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St. Louis Post Dispatch: Sharonica Hardin-Bartley and Terry Harris: The children are not well
"We believe Missouri is on to something critical. We believe schools can be trauma-informed. So one day, when we ask, “And, how are the children?” We will be able to answer, “The children are well.” University City's superintendent and the director of student services for Rockwood Schools discuss the urgency of creating trauma-informed schools in this St. Louis Post-Dispatch opinion piece. By Sharonica Hardin-Bartley and Terry Harris • Sept. 10, 2019 - Click headline to read more
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Forward Through Ferguson: Building Hope from Tragedy: Trauma-Informed Healthcare in St. Louis Schools
Over the last five years, many St. Louisans have stepped up forthrightly, sensibly, and scientifically to address the root causes of violence and despair. They have gone beyond applying band-aid measures and instead are implementing sustainable systemic changes that are beginning to make a difference even as the headlines suggest the problem has grown worse. Read more about how University Schools is part of this movement for change. By Richard Weiss • Sept. 10, 2019 - Click headline to read more.
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Small changes make big impact at University City
“I knew we were different because last year and so many times in the past we'd face adversity on the field and we'd turn on each other, start pointing fingers,” Davis said. “This year we did not have that at all. We were all uplifting each other and kept our heads up.” By David Kvidahl • Sept. 10, 2019 - Click headline to read more.
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Fox 2 News Pep Zone: University City High School
Early Friday, Sept. 6, Fox 2 News' Tim Ezell visited University High School where the Lions were ready to roar with pride on the Scott Credit Union Pep Zone - Click headline for video.
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West End Word: Teaching Shakespeare: University City theater teacher brings The Bard back from London
UCHS theater teacher Catherine Hopkins learned to teach Shakespearean production in an immersive manner at The Globe in London this summer. By Julie Brown Patton • Sept. 4, 2019 - Click headline to read more.
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The St. Louis American: Flynn Park Elementary is 2019 Bayer School of Excellence
Flynn Park Elementary School has been on a journey these past three years. Read more on Flynn Park being honored as a 2019 Bayer School of Excellence by The St. Louis America. The school will be celebrated at The American's upcoming Salute to in Excellence to Education Scholarship and Awards Gala. By Rebecca Rivas • Sept. 4, 2019 - Click headline to read more.
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Inside EDUcation: Leveled Book Rooms Accelerate Literacy
In 2018, the District's four elementary schools received a fantastic new resource to help with accelerating early literacy in our students. Each school was provided with a Leveled Reading Room stocked with hundreds of books from Scholastic. Last year Scholastic produced a video featuring our staff and teachers using the rooms. Video by Scholastic • Sept., 2019 - Click headline to see the video.
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St. Louis Post Dispatch: Rolling out the red carpet at University City High
University City High School alumni and staff cheered our high school students as they walked the red carpet to begin their first day of the 2019-20 school year. Photos by Robert Cohen • Aug. 13, 2019 - Click headline to read more.
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St. Louis Post Dispatch: Lake Saint Louis couple provides 750 backpacks filled with supplies for area students
Marc "Big Marc" Mares directed University City High School football and basketball players Thursday evening on where to hustle and where to toss. But there weren't any balls, and Mares isn't even their coach. He is a Lake St. Louis man who, along with his wife, donated 750 backpacks filled with school supplies to University City, Ferguson and Pattonville schools. By Taylor Tiamoyo Harris • Aug. 2, 2019 - Click headline to read more.
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St. Louis Public Radio: 10,000 St. Louis Students Will Take Social-Emotional Health Survey Next School Year
Almost three dozen schools in the St. Louis area will track their students’ social emotional well-being this coming school year with this unique survey. U. City Schools was one of the first Districts in the region to begin utilizing the survey last year. By Ryan Delaney • July 9, 2019 - Click headline to read more.
