Congratulations to 2023 SCW graduate Laraya Duncan on earning the Girl Scout Gold Award! After recognizing the decline in the bat population in Missouri, Duncan decided to educate the community on this often-overlooked topic to earn the Girl Scout Gold Award. She constructed seven bat houses using donated materials to provide a safe environment for the species to raise their young. Once the bat houses were complete, Duncan installed five houses at two Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri camp properties and placed the other two at a neighbor’s farm.

Duncan also created a brochure and a flyer on the importance of bat housing and the adverse effects pesticides can have on animals. Duncan placed the literature at all three camp properties so fellow Girl Scouts can access the information. Duncan also met with a younger Girl Scout troop to present the bat houses and share her knowledge of bats. Girl Scout camp rangers will maintain Duncan’s bat houses in the future.

We're so proud of Laraya's accomplishment and her dedication to improving our world!

For the 2023-24 school year, SCSD will be implementing District-wide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS). PBIS is a framework for supporting students’ behavioral, academic, social, emotional, and mental health. We've already seen the success of PBIS in our pilot schools and are so excited to spread it across the district.

It's going to BE a great year!

Adams, who is the Business Coordinator for the City of St. Charles School District, has successfully completed all program requirements and will receive a certificate at a MoASBO celebration ceremony in October at Lake of the Ozarks.

In addition to the certification, Adams is also the recipient of the 2023 Emerging Leaders Scholarship from ASBO. Way to go Tina!