Want To Brag About The Graduate In Your Family? Celebrate It on Olivette Patch

Whether your child graduated from college, high school or preschool, find out how to post a free graduation announcement on Patch!

Proud of your graduate? So are we! Help us spread the word here on Patch with our easy and free tools: Announce it on Patch! Whether your grad is a high school senior at Ladue High School or maybe even a preschooler moving on to Kindergarden, posting a graduation announcement on Patch is free and easy. Don't forget to let us know: where they go to school, when they graduate and where they're going next. And always include a photo! Post a free graduation announcement on Olivette Patch by following these easy steps: Go to our Announcements page, (It will ask you to sign up or sign in as a Patch user if you aren't already). Fill out the box and choose Graduation as the category. Add photos and/or video of your graduate to make it really …

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OPINION: Ways for Olivette Teachers to Save in the Classroom

Why are Olivette teachers continuing to pay for school supplies out of their own pocket? According to a recent study, 6.4 million public school teachers in the U.S. spend over $3 billion every year. That’s about $480 of their own money.

Caroline Militello, MICDS Soccer: Patch Female "Athlete of the Spring"

Star in soccer and basketball has already committed to playing at Columbia University in the Ivy League.

To say there are many outstanding female athletes at MICDS would be an understatement. But in the end, one really stands out. That would be two-sport star Caroline Militello, 17, a junior who has already agreed to play soccer at Columbia University in the Ivy League. That makes two Ivy Leaguers in the family. Her brother Thomas is a rising quarterback at Dartmouth. Militello who plays forward in basketball and attacker in soccer is the Ladue-Frontenac Patch Female Athlete of the Spring. She stands out in any crowd. Militello comes from quite an athletic family. The blood lines are good. The backyard basketball games are a real show stopper. Their dad, Mark was a standout wide receiver at Country Day School and had a distinguished career at…

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Lex Kaplan, Ladue Baseball: Patch "Athlete of the Spring"

Will he go pro or onto the University of Miami. Check back after the amateur draft June 6.

Athletics have always been a big deal in the Gary and Jody Kaplan family of Ladue. John, 33, a Parkway Central grad played for Tulane University then got drafted by the Diamondbacks, was traded to the Cardinals  and is presently in the Independent Baseball League. Courtney, a sophomore at MICDS plays basketball and elite club soccer for Scott Gallagher. Lex, 18, is headed to the University of Miami-Coral Gables on a full baseball scholarship. Kaplan is one of the premier players in the St. Louis Metro and top producers and is the Ladue-Frontenac-Olivette Patch Male Athlete for the spring. The dream is just getting started He’s dreamed of being a major leaguer almost forever. Every day, he’s either in the cage taking swings; shagging balls …

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19 Retire From Ladue Staff This Year

Major turnover in the senior administrative positions.

This is the official list of those who have retired from the Ladue School District at the end of this year. Administrators Dr. Marsha Chappelow, Dr. Judy Sclair, Dr. Vicki VanLaere. Certified Staff Janine Burmeister, Jill Davis, Nancy Hier, Christine Kiely, Beth Knoedelseder, Rochelle Koenig, Barbara Martin, Jill Svejkosky, Linda Stephens. Classified Staff Sally Gilmore, Jill Schmidt, David Shortt. SSD - Ladue Staff Chris Gates, Joan Holmes, Martha Maney, Katie Schmid.

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CreveCoeurDad

10:51 am on Monday, May 20, 2013

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Ladue's Senior List: Attitude Adjuster, But Not Such a Big Deal

Perpetrators resort to leaving list in editors mailbox to get the word out!

  Talk about an act of desperation? The Ladue “Senior List” got out again, and hardly anyone noticed. That's that smutty, hateful stuff juniors write about popular senior girls then distribute under the cover of darkness. I thought I had the hottest of hot news. I thought the list had just gotten out again. I called Ladue PR maven Susan Dielmann who broke my heart by telling me I was relaying some really old news. That’s what you get for being late to the rodeo. I checked some high school sources and one said: “I think I heard something about the list, but I never, ever even saw one.” What a bust. So, in an act of sheer desperation, the marauders dropped a copy in my mailbox. Trust me, Ladue students know where I live in Olivette. This is …

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Graduate Ladue, Then Share Your Memories With Patch

Patch Editor will be roving about the graduation reception to get your best memories; you future plans. Tell us first on Patch.

Maybe, if the Weather Gods cooperate, Ladue will have its first outdoor graduation ceremonies in years. Seems a threat of rain has pushed this event indoors the last several years. This Patch Editor (Jim Baer) will be out and about, asking the freshly-minted graduates to briefly and quickly share their favorite thoughts on video. It could be as simple as what you liked best about Ladue High, or what you plan to do with the rest of your life. Are you going to be the greatest chemist of all time? or a professional athlete? or a lifeguard on Waikiki Beach? Or something else? We are looking for 30 second video statements to share all week on both the Ladue-Frontenac and Olivette Patches. So enjoy the moment, share your thoughts and we shall …

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