Pattonville High School rising senior Ryan Cutrell's garden was chosen to be one of the 10 sites for the 2022 St. Louis Native Plant Tour on Saturday, June 11, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The tour is produced annually by St. Louis Audubon Society and Wild Ones St. Louis Chapter. This self-guided, educational tour includes a wide variety of habitats, native landscaping styles and yard sizes.

At just 17 years old, Cutrell is a Certified Tree Keeper, an active member of Wild Ones, Missouri Prairie Foundation, Open Space Council, St. Louis Audubon and participates with the Shaw Institute Field Training, MANTIS and community honeysuckle removal. 

The Pattonville High School student news website PattonvilleTODAY.com has been recognized as a Distinguished Site by School Newspapers Online (SNO) for the second straight year. Only 61 schools have earned Distinguished Sites recognition this year out of 532 participating schools.

The SNO Distinguished Sites recognition program gives news staffs six standards that will help their publications excel online. If a site earns all six badges during the application period, it will be awarded the honor of being a SNO Distinguished Site for the calendar year. 

Pattonville High School held its 86th annual commencement on May 26 and had 423 students graduate in the Class of 2022.

  • 88% plan on continuing their education at four-year universities, two-year colleges or career/technical/apprenticeship programs
  • 5 students have enlisted in the military
  • 153 earned the honors of summa, magna or cum laude (3.5 weighted GPA or greater)
  • 74 earned A+ status, which makes them eligible for paid tuition to any Missouri community college or career education school
  • 52 students earned industry-recognized credentials or certifications such as certified nurse assistant, 911 dispatching, education fundamentals, early childhood education, automotive service excellence, Boeing Pre-Employment Training and Serv-Safe certification
  • Seniors earned $8.2 million in scholarships
  • 12 qualified to receive Missouri’s Bright Flight Scholarship based on a qualifying score on the ACT
  • Seniors completed more than 5,000 hours of community service during high school
  • 20 earned community service honor cords for volunteering 150 hours or more
  • Top three seniors for hours of community service: Top 3 seniors for service hours: Kalista Roades (570 hours), Deandre Westbrook III (544 hours) and Amaya Washington (520)

The girls track and field team placed fourth at the MSHSAA state championships and had two individuals win state titles. Pattonville High School competed in six events and collected 44 total team points.

Pattonville High School senior Matthew Reese was named the Outstanding Senior for the Class of 2022. The Outstanding Senior is chosen each year from teacher nominations. 

The high school also honored several seniors with Outstanding Senior Departmental Awards and other special recognitions. Each department recognizes one student who has shown outstanding academic achievement, leadership and citizenship. 

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