The News Digest: Introduction to the Blog, FHSD School Board Campaigns Underway and More

March 6, 2017

As readers navigate their way through the (not-so-new) year, they become more saturated than ever with news hitting their mobile ...

Francis Howell School District on Lockdown After Local Shooting

November 16, 2016

Updated Nov. 16 at 3:11 p.m.: The FHSD released a statement via email at 1:22 p.m. updating the public about the shooting situat...

More Funds For More Opportunities [EDITORIAL]

October 28, 2016

On the Nov. 8 ballot, St. Charles County voters have the decision whether to support the new tax levy named Proposition Howell or not...

A Look at FHSD [Infographic]

September 20, 2016

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Graduation for FHN on June 4

April 13, 2016

With less than two months of school left, seniors are bracing for they day they’ve been counting down to since the beginning...

A Week is All We Need

March 16, 2016

A short spring break, despite backlash from many students, is one of the most beneficial decisions this school board has ever made...

We Want a Longer Spring Break

March 16, 2016

Spring break is a much needed time off where students and faculty go on vacations, catch up on work or just hang out with frie...

FHSD Chief Academic Officer to Assume Superintendent Position Upon Sloan’s Retirement

February 4, 2016

Updated: Feb. 5, 2016 at 12:51 a.m. It’s 5:45 p.m. The district administration office--usually quiet and dim by this time...

Flooding in St. Charles Affects FHN Students and Faculty

January 8, 2016

An unusually warm winter has brought abnormal amounts of rain to the St. Louis area, which, at the end of December, led to flo...

Santos Named FHSD Teacher of the Year

March 5, 2015

This morning in second hour, Spanish Teacher Brian Santos received the FHSD Teacher of the Year award. Santos was greeted in the upper-l...

FHSD Celebrates 100 Years

February 11, 2015

Not many can say they have celebrated their 100th birthday, but during the 2014-15 school year FHSD is doing just that. FHSD pl...

FHSD Projects Budget Deficit

By Priscilla Joel

January 21, 2015

Filed under North Star, Paper Day

For the upcoming fiscal school year, FHSD is planning to make several cuts to the budget in order to save money since the district is projected to be in at least a $22 million deficit for next year. “We began the conversation with the Board of Education (BOE) when we did our retreat in June and then we had another work session with the Board in ...