Seniors take trip to the zoo, freshmen give back to the community
April 30, 2014
On Wednesday, April 23, every student in the school was involved in separate grade level activities.
For the first year, freshmen volunteered for service projects, while sophomores attended an in-school career fair, juniors took the ACT and seniors went to the zoo.
The freshman class were divided into groups and placed into sessions where they worked on a service project that benefits local organizations in the community. One of these projects, for example, was making tied fleece blankets.
“The freshmen did a great job, and put a lot of effort into each session they attended,” Associate Principal Mandy Lewis said.
While the underclassman were hard at work, seniors took a laid-back field trip to the St. Louis Zoo where they were able to look at all the animals, pet the sting rays and visit the petting zoo.
![[Classroom] will be blocked off for students starting next year, Willot said. Canvas will be the primary resource for accessing online classwork beginning next school year.](https://lancerfeed.press/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/canvas-600x400.png)
![Sophomore Mary Kirtley holds her Dressember Foundation button. The buttons are passed down to the new STL Spark executive board members each year and they are encouraged to place them on their backpacks to help raise awareness about human trafficking. My sister, [Class of 2020 alumni] Grace Kirtley, started STL Spark when she was in high school and she would have people carry it on after she graduated, Mary said. Last year I got invited to join the board again with my sister, senior Patty Kirtley, and so weve been working on carrying her legacy a bit. Its become somewhat of a family project.](https://lancerfeed.press/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/IMG_5696-e1700061260167-600x400.jpg)
