Webster Groves will host its annual week of Community days festivities in the first week of July.
Every year the city hosts this event in celebration of the Fourth of July. Events funded and sponsored by the city include the children’s pet parade (July 1), Community Days pool party (July 1), Community Days parade (July 3) and the Independence Day firework celebration (July 4).
“I was honestly a little surprised because I won the award last year,” junior Bennet Loving said about winning the award for Individual Performance of the Year. The ceremony was held on May 5.
Webster Groves will bring back the Summer Night Street Dance Sunday, June 18, on North Gore at Lockwood in Old Webster from 5:30 p.m to 10 p.m.
Missouri Botanical Garden will host its yearly Green Living Festival in multiple events at known places in St. Louis.
The festival focuses on teaching people how to live a greener lifestyle and spread that to the community.
Webster Groves Arts Fair will return for the 18th time June 3-5, at the corner of Lockwood and Bompart. It will provide activities for people of all ages.
Proposition S is a no-tax rate increase bond issue that would provide $45 million to the school district to improve the infrastructure of WGSD schools and facilities.
Webster Groves Aquatic Center will re-open for the summer on Friday, May 27, and remain open until Sept. 4.
The Aquatic Center will be closed on Memorial Day, which is May 30.
Schlafly Beer will host the Art Outside Festival from May 27 to May 29, at the Bottleworks location in Maplewood.
Admission is free, and the festival offers events for all ages.
Women’s soccer moved on to State after the District final game against Visitation Academy, with an overall record of 4-8.
Twenty students gathered outside of Senior Entrance Thursday, May 12, to protest against the recent Supreme Court documents that revealed plans to repeal Roe V. Wade.
Spring end of course (EOC) testing will take place from April 18-22 and from April 25-29.
Senior Prom will be at Union Station on Friday, April 22. The event will begin at 7 p.m. and end at 10 p.m. Tickets are $75.
Echo publications and yearbook students attended the MIPA-MJEA J-Day at Mizzou on March 30.
Webster Groves councilwoman Laura Arnold was elected mayor on Tues, April 4, defeating former councilwoman Kathy Hart with 54% of the vote in the most recent elections.
Varsity women’s and men’s basketball will advance to Final Four in the Missouri Class Five State Championship on Friday, March 18, at Missouri State University.
Varsity basketball will compete in the State Quarterfinals on Saturday, March 12, at St. Louis Community College – Meramec.
Winter activities assembly will take place seventh period on Jan. 28, in Roberts Gym.
“It’s going to be basketball, boys and girls; wrestling, boys and girls; and girls swim and dive,” assistant activities director Munir Prince said.
Webster’s annual Winter Formal has been cancelled due to the current Omicron variant surge.
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