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Bu llet i n Boa rd FRANCIS HOWELL All American wrestler Francis Howell Central High School wrestler Kyle Bradley earned All-American wrestling honors by finishing in third place in the 140-pound weight class at the National High School Coaches Association Wrestling Tournament (NHSCA) held in Virginia Beach, Va., earlier this month. The NHSCA tournament is considered to be the premier college showcase wrestling tournament for high-school seniors. A wrestler earns All-American status by finishing among the top eight in a recognized national wrestling tournament. Bradley, a senior, competed in a 70-wrestler bracket and finished with a 7-1 record. Bradley recently completed his high-school wrestling career at Francis Howell Central, finishing with a 191-9 career record. He finished as a four-time state medalist and has earned All-American status in folkstyle, freestyle and GrecoRoman wrestling categories. He will be attending the University of Missouri on a wrestling scholarship.
Conservation college credits The Missouri Department of Conservation is offering a one week honors program this summer from June 14 until June 19 in Columbia. The program, offered to students who have completed 11th grade, will teach students the basics of natural resource conservation including outdoor skills, wildlife management, nature interpretation and other topics. The program, which earns students college credit, is free for the students who are accepted. Students must have completed an ACT, PLAN or PSAT by the application deadline of April 25. For more information see Dr. Gang in the guidance office at Francis Howell Central.
Camp CEO Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri is run-
ning Camp CEO, June 24-28, at Camp Tuckaho in Troy, Mo. The four-day opportunity allows girls, in the 9th through 11th grade, to network and learn from the best businesswomen in our area, gain teambuilding strategies, go on a special field trip, swim, canoe, and hike. The cost of the resident camp program is $130 and includes all materials, housing, food and the field trip. There are activity scholarships available for the program. For more information or an application, call 314-592-2351 or visit girlscoutsem. org.
LINDENWOOD UNIVERSITY Accreditation After a stringent, four-year process, Lindenwood University’s social work program has achieved a key accreditation from the Council on Social Work Education. Carla Mueller, dean of the Lindenwood School of human services, said the social work program was launched in 1998 and became a candidate for CSWE accreditation in 2005. This was followed by four site visits by teams from the council in the fall of 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008, as well as submission of a 510-page report that covered everything about the program and how it fits within Lindenwood University. “Each social work program is required to articulate its unique approach to social work education,” Mueller said. “At Lindenwood, our themes are cultural diversity, critical thinking, communication skills, values and ethics, and populations at risk.” As a result of the accreditation, Lindenwood students in the program will enjoy advanced standing in master of social work programs and will be able to enter twoyear master’s programs anywhere from a semester to a full year ahead when they attend full-time. “This makes the Lindenwood undergraduate program a combination of an undergraduate program and graduate program at the same time,” Mueller said. “Our graduates are also eligible for state licen-
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sure because of the accreditation.” CSWE has been accrediting social work education programs since 1974 and currently 400 programs throughout the United States have completed the stringent evaluation process and hold accreditation from the council. For more information about the Lindenwood University Social Work Program, call Mueller at 949-4731.
WENTZVILLE Academically advanced Four students from the Wentzville School District have been selected to attend the 2009 Missouri Scholars Academy. Holt High School sophomores Patrick Miller and Alex Ratcliff and Timberland sophomores Ashley Berg and Madeline Burnette were selected based on their leadership, creativity, intellectual curiosity, problem-solving ability and initiative. The Missouri Scholars Academy is a three-week academic program for 330 of Missouri’s gifted students who are ready to begin their junior year in high school. The Academy is designed specifically for these identified advanced-learning sophomores with enrichment activities from welltrained teachers and inspirational guest speakers. The program is based on the idea that Missouri’s gifted youth must be provided with special opportunities for learning and personal development in order for them to realize their full potential. The Academy is a summer residential program held on the campus of the University of MissouriColumbia. The program provides each high school in the state of Missouri the opportunity to nominate at least one student. They must then write out two essays and have teachers write a description of the nominees in their classes and how they would benefit from this program.
New administrators The Wentzville School District will welcome several new administrators to its district next year. Winston Rogers will take over as the prin-
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cipal at Timberland High School. Rogers, who is currently employed as the principal at Berkeley Middle School, earned his masters of education from the University of Missouri-St Louis and is currently working on his doctorate. Bryan Howse will become an assistant principal at Crossroads Elementary. Howse, who is currently an administrative intern at Duello Elementary, received his masters of educational administration from Lindenwood University. Before joining the Wentzville School District, Howse was a business education teacher for the Riverview Gardens School District and the Rockwood School District. Kevin Garcia will be the director of early childhood special education. Garcia is presently employed as the special education coordinator for the Triad Community Unit School District in Troy, Ill. He has received a master’s of science degree, along with a specialist degree in school psychology from Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville.
LUTHERAN HIGH Minimizing mosquitoes The Lutheran High School of St. Charles County Business Management Class is learning business while working to help others. The class learned that in some areas of the tropics one person dies every 30 seconds because of malaria and mosquito nets could prevent a great number of deaths. Sports writer Rick Riley founded Nothing But Nets to combat this epidemic and so the LHS Business Management Class formed 3BT, Inc. to sponsor a 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament to fight malaria. All money raised at the charity tournament will be used to purchase mosquito nets to save lives from malaria. The tournament will start at 10 a m., April 25, at the high school. The tournament is open to anyone high school age and older. Registration is $20 per team, which purchases two mosquito nets. Tickets cost $2 for students and $3 for adults. Registration forms are available at Lutheran High School, 5100 Mexico Road in St. Peters, or on the LHS website at lhssc.org.