Wentzville Kindergarten Registration Dates

The Wentzville R-IV School District has announced its registration schedule for the 2012-12 school year.

Dates have been set for the Wentzville School District’s kindergarten registration/screening process. Registration is open to all children who will turn five years of age before Aug. 1, 2012. If you have a kindergarten-aged child who has not been screened by Parents as Teachers this year, appointments are required and can be made by contacting the Wentzville Parents as Teachers office at (636) 327-3863. Screening appointments are filled on a first come, first served basis and fill up quickly.  While every effort will be made to accommodate parents at their child’s school, it is possible that the screening may need to be at another elementary school in the District. Registration/screening dates are as follows: The day of the screening/…

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Green Tree Art Club Completes Bottlecap Masterpiece

The students replicated Van Gogh with bottlecaps.

Members of the Green Tree Elementary School Art Club have completed a masterpiece made of hundreds of bottlecaps. Their project, a 7 foot by 8 foot mural of Vincent Van Gogh’s Starry Night, was constructed with bottle caps of every shape and size - from toothpaste caps to laundry detergent caps.   The entire school assisted with collection of the bottle caps over the fall semester and the fourth and fifth grade girls worked before school and during their free time with advisor and Art Teacher Pam Winter to complete the mural. Winter said she enjoys reviewing other art teachers’ blogs and was inspired to try the project with her Art Club after seeing a similar mural online. "The girls worked so hard to complete this," said Winter. "They are…

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Whiz Kid

Whiz Kid: Alyx Seats Signs NLI

Timberland soccer standout will play at Culver-Stockton College.

Whiz Kid: Alyx Seats Nominated By: Wentzville R-IV School District Accomplishment: Timberland soccer player Alyx Seats has committed to play for the Culver-Stockton College Wildcats in Canton, MO. Key To Awesomeness: As an underclassman in high school, Seats tore the ACL in both of her knees. After experiencing a potentially career ending injury, she is happy just to have the opportunity to play college soccer. While at CSC she plans on pursuing a degree in teaching or physical therapy.

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Jessica Karll Is the 2012 Wentzville School District Teacher of the Year

Karll teaches third grade at Discovery Ridge Elementary School.

Jessica Karll, a third grade teacher at Discovery Ridge Elementary, has been selected as the Wentzville School District Teacher of the Year for 2012. The District teacher of the year is selected by a panel of central office administrators and the reigning District Teacher of the Year. Ashley Barton of Peine Ridge Elementary School was named the 2011 district teacher of the year. Candidates were judged on the respect and admiration of students, parents and colleagues. Selection is also based on their ability to inspire and educate students of all backgrounds and abilities. “I feel very blessed to work in a District that’s so dedicated to kids,” said Karll. “It makes me proud to know that I’m doing what’s best for students each and every day…

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Election 2012

School Board Candidates Begin Filing for April Election

Filing opened on Tuesday for school board candidates in five St. Charles County school districts.

Candidates began to trickle in for school board seats up for election on April 3, 2012 in St. Charles County’s five public school districts. Candidate filing opened Dec. 13 and will close on Jan. 17. Voters will elect school board members to serve three-year terms – with the exception of perhaps one school district. Most of the filing activity on the first day of filing occurred in the Wentzville School District. Five candidates, including two incumbents, had filed Tuesday for two open seats. The candidates filing Tuesday were incumbents Sheryl Cox and David Hurst along with candidates Michael Spiroff, Aaron Schaper and Saundra Garber. Four candidates filed Tuesday in the Francis Howell School District for two open seats on the board. The …

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Open Houses Offer Information About School Boundary Changes

The Wentzville R-IVSchool District plans two more open houses.

When voters approved the Wentzville School District's tax levy in April, they acknowledged the district's need for more classroom space in the state's fastest-growing school district. Along with additional facilities at the existing schools, plans were made for a new high school. The new high school created the need to establish attendance boundaries, and the district took that opportunity to realign the boundaries of the middle schools also. The proposed plan calls for three elementary schools to feed into a single middle school, which then feeds into a single high school. Under the new plan, students will stay with the same schoolmates from elementary school to high school. Previously, middle school students would be split up and sent to…

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Wake Up Wentzville

Wake Up Wentzville: Dec. 9 Edition

All the news you need for Friday, Dec. 9.

Good morning Wentzville! Welcome to the column that will help you get through the day. Every Monday through Friday, we'll tell you what's going on around town, what you need to know and where the traffic snags might be. Have a suggestion to make Wentzville Patch more helpful? Leave a comment or drop me an email at maggie.rotermund@patch.com. Do you use social media? Check us out on Facebook and Twitter. 

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Open House for Third Wentzville High School

Event drew residents, parents to Discovery Ridge Elementary School.

The Wentzville R-IV School District recently held an open house to allow the public to view plans for the district's planned third high school. The event was held at Discovery Ridge Elementary School.  Parents and residents came to review the plans for the school, which is slated for opening in fall 2013. "We've had people who are really interested in the project come out," said Chuck Dale-Derks. "They are interested in the best approach for the school." Robin Brown, a local resident and parent of a child who will go to the new school, came out to check out the plans. "I live on adjacent property and have three kids in the district, one of whom will be in the first freshman class here," she said. "I'm thrilled about what I see so far." …

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