SLPS Spotlight Weekly News February 02, 2007

Five SLPS Students Receive KidSmart Angel Character Award

Five St. Louis Public School students received distinguished honors by receiving an Angel Character Award from KidSmart. The award recognizes and encourages the development of key character traits in students. Teachers, who shop at the KidSmart free store, submitted nomination forms explaining how their students showed the character traits in the classroom. Volunteers from KidSmart, Mary Beth’s Angels Foundation and Purina delivered the good news along with balloons, class sets of school supplies, books from Scholastic and cereal from Ralston Foods. The students will also be honored at a special banquet in their honor at the City Academy on Feb. 22 at 5:30 p.m.

The 2007 Angel Character Award Recipients:

Ollie Kyles, Seventh Grade
Webster Middle School

Shaine Phillips, Eighth Grade
Blow Middle School

Elijah Allen-Woody, Kindergarten
Greta Morina, Seventh Grade
Oak Hill Elementary

LaPrecious Tyson, Sixth Grade
Compton-Drew Investigative Learning Center Middle School

Demetrius Joyner, Third Grade
Matthew Backstrom, Kindergarten
Hodgen Elementary School

SLPS Students Voice Black History Month on Clear Channel Radio

Congratulations to four St. Louis Public Schools who were chosen to participate in the Clear Channel Radio “Black History Month” tribute to local icons. The radio station held an essay contest asking for students to write a topic on local black icons. Farragut, Cole, Compton Drew Investigative Learning Center, and Carnahan High School of the Future were selected as winners. Students will be heard on Majic 104.9, 100.3 The Beat, and Hallelujah AM 1600 throughout the month of February.

Job Shadowing Comes to the St. Louis Public Schools

Nearly 400 students in the St. Louis Public Schools will receive valuable lessons on career choices at the upcoming Groundhog Job Shadowing event scheduled for Feb. 5.

The annual activity is a partnership between SLPS, Junior Achievement of Mississippi Valley, Inc. and a host of other community partners. Eleventh and 12th graders will participate. The purpose of job shadowing is to expose students to various career opportunities, career paths and enriching on the job training experiences. The national career-shadowing project is a coordinated effort between Junior Achievement Worldwide, America’s Promise, The Alliance for Youth, the U.S Department of Education and the U.S. Department of Labor.

Herbert Hoover Boys and Girls Club Offer College Scholarship

The Herbert Hoover Boys and Girls Club is looking for outstanding high school seniors who qualify for the 2007 McDonald’s Academic Excellence Award Scholarship. The college scholarship is a one-time $2,500 award given to any high school senior who is a member of the Herbert Hoover Boys and Girls Club. For more information about membership or scholarship criteria, call Indigo Sams, Herbert Hoover’s director of Program Services, at 652-8300. Or visit their web site at www.hhbgc.org.