tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65176903161997404092024-02-07T05:33:28.469-08:00Say Yes to U. City Schools!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01905484751560574051noreply@blogger.comBlogger93125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517690316199740409.post-31357418390930497922016-08-25T11:28:00.000-07:002016-08-25T11:28:55.871-07:00Our Schools in the News: UCHS Student receives Dance AwardNice recognition for yet another talented University City High School Student!<br />
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Nia Spencer received a Dance St. Louis Career Award. She is a student at University City High School and captain of its dance team. She will receive help from Dance St. Louis with auditions, summer intensives, supplies, letters of recommendations, coaching and anything else to help her succeed in the field of dance.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01905484751560574051noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517690316199740409.post-19990745529548406132016-08-25T11:13:00.001-07:002016-08-25T11:13:53.479-07:00Our Schools in the News: BCJ teacher named finalist for MO Teacher of the Year<div class="asset-masthead" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 20px 0px 40px; position: relative;">
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Barbara C. Jordan Elementary School Teacher Nancy Luebbers has been named a finalist for Missouri Teacher of the Year. Ms. Luebbers is the 2016-2017 University City Teacher of the Year. Congratulations to Ms. Luebbers and the many, many fantastic teachers in our district who work so hard for our kids, day in and day out. We are so proud!</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01905484751560574051noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517690316199740409.post-54442283822531800962016-06-11T09:45:00.000-07:002016-06-11T09:45:01.885-07:00The Value of Making Mistakes: 2016 Valedictory Speech<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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UCHS 2016 Valedictorian Lydia Soifer was kind enough to share with us her inspiring speech, delivered at the May 18th graduation ceremony. Lydia attended U. City Schools for 13 years, beginning with kindergarten at Jackson Park Elementary. She will be attending <a href="https://www.davidson.edu/" target="_blank">Davidson College</a> in Davidson, North Carolina this fall, studying biological sciences. </div>
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<i>All of us have gone through thirteen years of school to make it to this point. At times it was great — we succeeded by getting a good grade or pulling our grade up after studying really hard for a final. But at other times the journey was a bit rougher. Maybe you didn’t quite get the grade you had hoped for or maybe there were things going on outside of school that made it difficult to get homework done. Either way, at these rough times we are faced with potential failure.</i></div>
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<i>About a month ago, I stumbled upon a quote that stood out to me, as it was describing a predicament I see myself facing on a regular basis. It was a quote by Eckhart Tolle, “The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.” For me, this quote applies to almost every aspect of life. In school, is it better to challenge myself even though I might fail, or should I take the easier route for guaranteed success? When I am in ballet class, should I try a triple turn and fall, or should I stick to a double because I know I can do one? In piano, should I practice even though I know I will fail the first few times, or should I continue to put off working on a hard piece because I am afraid I will never succeed? In each of these scenarios, the option that will result in improvement is the challenge, the option that might lead to failure.</i></div>
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<i>Every single one of us has been faced with options such as these. None of us like to make the decision because the right choice requires us to step outside our comfort zone. We have to challenge ourselves even though it is difficult and may seem impossible because the difference between failure and success is not what distinguishes between a successful and unsuccessful person — what determines the difference is how we fail. One option is to give up, but this is no better than immediate success. We don’t learn anything, we don’t push ourselves, we don’t challenge ourselves to do better. The other option is to analyze our failure, figure out why we failed and how we can do better next time, and then, despite the fear of not succeeding, picking ourselves up and trying again. Maybe we will be successful the second time, but maybe we will fail again. We might even fail ten more times before we succeed, but each failure can teach us a lesson about ourselves. Whether it be learning a technique in art class or learning that if you think positively, you are more likely to make a successful pass in a football game, each failure can let us know how we can improve and eventually succeed.</i></div>
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<i>As all of us leave U. City, we will find ourselves faced with many decisions, some of which will lead to immediate success and some which might lead to failure the first few times. We might be faced with the decision of whether or not to take the harder class in college, or we might have to decide whether or not to take a job that will push our skills beyond their current limit. At these critical points in our lives, we must remember that it is okay to fail. As we take the next step into life, we will be presented with many challenges, defeats, and failures. But these are not what marks our success. That is determined by our ability to take those challenges at which we did not succeed the first time, turn them around, and make them into successes which we can say we are proud of.</i></div>
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Thank you for your wise words Lydia, and best of luck to you in all of your future endeavors! We know you will continue to make U. City proud!</div>
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Here on the "Say Yes to U. City Schools" blog we love to talk about our fantastic students, teachers, and programs. Today we have a story that combines all three: a touching Facebook tribute to a former Brittany Woods Middle School teacher from a student whose life was profoundly affected by the robotics program he started. </div>
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Science teacher Barry Williams served in the district from 2000 until his retirement in 2013, with four years as the science department head. In 2009 he started the district's first <a href="http://www.firstinspires.org/">FIRST robotics </a>program, the Soaring Eagles<a href="http://www.firstlegoleague.org/"> FLL</a> team. Since then the program has grown and spread, and hundreds of U. City students have benefited. </div>
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One of those students, UCHS 2015 graduate Walter Deitzler, took to Facebook in 2013 to talk about how Mr. Williams influenced him:</div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Today I played guitar at the retirement ceremony of the single, most influential teacher in my life, Mr. Barry Williams. Many, if not all of you, know that I am addicted to robotics, Mr. Williams is the teacher that influenced all of this. Before 7th grade, I knew that I wanted to go into a STEM field, but was not sure what exactly I wanted to do. Then, I joined Mr. Williams' FIRST Lego League robotics team, and ever since my life has been changed. He had a passion for us doing robotics. If we wanted to meet before school, he would be there bright and early to let us into the lab. He would allow us into his room at lunch to build robots, and on top of that, we would have our meetings after school for 2-3 hours each day. On Saturdays he would arrange for the school to be open so that we could build robots for another 6-8 hours. In 8th grade, he was my Science teacher, and allowed us to build our robots for FLL in his class. He led us to victory in every single qualifier that we ever attended, and we had reasonable success at St. Louis area championships, both years I was in his program. He nurtured my passion for science, and made me the budding young mechanical engineer I am. he will be sorely missed in the district.</span></div>
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Mr. Williams passed away earlier this year, and now Walter is a mechanical and aerospace engineering student at the <a href="http://www.uah.edu/" target="_blank">University of Alabama in Huntsville</a></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Mr. Williams passed away earlier this year. He had a large impact on all of those he taught, and especially me. He dedicated all of his free time to inspiring students to go into STEM, and was just a great all around teacher."</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01905484751560574051noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517690316199740409.post-30105511838928629322016-05-18T11:55:00.000-07:002016-05-18T11:55:42.239-07:00Our Schools in the News: Post-Dispatch names Korinna Brandt 2016 Scholar AthleteThe St. Louis Post-Dispatch recently named University City High School senior Korinna Brandt as one of their 2016 STLHSS Scholar Athletes.<br />
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Academic rank • 7 of 203.<br /><br /><br />Sports • Field hockey, swimming water polo.<br /><br /><br />Academic bio • Scholar Athlete Award; Northwestern University Book Award; National Field Hockey Association Academic Scholar Award; PTO Scholar Award.<br /><br /><br />Athletic bio • Captain of the University City Varsity field hockey team and water polo team; honorable mention for the field hockey all-conference team.<br /><br /><br />Activities • Member of the National Honors Society; member of the Gay Straight Alliance; ran the Go! St. Louis Half Marathon with Students on the Go.<br /><br /><br />College • Missouri State University.<br /><br /><br />Goal • "As an adult I hope to be in a profession where I can help people. While I'm not entirely sure what I want to do later in life at the moment, I know that whatever it is will hopefully make a difference the lives of those around me.”<br /><br /><br />Favorite subject • BiologyAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01905484751560574051noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517690316199740409.post-48696756262661590642016-04-25T11:49:00.000-07:002016-04-25T11:50:35.893-07:00Our Schools in the News: Brittany Woods Students Launch Streetwear Line<br />
Check out this article from the <a href="http://www.riverfronttimes.com/">Riverfront Times</a> about two of our Brittany Woods Middle School students!<br />
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Gunnar Wurst, left, and Daivion Crawford.<br />
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In their artfully layered streetwear, Gunnar Wurst and Daivion Crawford might be any hot young clothing designers on the streets of Soho or Brooklyn — except for the fact that they live in a suburb of St. Louis, and neither is old enough to drive. <br />
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Wurst, 13, and Crawford, 14, founded <a href="http://mxtromvbusa.bigcartel.com/" target="_blank">MXTRO MVB</a><span id="goog_1498838325"></span><span id="goog_1498838326"></span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/"></a> in the winter of 2015, inspired by Supreme and the other streetwear brands they stalk online. The way they describe it, the whole undertaking sounds remarkably easy. "Within one to weeks, we made a logo, put it out and got ideas going," Wurst says. They launched their website soon after, initially offering two shirts and two hats.<br />
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Since then, they've expanded to add two more shirts, but they've got much bigger plans for the future. Their classes at Brittany Woods Middle School have included sewing (part of the Family Consumer Sciences program) and fabrication, prototyping and modeling (part of their class in Industrial Arts). They want to begin cutting and sewing their clothing — "jackets, pants, and a lot of things that are harder to do," Wurst says. They've been using materials from the Small Business Administration to fine-tune their business model.<br />
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Part of their goal is an accessible price point. Their idol Supreme may charge $48 for a T-shirt — if you can even get one; most of the products on his website are in a perpetual state of being sold out — but MXTRO MVB charges $15 for a short-sleeve shirt and $22 for a long-sleeve.<br />
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"You see the clothing that kids are into, they go for crazy money," says Crawford. "We're trying to make it affordable."<br />
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It helps that overhead is low, of course. They personally took their line's promo photos. They also serve as the models, and found a site that will host their online presence for free. Both set of parents have been supportive. (Wurst's dad teaches industrial design; of his own father, Crawford says, "My dad's into fashion, and he inspired me a lot." But, he says, he doesn't wear MXTRO MVB: "I think he's too old for it.")<br />
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The summer could be a big one for MXTRO MVB. Wurst has a trip planned to New York City, and he suspects he'll find plenty of inspiration in the city's fashion district to share with his business partner. The young designers also plan to get to work on that new line of clothing — one they sew, not just have printed.<br />
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"Through the summer, we're going to get a sewing machine and get the fabrics to do it," Wurst promises.<br />
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That's the thing about being thirteen and fourteen. Once school is out for the summer, you have all that time free .... to work.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01905484751560574051noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517690316199740409.post-4213758017860660922016-04-07T08:01:00.000-07:002016-04-07T08:01:02.572-07:00UCHS Grad Wins Peace Grant to Train Indigenous Women Leaders<h2>
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Caroline Martinez ’16 Wins Peace Grant to Train Indigenous Women Leaders<br />March 31, 2016 by Rebecca Goldfine<br /><br /><a href="http://community.bowdoin.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/carolinemartinez.png"><img height="412" src="http://community.bowdoin.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/carolinemartinez.png" width="640" /></a><div>
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After her parents separated, Caroline Martinez ’16 left Ecuador for the United States with her siblings and her American mother. She was 16. Now, as her graduation from Bowdoin draws closer, Martinez is eager to return to her home country. Although she has appreciated her college education, she said she has often felt too distant from the cause she’s committed to.<br /><br />Since she was a teenager in Ecuador, Martinez has been fighting for the rights and welfare of the country’s 14 indigenous nationalities, which include the Kichwa, Waorani and Cofan people. These groups are in danger of losing rights over their land, natural resources, water, schools and medicine. Since coming to Bowdoin, Martinez has seized several opportunities to continue being involved, including using college grants to do sociological research in indigenous communities.<br /><br />As a child, Martinez’s Ecuadorian father would tell her not to forget that while some of her blood is European, some also comes from indigenous people. “Mestizo people are indigenous people, too,” he would tell her. Mestizos refer to people of mixed heritage, and in Latin America, they often enjoy greater privileges than indigenous people.<br /><br />Martinez’s dedication to working on behalf of indigenous people, particularly women, received a boost recently when she won a $10,000 grant from the Davis Projects for Peace foundation. The organization supports undergraduates who want to implement projects around the world that contribute to conflict resolution and peace building in some way.<br /><br />Martinez will use her funding to organize a series of free leadership trainings in the highland communities of Ecuador. With an Ecuadorian partner, Carmen Lozano, Martinez will teach women of all ages, from teenagers and up, skills such as public speaking and how to draft project proposals and implement them. The workshops are designed to encourage women to organize to promote the welfare of their communities. “The workshops will give women a chance to speak with each other about what they face and what they want,” Martinez said.<br /><br />This summer, Martinez will travel to 14 highland provinces to offer the training. She anticipates that about 200 women will attend. At the end of the summer, she’ll invite all the participants to a great assembly. “The idea is to form a core of indigenous female leaders and this core will be able to teach other, organize and be an advocacy force for women,” she said.<br /><br />Martinez is going into her project well-versed in the needs of indigenous women. Last summer, with funding from Bowdoin’s Grua/O’Connell and Surdna Foundation research fellowships, and support from a Mellon Mays fellowship, she conducted sociological research in Ecuador. She interviewed 10 indigenous women leaders, aged 40 to 66, about their life stories, and listened to them talk about what has helped them achieve their position of prominence and what has held them back. “My goal was to understand how these women were able to become leaders in their community and be in a position where they could create change for both women and indigenous people,” she said. This year, she wrote a thesis paper for an independent study, outlining the services or opportunities that would help more indigenous women gain influence and also describing what is holding them back.<br /><br />One of the requests she heard over and over from the women she spoke with was for more leadership training.<br /><br />After being gone for five years, Martinez said returning to Ecuador was joyful for her. “I felt very happy to be there again. But doing research didn’t feel like enough. I’m not going to just write a paper and that’s it,” she said. She asked herself, “What can I do now that I am outside this situation to contribute to women and indigenous people’s struggles?”<br /><br />After she completes her summer of leadership trainings, Martinez said she will start thinking about attending a graduate program in sociology in her country. She said there’s no question about her leaving Ecuador again. “It is where everything I care about is,” she said.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01905484751560574051noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517690316199740409.post-41063562362134085422016-04-07T07:23:00.000-07:002016-04-07T07:23:59.325-07:00UCHS Journalism Students Receive Numerous Awards<br /><div style="text-align: justify;">
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University City High School Journalism students received over 30 state-level awards at the <a href="http://mipajournalism.com/" target="_blank">Missouri Interscholastic Press Association</a> (MIPA) Scholastic Journalism Day at <a href="http://missouri.edu/" target="_blank">University of Missouri</a> in Columbia on Wednesday, April 6. Publications students accepted the awards at the closing ceremony where 1300 state-wide journalism students and advisers were in attendance. Congratulations to these outstanding students and their fabulous teacher, Ms. Mary Williams!</div>
<br /><br /><b>2015-16 MIPA State Journalism Awards</b><br />[Ratings: All Missouri, Superior, Excellent, Honorable Mention]<br /><br /><br /><b>Overall Publications Awards:</b><br />U-Times Newspaper: All Missouri (Christine Politte, editor-in-chief)<br />U-Times Online Newspaper: Excellent (Payton Bass, editor-in-chief)<br />Yearbook (2016 edition): Excellent (Emily Looby, editor-in-chief)<br /><br /><b>All-Missouri Awards</b><br />Newspaper News Story (Borrowed Logo): Christine Politte (editor-in-chief)<br />Newspaper Editorial (School Spirit Shrinks): Christine Politte (editor-in-chief)<br />Yearbook Theme/Concept: Johanna Hill and Hannah Fuller (co-editors-in-chief)<br />Yearbook Student Life Design (Love Actually): Johanna Hill (co-editor-in-chief)<br /><br /><b>Individual Awards, Reporting:</b><br />Excellent, Newspaper Sports Writing: Kathryn Fuller<br />Excellent, Newspaper Feature Writing: Francene Bethune<br />Honorable Mention, Newspaper Feature Writing: Jaylen Williams<br />Honorable Mention, Newspaper News Story: Christine Politte<br /><br /><b>Individual Awards: Diversity Awareness</b><br />Superior, Newspaper Editorial (Straight Outta U. City): Payton Bass<br />Superior, Newspaper Editorial (Black Students Need More): Payton Bass<br />Excellent, Newspaper News Story (Fox, Ritenour Students): Kathryn Fuller<br />Excellent, Newspaper Feature (Black History Evades…): Jaylen Williams<br />Honorable Mention, Editorial (The Kids Aren’t Alright): Payton Bass<br /><br /><b>Individual Awards: Design</b><br />Superior, Newspaper Design (Homecoming Spread): Christine Politte<br />Superior, Yearbook Student Life Design: Hannah Fuller<br />Excellent, Yearbook Student Life Design: Aniya Kendrick<br />Excellent, Yearbook Academic Design: Cat Hoff<br />Excellent, Yearbook Sports Design: Cat Hoff<br />Honorable Mention, Newspaper Spread Design, Christine Politte<br /><br /><b>Individual Awards: Photography</b><br />Superior, Yearbook Photo Essay: Johanna Hill, Della Cox, and Hannah Fuller<br />Superior, Yearbook Sports Photo: Jermarcus Perkins<br />Superior, Yearbook Personality/Portrait: Cat Hoff<br />Excellent, Yearbook Sports Feature: Taneya Parker<br />Excellent, Yearbook Student Life: Christine Politte<br />Excellent, Newspaper Student Life: Lucy Wurst<br />Excellent, Yearbook Student Life: Johanna Hill<br />Excellent, Yearbook Personality/Portrait: Cat Hoff<br />Honorable Mention, Yearbook Personality/Portrait: Johanna Hill<br />Honorable Mention, Yearbook Photo Illustration: Taneya Parker and Hannah Fuller<br />Honorable Mention, Yearbook Sports Feature: Christine Politte<br />Honorable Mention, Yearbook Sports Feature: Hannah Fuller<br />Honorable Mention, Yearbook Student Life: Cat Hoff<br />Honorable Mention, Yearbook Student Life: Christine Politte (x3)Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01905484751560574051noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517690316199740409.post-35275536164982563312015-09-29T14:21:00.002-07:002015-09-29T14:56:52.341-07:00Fifth Annual U City FLL Warm Up at UCHS<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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On Saturday, September 26th, University City High School was host to the fifth annual University City<a href="http://www.firstlegoleague.org/" target="_blank"> <i>FIRST</i> LEGO League</a> Warm Up. This event, sponsored by U. City Robotics, brought together 27 teams and approximately 125 students plus parents and mentors from across the region and as far away as Cape Girardeau. <i>FIRST</i> LEGO League (FLL) introduces young people, ages 9 to 14, to the fun and excitement of science and technology. Teams, composed of up to ten children, build and program an autonomous robot to score points on a thematic playing field, as well as research and create a presentation centered around creative and innovative solutions to a problem (this year they will seek to solve the world's trash problems) and adhere to set of core values known as <a href="http://www.usfirst.org/aboutus/gracious-professionalism" target="_blank">gracious professionalism.</a><br />
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The teams came to the Warm Up for an early chance to test drive the robots they are building and programming for the 2015 FLL challenge, <a href="http://www.firstlegoleague.org/challenge/2015trashtrek" target="_blank">TRASH TREK</a>. While there was no official refereeing or scoring, they had an excellent opportunity to meet and compete with other teams, and to practice for the upcoming November qualifiers (two of which will be held at Brittany Woods Middle School.) The event is also used by FIRST LEGO League of Eastern Missouri to train referees for the upcoming competition season.<br />
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<br />Technical support was on hand to assist teams with design, building, and programming as well as subject expertise for the project presentations required as part of the competition. The City of University City sent an employee from Waste Management, and <a href="http://wustl.edu/" target="_blank">Washington University</a> sent six subject experts to help with project research.<br />
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Six of our own district FLL teams, from Jackson Park Elementary, Flynn Park Elementary, and Brittany Woods Middle School, participated in the event. All district teams were sponsored by <a href="http://ranken.edu/" target="_blank">Rankin Technical College</a>, who was also a sponsor of the event and provided technical support staff.<br />
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Our high school robotics team, the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/robolions3397" target="_blank">UCHS Robolions</a> -<a href="http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/frc" target="_blank"> <i>FIRST</i> Robotics Competition</a> team #3397 - brought their competition robot to demonstrate and even allowed some of the kids from FLL to try their hands at driving it. The Robolions also provided help with set-up the night before, and volunteered at the event in various capacities, including providing programming expertise and support.<br />
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<br /><i>FIRST </i>(For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) was founded in 1989 to inspire young people's interest in science and technology. In 2015 FIRST programs will reach 400,000 students around the world through four leveled programs for kids K-12. <i> FIRST</i> kids are significantly more likely to attend college, major in science or engineering, and be outstanding future employees and citizens, For more information, please visit <a href="http://www.usfirst.org/" target="_blank">www.usfirst.org. </a><br /><br />
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After months of training, a team of University City High School students joined runners from across the nation for the 15th annual <a href="http://gostlouis.org/" target="_blank">Go! St. Louis</a> Half Marathon on April 12th, 2015. This year's course took runners across the Eads Bridge into Illinois and then back into downtown via the MLK Bridge, with a loop around the Anheuser-Busch Brewery, finishing up at Soldier's Memorial. <br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01905484751560574051noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517690316199740409.post-46020699653534032462015-04-10T06:00:00.001-07:002015-04-10T06:01:33.281-07:00From Brittany Woods to the World!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Saint Augustine wrote that "the world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page." If this is so, then one group of 8th graders from Brittany Woods Middle School are well into their first chapter. Under the direction of French teacher Alexis McGeahy and Latin teacher Madelyn Roth, thirteen students along with parent chaperones had the opportunity to dive deep into the history, culture, food, and beauty of Europe on a once-in-a-lifetime spring break trip.<br />
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After fundraising for over a year, the group spent ten busy days exploring London, Paris, Rome and surrounding areas. Highlights included Colosseum, the Pantheon, the ancient Roman city of Pompeii, Vatican City, the Palace of Versailles, the Louvre, Notre Dame, the Tower of London, Buckingham Palace, and Westminster Abbey. One traveler called it, "the most fabulous time of our lives."<br />
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The University City High School theater department will present the annual Spring Musical this weekend (April 10th and 11th, 2015). This year's production is <i>Beauty and the Beast, </i>and it promises to be a magical spectacle of song and dance, perfect for everyone in the family. You can come and see our talented students perform on Friday at 7:30 and then again on Saturday at 2:00 and 7:30, in the UCHS Auditorium. </div>
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University City High School journalism students, under the direction of teacher Mary Williams, received a record 48 state-level awards at the Missouri Interscholastic Press Association (MIPA) Scholastic Journalism Day at University of Missouri-Columbia on Wednesday, April 8. In several categories, University City High School was the only school in the state to receive the award. Publications students accepted the awards at the closing ceremony where 1200 state-wide journalism students and advisers were in attendance. Many students were recognized for their reporting on Ferguson (diversity awareness).</div>
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<b>2014-15 MIPA State Journalism Awards</b><br />
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<b>Ratings: All Missouri, Superior, Excellent, Honorable Mention</b><br />
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<b>Overall Publications Awards</b><br />
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U-Times Online<b>-</b><a href="http://-utimesonline.com/" style="font-weight: bold;">-utimesonline.com</a><b>: </b>All Missouri (Christine Politte, web editor)<br />
U-Times Newspaper: Excellent (Alice Mutrux and Lily Lewis-Stump, co-editors)<br />
Dial Yearbook--2014: Superior (Reneise White, editor-in-chief, 2013-14)<br />
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<b>All Missouri Awards</b><br />
Newspaper Individual—Feature Story: Johanna Hill<br />
Newspaper Individual—News Story: Christine Politte<br />
Yearbook Individual—Theme/Concept Copy: Emily Looby (editor-in-chief)<br />
Yearbook Individual—Sports Design: Emily Looby (editor-in-chief)<br />
Yearbook Individual—Sports Design: Emily Looby (editor-in-chief)<br />
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<b>Excellent Newspaper Awards</b><br />
News Story: Christine Politte<br />
Feature Story: Christine Politte<br />
Double Page Design: Christine Politte, Hannah Fuller and Johanna Hill<br />
Single Page Design: Francene Bethune<br />
Feature Story: Alice Mutrux<br />
Feature Story: Johanna Hill<br />
News Story: Francene Bethune<br />
Sports Writing: Francene Bethune<br />
Sports Writing: Lily Lewis-Stump x2<br />
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<b>Honorable Mention Newspaper Awards</b><br />
Feature Story: Brooklyn Bass<br />
Double-Page Design: Christine Politte, Hannah Fuller and Johanna Hill<br />
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<b>Superior Yearbook Awards</b><br />
Academic Reporting: Kayanna Wymbs<br />
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<b>Excellent Yearbook Awards</b><br />
Sports Reporting: Keira Duncan<br />
Student Life Reporting: Keira Duncan<br />
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<b>Honorable Mention Yearbook Awards</b><br />
Overall Theme/Concept: Emily Looby<br />
Organization Design: Emily Looby and Marvin Bullard<br />
Student Life Design: Emily Looby and Kayla Holmes<br />
Student Life Design: Marvin Bullard and Sloan Marion<br />
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<b>Superior Diversity Awareness Awards</b><br />
Individual Newspaper: Christine Politte<br />
Individual Newspaper: Payton Bass<br />
Individual Newspaper: Alice Mutrux<br />
Individual Newspaper: Staff Editorial<br />
Individual Yearbook: Raven Bullard<br />
Individual Yearbook: Joshua Thomas<br />
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<b>Excellent Diversity Awareness Awards</b><br />
Individual Newspaper: Payton Bass<br />
Individual Newspaper: Brooklyn Bass<br />
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<b>Honorable Mention Diversity Awareness Awards</b><br />
Individual Newspaper: Christine Politte<br />
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<b>Excellent Photo Journalism Awards</b><br />
Personality/Portrait: Payton Bass<br />
Organization Photo: Sloan Marion<br />
Sports Action Photo: Kayanna Wymbs<br />
Sports Action Photo: Taneya Parker<br />
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Creative and Artistic: Johanna Hill (x2)<br />
Personality Portrait: Johanna Hill<br />
Sports Action Photo: D’Lija Brown:<br />
Sports Action Photo: Kayanna Wymbs<br />
Sports Action Photo: Taneya Parker<br />
Academic Photo: Porcia Rhodes<br />
News Photo: Payton Bass<br />
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In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. we share this beautiful video from 2007, featuring third graders from Jackson Park Elementary School. </div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01905484751560574051noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517690316199740409.post-38302969620370750662014-11-11T13:03:00.000-08:002014-11-11T13:06:31.167-08:00UCHS Cross Country Leads the Sports Pack<div class="MsoNormal">
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The University City High School Cross Country team just
finished its 2014 season. Closing out the regular season was an exciting race
at the district meet. Clayton won as expected, and MICDS (the pre-season
favorite) and UCHS battled it out for the second state spot. MICDS prevailed,
but it came down to the fifth runner and a mere difference of ten points. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Even so, UCHS placed four runners in the top 15 with Derrick
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This is the best representation UCHS has had at the state meet in a number of
years. The UCHS team also had five personal records on the day, so districts
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<span style="line-height: 107%;">The cross
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two UCHS alums, coaching the team. <b> </b>Coach Crowe has made the team’s mission – for
University City cross country athletes to develop their running abilities in a
supportive and positive environment.
Each athlete learns teamwork, self- discipline, dedication, integrity
and sportsmanship and carry these skills over into their academic and
professional lives. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;">Summer
training will be starting before long and the </span>Alumni/Team- 2 mile time
trial is tentatively scheduled for Saturday August 9. Anyone interested in
joining the team can contact Coach James <span style="line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Cross Country team has a long tradition of success both on the field and in the
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(Ali Klooster) and 7<sup>th</sup> (Anna Shafer-Skelton) and boys finish as
high as 4<sup>th</sup> and 6<sup>th</sup> (David Lambus).<o:p></o:p></li>
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individual team members qualified for State. In fact every year since 2004
UCHS has sent at least two boys (and most years more than that), and at
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The University City High School<a href="https://www.facebook.com/robolions3397" target="_blank"> Robolions (FRC team 3397)</a> took first place in the 2014 Gateway Robotics Challenge, held at Hazelwood Central High School on September 13, 2014. The Robolions competed against 25 teams from across the midwest in the inaugural year of this off-season event. </div>
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After a day of intense competition, the Robolions advanced to the semi-finals with their alliance partners team 1985, the Robohawks from Hazelwood Central and team 2481, the Roboteers from Peoria, IL.</div>
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The team will compete again in November at the <a href="http://cttd-robotics.com/" target="_blank">Cow Town ThrowDown</a> in Kansas City. <br />
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You can read more about UCHS robotics <a href="http://sayyestoucityschools.blogspot.com/2013/03/robots-rock-uchs-robolions-help-make.html" target="_blank">here</a> and follow the Robolions on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/robolions3397" target="_blank">facebook. </a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A beautiful, inspirational speech from 2014 UCHS Salutatorian Molly Patterson.</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Happiness. <span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 200%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Do what makes you happy.<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">That poem contained
my words of advice given to my AP Lit class a week ago today. A class
containing one amazing teacher and nine students, two of whom received full
rides to their dream universities, yet somehow I am up on this stage speaking
to you today. My class has had our ups and our downs throughout the
thirteen years I have been a student at University City, but I am glad to have
been with this particular group of people on our own personal roller coaster.
As I have heard so many alumni say in the past, I am proud to have
attended University City Schools. I am proud to be part of such an
intellectually diverse group of people, who will continue to be a part of me
wherever I go in life.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> While many of us may not make it too far from
University City after graduation, such as Mr. Carter, Mr. Kelton, and all of
the other University City alumni who came back to make our district the best it
can be, I know there will be others who may even surpass Nelly, I know we have
at least one Beyonce and a few Steve Job’s out there. But the truth is
that it doesn’t matter how far we get, it’s about what we do with what we were
given here at University City High School. It’s about taking our
knowledge and spreading it, taking our smiles and making them contagious, and
it’s about never forgetting where we learned it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> My goal is for the class
of 2014 to change University City’s stereotypes, to someday never be asked
again if I got a good education, if I felt safe, or if I would have gone
anywhere else given the choice to. I chose to attend University City
schools and I wouldn’t change that decision. I am discouraged by those
questions and I want ours to be the class to demolish the stereotypes. I
want to come back twenty years from now and see that the ‘Hall of Fame’ has
grown to be ‘The Halls of Fame’ and I want to see all of the faces I see in
this audience up there on those walls.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> I have confidence in my dream and
in every member of the class of 2014. This class has had many wonderful
opportunities, which would not have been possible without Mr. Maclin and Mrs.
Johnson. In the two years they have been at University City, the two of
them have arranged a trip to Washington, D.C. to watch the Inauguration of our
president, and a college tour trip all around Illinois. These were
experiences exclusive to our class and make us unique and greatly appreciative.
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For me, and I assume many of you here today, high school has been a time
of stress, sports, and support. In the midst of hard classes and busy
seasons, I had Mrs. Miller, Mrs. Aboussie, and Mrs. I to help me out.
These three women, along with my parents, are the reason I am standing
here today and I would like to thank them for all of their support.
University City’s amazing field hockey coach, Marissa Davenport-Shepard,
has also had a huge part in my success as well as three other graduates here
tonight. I would like to thank the Class of 2014 for everything each
individual has taught us, and the power I hope we will take from the knowledge
that we have received and will carry on to our future endeavors. <span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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The University City High School Jazz Band recently spent an afternoon with famed jazz pianist <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Martin_%28jazz_pianist%29" target="_blank">Peter Martin</a>. The band was invited, as they have been for the past ten years, to participate in a workshop at the <a href="http://www.thesheldon.org/" target="_blank">Sheldon Concert Hall </a> in Grand Center.<br />
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Students had the outstanding opportunity to perform for Martin (himself a UCHS alum, class of 1987), who then gave them detailed feedback on their performance. Students were free to ask questions, and topics covered included everything from how to achieve a more authentic New Orleans jazz sound to the complexities of syncopation to what makes the blues sound like the blues.<br />
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The workshop concluded with Martin accompanying the band on the piano, enabling these lucky students to claim that not only have they performed in one of the premiere concert halls in the nation, but also that they have played with one of the most acclaimed jazz pianists of our time.<br />
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Jazz Band Director Stan Coleman (<a href="http://music.yale.edu/community/music-in-schools/symposium/2009-symposium/" target="_blank">a Yale University Distinguished Educator</a>) consistently seeks out educational and performance opportunities for his students. Over the years they have had the opportunity to work and play with many locally and nationally known musicians. In 2012 the jazz band won ten awards at the UMKC Jazz Festival, and they look forward to future festivals and competitions.<br />
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University City High School has a proud tradition of producing outstanding musicians, including the likes of Peter Martin, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Davenport" target="_blank">Jeremy Davenport</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marty_Ehrlich" target="_blank">Marty Ehrlich</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronnie_Burrage" target="_blank">Ronnie Burrage</a>, <a href="http://manhattanbrass.org/manhattanbrass/Bios%3A_Wayne_du_Maine.html" target="_blank">Wayne du Maine</a>, <a href="http://jazzcomposersalliance.org/node/262" target="_blank">David Harris</a>, and most recently 2013 grad <a href="http://sayyestoucityschools.blogspot.com/2013/05/zach-morrow-named-jazz-st-louis-all-star.html" target="_blank">Zach Morrow</a>, who just last week performed at the <a href="https://www.montereyjazzfestival.org/NGJF" target="_blank">Monterrey Next Generation Jazz Festival. </a><br />
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You can catch the current crop of UCHS jazz legends, along with some returning alumni, when they perform at the Starlight Concert Series this summer at Heman Park!<br />
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at Webster University. All of our publications received an overall excellent
rating, which is a testament to their teamwork and dedication. One of our
newspaper students, <b>Anna Russell</b>, was awarded a <b>Best of Show</b> for
her editorial cartoon. Below is a detailed list; however,
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Overall 2013 Yearbook, Madeline Lewis, Editor-in-Chief</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01905484751560574051noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517690316199740409.post-66209729834747326132014-02-25T22:56:00.000-08:002014-02-25T22:56:22.349-08:00Ronald McNairBefore Black History Month comes to a close, we wanted share a short story about the man for whom the McNair administration building was named. It's a reminder to always dream big.<br />
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I've never been good at math. Just hearing the word equations makes me anxious. Thankfully, my children didn't inherit their math gene from me. In fact, they excel at math and had the great opportunity to participate in the annual U. City Equations Open held every winter at UCHS.<br />
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Equations is a board game played with dice that have numerical digits and arithmetic operators (+, -, X, etc.) that are used to make "goal" equations. Competitors improve mathematics skills while having fun in the process.<br />
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This year was the 17th annual U. City Equations Open. Tom and Mary Ellen Campbell started the tournament and coordinated the first 12 Opens. Judy Maffitt has been chairing the Equations Open since 2010 and is already planning for the 2015 event.<br />
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Judy, a Scrum Master for AT&T, and her husband Dave, a software engineer at the Electronic Radiology Lab at Wash U, moved to U. City in 1987. Both of their children attended Flynn Park, McNair, Brittany Woods and UCHS. Their son Kevin is now 23 and a Wash U graduate, and daughter Zoe is 20 and a Junior at Truman State University.<br />
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It is committed parents, volunteers and residents like Judy and Dave that make U. City the special community we all enjoy.<br />
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The district also hosts a practice session for first-time teams to hone their skills a few weeks prior to the open. In addition to providing an opportunity for students to practice their math, logic and strategy skills, the Open hosts schools from across the region at UCHS and raises approximately $1,000 for the UCHS PTO.<br />
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Like the USFIRST robotic teams in the school district, equations allows kids who may not participate in sports teams to belong to a team. There is only one other Equations event in St. Louis and that is The Gifted Resource (GRC) Council's Academic Challenge. The U. City Open provides Equations teams the opportunity to prepare for that event and gives parents and coaches an opportunity to watch as no spectators are allowed at the GRC event. <br />
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Over 300 students attend the Open annually. For many students and their parents it is the first time stepping foot in the beautifully, historic UCHS building and gymnasium. If your school doesn't field a team there is plenty of time to get started. After all, who doesn't love kids playing a math-based game?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01905484751560574051noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517690316199740409.post-29400326598083242672014-02-09T03:09:00.001-08:002014-02-09T03:20:44.321-08:00Life Plan<span style="font-family: inherit;">Those that know me might describe me with adjectives such as hard working, good parent, community volunteer, gainfully employed, or activist. Most of the time I live up to those labels, but earning those labels wasn't such an easy path.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">My path to adulthood was a rocky one. My parents were transient and sometimes I'd attend 2-3 schools in one school year - if I was enrolled in school at all. There were foster homes, a group home and eventually I landed with an Aunt and Uncle for my last three years of high school. Those three years are the only reason I even made it to college, but my journey was just beginning.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">At the age of 17, I found myself in college with no money, no real support system and without the maturity or established direction to be successful. Thankfully there was something in my gut that told me I needed that college degree, but I had to fight and claw for four years to be able to cross the podium on graduation day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">My story is just one reason why I find the <a href="http://www.lifeplaninstitute.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Lifeplan</span></a> program at University City High School so exciting. </span>An outgrowth of the<span style="color: blue;"> <a href="http://www.calmentor.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">California Mentor Foundation</span></a></span> and the Evelyn Freed Mentor Center, Lifeplan believes if you change the conversation with a young adult, you change their choices. With all the distractions our society offers young adults these days, conversations that focus on the future and get students discussing what they want out of life can only be beneficial.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">UCHS happens to be the first and only Missouri high school to implement Lifeplan, a mentoring program for teens. The program helps teens maneuver through high school and on through young adulthood helping "participants discover for themselves how to navigate the path of life, avoid the common pitfalls, and become successful thriving adults."</span><br />
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UCHS launched Lifeplan in the fall of 2011 with an inaugural group of 25 freshman and now all incoming freshman go through the program each year. After hearing other area high school administrators talk about the UCHS Lifeplan program, <a href="http://www.kmov.com/">KMOV Channel 4</a> news visited UCHS and ran a<a href="http://www.kmov.com/news/news-4-schools/Area-school-embracing-California-mentorship-program-for-at-risk-youth-242486331.html"> <span style="color: blue;">feature on the program</span></a>.<br />
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Many UCHS Alumni support this program financially and as mentors. If you'd like to get involved contact Mr. Ernest Carter, Assistant Principal via email at ecarter@ucityschools.org or phone at 314-290-4128.<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>
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Below is a photo from the concert finale - what a thrill and an opportunity for our students to participant. Thanks to all of the students for representing University City and our schools wo well.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01905484751560574051noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517690316199740409.post-56380484475019039762014-02-08T18:57:00.004-08:002014-02-08T18:57:57.080-08:00Friday Night LightsNo, we're not talking football, but on Friday, January 24th the lights were on at many of the U. City schools this past Friday night. There was a basketball game at the high school, bingo night at Flynn Park, Cub Scout Chili Cookoff at Jackson Park, and the Winter Ball at Brittany Wood Middle School - what has become the social event of the season. Below are a few snapshots of all the fun.<br />
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<b>Jackson Park Cub Scout Chili Cook-off</b></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01905484751560574051noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517690316199740409.post-25133532303082256952014-02-08T18:52:00.002-08:002014-02-09T04:01:50.741-08:00The Road to Aerial AssistThe U. City High School <a href="https://www.facebook.com/robolions3397" target="_blank">Robolions </a>robotics team is in the throes of building a robot to compete in the <a href="http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/frc/regional-events" target="_blank">St. Louis regional</a><u> </u>First Robotics Competition (<a href="http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/frc" target="_blank">FRC</a>) in March 13-15 at Chaifetz Arena. Winners will compete at the <a href="http://www.usfirst.org/" target="_blank">FIRST </a>International Championship that will be held April at America's Center in St. Louis.<br />
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The Robolions have many new members this year and are rocking the six week build schedule - even with all the snow day delays. With new team members come new skill sets. Who says girls can't be electrical engineers?<br />
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Another team member created a new logo.<br />
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And another tech-savvy individual documented the team's progress to the Aerial Assist game with this video.<br />
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Did you notice the "Winner" banner hanging in the robotic lab? You've never seen anything like an FRC competition. Those kids rock the Chaifetz Arena. Come on out and join us in the Robolion cheering section in March and see if the Robolions bring home another banner.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01905484751560574051noreply@blogger.com1