Vocal Students Selected for All-Suburban Honor Choir

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

Kirkwood High School Teacher Selected for C-SPAN Conference

Katie Meyers, English teacher at Kirkwood High School, recently attended the C-SPAN's 2019 Summer Educators' Conference in Washington, D.C. Meyers applied to attend this conference, which was an all-expenses paid event designed to teach educators about the resources available through C-SPAN Classroom. She was one of 29 high school teachers selected from across the US

Kirkwood High School Sophomore Wins Regional Poetry Contest

Kirkwood High School students in Literature Composition Language Arts Classes submitted poetry writings to the Beverly Hopkins Memorial Poetry Contest. The annual contest is organized by the St. Louis Poetry Center and encourages area high school students to submit up to three poems to the contest. The writings of two KHS students were recognized. Sophomore Megan McGhee won the poetry contest for her submitted poems “Rings” and “Oldest Moon.” For winning the contest, Megan will receive a $225 cash prize, her poem will be published in St. Louis Poetry Center’s annual chapbook, and she is invited to read her poem at The Focal Point, 2320 Sutton, at the 60th Annual Poetry Concert on May 19 at 1:30 p.m. Freshman Devon Eldarrat was recognized for her poem “Untitled”.

Kirkwood High School Senior Selected for State Academic Honor

High school senior Claire Calhoun of Kirkwood High School (KHS) received "Honorable Mention" for the 2019 Missouri Scholars 100, a statewide program that honors 100 of Missouri's top academic students in the graduating class of 2019.

Kirkwood High School Sophomore Earns Venturing Summit Award

Kirkwood High School student Maggie Pennington earned the Venturing Summit Award. For Maggie’s Summit Leadership Project she planned, organized, and led the construction of five shelving units to store and enable easy access to donations at Epworth Children and Family Services in Webster Groves.

Kirkwood High School Students Place in Writing Contest

Students in various English classes at Kirkwood High School recently submitted writings to the Southeast Missouri State (SEMO) annual Katherine Hinchey Cochran Writing Contest.

Kirkwood High School Students Win Video Production and Writing Awards

KHS juniors are recognized in two national writing competitions. Five students are announced as National Video Documentary Competition winners by C-SPAN. Ethan Peter is also recognized in the YES! Magazine Winter writing competition.

Sarah Lovett Receives Girl Scouts Highest Honor for Developing Play Space at Local Women’s Shelter

Kirkwood High School senior Sarah Lovett earned the Girl Scout Gold Award. Her project focused on the creation of a playroom at Lydia’s House. Lydia’s House provides safe, stable and supportive housing for women and children in crisis.

Sophomore accepted into Disney Dreamers Academy

KHS Art Students Make Webster U. Competition

Orchestra Students Selected for All State Orchestra

Kirkwood High School students attend JEA Convention in Chicago

Kirkwood High School Seniors Earn Venturing Summit Award