Normandy School District

Education

St. Louis County’s First Charter School Wins State Approval

Ryan Delaney

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The Leadership School won a charter from a divided state school board Thursday and plans to open as an elementary school in north St. Louis County next fall. It will be located somewhere within the boundaries of the provisionally accredited Normandy school district.

Parents and alumni wave signs welcoming students back to Normandy High School for the 2013 school year.

Education

St. Louis County May Get Its First Charter School

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If approved by the Missouri State Board of Education, the Leadership School will open next fall as the first charter school outside St. Louis or Kansas City.

Forsyth School, a private school on the western edge of St. Louis, erected several tents in its courtyard and is doing almost all instruction for students in grades first through sixth outside.

Education

Under A Tent Or The Open Sky, Schools Move Class Outside During Pandemic

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Some reopening schools in the St. Louis area are trying to make use of whatever grass and outdoor space they have, banking on it being a safer place to bring students back than indoors.

Normandy High School teacher Duane Foster said it was a luxury to spend seven weeks of this school year in the off-Broadway production of "Angtigone in Ferguson."

Arts

‘There was something missing’: Stint on New York stage energizes Normandy teacher

Nancy Fowler

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Normandy teacher Duane Foster recently returned from an unusual sabbatical: a role in an off-Broadway production of “Antigone in Ferguson.” Foster made…

Donye' Winston, 12, reacts to something her classmate Mahlia Pryor, 11, says during their gifted learning class on March 7, 2018, at Normandy's Washington Elementary School.

Education

Gifted program returns to Normandy elementary schools

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Discontinued during the turmoil of unaccreditation and reincorporation, a gifted learning program has returned to Normandy’s elementary schools.At…

Normandy marching band performs during the VP Parade in Forest Park Saturday, July 4, 2015.

Education

Parents still wary of Normandy schools, despite upgrade in academic standing

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Last Tuesday was supposed to be a monumental day for Normandy’s public school district. It was kicking off 2018 with a distinction it had not enjoyed in…

Education

Normandy school district sheds unaccredited status in long turnaround effort

Ryan Delaney

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Normandy’s school district has surpassed a “milestone” in its long turnaround process.The Missouri State Board of Education voted unanimously Friday to…

Even though the school transfer issue aroused passionate debate last year, the issue still isn't resolved.

Education

Normandy schools poised to move up from unaccredited status

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Missouri education officials could elevate the long-troubled Normandy school district out of unaccredited status.Officials at Department of Elementary and…

Education

See the annual performance grades for St. Louis' school districts

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Normandy and Riverview Gardens received high enough state academic performance scores to get the north St. Louis County-based school districts in better…

Washington University announced a medical apprenticeship program, which will teach medical assistants to draw blood and do other clinical tasks.

Education

The doctor is in: Normandy High one of three districts with health clinics on site

Chantel Courtney and her two sons took a wrong turn at Normandy’s back-to-school fair last weekend in search of getting her eighth-grader a vaccination.…