Froebel Literacy Academy

A special “Thank You” to the Higgins family (P4, 1st, & 4th grade) and their mother Ms. Clark for creating this lovely poster for the Froebel teachers/staff!

Happy Teacher Appreciation Week to my staff at Froebel Literacy Academy! I hope you enjoy your newly renovated Staff Self-Care Lounge equipped with a massage chair, hammock, Zen water fountain, sofas, snacks, and other small accessories. I enjoyed being your leader these 4 years, and you deserve this space. Enjoy! Love, Principal Triplett!

"Thank you" to the Brothers of the North Central & Middlewestern Province of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. for choosing Froebel Literacy Academy for "The Kappa Story Hour" during your joint Province Council Meeting, as part of the fraternity's Room to Read program. The students were very engaged and asked some very insightful questions after the book, "Mae Among the Stars," was read. Also, "Thank you" for donating the books to our students to take and add to their home library!

Today, as part of our Believe Project Literacy Lab program, every Froebel student received a copy of Actor/Author Taye Diggs’ book “My Friend!” Thank you to and !

Today, Froebel's school principal, Mr. Triplett, was named St. Louis Public School District's 2023 Elementary School Leader (Principal) of the Year! His supervisor and Froebel staff surprised him with a lunch celebration after he returned from a principal's meeting at the district office. Congratulations, Mr. Triplett, and "Thank you" for the work you've done over the last four years to support the staff, students, and families of Froebel Literacy Academy!

Today, our KG-5th grade students enjoyed the school-wide field trip to see Metro Theater’s production of the musical, “Spells of the Sea!” It was the first time many of our students have been to a theater to see a play. Not only did they enjoy watching the performance, but they were able to ask the cast questions afterwards. “Thank you” to The Believe Projects for sponsoring this experience for our students!

We're proud supporters of St. Louis Public Schools Foundation and the Green Schoolyard Project at Froebel Literacy Academy 📚 This project will include constructing a new, sustainable, green infrastructure playground with stormwater treatment features (rain gardens, permeable pavements, and bioswales), native plantings, and a walking track with informative signage about nature!

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Congratulations to the Froebel students and staff on the performance of the 2023 Black History Month program entitled, “A World Without Black People!”

“Thank you” to these St.Louis professionals for participating in the African-American Read-In this month at Froebel Literacy Academy!

Check out this article in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch newspaper to see what Froebel's principal, Mr. Triplett, and 2nd Grade teacher, Ms. Simpkins, have to say about the Drawn-In experience for our students.

Animated show aims to make ‘reading an adventure’ for St. Louis kids "Drawn In" is a million-dollar initiative from KETC (Channel 9) to serve its community by joining schools and literacy groups to improve some of the area's troubling reading rates.

SNOW DAY!!

It's Monday, January 30 and all Saint Louis Public Schools, activities and events are closed due to weather. Once again all SLPS schools are closed today.

Administrative staff are on a 2 hour delayed schedule. Operations teams including custodial, maintenance and trades, please be safe coming into work as close to your normal times as possible. Please call your supervisors with any questions.

ALL SLPS SCHOOLS AND OFFICES ARE CLOSED WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2023.

ALL ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS ARE CANCELLED.

Yesterday, our students "Believers" had an opportunity to tour our new Believe 8 Literacy Lab for the first time! I was excited! They were excited! Everyone who enters gets excited!

Thank you to our partners and funders who helped make this project possible:

Mr. Julius Anthony, President, St. Louis Black Authors of Children's Literature
Saint Louis Public School District
YouthBridge Community Foundation
The Clark-Fox Family Foundation
Whitaker Foundation
Nine PBS
The Noble Neighbor
Ready Reader

We are ensuring that students become confident and competent readers by the end of third grade.

Photo credit: Brian McDonald

HISTORY & CELEBRATION!

On Tuesday, a project that we spent two school years trying to bring to our school has become a reality! Froebel Literacy Academy, became the first school in the Saint Louis Public School District to become the home of one the St. Louis Black Authors of Children's Literature "Believe Project Literacy Lab," also known as "Believe 8!"

We are honored that the organization's president, Mr. Julius Anthony, agreed that my school would be chosen and that our superintendent, Dr. Kelvin Adams, was on board as well!

This space will help ensure that our students become confident and competent readers by the end of third grade.

The ribbon cutting ceremony was a success! Thank you to everyone who attended and/or helped to make this day happen for our students!

Photos by: Brian McDonald; Mural by: Billy Bill

"Today was a good day"

Tomorrow (Tuesday, December 6) is the ribbon cutting ceremony for our new Literacy Lab (Believe 8)! It's not too late to RSVP and attend. Use the link below.

Check out "Believe 8 Opens at Froebel Literacy Academy in Saint Louis Public Schools" on Eventbrite!

Date: Tue, Dec 6 • 1:00 PM CST

Location: 3709 Nebraska Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63118

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/believe-8-opens-at-froebel-literacy-academy-in-saint-louis-public-schools-tickets-462170352967?aff=eand

If/when you're in the neighborhood, check out the pop-up storybook walk outside our school!

More great things are happening for us here at Froebel! Thank you, Kinder Morgan! "...because our students need it and deserve it!" ~Principal Triplett

Our 2nd Grade scholars are "Drawn In!"

New PBS animated series creates representative educational content for all The animation studio behind the Oscar-winning piece “Hair Love,” Lion Forge, is partnering with Nine PBS to create a new animated multimedia series called “Drawn In” that seeks to close the literacy gap in children.

Parent/Family Newsletter - Week of Oct. 23

Froebel Parent/Family Newsletter Froebel Parent/Family Newsletter Volume 1, Issue 6 - October 23, 2022

Congratulations to our scholars who were chosen to be the September 2022 recipients of the Mamie Womack Award for Student of the Month!

Please bring/send donations to the school.