Kirkwood High School

Sophia Benoit’s first book is the essay collection “Well, This Is Exhausting.”

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday approved the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for use in 12- to 15-year-olds. Schools and hospitals already have begun scheduling appointments for parents to take their children to be vaccinated.

Vandals spray-painted racist messages on the outside of three Kirkwood schools Wednesday, the latest in a string of racial incidents in recent years in St. Louis County school districts.

Ten years after Charles Lee “Cookie” Thornton opened fire at Kirkwood City Hall, some residents hope the city is learning to empathize with the…

Updated Oct. 21 with email from principal on investigation into the incident – Earlier this week, Kirkwood High School families and community members…

In our weekly "Behind the Headlines" segment, St. Louis on the Air host Don Marsh discussed the occurrence earlier this month of a white Kirkwood High…

When a black student tells a white principal in a predominantly white school that another student’s behavior is racist, how should the principal…

Updated 1:56 p.m.Kirkwood High School has posted a statement on their website regarding today's events. It reads:Earlier Update: Officials with the…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Feb. 5, 2013 - Five years have passed. People don’t talk much about Cookie Thornton anymore. The…

For the second time, the Kirkwood High School Symphonic Orchestra is preparing for a trip to New York City. In March of 2010, the ensemble performed in…