Students and teachers from Immaculate Conception at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tenn, site of the Martin Luther King Jr. assassination and the home of the National Civil Rights Museum (Submitted photo). Immaculate Conception School in Columbia ensures its students’ learning isn’t restricted to the classroom. Since 1985, the school […]

The pursuit of perfection can be a frustrating endeavor. But Mater Dei Catholic High School junior Owen Musenbrock achieved it Dec. 14 when he scored a 36 on the American College Testing exam, commonly referred to as the ACT. The test included 215 questions in English (75), math (60), reading […]

Diocese of Belleville educators Peggy Butler (above) of Blessed Sacrament Grade School in Belleville and David Schauer of Gibault Catholic High School in Waterloo recently received Excellence in Teaching Awards from Emerson Electric. More than 100 teachers in the St. Louis metropolitan area, from the kindergarten through college levels, were […]