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Our strategic plan guides our efforts to ensure we are living our mission to equip students with the skills, knowledge and understanding to be empathetic, successful, and to value all people.
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The Kirkwood School District offers well over two hundred "courses" to our students, addressing multiple disciplines from kindergarten through 12th grade.
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Last night, the KSD Board of Education held an awards and honors ceremony to recognize some of the outstanding accomplishments of students and staff.
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Visit the Kirkwood School District Back to School Guide for quick links to helpful information as you prepare for the start of the 2024-25 school year.
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Individual state test results, MAP and EOC, are now available and will be shared with parents in the month of September.
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Students in our technology classes at Nipher Middle School all finished with a 1 rating, the highest to earn, on their projects at the Technology Education Association of Missouri (TEAM) annual state contest. The awards program was held May 14, at the Margaritaville Resort at Lake of the Ozarks. The winners are: Jack Carter, Sam Hicks, Kate Watson, Avanell Mitchell, Callahan Morgan, Allie Taylor, Claire Cook, and Boden Forinash.
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The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC)-Missouri Gateway Chapter challenged public and private schools within the chapter’s territory (Missouri and Southern Illinois) to devise and implement, with the help of Green Mentors, the most creative, effective and no or low-cost sustainable practices for their schools.