Rockwood News

February is Missouri Lifelong Learning Month, a time when we promote awareness of the importance of ongoing education throughout everyone's lives.

The National Honor Society (NHS) chapter at Eureka High wants to do its part to help those battling food insecurity and get the entire Eureka and Wildwood communities involved in the effort.

Students from Green Pines and Ridge Meadows elementary schools were named top-100 finalists in this year's St. Louis Symphony Orchestra (SLSO) "Picture the Music" contest.

Three Rockwood School District educators - Ballwin Elementary special education teacher Jenna Kovarik, Crestview Middle special education teacher Kelly Morrow and Rockwood South and Selvidge special education teacher Kelly Perrine - are among 10 recipients of this year's Key to the Classroom award from the Special School District (SSD) of St. Louis County.

February is National Career and Technical Education (CTE) Month, a time to raise awareness of the role career and technical education has in readying learners for college and career success. Today, we take a closer look at business, marketing and entrepreneurship courses at Lafayette High.

All four Rockwood School District high schools – Eureka, Lafayette, Marquette and Rockwood Summit – are among more than 5,700 schools in the US and Canada that earned 2025 AP School Honor Roll recognition.

Kehrs Mill Elementary is one of 10 finalists in the math category of the inaugural “The Louies” award program, presented by the Gateway to Success Foundation in order to recognize high-performing schools in St. Louis city and county.

Lafayette High student artists Michelle Chen and Luke Hinton and Marquette High student artists Sabrina Larue, Katelyn Skiles and Lindsay Wang earned recognition in the Midwest regional round of this year's Scholastic Art and Writing Award competition.

The application window for the Early College Partnership (ECP) -- a full-immersion, early entrance to college program partnership between the Rockwood School District and St. Louis Community College (STLCC) -- is open until Tuesday, Feb. 17, for Rockwood sophomore students (Class of 2028)

The Rockwood Board of Education has approved the hiring of Dr. Scott Speer as the new director of transportation, effective July 1.

At the STL Mid League Tournament on Jan. 19 at Lafayette High, one Rockwood robotics team and two teams including Rockwood students advanced to the FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) Missouri Kansas Championship.

The Rockwood Board of Education has approved the hiring of Adam Ball as an assistant principal at Rockwood South Middle, effective July 1.

Tuesday, Feb. 3, marked the 100th day of the 2025-2026 school year in the Rockwood School District, and elementary students and staff members celebrated in style!

Lafayette High senior Shreeya Basappa has earned the Girl Scout Gold Award - the highest achievement in girl scouting - according to the Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri.

Marquette High students Ethan George and Ayush Vasireddy are the authors of the new children's book "Brain Power in Action: The Championship Game," which discusses the intersection between sports and neuroscience.

Rockwood School District students on eight robotics teams participated in the FIRST Lego League (FLL) Challenge Missouri Regional Championship at Francis Howell High on Jan. 17, with three teams earning awards and two earning the chance to advance to an FLL spotlight event in the spring.

Lafayette High junior Shaye Witherspoon earned the 2025-2026 Gatorade Missouri Volleyball Player of the Year award, celebrating her as the top state athlete in her sport for excellence on the field, in the classroom and in the community.

Nearly 20 Rockwood educators from K-12 are taking part in the inaugural TechForward Leadership Cohort this year, learning fun, innovative technological tools and tricks to bring back to their classrooms.

Crestview Middle sixth-graders created "Digging the Next Generation," an archaeology app, for their FIRST Lego League robotics innovation project.

Rockwood Early Childhood Education is offering open preschool enrollment for the 2026-2027 school year to families in our community.

This year's Summer Expo will be held Feb. 1 at Parkway West High and feature more than 80 local and regional summer camp providers.