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At South Tech, we provide students with real-world experiences, real-world skills, and engaging, hands-on learning to prepare them for college and careers. We celebrate the pursuit of their passion and help them find the right pathway to their own success. Our partial-day schedules keep students engaged in their home high school academics and activities while they enjoy experimental learning in Tech's elective courses.
Our tuition-free, career and technical education (CTE) majors allow students to explore their career interests before graduation while earning industry certifications, college and high school credits, and skills that will last a lifetime. We work with an impressive list of business and industry partners that provide our students with mentorship, internships, apprenticeships, part-time employment, scholarships, and full-time employment offers after high school. Our students are in demand.
South Tech Headlines
![South Tech Seniors Recognized by National Tech Organization for Perseverance and Talent]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1760973960/ssdmoorg/inurdl5bzsqubbnkp811/DSC_0014.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1760973960/ssdmoorg/inurdl5bzsqubbnkp811/DSC_0014.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1760973960/ssdmoorg/inurdl5bzsqubbnkp811/DSC_0014.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1760973960/ssdmoorg/inurdl5bzsqubbnkp811/DSC_0014.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1760973960/ssdmoorg/inurdl5bzsqubbnkp811/DSC_0014.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1760973960/ssdmoorg/inurdl5bzsqubbnkp811/DSC_0014.jpg","width":2200}])
Two South Tech seniors in the Web and Computer Programming program, Cassy Ziaee (Parkway West) and Meenakshi Kadunghat (Brentwood), were recently honored by the St. Louis Chapter of the BDPA for their persistence, leadership, and coding skills. Each student was surprised with a $500 scholarship check following an intense summer coding experience hosted by BDPA’s national office.
![Spire Host Demonstration for South Tech Students]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1760544601/ssdmoorg/mfnjg5ymamxd95xemq7k/SpireConstructionDemo-5.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1760544601/ssdmoorg/mfnjg5ymamxd95xemq7k/SpireConstructionDemo-5.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1760544601/ssdmoorg/mfnjg5ymamxd95xemq7k/SpireConstructionDemo-5.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1760544601/ssdmoorg/mfnjg5ymamxd95xemq7k/SpireConstructionDemo-5.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1760544601/ssdmoorg/mfnjg5ymamxd95xemq7k/SpireConstructionDemo-5.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1760544601/ssdmoorg/mfnjg5ymamxd95xemq7k/SpireConstructionDemo-5.jpg","width":2200}])
Spire Energy recently visited South Tech to demonstrate its heavy equipment to students in Construction programs.
![South Tech Senior Earns E-nable Badges and Advances Prosthetic Hand Project for Children in Need]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1759956812/ssdmoorg/zps8bxuyybgbgafano3h/DSC_0022.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1759956812/ssdmoorg/zps8bxuyybgbgafano3h/DSC_0022.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1759956812/ssdmoorg/zps8bxuyybgbgafano3h/DSC_0022.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1759956812/ssdmoorg/zps8bxuyybgbgafano3h/DSC_0022.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1759956812/ssdmoorg/zps8bxuyybgbgafano3h/DSC_0022.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1759956812/ssdmoorg/zps8bxuyybgbgafano3h/DSC_0022.jpg","width":2200}])
South Technical High School senior Vincent Coleman, a Rockwood Summit student in the Electronics & Robotics Engineering program, is applying his classroom learning to create life-changing solutions.
![Gibbs, Meives Receive Funding for DonorsChoose Projects]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1759954144/ssdmoorg/h56l9g18mtnwiucj5mct/GibbsandMeives.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1759954144/ssdmoorg/h56l9g18mtnwiucj5mct/GibbsandMeives.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1759954144/ssdmoorg/h56l9g18mtnwiucj5mct/GibbsandMeives.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1759954144/ssdmoorg/h56l9g18mtnwiucj5mct/GibbsandMeives.png","width":1200}])
Two staff members in SSD recently had their proposals funded by DonorsChoose, a nonprofit organization that allows teachers to conduct an online fundraiser to purchase classroom resources.
![South Tech Culinary Students Celebrate a Gift of Learning from the St. Louis Culinary Society]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1759770122/ssdmoorg/dgqftthtnjadqkzhm5hm/CulinaryCover.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1759770122/ssdmoorg/dgqftthtnjadqkzhm5hm/CulinaryCover.png","width":287}])
South Tech’s culinary arts students now have access to more than 1,000 donated cookbooks and culinary resources thanks to the generosity of the St. Louis Culinary Society (SLCS).
![Walsh Selected by Local Foundation for Haywood Caring Educator Award]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1759351721/ssdmoorg/kvggasuvnz79jvachjey/JimWalsh-interpreteraward.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1759351721/ssdmoorg/kvggasuvnz79jvachjey/JimWalsh-interpreteraward.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1759351721/ssdmoorg/kvggasuvnz79jvachjey/JimWalsh-interpreteraward.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1759351721/ssdmoorg/kvggasuvnz79jvachjey/JimWalsh-interpreteraward.png","width":1200}])
Jim Walsh (right in photo), an SSD interpreter who works at Parkway West High School, was recently presented with the 2026 Edward and Esther Haywood Caring Educator Award by the Charles E. Fleming Legacy Foundation. The foundation gives the award each year to an educator in the St. Louis area who has demonstrated exceptional care and love for students, parents, colleagues and the education/professional community.
![SSD Sets 2025-26 Tax Rate]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1758747126/ssdmoorg/rdorpq558vprygivdmyk/TaxRate-Finalsite.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1758747126/ssdmoorg/rdorpq558vprygivdmyk/TaxRate-Finalsite.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1758747126/ssdmoorg/rdorpq558vprygivdmyk/TaxRate-Finalsite.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1758747126/ssdmoorg/rdorpq558vprygivdmyk/TaxRate-Finalsite.png","width":1200}])
The SSD Board of Education approved the 2025-26 tax rate of $0.8993 by a 6-0 vote at the Sept. 23 Board meeting. Calendar year 2025 is a reassessment year, and the District’s total assessed valuation (after Tax Increment Financing adjustments) increased to $33,433,320,477. This represents an average increase of 11.08% across residential, commercial, agricultural, and personal property. New construction contributed $252.6 million in additional assessed valuation.
![SSD Strategic Plan: Strategies 1.1, 1.2]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1743622847/ssdmoorg/ej3vdd7wxc8kezy06ruw/SSDbrandedphoto-Finalsite1.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1743622847/ssdmoorg/ej3vdd7wxc8kezy06ruw/SSDbrandedphoto-Finalsite1.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1743622847/ssdmoorg/ej3vdd7wxc8kezy06ruw/SSDbrandedphoto-Finalsite1.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1743622847/ssdmoorg/ej3vdd7wxc8kezy06ruw/SSDbrandedphoto-Finalsite1.png","width":1200}])
A Special School District strategic plan or CSIP (Comprehensive School Improvement Plan) goal area will be highlighted each month to update staff and the community on work being done. This month, we highlight Strategies 1.1 (Develop administrators’ skill sets for strategic priority setting for improved efficiency and effectiveness) and 1.2 (Develop internal capacity for using data systems for gathering and analyzing student data) from the strategic plan.
South Tech Calendar
![25STNov]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1751297678/ssdmoorg/qrsnd53xjdhe4oawnqis/STMainNovember.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1751297678/ssdmoorg/qrsnd53xjdhe4oawnqis/STMainNovember.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1751297678/ssdmoorg/qrsnd53xjdhe4oawnqis/STMainNovember.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1751297678/ssdmoorg/qrsnd53xjdhe4oawnqis/STMainNovember.jpg","width":806}])
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Events
Students will have many program specific events throughout the year. Be sure to watch your classroom calendars for your program's latest information.