![Art teacher Patricia Chavez and her family sit atop Machu Picchu. In order to secure a spot on a guided tour, her cousin bought her and her family tickets months in advance. “[My] favorite part was actually getting there, finally seeing the ruins,” Chavez said. “It’s just so beautiful with all the mountains all around you. It was breathtaking.” (Photo courtesy of Patricia Chavez)](https://laduepublications.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/b48e415b-5b4d-4cbb-bbd2-abc2940cf3f4-1200x900.jpeg)
![Practical
arts teacher
Charles Harrison
hunts for food
and sport. He
started hunting
at 17 but stopped
when he joined
the Marine
Corps. He later
rediscovered
his passion for
hunting. "[I like]
just watching
how the seasons
change and how
animals grow
and how they
react,"Harrison
said. "You see
them in their
natural habitat."](https://laduepublications.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Screenshot-2024-10-28-at-11.16.57 AM-1200x873.png)
![In the Spanish hallway, students made decorations that represent the celebration for the Day of the Dead. Each box was personally made by a student for a celebrity or a loved one that passed away. "[And for] each of their boxes, they needed to have pictures and items that loved one enjoyed," DeLia said.](https://laduepublications.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/IMG_0856-1200x900.jpg)
In print, this issue appears as a flip issue. Election pages, from p16-p1, are flipped upside down to create the illusion of two separate issues...
![Ladue students, families and staff gathered at the McKenna Athletic Plaza and track for the 12th Annual ‘Due Run 4 Education, hosted by the Ladue Education Foundation, Saturday, Sept. 21. The ‘Due Run is a 5K and 1 mile run that fundraises the LEF nonprofit organization for their grants and initiatives that help further the academic opportunities for students across the district. Participant registration fees and dozens of corporate sponsors help contribute to an approximate total of $25,000 each year. LEF provided entertainment including a DJ, performances from the Laduettes and cheer team, gift card giveaways and food. Medals were awarded to the fastest runners in age groups. High school students in the National Honor Society chapter volunteered at the event as course monitors, photographers and mascots from each Ladue school. “It was pretty hot in those costumes, I was the [Conway] ram,” Garon Agrawal (12) said. “It got pretty hot, but it was a really fun experience. I loved giving all the kids high fives, and everyone’s really excited to see us mascots.”](https://laduepublications.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/DJI_20240921083433_0022_D-1200x675.jpg)
![Yaya Ungacta (10) assistant teaches Brazilian jiu-jitsu at the Gracie Barra martial arts school in Chesterfield. She teaches four days out of the week for about an hour after school. It used to be her father’s favorite thing to do back in Guam. Ungacta’s parents had her learn martial arts when she turned 10 years old. She started with mixed martial arts at the same studio where she found jiu-jitsu. She has been doing jiu-jitsu for the past five years. “[In BJJ,] we focus on different moves every week but we always have a theme,” Ungacta said. “For example this week, we are focused on takedowns.”](https://laduepublications.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/4K2A6928-CR3-1200x800.jpg)
![The Sociedad Honoraria Hispánica mural sits in the Modern and Classical Languages hallway. They made the poster during a weekly meeting Sept. 19. ”A lot of people wanted to incorporate characters like Billy la Bufanda and how [they] have impacted the way they see the language,” Aalaa Mahmoud (11) said.](https://laduepublications.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/mural2-1200x616.png)
- November 20Paintings under the stairs
- November 19The New Inductees
- November 19Special Olympics
- November 14Celebrating Loved Ones
- November 13In Command
- November 11Q+A with Photography 1
- November 11Fresh Paint Art Show
- November 11Scary Standards
- November 11Local Election Map
- November 11Farm Fresh
