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SLPS Senior Wins First Place In Oral Argument On Trayvon Martin Case

Wednesday, May 8th, 2013, 4:24pm

SLPS Senior Wins First Place In Oral Argument On Trayvon Martin Case

ST. LOUIS, MO. (KTVI) – Senior Taevosha Blackwell at McKinley Classical Leadership Academy has won first place in a competition sponsored by The National Bar Association Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Drum Major for Justice Oral Advocacy Competition. The competition was held at the law firm of Sandberg Phoenix & von Gontard.

The competition was based on students writing essays on the Trayvon Martin case. The question posed to the students, was: If Martin Luther King, Jr. were alive, would he advocate to repeal the Florida stand your ground law and other similar laws? Please discuss why or why not.

Miss Blackwell will now represent St. Louis in the Region VIII event to be held in Kansas City, Missouri on May 18, 2013. She will be compete against students from Missouri, Arkansas, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota, for the opportunity to move onto the national finals to be held in Miami, Florida, on July 31st.

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Dunbar Elementary School Principal Heads To The Roof

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Tuesday, May 7th, 2013, 6:17pm

(KTVI) – The principle of Dunbar Elementary School will be spending some time on the schools roof Friday. The principal lost a bet with the school’s students in a reading challenge.

Principal Carla Cunigan, challenged the students to read 6,000 books for this school year. Well, the student easily beat that, by reading 7,000 books.

The school is one of three St. Louis Public Schools that have partnered with Wells Fargo Advisors, who provided tutors, purchased and implemented the reading program for Dunbar. The online programs showed reading levels at the school increased in all grade levels, 1st-6th and vocabulary for pre-school and kindergarten students.

Friday, May 10th, Principal Cunigan will present awards to the schools top readers, host a dinner for all the schools students and climb to the roof at 7:00 pm.

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St. Louis College of Pharmacy To Give Tips On Taking Medications in CWE Tuesday

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Monday, October 22nd, 2012, 2:46pm

St. Louis College of Pharmacy To Give Tips On Taking Medications in CWE Tuesday

ST. LOUIS-- More than a dozen student pharmacists from St. Louis College of Pharmacy, wearing their white coats, will be out tomorrow in the Central West End passing out tips on taking medications as prescribed.

"Since pharmacists are the most accessible health care providers in the community, it is important that you stop by your local pharmacy to get to know your pharmacist," says fourth-year student Alyse Battles. "Pharmacists use the month of October to showcase their contributions to health care and their commitment to serving patients."

Medication adherence is a huge problem in health care. For example:

- As many as 75 percent of patients fail to take their medicine as prescribed.

- A recent study publis hed in Pediatrics found that 20 percent of prescriptions written for children are never filled.

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Clearwire Partnership Improves Student Access to Mobile Broadband

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Wednesday, October 17th, 2012, 12:46pm

Clearwire Partnership Improves Student Access to Mobile Broadband

ST. LOUIS, MO. – Clearwire and the Innovative Technology Fund (ITEF) have awarded the St. Louis Public School District a grant to provide CLEAR 4G devices and service to Gateway STEM High School. The grant, valued at more than $77,000.00, will benefit students enrolled in the Nationally Registered Emergency Medical Technician (NREMT) Training Program offered at the school.

“Because of our ability to provide students with access to mobile broadband, we’ve seen strong academic and career outcomes through the EMT Program,” said Ken Riddle, EMT-B Program Director at Gateway STEM High School. “78% of our students pass their certifications, compared to the national average of 50%. Put simply, there is no other program like this.”

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2012 St. Baldrick’s Head Shaving Event

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Tuesday, September 11th, 2012, 3:02pm

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SLPS Magnet and Choice Schools to Host Open Houses

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Tuesday, September 11th, 2012, 11:27am

SLPS Magnet and Choice Schools to Host Open Houses

ST. LOUIS, MO-- Magnet and Choice Schools in the St. Louis Public Schools District will be hosting Open Houses for interested St. Louis City and County students.

ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS

Ames Visual & Performing Arts Elementary

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