Tag Archives: Parkway School District

Wake up! That’s the message that Alex Lindley is spreading through the nonprofit he helped to found off tragedy and heartbreak after losing two friends to suicide. Now, Project Wake Up is releasing a new documentary on the topic.

Recent Parkway South High graduate Elijah Edwards paid it forward through an Eagle project that benefits students in the Ritenour School District.

Recent “Light of Parkway” award recipient Darryl Bolden retired as custodian after working 19 years at Bellerive Elementary. To show their love and appreciation, 400 students surprised Bolden with thank you notes throughout their field day on May 17.

As a way to give back to the community, Barretts Elementary had a day to show kindness on May 20. Each grade level did good deeds at school or around the community.

On Dec. 12, Director of Finance Brian Whittle and Patty Bedborough, chief financial officer, presented budget assumptions for the preliminary development of the 2019-20 Parkway budget, which begins July 1, at the  Board of Education meeting. Those assumptions serve as the budget’s building block, looking at revenues and expenses and at five-year projections.

All of Parkway South Middle’s 600 students, staff members and parent volunteers visited local parks and gardens in the St. Louis area to serve in outdoor projects as part of the school’s second annual servathon.

According to district leaders, beginning with the 2019-20 school year, a small number of Rockwood students will participate in Spark! and a small number of Parkway students will enroll in the ECP. The school districts look to grow opportunities in the future.

The Special School District of St. Louis [SSD] recently honored 21 students with Rosemary Zander awards and special scholarships at the annual Commitment to Kids Banquet on April 4. Five students from Parkway and Rockwood were among the Zander awardees.

The video emerged following the district’s spring break, and although the comments were made by Parkway students, the comments were made off campus and not during school hours.

The PWestPathfinder.com from Parkway West High earned its first Gold Crown award from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association, making it one of four schools in the country to receive the honor for its online newspaper program.