Meet Candace Williams: The Current President of the St. Louis Woman's Exchange

This 43-year-old is a business professional; mother of 2 and the driving force behind the historic move to the new Colonial MarketPlace in Ladue.

Candace Williams is a 43-year-old mother of two who is a financial advisor for Morgan Stanley and in her spare time is president of the St. Louis Woman’s Exchange. That kind of lineup hardly leaves time for breathing. “My husband (Clint) and I both work as financial advisors at Morgan Stanley Financial Services; we work it 24/7,” she said with a laugh. “We are business partners and life partners,” she said. Her 13-year-old son goes to John Burroughs and 10-year-old son attends Reed School in the Ladue School District. She has a deep fondness for her hometown of New Orleans, and tries to get back there often. These days, Williams has guided the St, Louis Woman’s Exchange through unchartered waters as they make the big, bold move into the …

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Rite of Spring: The Annual All Ladue Choral Festival

Singers from all schools in the district performed Tuesday night at Ladue Senior High.

You know spring is always around the corner when the annual all-Ladue Choral Festival is held. This year, the festival moved from the new Performing Arts Center to the Nielson Gymnasium. While the accoustics were not perfect, the more expansive area allowed for seating for everyone, and for all the performers to remain "on stage." Students singers and musicans peformed to the delight of parents, siblings, grandparents, friends and neighbors and the like. This is a sample of the perfomances from students at Reed, Spoede, Old Bonhomme and Conway elementary schools; Ladue Middle School and Ladue Horton Watkins Senior High. One again, the entire musical staff of the district led all of these talented performers.

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Reed School Spanish Teacher Awarded Fellowship for Education Seminar in Uruguay

Sarah Adams Schwartz receives this prestigious assignment.

  Information was provided by the communications department of the Ladue School District. Sarah Adams Schwartz, Spanish teacher at Reed Elementary School in the Ladue School District, has been awarded a fellowship from the U.S. Department of State to participate in the Educational Seminar: 2012-2013 Uruguay Educator Exchange Program. Mrs. Schwartz is one of 10 educators in the U.S. who have been selected to participate. Mariana Othaix, of Salto, Uruguay will spend February 4 – 8, 2013 at Reed Elementary School in the Ladue School District.  Mrs. Schwartz will then travel to Uruguay for two weeks this summer for the reciprocal component of this exchange, sponsored by the Fulbright Commission in Uruguay.  The Educational Seminar: 2012-2013 …

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Ande Siegel, Menea Kefalov Win Prize Money for Themselves and Reed School

Duo to perform at the University of Missouri April 21.

  Two ten-year-olds from Reed School in Ladue continue their musical talents in the bigger world of competition. Ande Siegel and Menea Kefalov took first place recently in the University of Missouri’s creating original music project this spring. This year’s song, titled “War” is a powerful piece about their perspective on this subject. Ande composed the musical piece, though she never had a formal lesson and Menea accompanied her on the cello. The girls won a $400 prize and $1,000 for Reed School. They are under the tutelage of their music teacher Sarah Schwartz. The duo plan on producing a musical video and they will get a chance to perform at the University of Missouri on April 21. Ande performs in musical theater around town while Mean …

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The FIRST Lego League Robotics Team From Reed School Headed To Nationals

Neon Electrons will represent Eastern Missouri at national championships in California.

The FIRST Lego League (FLL) robotics team, the Neon Electrons, has been selected to represent the Eastern Missouri region in the FLL North American Open Championship May 18-20, 2012 at Legoland-California.  The Neon Electrons is a team of ten 5th grade girls from Reed Elementary School coached by Cindy Cunningham and Meera Jain and sponsored by the Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri.   The FLL tournament teams are judged in four areas: robot design and programming, robot game performance, research project presentation, and teamwork (core values).   The Neon Electrons began their rookie season at the start of the school year last August.  After just a few months of preparation, they received the Innovative Solution Award for their research …

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Reed School Fourth Graders Help Bring Home A Victory

Ladue runs all over Summit 59-43 for 15th win of the season.

There’s a very good reason why Reed School fourth grade teacher Karla Rigdon skipped grading papers and spent the evening cheering for the Ladue High Rams’ basketball team. A real simple reason for certain. Seems that star guard senior Kate Holloway is a Cadet teacher in her class. Ladue seniors get a chance to go into the classroom to see if a future in teaching might suit them. Frankly, Holloway adores her grade schoolers quite a bit. She put on the chalk board a schedule of home games in the new year. The students voted to attend Monday night’s game with the Summit Falcons. Armed with Skittles, ropes, Twix, Laughy Taffy, bags of popcorn and canned soda, 15 fourth graders sat in the front rows of the bleachers and cheered heartily for No…

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Reed Kids Ready to Rally for Cardinals in Playoffs

Everyone in the Ladue Elementary School is geared for the Rally Squirrel.

There are some 475 children in Reed School in Ladue. From Kindergarten to fifth grade, all of the students are excited about the Cardinals' prospects in the playoffs versus Milwaukee. These kids are partial to Tordy and the Rally Squirrel. Principal Dr. Chris Schreiner, was decked out in his own Cardinals game shirt. Most of the kids came dressed in Cardinal Red from head to toe. Patch wandered into the classrooms of Jenna Regnier, Kindergarten and Abby Imming fourth grade to take the pulse of the students. And of course, they had plenty to say about their hero the squirrel and to name their favorite Cardinal players. Hear from the students themselves in Kindergarten and the fourth grade.

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Rhonda Weiche

1:36 pm on Thursday, October 13, 2011

Really cute footage of the kids at school. You've gotta love kid's honesty. There parents will be proud!   more ›