Win $100 Mall Gift Card in Patch Back to School Photo Contest

The best first day of school photo wins a $100 gift card good at Chesterfield Mall, Mid Rivers Mall, South County Center or West County Center in St. Louis!

The smell of fresh crayons, the sudden spike in jeans sales, the year of learning ahead—is there anything more exciting than the first day of school? When you’re packing your children’s backpacks with the binders, books and school supplies they’ll need for the new school year, we’re asking you to remember one very important thing: your camera. We want to see those bright, smiling faces ready for the first day of school, so we decided to start a contest: The best “It’s my first day of school!” photo wins a prize. Submit your first day of school photos by hitting the “Upload” button on this article anytime between August 13 and August 31. Patch editors will randomly select the winner from the photos submitted. And what do you win? Just a …

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Lindsay Toler

1:33 pm on Monday, August 20, 2012

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Kindergarten Registration Starts Jan. 31

Check out Parkway district's full-day, tuition-free classes for 5-year-olds.

The Parkway School District begins kindergarten registration for the 2012-13 school year on Tuesday, January 31. Parkway’s kindergarten program is a public full-day program for all children, no tuition.   Students must be five years old before Aug. 1, to enter kindergarten. Registration is at local elementary Parkway District schools. Download registration forms. These forms and the documents described above need to be provided to the neighborhood school at the time of registration.  For more information about Parkway kindergarten programs, call 314-415-8010. Contact the local school for registration hours.

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Parkway Central Principal Leaves After 35 Years In The District

Tim Gannon said he's not sure what the next step is, but he's open to the possibilities.

On Friday, students will stream out of Parkway Central High School. They'll jump in cars or on buses, rowdy with excitement and thoughts of summer plans. They'll be back at the high school in a few short months. But one big thing will be different. Tim Gannon will no longer be the principal. For Gannon, Friday is less likely to be a day of excited celebration. He's confident his retirement, which was announced in February, is the right decision. But it's still hard to leave the place where, in many respects, he grew up. Gannon has been at the school since 1978. "I was going to be a lawyer," he said. He worked on former Gov. Warren Hearnes' 1976 campaign for U.S. Senate, but after the campaign failed, he got to thinking about what else he …

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Statement From Pattonville School District Regarding Storm Damage

A decision on holding class on Monday to come Sunday.

Here is the statement released by the Pattonville School district in the wake of Friday's storm. "As you may have seen on the news, Friday's storms and possible tornadoes caused significant damage to neighborhoods in the Pattonville School District. We have assessed all of our buildings, and they appear to be in good shape, without any structural damage. Bridgeway suffered minor damage to the exterior, but again, there doesn't appear to be any structural damage. Power is sporadic throughout the district. The high school is being used as a staging area for emergency personnel. Any decision regarding whether school will be open on Monday will be made tomorrow. We will communicate with staff/parents via our IRIS automated phone calling system…

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Daily PatchCast: Upcoming University City School Board Member Talks Plans, Ladue Lady Rams Finish Regular Season Strong and More

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