District Providing Free COVID-19 Saliva Testing

Thanks to a partnership with Washington University and the National Institutes of Health, all students, staff and affiliated household members may get free COVID-19 saliva testing through May 2022. Click headline to read more.

Pershing Juneteenth Community Celebration: Pre-registration Required

Community invited to join Pershing School for in-person, Juneteenth Celebration on Saturday, June 19, 2021. Click headline to read more.

Eleven Alumni To Join the UCHS Hall of Fame

Distinguished Alumni in medicine, science, engineering, social justice, acting, glassmaking, law, and more will be inducted on October 1, 2021 and ride in the homecoming parade on the 2nd. Click headline to read more.

Upcoming School Board Meeting on Zoom

The University City Board of Education is accepting public registration and citizen's comments for its Thurs., June 17, 2021, Board meeting. Click headline to read more.

Grab & Go Meal Program Update: Reducing to Jackson Park Site Only

U. City Schools provides 21 meals each week to registered District students through the Grab & Go Meal program. Distributions will continue through Summer 2021. No new registration is required. Click headline to learn more details.

Camp U Welcomes 400 Students

The District's hands-on, project based summer school is underway with exciting partners like The Magic House, St. Louis Science Center, Missouri Botanical Garden and more. Click headline to read more.

Mask Update: Masking Still Required In All District Buildings

The District continues to follow guidance from the St. Louis County Department of Health which urges everyone to continue wearing masks in public spaces where vaccinated and unvaccinated members of the public are likely to be together, especially for long periods of time. Click headline to read more.

An ongoing series of in-depth stories on the people, partnerships and programs that contribute to Learning Reimagined in The School District of University City

UCHS Students Speak In Support of 1619 Project

The 1619 Project has become a political flashpoint among some lawmakers who want to ban teaching it in schools. University City High School students are speaking out in support of the project and its power to bring students together while discussing the history of race, bias and privilege in America. Click headline to read more.

Growing a Community: UCHS Students Create Food Gardening Network

How a student service gardening project at Brittany Woods blossomed into a food sustainability network for students throughout U. City. Click headline to read more.

U City High School Students Build Black Lives Matter Alexa Skill

U. City High School students and their partner peers at Georgia State University’s school of social work have the potential to reach more than a million people through the Alexa Skill they developed to connect users with the Black Lives Matter movement. (Click headline to learn more)

UCHS Students Build a Lions' Den

This fall teachers at University City High School asked students in its Black Academy to solve a COVID problem: How can students gather in community yet maintain health and safety standards? The students rolled up their sleeves and built an outdoor lounge called the Lion’s Den at UCHS. Click the headline to learn more.