Ferguson-Florissant Schools

Antonio Griffin, the music teacher at Commons Lane Elementary, leads his classroom in playing the djembe to Macklemore’s “Can’t Hold Us” on Friday, March 24, 2023, at the school in Florissant.

Florissant music teacher makes sure students have new djembes to learn African rhythms

Britny Cordera

Florissant music teacher Anthony Griffin raised over $700 for 10 African djembes for his first and second grade students at Commons Lane Elementary School. The drums will help students learn about music that is rooted in Black American heritage and culture.

Valerie Logan gardens alongside Teontae Simms, 12, as part of the Permaculture Project of Metropolitan St. Louis and partnering with the south St. Louis-based Custom Foodscaping LLC and the the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History on Friday, April 21, 2023, at The Mark Twain Restoration & Wellness Center in Florrisant. “This program is designed so we can be part of something bigger than ourselves,” Logan said. “This is a way to disconnect and ‘fast’ from social media.”

Education

A garden classroom in Ferguson-Florissant will be part of a national bee research project

Kate Grumke

The project is a collaboration among multiple local organizations and will include research that is connected to the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.

Education

St. Louis Area Schools Face Uphill Battle With Ongoing Staffing and Supply Shortages

Marissanne Lewis-Thompson

School districts in the St. Louis Metro are experiencing a staffing, supply and teacher shortage that’s grown with the coronavirus pandemic.

Students wait to be let into McCluer-South Berkeley High School Wednesday morning March 24, 2021, the first day the Ferguson-Florissant School District brought students back to classrooms since the pandemic began.

Education

First Day Of School Jitters In March, As Ferguson-Florissant Welcomes Students Back

Ryan Delaney

A year after the pandemic first closed buildings, Ferguson-Florissant School District became one of the last districts to welcome students back.

A vendor sells vegetables from Ferguson's EarthDance Farms at a weekly farmer's market.

Health, Science & Environment

Farm to School grant brings in more fresh food to Ferguson-Florissant district

Students at Ferguson-Florissant schools will see more locally grown produce in their lunches this year, after winning a Farm to School grant from the U.S.…

Health, Science & Environment

Twister damages elementary school in Ferguson

Dale Singer

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, April 25, 2011 - Maybe lightning doesn't strike the same place twice, but apparently tornadoes aren't…