On April 19, 2018, several students from around the school were invited to the Ram Pride Award ceremony and breakfast. Every teacher in the school had the opportunity to choose one student that demonstrates a friendly character, positive attitude, strong work ethic, and a good attitude. Not only do these students demonstrate good school qualities, but are overall great people who the teachers believe will have lots of success in the future.
On April 19, 2018 several students were invited to a Ram Pride ceremony and breakfast, where they received an award given to them by teachers throughout the school. Junior Matthew Butz shakes hands with the Director of Activities, Nick Gianino.
![Justin Espinosa stands with his spring rotation of shoes in the studio March 13. Espinosa’s vast collection allows him to create seasonal shoe cycles that work with the rest of his clothing. “At any point I can put on the Clarks [Wallabees] that are a little bit more dressy or I could put on the Jordan 1 sneakers or the Jordan 3 sneakers or the Sambas and they’ll all go together with the outfit,” Espinosa said.](https://laduepublications.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Hsiao_20240313_EspinosaShoes_21-799x1200.jpg)
![History teacher Mike Hill performs a safe bee removal outside of Ladue High School April 1. Hill has experience dealing with bees. as he has a bee hive of his own at home. [There were many things going through my head], Hill said. First of all, be gentle. When bees swarm, they are docile. Second, make sure to get the queen in the box, because all of the bees will follow her. Third, oh my god, half the school is watching, so do not do something stupid.](https://laduepublications.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Hsiao_20240401_HillBees_06_RS-1200x800.jpg)
![The AP Studio Art class works on independent projects Nov. 30. Each student chooses an overall theme for their work and develops a portfolio for submission to the College Board in May. “We can use whatever mediums we want, whether it’s painting, or drawing, or fibers, mixed media collage, clay [or] sculpture,” Esmé Roberts (12) said. “I think it’s interesting to see what people come up with to express themselves.”](https://laduepublications.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Hsiao_20231130_Pano_APStudioArt_02-NEF-1200x799.jpg)
![Davis stands over his
graduation certificate. Residents graduate
the program after 90 days. “Since [Davis]
has been here in September, over 20
people graduated,” Xavier Mosely said.](https://laduepublications.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/0E0A9858-900x600.jpg)
