Students, staff recognized at the Feb. 10 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. Learn more about students and staff who were recognized this month.

Rose Acres

St. Louis Writers Guild

Students from Rose Acres Elementary School were selected to have their short stories published in the St. Louis Writers Guild: Young Writers Awards Collection anthology. In this annual contest, student authors from fourth through 12th grade submit their writing to be included in an anthology that is available for purchase on Amazon. These students were invited to an awards ceremony and story-reading celebration on Jan. 10. Fifth grader Norah Glaenzer had a short story selected for publication. She is taught by Nicole Youngquist. Four students from PEGS also had their short stories selected for publication: Fifth grader Emily Pitlyk received second place for her story and will receive a hard copy of the anthology, fourth grader Emery Curnutt, fifth grader Daniel Katz and fourth grader Abdu-Allah Rabdi. PEGS students are taught by gifted teachers Allison Bennett and Robin Chang.

Willow Brook

Student Art Exhibition

A group of 70 students from Willow Brook Elementary School had their artwork selected for the Next Generation Student Art Exhibition at the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum on the campus of Washington University. The exhibit was on view from Dec. 13 through Dec. 20 in the Steinberg Gallery. The regional showcase highlighted abstract artworks created in response to the museum’s featured exhibition Making Their Mark: Works from the Shah Garg Collection. The following students had their artwork selected: William Ackman, Anthony Allison Jr., Ava Ambrose, Zachary Ambrose, Ibrahim Asadullah, Gregory Aubuchon, Tristen Bramlett, Promesse Byenga, Avery Carr, Eli Carter, Dylan Castillo, Eve Colletti, Aiden De Guzman, Abraham Zamacona Delgado, Oscar Downs, Laresa Fields, Levy Foster, Rylee Gardner, Cohen Gross, Laila Guthrie, Gwendolyn Hager, Adriana Hernandez, Lindsey Jamieson, Sahil Jawad, Holland Jenkins, Darius Johnson II, Justin Johnson, Rayden Jones, Bode Jordan, Zoë Kennedy, Sydney Kettinger, Jameson Larose, Zella Leeds, Zane Lewis, Easton Lipson, Annie Lockwood, Cole Lowe, Nyasha Matarise, Declan McCue, Carsyn McCullough, Dylan Amador Meja, Akiya Milkesa, Rue Miller, Grace McIntyre, Kyle Moeller, Stephanie Njumbi, Ashley Nova Tiria, Elizaveta Oganova, Abigail Ohrenberger, Margarita Okun, Tamiyah Parker-Harris, Janice Pettit, Greyson Pilat, Lauren Pursley, Jaylen Randol, Shanelle Rubach, Addison Sanchez-Vera, Sawyer Sanchez-Vera, Michael Schmitt, Naya Setaboha, Leilani Smith, Zarhri Spencer, Avin Stone, Dylan Thomas, Logan Tyler, Cayden Webster, Khylee White and Ayden Williams. These students were taught by art teacher Dawn Lynn.

Holman

Choir

Choir students from Holman Middle School were selected to participate in St. Louis Suburban 7th/8th Grade honor choirs. Students were selected by their school’s choir director to participate in an ensemble with students from other schools around the St. Louis area. Students selected to the 7th/8th Grade Mixed Honor Choir were Levi Dukes, Isabella Flores, Dagny Hurlbut, Averie Souza, Cole Wiley and Rebecca Wulf. Students selected to the 7th/8th Grade Treble Honor Choir were Isabella Cottner, Isabella Flores, Micah Hampton, Brooklyn Hester, Nayla Jordan, Cora Leonberger, Emma Pallardy, Stephanie Pastor-Ramirez and Trinity Roberson. The Holman choir is directed by Heather Blackwell.

Pattonville Heights

Emerging Artists

Pattonville Heights Middle School eighth grader Maple Fowler had artwork selected for display in the Emerging Artists exhibit at Congregation B’nai Amoona. This exhibit was on view through Jan. 10, and featured drawings, paintings, sculpture and mixed media pieces by Maple as well as three other students from second to eleventh grade at other schools in the St. Louis region.

Choir

Choir students from Pattonville Heights Middle School were selected to participate in St. Louis Suburban 7th/8th Grade honor choirs. Students were selected by their school’s choir director to participate in an ensemble with students from other schools around the St. Louis area. Students selected to the 7th/8th Grade Mixed Honor Choir were Nomin Amgalanbaatar, Tré Carter, Giovanni Corsolini, Lauren Hearns, Henry Hershberger, Josh McNichols, Chimamanda Obi-Ibeabuchi, Ezra Samayoa, Natalie Shui and Brian Vance. Student selected to the 7th/8th Grade Treble Honor Choir were Jane Farrell, Salina Hawkins, Olivia Kaufman, Josephine Nelson, Natalia Norman, Lauraelle Pierre, Jamie Powell, Lilly Regel and Avalyn Smith. The Pattonville Heights choir is directed by Kurtis Heinrich.

Pattonville High School

Missouri State art

Pattonville High School sophomore Scarlett Stinekraus had her drawing “Vitality” selected to be in Missouri State University's Juried Exhibition for High School Art and Design Students. Her artwork was created in Drawing 2 last semester. The artwork will be featured in a virtual exhibition on Missouri State’s website starting July 1. Stinekraus was taught by high school art teacher Beth Kathriner.