At a special virtual Board meeting on Tuesday, July 28, 2020, the Kirkwood School Board approved Superintendent Urlich’s recommendation to begin the school year with all students learning online for the first nine weeks of school.
The recommendation will be brought to the school board at its next regularly scheduled board meeting on August 31.
Dr. Ulrich to seek approval from KSD Board of Education to seek an independent assessment and investigation of the culture and climate within schools and the District related to the reporting and handling of allegations of sexual abuse, misconduct, and inappropriate behavior.
Kirkwood Racquetball was represented by 24 student athletes in the 2020 High School Racquetball National Championships in Portland, Oregon February 29-March 1. Click the headline to see all the results for KHS!
KHS AP Art students will be having an opening reception on Sunday, March 1, from 2-4pm at the Monday Club Gallery 37 S Maple Ave. Webster Groves, MO. Students in the show are Lily Bartin, Aleah Bingham, Ben Brehob, Melanie Eickmeyer, William Fuss, Hayley Gilster, Lily Goessling, Ben Harrison, Mary Grace Heartlein, Molly Hoyer, Graesen Joyce, Dora Lanius, Sara Mattingly, Catherine McCandles, Heather McNabb, Rory Meister, Meredith Millstone, Same Priestley, Kathryn Provinse, Kylie Rollings, Tatum Shore-Fitzgerald, Josh Smith, Bismah Syed, Connor Thomas, and Jane Upmeyer. AP Art teachers are Jason Hoeing and Leslie Benben. The art exhibit will run from Feb 26-Mar 24, 2020.
Congratulations to the 7 KHS students who had photography accepted into the Webster University High School Photo Contest! They are: Seniors: Will Fuss, Pietro Vanucci, and Meredith Millstone. Juniors: Xaria Jackson, Nathaniel Luther, and Zoe Zimmerman Freshman: Megan Bretwisch
Kirkwood High School vocal students auditioned for All-Suburban Honor Choir. Over 600 students from around the area tried out. Each singer had just 60 seconds to impress the judges. Auditions were blind, with judges facing away from singers. Singers were judged on musicality, tone, dynamic contrast, and interpretation. They also had to identify all major key signatures by sight and sight sing two examples of "medium" difficulty. KHS had 12 vocal students audition for All-Suburban and five were chosen to sing in the auditions: Lucy Schene, 10th grade, Alto, selected for Mixed Honor Choir* Casey Stark, 12 grade, Bass, selected for Mixed Honor Choir* Emmanuel Morgan, 12 grade, Bass, selected for Mixed Honor Choir* Collin Stecher, 12 grade, Tenor, selected for Mixed Honor Choir* Abby Maschmann, 11th grade, Soprano, selected for Women's Honor Choir
