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KHS Students participate in Youth In Government Convention with Support from Kirkwood Evening Optimists Club
March 11, 2010
More than 40 Kirkwood High School students participated in this year's Youth in Government (YIG) state convention in Jefferson City where they earned several honors. They were led by Kirkwood YIG officers Mackenzie Becker, Taylor Hunt, Angela Seeley, Caroline Curran, and Sam Wolter. Social studies teachers Steve Platte and Peter Stragand serve as YIG club sponsors.
YIG is a YMCA sponsored program that creates a mock state government experience for high school students. During the convention, students literally take over the State Capitol and participate in one of the three branches of state government: legislative, judicial or executive.
According to Platte, this year the Kirkwood YIG club received support from the KHS Student Council to defray some of the expense, but the delegation was still short several hundred dollars to support their participation in the state convention. “Officers Mackenzie Becker and Caroline Curran approached the Kirkwood Evening Optimist Club to ask for help,” says Platte. “President Greg Hilleren's response was simply, ‘How much do you need?’ and the Evening Optimist Club, without hesitation, provided the Youth in Government program a check to cover the shortfall. It is because of this generosity that our entire Kirkwood delegation of students was able to participate at this year's convention,” says Platte.
Kirkwood High School Students take “Polar Plunge” for Special Olympics
March 11, 2010
Eleven Kirkwood High School students took part in the “Polar Plunge” at Creve Coeur Lake and helped raise more than $30,000 for Special Olympics. Nearly 300 students from area schools participated in the event on Feb. 27 to benefit Special School District student athletes who participate in Special Olympics Missouri. The KHS plungers, who jumped in the lake dressed as Kirkwood super heroes, included David (Chubbs) Stillman, Katie Cox, Maddie Lovell, Christina Salmo, Caroline Skelton, Pete Krusing, Margaret Gender, Chelsea Watkins, Kate Hunt, Ryan Schuessler and Danielle Harper. Mike Phillips, a student at St. Louis University High School also participated with the KHS group.
The KHS Student Council and National Honor Society served as the joint sponsors of the KHS Polar Plunge by recruiting participants and donors for the event. As a result of their efforts, KHS students donated $868 to benefit the Special Olympics Missouri. For more information about the Polar Plunge and Special Olympics Missouri, visit www.somo.org/plunge.
St. Louis Wind Symphony Concert is Sunday, March 14 in Keating Performance Center at Kirkwood High School
March 10, 2010
The St. Louis Wind Symphony will perform in concert on Sunday, March 14, at 7 p.m. in the Keating Center Theatre at Kirkwood High School. Tickets are available at the door for $8 with a special price of $5 for seniors and students.
The St. Louis Wind Symphony was founded in 1998 by Music Director and Conductor Dan Presgrave and a core group of musicians.Tom Poshak, who served 30 years as music director for Kirkwood School District and band director for KHS before his retirement in 2001, is assistant director for Saint Louis Wind Symphony. The Thomas N. Keating Performance Center at KHS is the home base for the Wind Symphony. For more information about the St. Louis Wind Symphony, visit www.stlwindsym.org.
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