Building Tables That Build Community

Tables and

Service to others is built into the Burroughs curriculum — literally!

Throughout the fall semester, Dan Barton’s Industrial Technology & Engineering students have been hard at work crafting new 5-foot tables for the dining room and the new Drey Land Lodge, as well as tables, shelves, and a reading bench for the newly renovated faculty lounge.

“What’s neat to me is, half the dining hall was made by students and myself,” said Mr. Barton, who has been teaching in our school's IT Department since 1982. “I’m very proud of that, because a lot of students made projects for the school that hundreds of students after them are using still today — which is awesome.”

The work continues this spring, with 7th graders working together to build the six bench seats that will accompany the new Drey Land dining tables.

KUDOS: STUDENT & FACULTY ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Drawn In

Riley Adams '28 (left) and Ricco Martin '27 (center) can be heard on Drawn In, an animated adventure series from Nine PBS and the St. Louisheadquartered Lion Forge Animation that hopes to boost children's literacy in St. Louis and beyond. The multiplatform initiative follows Black, Asian American, and multiracial protagonists who love comic books and take on challenges using their reading and problem-solving skills. Learn more at www.drawnin.org

2022-2023 National Merit Semifinalists

National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists were announced in September and Burroughs had the highest number of semifinalists in the state of Missouri.

Twenty-three seniors were named semifinalists: Avery Boswell, Gabi Brent, Madeline Buchowski, Clarke Campbell, Grant Dahl, Finley Desai, Sruthi Dommaraju, Lana English, Abigail Gardner, Ryan Hardwick, Eesha Jasti, Jane Leavitt, Maddy Pass, Uma Rayani, Brady Schenck, Brice Shearburn, Jana Smith, Adithya Suresh, Luke Tu, Uday Vissa, Lilly Wang, Patrick Whiteford, and Lily Yanagimoto. Eight other seniors received a Letter of Commendation: Estelle Ballet, JRob Goffstein, Ella Nichols, Nico Schactman, Billy Sinton, Adam Sutter, Jacob Tuteur, and Kate Uy.

Congratulations to ...

• Sisters Gabrielle Moore '25 and Madison Moore '25, whose first-place finish in the Green Generation category at a regional Missouri Science Olympiad competition qualified them for the state tournament.

• Jerry Chang '26, a 2023 YoungArts winner in the classical music (piano) category. Chang was also one of 23 scholarship recipients selected by the Chopin Foundation of the United States, which supports talented young American pianists through up to four years of preparation for the National Chopin Piano Competition of the United States.

• John Zarek '24, a finalist at the Third Annual Bill of Rights Day Webinar and Awards Ceremony, for his submission to a student contest celebrating the importance of the Bill of Rights through art and essays.

• Dalton Pace '24, Stephen Thayer '25, Jackson Makepeace '24, Kate Uy '23, and Ellie Skale '23, featured in the Beginnings 2022: Juried High School Photography exhibition at Webster University's Kooyumjian Gallery.

• Riley Adams '28, named an Emerging Student Artist in the 2023 St. Louis Arts Awards.

• Adam Sutter '23, selected to serve on the 2022-23 Student Board of Directors for the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. He is one of 18 high school seniors from the metro area, chosen through a competitive application process. Students meet monthly to gain a thorough understanding of the Federal Reserve's role in the U.S. economy and learn about its unique partnerships with banks, businesses, and the community.

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