Confluence

Kevin Haupt, Edward Sterling, and Jim Studdard with US Fish and Wildlife Services are on a boat at the Maple Island Boat Launch are looking for lake sturgeon larvae in a bucket. The team used nets to look for larvae attached to rocks.

Lake sturgeon show signs of creating a self-sustaining population in Missouri

Britny Cordera

Missouri’s endangered prehistoric fish is making a comeback. This is the second year in a row lake sturgeon spawning has been seen at the Maple Island Access in West Alton.

Frederick Oakes Sylvester, American, 1869–1915; “The Mississippi at Elsah," 1903; oil on canvas; 30 1/8 x 45 1/16 inches; Museum of Art and Archaeology, University of Missouri, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. George Schriever 2021.103; Museum of Art and Archaeology, University of Missouri—Columbia. The painting will be on display at the St. Louis Art Museum as part of "Art Along the Rivers."

Arts

‘Art Along the Rivers’ celebrates centuries of art at the confluence

Sarah Fenske

St. Louis Art Museum curators Melissa Wolfe and Amy Torbert discuss “Art Along the Rivers,” the new show examining art from St. Louis and the surrounding confluence region, where the Mississippi, Missouri and Ohio rivers come together.

Trish Nguyen works on a graph in a second-grade class at Confluence Academy South City on April 28, 2017.

Education

For St. Louis charter schools, success is in the eye of the beholder

Gateway Science Academy wants families to be satisfied. City Garden Montessori is aiming for racial equity. Neither are unique goals for charter schools…

Government, Politics & Issues

Hundreds of volunteers are expected for Saturday's annual river cleanup

Mary Delach Leonard

Organizers are expecting hundreds of volunteers at the annual Confluence Trash Bash on Saturday morning to clean up trash and debris from riverbanks and…

Darion Taylor, 15, helps paint a cafeteria mural at Confluence Academy's South City campus. Volunteers gathered to paint base coats for artist Cbabi Bayoc's design, which promotes healthy food.

Arts

Volunteers leave their mark on school lunchroom mural by artist Cbabi Bayoc

Nancy Fowler

St. Louis artist Cbabi Bayoc is known for painting fathers. But in a new project, he’s painting food.Vegetables and fruits star in his mural going up in…

A dance class at Grand Center Arts Academy

Education

Union vote set for Grand Center Arts Academy faculty

Dale Singer

Updated at 11:10 a.m. Nov. 11 with details of the upcoming election: Teachers at Grand Center Arts Academy will vote Dec. 4 on whether to become the first…

Confluence Partnership Ends After 15 Years Of Riverside Work

After more than 15 years of advocating for the land where the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers meet, the Confluence Partnership is ending. The Confluence…

Education

Losos hired as curriculum director for Confluence schools

Dale Singer

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, July 19, 2013: Louise Losos, the former principal of Clayton High School whose job as principal of…

Education

Glickert will return as interim principal at arts academy

Dale Singer

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon: This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon: Lynne Glickert, whose dismissal as principal of…

Education

Panel wants Glickert back as arts academy interim principal

Dale Singer

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon: A newly formed advisory committee at Grand Center Arts Academy voted Monday to ask that an interim…