Tonight our community is grieving. A family lost a child, a school lost a student and our entire community feels this tremendous loss. At a time like this, there is no way to express the grief we all are feeling. Right now our priorities are to respect the privacy of the student’s family and to take care of our students, families, staff and community. We have already arranged to have resources and extra support for our students, staff and families at school tomorrow and will do everything we know to take care of them in the days and weeks ahead. I am asking all members of the Fort Zumwalt community to please do what you can to support each other as we work through this difficult time.
Dr. Paul Myers
Superintendent
Fort Zumwalt School District
Welcome Back! It's an A Day at all schools. Want to know what's for breakfast or lunch? Click Dining in the menu from your school website.
Teachers are lifelong learners. What better professional development for our student teachers than to network with each other and to meet with our Human Resources experts? These future educators are already a part of our school community, working side-by-side with our veteran teachers in our classrooms through their student teaching experiences. The entire HR team, including incoming Superintendent Dr. Henry St. Pierre, was available to answer questions and offer coaching on everything from resume writing to what to expect from the onboarding process. You Matter! #FZEquipToExcel
The Fort Zumwalt School District Board of Education has announced Dr. Henry St. Pierre as the next Superintendent, effective July 1, 2025. Learn more about Dr. St. Pierre on our website: fz.k12.mo.us
Today is Election Day.
Students and Teachers are off.
Polls are open until 7 p.m.
Transportation has been turning heads across our 126 square miles, changing their bus decorations with the seasons. A special congratulations to Ms. Tina! She won the department's costume and decorating contest with her spot-on Miss Frizzle and the Magic School Bus - complete with lessons for students to take in as they hop on and off at their stops each day. Making every minute count. #FZJoy 📸JConoyer
Our Blue Notes are so popular with students, parents, guardians and the community that we want to make sure you know you can submit one any time. You can send a Blue Note from any of our websites any time. Just click the button on the banner to Send a Blue Note. We share them twice each year before Winter Break and during Staff Appreciation Week in May. You can submit as many Blue Notes as you like, to any staff member you want to celebrate.
Our teachers are lifelong learners, too. Teams from all 16 elementary schools have brought strategies and best Professional Learning Communities practices back to their buildings from four professional development sessions this year. Two sessions remain.
What does that mean for students?
At Lewis & Clark Elementary, it has guided grade-level teams as they peel down to the most crucial skills students need to master before the end of this school year. Their most recent work was done on math standards. Third Grade focused on helping students add and subtract within 1,000 while Fourth and Fifth Grade focused on fractions.
“We have to take more time with those standards to make sure kids understand,” Principal Peter Johnson says, emphasizing that everything we teach is important, but some things are more important. “To do that, teachers have to understand. It's hard work, but so valuable for our Mathletes.” 📸PJohnson
It’s a beautiful day when to see student mentors! @ZumEastHigh Enterprise students' East Side Eatery now takes and fulfills orders for teacher lunches with the help of students @ZumHawthorn Building foundational skills for work and life together! #FZEquipToExcel 📸MSchultz
It’s School Bus Safety & Bus Driver Appreciation Week! Each day this team routes more than 11,000 students to and from school, and many of their high school activities. Thank you Transportation Team, for all you do to Educate, Empower and Equip Students To Excel. You matter!
Why are flags at half-staff? By order of the governor, flags in St. Charles County and at all emergency medical stations in Missouri will fly at half-staff today in honor of St. Charles County Ambulance District Paramedic Michael R. Clarke.
You still have two chances to catch South High's fall show "Dearly Beloved" tomorrow or Saturday at 7 p.m. S/O to the cast and crew! Break a leg! 📸JSerles
Did someone say fractions? Fear not! 4th graders at Forest Park work together and tackle fractions greater than 1. Teams collaborate, compare strategies and explain why their answer makes sense and is reasonable. Building math muscles and soft skills! #FZEquipToExcel 📸HMills
It's National Principals Month. S/O to our school CEOs, who work each day as an instructional leader, facility manager, HR pro and community liaison. Thank you for all you do to Educate, Empower and Equip Students - and staff - to Excel!
It was another great turnout for our semi-annual community event Soup’s On! This luncheon with our leadership team is for residents of our district 55 and older. Over lunch guests heard from Superintendent Dr. Paul Myers and Director of Construction, Renovations and Building Systems Lisa Koester before working together to provide some important feedback for Fort Zumwalt. Interested in our next Soup's On! event? Learn more:
https://www.fz.k12.mo.us/article/1811992
Meet Mrs. Thayer, East High Class of 2011 and Grow Your Own Teacher. Each day in her West High classroom students keep calm, carry on and grow in their ability to tackle geometry proofs and College Algebra. Thayer is one of 19 Grow Your Own Teachers in FZ classrooms teaching in hard-to-fill areas (high school math, high school science, special education, industrial technology, speech language pathology, English Language Development). Eight more FZ alum are in college thanks to the GYOT program, which provides winners $4,000 per semester in forgivable loans. Seniors who want to learn more should talk to their counselors, or head to go.FZSD.us/WorkForFZSD and click on Apply Now. Then type GROW in the search bar. Applications close Oct. 14! #Work4FZSD
It's a beautiful day when you get to celebrate the academic excellence of our graduating seniors! Learn more about our National Merit Semifinalists and Commended Scholars:
https://www.fz.k12.mo.us/article/1802107
Congratulations!
S/O on National Custodian, Maintenance and Grounds Appreciation Day! Thanks to our individual school teams and to our district level Maintenance team for creating and maintaining safe, healthy, welcoming environments where students can learn and teachers can teach! You matter!
Last chance to see Puffs tonight @ZumwaltWest Curtain goes up at 7 p.m. Congrats to the cast and crew on a great run! 📸@fzwnewspaper
Public Service Announcement
Oct. 9 is the last day to register to vote in the Nov. 5 General Election. Learn more at sccmo.org/410/Election-Authority
