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The School District of University City is making news in local and national media outlets. If you have a story to tell, or have seen U. City Schools in the news recently, please share via email to communications@ucityschools.org. For District News Releases, visit www.ucityschools.org/News. For everyday District news visit our homepage.
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch Boys Basketball Notebook: University City Poised to Pounce
Heads are turning, teams are watching. The Boys Varsity Basketball team is "poised to pounce" as it begins its new season. By David Kvidahl • Dec. 5 2019 - Click headline to read more.
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STL TV: Inside Sports with University City H.S. softball team
The University City High School Girls Softball Team played hardball this year and ended its season with its first conference win in 20 years. STL TV visited the players and coaches to discuss the team's remarkable season. Interview by By Melanie Steen of STL TV • Nov. 15, 2019 - Click headline to see the video.
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St. Louis Public Radio: 'A Black Dot In A Sea Of White': Recalling The Integration Of U. City High
Before Judy Gladney was among the first black students to integrate University City High School, she and her family were the first black people to move into a gated community in the city called University Hills. For Gladney, 67, being among the first was almost a family tradition. By Holly Edgell • Oct. 11, 2019 - Click headline to read more.
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St. Louis Public Radio: How One Family Helped to Integrate University City High School
When Judy Gladney, Class of '69, began attending University City High School in the '60s, she was one of its very first African American students and found herself bridging two disparate worlds. Interviewed by Sarah Fenske of St. Louis on the Air • Oct. 7, 2019 - Click headline to read more.
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch: She was among the first to integrate U. City Schools - and the memories are bittersweet
On the cusp of her 50th reunion, Judy Gladney, Class of '69, looks back on what it was like to be among the first African-American students to integrate U. City schools. By Ellen Futterman in partnership with the Pulitzer Center • Oct. 6, 2019 - Click headline to read more.
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Cellphone policies a 'work in progress' as schools try to balance learning and technology
Cellphones have their place. But not necessarily in the classroom because they can distract students from learning. University City High School has a unique new solution. By Blythe Bernhard • Sept. 27 2019 - Click headline to read more.
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Hochman: 'It's a dream, man.' Mizzou's Perkins, a St. Louis native, makes game-changing play in win
UCHS grad Ronnell Perkins is tearing it up on the football field as a Mizzou Tiger. Read more about his clutch pick-six interception in a recent win against South Carolina. By Benjamin Hochman • Sept. 23, 2019 - Click headline to read more.
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St. Louis Post Dispatch: Sharonica Hardin-Bartley and Terry Harris: The children are not well
"We believe Missouri is on to something critical. We believe schools can be trauma-informed. So one day, when we ask, “And, how are the children?” We will be able to answer, “The children are well.” University City's superintendent and the director of student services for Rockwood Schools discuss the urgency of creating trauma-informed schools in this St. Louis Post-Dispatch opinion piece. By Sharonica Hardin-Bartley and Terry Harris • Sept. 10, 2019 - Click headline to read more
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Forward Through Ferguson: Building Hope from Tragedy: Trauma-Informed Healthcare in St. Louis Schools
Over the last five years, many St. Louisans have stepped up forthrightly, sensibly, and scientifically to address the root causes of violence and despair. They have gone beyond applying band-aid measures and instead are implementing sustainable systemic changes that are beginning to make a difference even as the headlines suggest the problem has grown worse. Read more about how University Schools is part of this movement for change. By Richard Weiss • Sept. 10, 2019 - Click headline to read more.
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Small changes make big impact at University City
“I knew we were different because last year and so many times in the past we'd face adversity on the field and we'd turn on each other, start pointing fingers,” Davis said. “This year we did not have that at all. We were all uplifting each other and kept our heads up.” By David Kvidahl • Sept. 10, 2019 - Click headline to read more.