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Colquitt and Hawkins Named Co-Principals of Pershing Elementary
Pershing Elementary School will have two leaders starting in July. Deitra Colquitt and Jessica Hawkins will serve as co-principals of the school replacing Herbert Buie who is retiring after 14 years of service. Click headline to read more.
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Pershing Family Yoga Night
During Spring 2020, Pershing School will be hosting a 6-part series of free Family Yoga Nights with instructor Brittany Hill, courtesy of a grant funded by the University City Education Foundation. Click headline to read more.
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Growing Together: Elementary PTOs Create One U City
The District’s four elementary school Parent Teacher Organizations have banded together to create a new initiative called One U City. It is intended to drive #LionPride, build community across the district and ensure all schools have the resources and support to host successful family events. Click headline to learn more.
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District COVID Hotline Opens Oct. 26
The District’s COVID-19 hotline, which is manned by a school nurse, is monitored Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. It provides a place to obtain general information about COVID-19, district policies, testing locations and ways to access to primary care physicians. Parents should also call to report COVID exposure, test results, quarantine and isolation. (Click headline to read more)
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Elementary Schools Will Open Classes Nov. 9
The District is excited to welcome our elementary students back to the classrooms for hybrid learning beginning Nov. 9. Our plan, which is safe, gradual, and kind, creates two groups of students called Cohort A and Cohort B. The cohorts will switch back and forth between online and in-person learning so that we can maintain distance and clean, healthy learning spaces. We urge parents to complete the online commitment form so we know if your student will return to the buildings. (Click headline to read more)
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Join Us for a Pumpkin Stroll Oct. 24
U. City students, staff and families: You are invited to a free, physically-distanced outdoor event featuring hundreds of glowing pumpkins carved by you! Starting at dusk (6 p.m.) on Saturday, Oct. 24, guests can stroll leisurely and at a safe distance around the UCHS stadium track to see the pumpkins a-glow. (Click the headline for more details.)
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Superintendent Named 2020 Stellar Performance Award Winner
Superintendent Sharonica Hardin-Bartley will receive the 2020 Stellar Performer in Education Award at the St. Louis American Foundation’s Salute to Excellence in Education virtual gala on Saturday, October 17. The foundation will foster over $1.95 million in scholarships and grants this year for area youth and educators — a true tribute to the brave work of Hardin-Bartley and the other awardees. (Click headline to read more)
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Upcoming Zoom School Board Meeting
The University City Board of Education is accepting public registration and citizen's comments for its Thurs., Nov. 5, 2020 Zoom Work Session and Thurs., Nov. 19, 2020 Regular Meeting on Zoom. Click headline to read more.
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Hispanic Heritage Month: Cesar Chavez
Born in Arizona to a Mexican American family, Cesar Chavez grew up around the people he later helped through his activism. The defining moment in Chavez’s life came when his family moved to California during the Great Depression to become farm workers, cementing his fight for farmers rights, (source: https://www.biography.com/news/notable-hispanic-americans)
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Hispanic Heritage Month Spotlight: Frida Kahlo
Mexican artist Frida Kahlo is remembered for her self-portraits, pain and passion, and bold, vibrant colors. She is celebrated in Mexico for her attention to Mexican and indigenous culture and by feminists for her depiction of the female experience and form, (source: https://www.fridakahlo.org/).
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Hispanic Heritage Spotlight: Octaviano Larrazola
In 1928 Octaviano Ambrosio Larrazolo was elected to fill the unexpired term of New Mexico. He became the first Hispanic American to serve in the United States Senate. A former teacher and principal, he was devoted to achieving equality in education for Spanish-speaking Americans. At the 1910 New Mexico constitutional convention, Larrazolo was instrumental in securing the inclusion of a provision recognizing the Spanish language for use in conducting public business, (source: www.senate.gov).
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