art gallery

Students had artwork selected for display in the Baue Family Children's Gallery at the Foundry Art Centre in St. Charles between Feb. 2 and 24. Students and their families were invited to attend the opening reception of the public exhibition on Feb. 2 that featured more than 100 student artists from Pattonville. Students who had artwork selected were Mariyah Abdelbaset, Kimora Brotherton, Cecily Brush, Jessie Donohue, Miriam Eader, Evelyn Ellerbusch, June Evans, Kennedy Fowler, Kinlee Gordon, Ashley Green, Tamia Hardwrict, Madison Hopson, Cohen Howell, Delilah Howell, Cortez Jones Jr., Khloe Jones Thomas, Finn Kahsen, Claire Lau, Tiffany Pan, Alya Selli, Lily Sunderman, Aarinne Thomas, Jace Thomas, Selena Washington, Harper Woods and Zakerya Zaky. These students were taught by art teacher Mollie Ahlers.

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Parkwood

Art gallery

Students who had artwork selected for display in the Children’s Gallery at the Foundry Art Centre were Dayana Al Amri, Savannah Anderson, Adrian Byrne, Malia Cables, Mina Coleman, CarLeh Dabney, Darrell Dunston, Dani Eisen, Amorreyah Estrada El, My'oni Fips, Ava Gumble, Lindsay Hawkins, Elliot Helvey, Dylan Howard, Iyhana Jones, Jiron Jurilla, Kyla Lindsay, Camilla Littlejohn, Justus Midkiff, Owen Moore, Brian Padilla Jimeniz, Ava Payne, Ethan Payne, Rachel Pierce, Valerie Rodriguez, Madison Saettele, Paige Terrell, Kamaia Warner, Ava West, Ayden Williams and River Woods. These students were taught by art teacher Janel MacLean.

Science Fair

Earning honors at the St. Louis Science Fair were Maddie Cremer, who earned a blue ribbon and the MOST 529 Award, and Cate Howard, who earned a green ribbon and the Bayer Outstanding Young Scientists Award. Students who earned a red ribbon were Helen Besserman and Ezra Shanks. Students who earned a green ribbon were Apollo Littlejohn, Alexander Mitchell, Barrett Weber and Colton Weber. These students were sponsored by first grade teacher Tiffany Laughlin and fifth grade teacher Regina Wright.

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Rose Acres

Art gallery

Students who had their artwork selected to be on display in the Children’s Gallery exhibition at the Foundry Art Centre were Ella Buechter, Ella Buerck, Isabel Carlson, Jack Figueroa, Anastasia Gura, Sean Hendrick, Aaliyah Johnson, Darren Johnson Jr., Alex Ko, Carrie Mojica, Ximena Ortega Garcia, Zachary Sumner and Aimie Wanaswa. These students were taught by art teacher Rhondalyn Logan.

 

Science Fair

Earning a blue ribbon at the St. Louis Science Fair were Sean Hendrick, Tarren Neels, Liam Wilson and Raelyn Wilson. Kolton Carlson earned a red ribbon. These students were sponsored by district technology specialist Sarah Funderburk. The following students from PEGS earned blue ribbons: Levi Dukes, Abigail Donjon, Vivien Hescock, Pearl Krieger and Jacaranda Reinertson, who also earned the MOST 529 Award. Earning a green ribbon was Oscar Kwon. Additionally, a group of PEGS students earned a ribbon for their group project. Students who were part of that group were Dean Dafflitto, Lola Dafflitto, Christian Huiswoud, Kwon, Jacaranda Reinertson and Charles Stage. The students enrolled in PEGS were taught by Allison Bennett and Robin Chang.

Speech contest

A group of students from the PEGS program were selected in the top 15 of international finalists of the Leader in Me International Speech Contest after earning third place in the regional contest. The prompt was to submit a video sharing how they have chosen to be leaders in an unexpected, informal or non-traditional way. These students chose to highlight their student lobbyists group, through which they have lobbied for issues such as stray and rescue animal adoption. The students who were part of this project were Levi Dukes, Dawanzelle Hopson and Andrew Meyer Tuter. They were taught by PEGS teachers Allison Bennett and Robin Chang.

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Willow Brook

Art exhibit

Students were selected to have their artwork on display as part of the Kernels of Culture: Maize Around the World exhibition in the Stephen and Peter Sachs Museum at the Missouri Botanical Garden. This multimedia exhibit explores the history and modern integration of corn through elements of art, farming, foods, community, tools and popular culture. The exhibit opened on May 3 and runs through March 31, 2025. Students who had their artwork selected were: Avery Adewunmi, Ava Ambrose, Gregory Aubuchon, Alexa Chanocua Ruiz, Olivia Clark, Simon Davis, Aidan De Guzman, Claudia Emerick, Chevy Engemann, Nathaly Escobar Aguilar, Jane Farrell, Camille Fields, Vivian Forst, Danna Gutierrez Rangel, Ben Harlow, Dalin Jones, Olivia Kaufman, Henry Kelly, Yadier Lemus Martinez, Chelsea Marsala, Daniela Martinez, Namirah Morrow, Sophia Panfilov, Zane Rooks, London Staton Ramey, Aria Sutton, Ida Terbrock, Mahika Tomar, Destini Varela, Josselin Vasquez Alvarado, Audrina Weatherspoon, Jacobi West, Logan Woolridge and Brenda Zamacona-Orozco. These students were taught by art teachers Dawn Lynn and Michelle Petke.

Science Fair

Earning a blue ribbon at the St. Louis Science Fair were Adrienne Butler, Alice Butler, Jane Farrell, who also earned the Bayer Outstanding Young Scientists Award, Vivian Forst, Maura Guss, Caitlyn Jamieson and Lindsey Jamieson, who also earned a red ribbon. Also earning a red ribbon was Kallie Prichard. Earning a green ribbon was Lennon Moorman. These students were sponsored by elementary interventionist teacher Brandy Fowler and third grade teacher Billy Thompson.

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Remington

Art gallery

Students who had their artwork selected to be on display in the Children’s Gallery exhibition at the Foundry Art Centre were Leah Brown, Knightly Colbert Weiss, Maycie Cook, Azra Fatima, Gruxton Hartley, Anna Ji, Haley Jones; she also earned superior ratings for alto saxophone solo and saxophone duet at the Solo and Small Ensemble Festival, Avignya Maram, Finn Sanders Guerrero, Advay Sankpal, Neo Warren and Noelle Wilson. These students were taught by art teacher Emily Ludwinski.

Band

Students earned a 1 rating for their performance at the Solo and Small Ensemble Festival. These students were Haley Jones and Cassidy Mitchell for alto saxophone solo and saxophone duet; Taylor Flores, for tenor saxophone solo; Maya Medina, Kendell Neumann and Rodniese Randall for clarinet trio; and Juliana Huling and Anna Ji for flute duet. The band was directed by Andrew Smith.

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Holman

Art gallery

Students who had their artwork selected to be on display in the Children’s Gallery exhibition at the Foundry Art Centre were Tahari Bowens, Latoya Cassell, Keegan Clancy, Darnell Clay, Trenise Thomas James, Eliza Jokela, Shelan Khalid, Alyssa Latragna, Reyna Mendez Escobar, Zyan Muse, Kady Ohlsen, who also earned an exemplary rating for timpani solo at the Solo and Small Ensemble Festival, Zoe Samuel, Ryan Sheikh, Noah Stuckenschneider, Cornell Williams Jr., Hirut Woldetsadik and Lena Yocum. These students were taught by art teacher Montie Richter.

Band

Band students who earned a 1 at the Solo and Small Ensemble Festival were Moe Baczynski, Elijah Hopgood, Mason Hunt and Rebecca Wulf for alto saxophone solo; Raymoen Goodrich Jr. for clarinet solo; Zion Fowler, Kali Russell and Esmeralda Vargas for flute solo; Journey Thomas for french horn solo; Isaac Dingler for mallet percussion solo; Alyssa Franklin and Anilah Spann for snare drum solo; Elijah Clayman for tenor saxophone solo; Preston Jinkerson and Jackson McCullough and Kady Ohlsen for timpani solo; Emmanuel Hopgood, Brody Lee and Samuel Martin V for trumpet solo; William Woerheide for tuba solo; Isabel Ruscheva for french horn and Azlan Webster for trumpet in a brass duet; Hope Malala and Christopher Ngoma for clarinet duet; Samantha Ramsey, Russell, Mateo Vance and Vargas for flute duet; Ky'Lee Hughes and Alakai Wood for snare drum duet; Kelvin Escalante Arteaga, Calvin Holloway and Parker Wilson for alto saxophone trio; and Aamir Bickerstaff, Samuel Lowe III and Joey Woods III for clarinet trio. Students that earned a 2 rating were Brayden Burks for baritone saxophone solo; Peter Burk, Maritza Lopez Martinez, Zoe Means and Eleanor Winkler for clarinet solo; Zoey Pollard and Erin Riley for flute solo; Donald McCullough for mallet percussion solo; Abigail Silverstien for snare drum solo; Lauren Billups for tenor saxophone solo; Ember Blechle, Maple Fowler and Jonah Smith for trombone solo; Samuel Guthrie for trumpet solo; Robert Ramey for tuba solo; Yancey Fields-Blanchard II and Kylan Watson for snare drum duet; Malachi Ball for flute and Cesar Silva for alto saxophone in a woodwind duet; Naomi Biruk, Amori Burton and Camryn Carter for flute trio; and Francisco Caldera for flute, Jack Lopez Martinez for bass clarinet and Aarav Patel for flute in a woodwind trio. The Holman band was directed by Adam Hall and Steven White.

Choir

Choir students who earned a 1 rating at the Solo and Small Ensemble Festival were Mikayla Meekie, Khadime Seck, Rylie Smith and Kylie Williams for vocal solo and Mikayla Meekie and Chloe Tate for vocal duet. Earning a 2 rating were Madison Jurilla, Meekie and Tate for vocal trio and Taylor Williams for vocal solo. The Holman choir was directed by Larry Knobel.

Orchestra

Students who earned a 1 rating at the Solo and Small Ensemble festival were Kylie Williams for bass solo; Ciara Ratliff and Mason Tijerina, for saxophone trio; Drake Kelly and Arrianna Watson for viola solo; Sophia Lewis, Vivian Truong and Imani Wood for violin solo; Emily Arana for violin and Ratliff for bass in a duet; Aliyah Brown for cello and Danyelle Trammell for viola in a duet; Cartrell Brown Jr. for double bass, Peter Ndungu for viola, Caleb Sosman for violin and Emanuel Turja Elvira for viola in a quartet; and Adley Glaenzer, Keagan Gutschenritter, Adelaide Pagel and Garrison Parker for viola quartet. Students earning a 2 rating were Gabrielle Dockery, Chelsey Felder and Savannah Hernandez for violin solo; Jordynn Brown for bass and Samantha Langston for viola in a duet; and Hernandez, Alyssa Nicholson and Truong for violin trio. The Holman orchestra was directed by Irena Goren-Scheer.

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Pattonville Heights

Visual arts

Seventh grade students had their poems selected to be featured in a visual art series exhibition sponsored by the City of Maryland Heights Cultural Arts Commission. Their work was on display in the lobby at the Maryland Heights Government Center from March 18 to May 3. Students who had their poems selected were Brandon Arms, Jordyn Atkinson, Natalie Barton, Elijah Betancourt, Mason Biship, Peyton Brock, Chanell Burnett, Mila Camenzind, Noah Cantrell, Lucinda Condado, Kyann Craig, Lillie Ann Culbertson, Nicholas Damazyn, Caitlyn Ellis, Kadence Gray, Adrean Henderson, Lauren Hernandez, Eilynn Howard, Gabrielle Jackson, Michaela Jackson, Skylar Kuzuf, Isabella McDaniel, Meyrin Ramirez Diaz, Carly Ratcliff, James Rodas Esteban, Elijah Rowsley, Kelsi Seymour, Ellen Slocum, Addison Smith, Mason Tijerina, Rosemary Vanengelen, Eva Warren and Rhyan Woods. Students were taught by English teachers Jennifer Benoist, Maggie Mayberry and Melissa Wetzel.

Band

Students earning a 1 rating at the Solo and Small Ensemble Festival were Olivia Hurd and Lakshman Kamalakkannan for alto saxophone solo; Chi'marreon Walker for baritone saxophone solo; Caleb Guss for bass clarinet solo; Graciela Esquivel, Liliana Moreno Munoz, Kemorah Robinson and Londyn Watts for clarinet solo; Anna Click, Addyson Holmes, Hailie Jackson, Mitchel Jean Noel, Addyson Peterman, Elizabeth Peterman, Lauraelle Pierre and Lidia Pineda for flute solo. Reagan Lerdahl for horn solo; Magnus Maclin for mallet solo; Savannah Harris for tuba solo; Omolola Ogunmola for trombone solo; Golden Curtis for trumpet solo; Blair Bittick and Guss, for clarinet duet; Edward Bagsby and Daniel Dewick, for mixed duet; Jhournee Harris and Alexis Leap for woodwind duet; and Kamalakkannan, Mason Tijerina and Walker for saxophone trio. Students who earned a 2 rating were Elijah Bennight for alto saxophone solo; Ruby Ramirez Ortiz for clarinet solo; Olivia Engelke, Sierra Lumsden, Meyrin Ramirez Diaz, Rana Selli for flute solo; Dorian Johnson for mallet solo; Kyle Eleby and Thomas Reddy for snare drum solo; Tijerina for tenor saxophone solo; Joshua Deskin for trombone solo; Noah Cantrell and James Rodas Esteban for trumpet duet; Engelke and Ramirez Ortiz for woodwind duet; and Ogunmola, Julianna Riley and Avery Waller for mixed trio. The band was directed by Abby Hall and Liz Pace.

Choir

Four students were selected to be members of the seventh and eighth grade honor choir at the Missouri Choral Directors Association conference that will be held on July 16 at Missouri State University. Students who were selected to participate in the honor choir were Mason Biship, Sophia Goldsmith, Pierre Michael Lopez and Chi'marreon Walker. At the Solo and Small Ensemble Festival, students earned a 1 rating for vocal solo. They were Sophia Goldsmith, Cassadi Divers, Skylar Kuzuf and Carly Ratcliff. Students who earned a 2 rating for vocal solo were Blair Bittick, Rosa Dahl-Bowman, Lily Gamino Pinon, Gabriela Garcia, Reagan Lerdahl, Omolola Ogunmola, Malia Robinson and Tula Stewart. The choir was directed by Kurtis Heinrich.

Orchestra

Students who earned a 1 rating at the Solo and Small Ensemble Festival were Douglas Chatman, Rylan Denbow and Oliver Strauser for cello solo; Clare Derhake for violin solo; Je'Sean Blackmon and Joshua Salinas for string duet; and Denbow, Derhake, Sophie Lohman and Bradley Underwood for string quartet. Earning a 2 rating were Underwood and Bricyn Love for violin solo and Denbow and Melia Holland for string duet. The orchestra was directed by Carlye Feeney.

SSD award

Special education paraprofessional Cody Best was named Paraprofessional of the Month by the Special School District (SSD). This award is selected based on nominations submitted by any staff member of a paraprofessional who goes above and beyond to increase students’ engagement, sense of belonging and autonomy.

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Pattonville High School

Leadership Academy

Sophomore Olivia Brown graduated from the Fred Saigh Leadership Academy, a program that selects up to 20 students each year who show leadership potential to participate in a year of training and curriculum that fosters leadership skills and community involvement.

 

Band

Members of the band performed at the State Music Festival after earning an exemplary rating at the district Solo and Small Ensemble Festival. The students who earned a gold medal at the State Music Festival were: Zoe Click for bassoon solo; Marques Rutlin for clarinet solo; Colin Darrah and Floyd Davis III for tenor saxophone solo; Lukas Carman and Peter McCullough for trumpet solo; and Lucy Breier, Rihanna Carter, Drew Koller and Kimora Watson for saxophone quartet. The students who earned a silver medal at the State Music Festival were: Watson for alto saxophone solo; Janani Kamalakkannan for clarinet solo; Shardae Johnson for keyboard mallet solo; Rutlin, Kamalakkannan and Nathan Weiss for clarinet trio; and Betty Askew, Carman and Sophie Smith for trumpet trio. The students who earned a bronze medal at the State Music Festival were Janiah Benjamin, Dylan Cochran and Kaydence Harris for flute trio. Additionally, students who earned an outstanding rating at the district festival were Kyle Brenner for alto saxophone solo; Andrew Heine for baritone saxophone solo; Weiss and Olivia Monroe for clarinet solo; Kaydence Harris, Marlaina Corson and Mia Gallagher for flute solo; Julio Torres for french horn solo; Anastasiya Richardson for mallet solo; Tyren Thompson and Edgar Toledo Avalos for trombone solo; Emily Santel for trumpet solo; Giovanni Hamrick for tuba solo; Corson, Gallagher and Esme Hurlbut for flute trio; Peter McCullough, Hunter Riley and Torres for mixed bass trio; Johnson, Savannah Branson, Matthew Duong, Dylan Jamison, Zachary Killion and Kiley Wallace for percussion trio; Quinlan Hawkins, Sarah Hicks, Olivia Monroe and John O'Connell for clarinet quartet; and Brenner, Colin Darrah, Heine and Adam Reddy for saxophone quartet. The band was directed by Laura Livesay, Denny McFarland and Anna White.

Choir

Members of the choir performed at the State Music Festival after earning an exemplary rating at the district Solo and Small Ensemble Festival. The students who earned a gold medal at the State Music Festival were: Addison Candela, Diego Halbeck and Margaret Haselbauer for vocal solo and Jacqueline Bradshaw, Savannah Branson, Candela, Abigail Evers, Gail Griffin, Haselbauer, Omolara Ogunmola and Haleigh Rigdon for vocal chamber treble ensemble. Students who earned a silver medal for vocal solo at the State Music Festival were Branson, Isabella Crawford, Kaylee Dyer, Ogunmola and Hannah Richardson. Also earning an exemplary rating at the district festival for vocal solo was Brooklyn Pyle. Students earning an outstanding rating at the district festival were Jon-Michael Brown II, Zoe Click, Christi Dyer, Danya Green, Lydia Greenwalt Hamil, Kaydence Harris, Mark Kendrick, Siquori Lee, Jeremiah Lopez, Ian MacDonald, Xavion Moore, Ellis North, Paul Palermo, Donald Simpkins and Isaiah White for vocal solo; and Brown, North Palermo, Simpkins and White for chamber tenor-bass ensemble. The choir was directed by Melynda Lamb and Aaron Zart.

Orchestra

Members of the orchestra performed at the State Music Festival after earning an exemplary rating at the district Solo and Small Ensemble Festival. The students who earned a gold medal at the State Music Festival were Pei Lin Lan and Norina Shao for violin solo. Students who earned a silver medal at the State Music Festival were Maxwell Fetter for cello solo; Dezmond Stone for bass solo and Jacob Zarosa for violin solo. Students who earned a bronze medal at the State Music Festival were Danya Green, and Prince Nkoua for string duet; Isaac Blassingame, Logan Monroe and William Truong for string trio; and Harrison Killion, Wendy Mwaniki, Nkoua and Adrian Woods for string quartet. Additionally, students earned an outstanding rating at the district festival. Those students were Sydney Hoynacki and Melaina Prentice for bass solo; Omolara Ogunmola, Eliot Daller, Ananiah Hopper, Annabelle Martin and Kai Woodrome for cello solo; Diego Halbeck for piano solo; Lillian Freund for viola solo; Matthew Cutrell, Samuel Gunawan and Matthew Schiermeyer for violin solo; Brianna Coddington, Brooklyn Elliott, Hannah Fisbeck, Saoirse Keane, Charlotte Lohman, and Elaine Lu for string duet; Grace Bagsby, Nasya Kirksey and Molly Maue for string trio; and Cutrell, Elias El-Ghazal, Halbeck, Tracy Machuki, Bryan Manjarrez, Brennan Mitchell, Marlon Patino II, Hannah Richardson, Carter Stroud and Jackson Williams for string quartet. The orchestra was directed by Paul Rueschhoff.

Baseball

Three baseball players were named academic all-state and academic all-conference: Adam Reddy, Kyle Manker and Tyler Manker. Students named all-conference first team were: Cameron Crumble for infield, Nathan Friedrich for outfield, Mason Lee for pitcher, who was also named conference co-pitcher of the year and Kyle Manker as a pitcher. Students named all-conference second team were Antonio Contreras as catcher, Bryion Fips for infield and Jason McCall for outfield. Tyler Manker was selected to receive the all-conference sportsmanship award. The baseball team was coached by Victor Fink with the assistance of Christian Brinser.

Golf

Named all-conference first team were Patrick Clifford and Shota Kikuchi. Lukas Cates was named all-conference second team. The golf team was coached by Scott Hutson with the assistance of David Gross.

Lacrosse

Christina Bae was named all-conference first team and Katie Pina was named all-conference second team. Named all-conference honorable mention was Sophia Kelly. The team was coached by Hannah Cooper with the assistance of Sophia Zegar.

Soccer

Emily Cremer was named all-conference first team and Aliya Curry was named all-conference second. Named all-conference honorable mention were Aiva Barry and Sophia Luraschi. Kalie Vogel was selected to receive the all-conference sportsmanship award. Students who were named academic all-conference were: Cremer, Curry, Luraschi, Larissa Harned, Vogel and Alyssa Yin. The team was coached by Tom Iffrig with the assistance of MaryClare Stoker.

Boys track and field

Members of the boys track and field team competed at the state championship meet after qualifying at the sectional and district meets. Michael Allen placed sixth at state, third at sectionals and first at districts in discus. Rashad Smith placed 14th at state and fourth at sectionals and districts in triple jump. At the sectional meet, Jackson Powell placed seventh in the 400 meter dash after placing fourth at districts. Luke Stevenson placed sixth at sectionals and second at districts in the 3200 meter run and qualified for sectionals in the 1600 meter run after placing third at districts. Additionally, four relay teams qualified to compete at sectionals after placing at districts. Placing fifth at sectionals and third at districts was the 4x800 meter relay team of Brayden Halter, Ryan Hayes, Ian Moore and Powell. Placing sixth at sectionals and second at districts was the 4x100 team of Anthony Clark, Tyrice Coleman, Jordan Kedl Thomas and Jordan Redden. The 4x200 team of Blair, Clark, Kedl Thomas and Redden placed seventh at sectionals and fourth at districts. The 4x400 team of Hayes, Hayden Johnston, Powell and Redden placed eighth at sectionals and fourth at districts. The boys track and field team was coached by Chuan Tate with the assistance of Natasha Fortenbury, Chris Gleghorn, Matthew McClellan, William Roach and Kayla Smith.

Girls track and field

A’laji Bradley placed first in the 200 and 400 meter dashes and second place in the 100 meter dash at the state championship after placing first in each of these events at sectionals and districts. Bradley was also named to the St. Louis American all-area first team for the 200- and 400-meter dash and second team 100 meter and selected to the all-metro girls track and field first team for sprints. Bradley was named to the USA Today HSSA (High School Sports Awards) Girls Track Athletes of the Year list. Also at the state meet, the 4x400 meter relay team of Nerea Gil, Makayla Gordon, Gabrielle Hurd and Riesen Riley placed eighth after placing second at the sectionals and first at districts. The 4x200 meter relay team of Kennedy Crawford, Gil, Gordon and Riley placed seventh at sectionals and fourth at districts. Additionally, Hurd placed eighth at sectionals and second at districts in the 800 meter run. The girls track and field team was coached by Corey Lewis with the assistance of Margaret Hall.

Volleyball

Volleyball players were named academic all-state. They were Jon-Michael Brown II, Milo Mainquist,  Xander Werthmuller and Isaiah White. The following players were named to all-district teams: Khalil Peterson was named all-district first team and Quinntes Rider and White were named all-district second team. Players also received all-conference honors. Named all-conference first team were Peterson and Rider. Named all-conference second team were Werthmuller and White. Kyluan Braselman was named all-conference honorable mention. Cody Shaw was selected to receive the all-conference sportsmanship award. Students named academic all-conference were Brown and Mainquist. The team was coached by Jenell Franken.

Water polo

Logan Finn was named all-conference second team. Water polo players named academic all-conference were Zackary Brower, Finn, Lucy Hartley, Janani Kamalakkannan, Zoe Mikitin and Cooper Salvia. The team was coached by Tom Crockett with the assistance of Gabe Faron.