Central Newsmagazine School News

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Kirkwood

Interactive white boards to be installed

Middle and elementary schools in the Kirkwood School District are on their way to having interactive white boards. Last month, the School Board approved the purchase of 73 Promethean Activeboard brand interactive white boards for a total of $299,300. Similar boards have already been installed in the majority of Kirkwood High School classes.? Teachers will be able to utilize Active-votes, a system that includes wireless devices for each student allowing them to respond anonymously to questions. This will bypass the fear many students get when faced with having to have subjects re-explained because they did not understand it the first time. ? The district plans to install 144 white boards in the middle and elementary schools by autumn 2009.

Webster Groves

Vehicle fair

The Webster Groves School District’s Parents as Teachers program will sponsor a vehicle fair from 9:30 to 11 a.m., on Saturday, May 17, at Hudson School in Rock Hill.? A variety of vehicles, including fire trucks and helicopters, will be on hand.

Children may bring their bicycle helmets to the fair for a safety check and fitting, or a new one may be purchased for $8. New helmets are being sold by St. Louis Children’s Hospital. Registration is required. To register, call 454-KIDS, press 3 and give the event date of May 17 and the name of the sponsor, PAT. For more information about the fair, call 314-963-6436.

St. John Vianney

Special Olympics goes on

Athletes from the Southwest Special School District participated in the 17th annual Special Olympics on April 28, at St. John Vianney High School in Kirkwood. Vianney, which has hosted the Special Olympics since 2003, held the fourth of nine track and field meets slated at area high schools this spring.

The event, which included a relay race, 100-meter dash, modified shot-put and long jump, was forced indoors by rain at the last minute. More than 150 Special School District students competed.

Ladue

Guiness world records

Students from all four Ladue School District elementary schools came together on April 26, at Ladue Middle School, to set a new record. They set out to play the largest game of “Head, Shoulder, Knees and Toes” for a chance to be mentioned in the Guinness Book of World Records.

The game was sponsored by the Old Bonhomme Dads’ Club, which estimated 693 people participated. Currently, the record stands at 448. Officials with Guinness were still in the process of verifying the number at Central Newsmagazine’s press time.