Riverview Gardens High School is hosting its first annual College & Career Fair from 5 to 7 p.m. on Thursday (Nov. 4) in its gymnasium, 1218 Shepley Drive.

Representatives from approximately 40 universities, technical schools and local industries will be on hand to provide information and answer questions.

Universities from throughout Missouri and several others from throughout the Midwest, Alabama, Tennessee and Georgia are expected to be represented at the fair.

Technical schools include DeVry, Rankin, ITT, L’Ecole Culinaire and the Broadcast Center. Representatives from Boeing and State Farm also are expected to be present.

For more information, contact Traci Nave, college and career coordinator for Riverview Gardens High School at 314-869-2505, ext. 1228.

The Riverview Gardens Early Childhood Education Center is one of seven outstanding early childhood programs in Missouri that will be recognized by the Missouri School Boards’ Association (MSBA).

The district’s early childhood program, led by Christine Kulla-Branz, will receive an honorable mention commendation for the FutureBuilders  Early Childhood Program of the Year at the MSBA Annual Conference on Oct. 23.

The Riverview Gardens Early Childhood Education Center's innovative programs for infants, toddlers and preschoolers include its Creative Curriculum Gold on-line assessment, Breakthrough to Literacy program, Conscious Discipline curriculum, Ready Bodies Learning Minds motor classroom and its outdoor gardening project.

Dance St. Louis brings teaching artist from performing companies throughout the country to provide intensive three-week residencies to deserving students.

25 Normandy High School Dance Academy students will take part in classes held from 3-4 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 29, Oct. 6 and Oct. 13.

The training is at no cost to the students and will include the students attending a performance of the Houston Ballet Company at the Blanche Touhill Performing Arts Center on Oct. 8, compliments of Dance St. Louis.

The students selected to participate are members of the Normandy Dance Academy and were selected for the residency based on attendance, commitment and ability. Several of the students have expressed an interest in pursuing dance as a career.