Rockwood News

Teams from all four Rockwood high schools participated in the first-ever Rockwood School District weightlifting competition at Marquette High on March 4, facilitated by their coaches and teachers, the Lindenwood University weightlifting team and Rockwood Coordinator of PE/Health and Drivers Education Dr. Sally Schulte.

Jodie Fowler's Principles of Engineering students at Lafayette High programmed and synchronized robots to play a selection from Beethoven's "Symphony No. 9."

The Rockwood Board of Education held its third Student Advisory Group meeting of the school year March 5 at Lafayette High, before the regularly scheduled Board meeting and Board Awards ceremony.

The Rockwood Board of Education has approved the hiring of Kelly Norrid as the new coordinator of benefits for the Rockwood School District, effective July 1.

The Rockwood Board of Education has approved the hiring of Dr. Christine Ries as the new director of gifted and talented education for the Rockwood School District, effective July 1.

The Rockwood Board of Education has approved the hiring of Dr. Erin Steep as the new director of non-traditional learning for the Rockwood School District, effective July 1.

The Rockwood Board of Education has approved the hiring of Meghan Menchella as a new assistant principal at Selvidge Middle, effective July 1.

More than 170 Rockwood School District students, groups and staff members were honored for their achievements during the Board of Education Awards Ceremony on March 5 at Lafayette High.

Marquette High junior Ayush Vasireddy was one of two winners, Marquette senior Satvik Seetharaman earned runner-up, and Lafayette High junior Pranav Visveswaran was among eight others to earn special awards at the 2026 Academy of Science-St. Louis Honors Division Science Fair.

Marquette High physical education teacher Felicia Durst is one of three recipients of this year's Special Ambassador Award from the Special School District (SSD) of St. Louis County.

March is Social Work Month and the week of March 1-7 is National School Social Work Week. Rockwood is taking this opportunity to celebrate the impact of our 22 school social workers, who are exceptionally skilled in providing services to students who face serious challenges to school success and play a vital role in the lives of our students and families.

Jennifer Paris, a Special School District (SSD) of St. Louis County instructional coach who works at multiple Rockwood School District locations, has been named a recipient of third annual Starfish Award, given by the Special Education Foundation (SEF).

Students at Ridge Meadows partnered with Novel Neighbor bookstore to create a schoolwide reading experience for everyone — students, families and staff — centered on the middle-grade novel, "The Wild Robot" by Peter Brown.

Ballwin Elementary special education teacher Jenna Kovarik is the 2026 Special School District (SSD) of St. Louis County Teacher of the Year.

"Forever Rockwood" is a series in which the Rockwood School District features alumni from Eureka, Lafayette, Marquette and Rockwood Summit high schools who make a positive impact in their communities.

A total of five Rockwood School District students have been named candidates for the 2026 U.S. Presidential Scholars Program.

Rockwood School District students Wangshu Liu (Marquette High), Annabelle Zhao (Crestview Middle) and Michael Zimmer (Rockwood South Middle) received Gold Key - the highest-possible - recognition at the regional level in the prestigious Scholastic Writing Awards national competition.

The Rockwood Board of Education has approved the hiring of Dr. Richard Regina as the new principal at Selvidge Middle, effective July 1.

Earlier this month, 33 student-athletes representing Eureka, Lafayette and Rockwood Summit high schools participated in winter athletic signing day ceremonies.

More than 90 Rockwood School District high school students qualified for the Missouri Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) State Leadership Conference at the District 9 competition Feb. 4 at Saint Louis University.