Wednesday, December 26, 2012
Three graduated in 2012 and on in 2011.
Maplewood Richmond Heights and Brentwood High School graduates currently at Southeast Missouri State University (SEMO) were recognized for academic achievement on Dec. 20. Two students from Brentwood and two from MRH were named to the Dean's List. Students named to the list earned at least a 3.5 grade point average on a 4.0 scale and completed at least 12 degree credit hours during the fall session. From Brentwood: Baker was also named to the Dean's List in Spring 2012. Snare received a scholarship to attend SEMO. From MRH: Bright was awarded the Missouri Leadership Award scholarship last spring. The scholarship award is from $500 to $1,000 and is renewable if the student maintains a 3.25 cummulative grade point average. Also in Maplewood-…
Friday, November 16, 2012
The Maplewood Richmond Heights Elementary Chess Club took first at a tournament at Lindbergh HS.
The Maplewood Richmond Heights Elementary Chess Team took first place in the 6th-grade and under division last Saturday at the Gateway Chess Tournament at Lindbergh High School. In addition to winning 1st place, 4 of the boys took home medals, Chrys Kramer reported.
Only 43 school nationwide were honored as such.
Maplewood Richmond Heights High School has again been named an “Apple Distinguished School.” The MRH School District reported on its website: According to Apple, “The administration and faculty at Maplewood Richmond Heights High School have shown that they exhibit the five best practices of an Apple Distinguished School: visionary leadership, innovative learning and teaching, ongoing professional learning, compelling evidence of success, and a flexible learning environment.” The MRH High School is a school designed to meet the needs of the 21st century learner. The school prides itself on its diversity and emphasis on personal touch with students. Technology is part of the daily learning as well as the emphasis on health and wellness. Read…
Thursday, November 15, 2012
The Maplewood Richmond Heights high school and middle school choirs presented their Fall Concert last night.
The results of obviously much hard work were presented on the Maplewood Richmond Heights Auditorium stage Wednesday night. The MRH Middle School and MRH High School choirs sang their Fall Concert for a mostly-full auditorium. Nicholas Urvan is the choral director. See more photos at Maplewood-Brentwood Patch Facebook (Like It!) The Middle School Choir sang Short People, Follow the Drinking Gourd, Count on Me, and others. The Treble Devils, high school girls, began with Call Your Girlfriend, with Natalie Mitten providing percussion with a plastic MRH cup and clapping. Lucy Miller soloed on Settle Down with poise, yet intensity. The program was entertaining, whether or not you might have a student performing.
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
When Westboro Baptist Church came to Maplewood Richmond Heights they were met with opposition. Superintendent Karen Hall thanked the community for the support.
Maplewood Richmond Heights superintendent Karen Hall thanked the community for coming out in the hundreds to support the high school play, The Laramie Project, on the school district website on Monday. "On behalf of the Maplewood Richmond Heights School District, I want to thank you for the tremendous amount of support you showed our district this weekend. By sending emails of encouragement, making phone calls of support, coming to our rally, and attending the play, you showed that we will not allow hate in our community, nor allow our students to be bullied." Read Hall's full message to the community. A group from Westboro Baptist Church picketed the play with signs expressing hate for Mathew Shepard, the subject of the play, and for gays…
Sunday, October 21, 2012
Westboro Baptist came to picket a Maplewood Richmond Heights production of The Laramie Project, and a counter-protest drew supporters from all over.
Saturday, October 20, 2012
Westboro Baptist came to picket a Maplewood Richmond Heights production of The Laramie Project, and a counter-protest drew supporters from all over.
Westboro Baptist Church came to Maplewood to picket the Maplewood Richmond Heights theater class production of The Laramie Project on Saturday, and a much larger group, supporting the students, gathered outside the school to counter-protest. The Laramie Project is about the murder of a gay student in 1998. Understanding and tolerance are themes of the play. Westboro Baptist is known for its vehement position against gays and lesbians. When students and faculty at MRH learned Westboro Baptist was coming to picket, they started to plan a counter-protest. See more photos at Maplewood-Brentwood Patch Facebook. “Karen Hall (MRH superintendent) and Kevin Grawer (MRH principal) came to me and said we need to do something to balance the hate,” MRH…
Westboro Baptist will protest the Maplewood Richmond Heights production of The Laramie Project on Saturday. Maplewood police will be there to keep the peace.
Friday, October 19, 2012
Westboro Baptist will protest the Maplewood Richmond Heights production of The Laramie Project on Saturday. Maplewood police will be there to keep the peace.
Maplewood Police learned about Westboro Baptist Church’s plans to picket at Maplewood Richmond Heights on Oct. 16, and will be at the planned protest on Saturday, Oct. 20. MRH High School is producing The Laramie Project, a play that promotes tolerance towards gays, and Westboro Baptist Church is know for its harsh protests against tolerance, and gays in general. Maplewood chief Steve Kruse received a letter from an attorney representing Westboro Baptist Church, notifying him they were going to protest The Laramie Project, and wanted police protection. Kruse said he was told that about six to eight protesters will protest before the Saturday, Oct. 20 matinee performance. “They stated that they plan on doing a peaceful protest, that they …
Friday, October 5, 2012
The Maplewood Richmond Heights student-made video highlights the fun of each day of the week.
It's Spirit Week at Maplewood Richmond Heights, leading up to the homecoming football game. Every day this week has had a different theme, finishing off with Blue and White day, on Friday. The Spirit Week video is an MRH student production. MRH plays Potosi (3-3) for the homecoming game. Following their 27-20 win last week over Fredericktown the Blue Devils moved up from No. 3 to No. 2 in the state, in Class 2, according to the St. Louis Post Dispatch.
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9:20 am on Wednesday, December 26, 2012
Nice job both MRH and BHS students! more ›