Most of this information is pulled from a brochure and powerpoint presentation created by the Mehlville School District.
“Focused On Success”
2006 and 2007 Distinction in Performance Award Winner
Granted by the Missouri Department of Elementary & Secondary Education
Early Childhood Program
- New state of the art John Cary Early Childhood Center
- Five satellite sites to better meet the needs of students.
- Serves students form birth to age five
- Offers diagnostic evaluations and screenings, special education services and the Parents as Teachers program.
Ten Elementary Schools – Elementary Student Achievements
- Nine students earned perfect scores on the state-wide MAP test
- PBS Writing Award Winner
- Greater St. Louis Science Fair Finalist
- 14 Gateway Young Achiever Recipients
- KMOV Junior Stars Winner
- Numerous ‘Do The Right Thing’ Award Winners
- Barnes & Noble Poetry Contest Winner
Four Middle Schools – Middle School Student Achievements
- 56 Glory of Missouri Award Winners
- 18 Gateway Young Achiever Award Recipients
- 15 Duke ACT Talent Program State Qualifiers
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch Spelling Bee Finalist
- MCTM Math Competition State Finalist
- Missouri Stock Market Game Regional Champions
- Dred Scott Documentary Award Winner
High Schools
- Two traditional high schools, Mehlville and Oakville.
- One alternative High School
- The Class of 2007 received more than $6 million in scholarships
- 89.6% of students go on to post-secondary education.
High School Student Achievements
- One National Merit Finalist
- Seven National Merit Commended Students
- 2007 State Water Polo, Third Place
- 2007 State Football Finalist
- 2007 State Softball, Second Place
- 2007 Nationally and State Honored Band and Choral Programs
- 2007 All-State Academic Baseball Team
- 2007 Missouri Junior Miss Award Winner
- Prudential Volunteer of the year Award Winner.
- KMOX Student of Achievement Winners
- Four Missouri All State Band Students
- Missouri Stock Market Game District Champions
- Speech and Debate Finalist
- SkillsUSA National Champion
- Future Business Leaders of America State Finalists
- Five National Journalism Conference Winners.
The Mehlville School District at a Glance
- 11,500 Students
- 18 Schools
- 89.5% of Students Enter Post-Secondary Education
- 95.2% Attendance Rate
- 65% of Teachers Hold a Master’s Degree or Higher
- 99.6% of Classes Taught by Highly Qualified Teachers
- Serving the Mehlville, Oakville, Green Park, Concord, and Lemay Communities.
District Offices
3120 Lemay Ferry Rd.
St. Louis, MO 63125
Phone: 314-467-5000
www.MehlvilleSchoolDistrict.com
Superintendent: Mr. Terry W. Noble
The mission of the Mehlville School District is to ensure that all students reach their potential by preparing them to be lifelong learners and responsible citizens through a dynamic curriculum, student-centered instruction, a safe and nurturing environment and community collaboration.
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The Mehlville School District
In The Beginning
- 1840: The citizens of the Point School area built their first school, a log cabin.
- 1841: A log cabin was also utilized as the first St. John school to serve the Mehlville area.
- 1842: The people of the Washington School area decided to build a one room school house.
- 1844: members of the Oakville School Board voted to build the first Oakville School.
- Oct. 27, 1951: Citizens of the Mehlville, Oakville, Point, and Washington areas voted for consolidation into one reorganized high school district.
Facilities
- Community’s largest single employer
- Over 1,300 staff and faculty members
- 11,000+ Students
- 1 Early Childhood Facility
- 5 satellite programs in other elementary buildings.
- 10 Elementary Schools
- 4 Middle Schools
- 2 Traditional High Schools
- 1 Alternative High School
- Member of the SCOPE Consortium
Staffing
- 17 Doctoral Degrees
- 16 Specialists Degrees
- 546 masters Degrees
- 193 Bachelors Degrees
- Beginning teacher salaries are ranked 19 out of 21 St. Louis County School Districts
- Teachers at the top of the pay scale are ranked 18 out of 21 St. Louis County School Districts
- Class sizes do not exceed the maximum allowed by the state, but are typically above the state ‘desirable’ level.
Students
- 28 languages represented
- 1000+ minority students
- Approx. 1,800 special education students
- Approx. 400 gifted students
- Nearly 900 VICC students
Academic Achievement
- 2005-06 school year – students earned $6 million in scholarships
- Over the last five years – students claimed more than $25 million in scholarships
- 2005-2006 Distinction in Performance
Communications
- Mehlville Messenger
- Advisory Committees
- Website
Technology
- Current technology plan recognized by DESE as a ‘model plan’
- Approved by Board but not fully funded
- Technology staff is half the size of other Districts that are smaller than Mehlville
Safety & Security
- Current technology plan calls for cameras in and around all campuses
- Funding does not permit full implementation
- Board approved installation of buzzer systems at all elementary and middle schools
- Some cameras will be installed at the high school entrances.
Finances & Resources
- Current tax levy (blended rate) 2007-2008: 3.2731
- #20 out of 23 St. Louis County Districts
- 2.98 lowest – 5.5685 highest for 07-08
- Local revenue per pupil tax rate
- Assess valuation/100 x 3.6443/enrollment
- 2007-2008: $5,483.92
- Per pupil expenditure: $7,143 (2006-2007)
- Total expenditures/average daily attendance
Edge: A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE By Steven Pinker
November 21, 2007
I have received a couple of comments on my blog about violence in public schools. I thought I would pass this post along about the History of Violence. You might be surprised…
Edge: A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE By Steven Pinker
A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE
In sixteenth-century Paris, a popular form of entertainment was cat-burning, in which a cat was hoisted in a sling on a stage and slowly lowered into a fire. According to historian Norman Davies, “[T]he spectators, including kings and queens, shrieked with laughter as the animals, howling with pain, were singed, roasted, and finally carbonized.” Today, such sadism would be unthinkable in most of the world. This change in sensibilities is just one example of perhaps the most important and most underappreciated trend in the human saga: Violence has been in decline over long stretches of history, and today we are probably living in the most peaceful moment of our species’ time on earth.
Thought of the Day – Black swan theory – Wikipedia
November 21, 2007
This is very interesting. It kind of works like this, ““If someone narrowly escapes being eaten by a tiger in a certain cave, then he learns to avoid that cave. Yet vicious black swans by definition do not repeat themselves. We cannot learn from them easily.” For instance, we think we can historically prevent 9/11, by our hindsight. (The simple, hindsight is 20/20 concept.) However, as it explains below, black swans happen unexpectedly. Keep reading. Also check out this article for more information.
Black swan theory – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The high impact of the unexpected
Before Taleb, those who dealt with the notion of improbable, like Hume, Mill and Popper, focused on a problem in logic, specifically that of drawing general conclusions from specific observations. Taleb’s Black Swan has a central and unique attribute: The high impact. His claim is that almost all consequential events in history come from the unexpected—while humans convince themselves that these events are explainable in hindsight.
Are the family clichés true? – Independent Online Edition > Science & Tech
Are the family clichés true?
The middle one’s always difficult, the eldest is a bossy boots and the youngest is a tearaway. But are the family clichés true? Finally, scientists have the answer. Steve Connor (youngest of two) reports
Published: 19 November 2007
What kind of a person do you imagine when you think of an eldest child? Do you think of a conscientious, hard-working conformist? A proud brother or sister who shoulders responsibility – with or without encouragement? What if I were to ask you which member of your family is the most extroverted, or the naughtiest? Do you think of your younger sibling? Does the thought of a middle child conjure pictures of a tortured soul, forever torn between two extremes?
The difficult middle child, the spoilt only child, the wayward baby; few of us escape being labelled according to some sort of sibling stereotype. But what, really, are we to believe about the role our position in the family plays in determining our personality? Are the stereotypes true – or is the psychology of birth order just a load of hokum?
Talking With Others May Make You Smarter – US News
November 21, 2007
Talking With Others May Make You Smarter
Talking With Others May Make You Smarter
Time spent socializing raised peoples’ test scores, researchers say
Posted 11/18/07
SUNDAY, Nov. 18 (HealthDay News) — The gift of gab could boost brainpower, new research suggests.
A U.S. team found that talking to another person for 10 minutes a day improves memory and test scores.
They found that “socializing was just as effective as more traditional kinds of mental exercise in boosting memory and intellectual performance,” lead author Oscar Ybarra, a psychologist at the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research, said in a prepared statement.
In one investigation, they analyzed data on 3,610 people, ages 24 to 96.
They found that the higher their level of social interaction, the better their cognitive functioning. Social interaction included getting together or having phone chats with relatives, friends and neighbors.
Obama mentions one key statistic in this article that I cite all of the time. However, he is coming in about $3 higher than me. Maybe he is adjusting for inflation. According to the education foundation funded by Warren Buffett, for every dollar spent on Early Childhood education, you save $7 (or $10 according to Obama) on future tax expenditures, like reduced welfare rolls, and prison populations.
Los Angeles Times: Obama calls for $18-billion boost in education spending
Obama calls for $18-billion boost in education spending
By Michael Finnegan
Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
11:31 AM PST, November 20, 2007
Manchester, N.H. — Barack Obama proposed an $18-billion increase in federal education programs today, accusing Democratic presidential rivals Hillary Rodham Clinton and John Edwards of shortchanging public schools.
The Illinois senator outlined a broad agenda to expand early childhood education, reduce high school dropout rates and improve substandard schools in impoverished areas.
Sketching a bleak portrait of the nation’s school system, Obama lamented the millions of students who read below grade level, get too little math and science instruction and wind up unprepared for college.
