Ritenour School District Virtual Tour

Center for Gifted Education

Husky Academy

Marvin Elementary

Wyland Elementary

Marion Elementary

Ritenour High School

International Welcome Center

Administration Building

Click the video to learn about the history of Ritenour.

Iveland Elementary

The current Ritenour Middle School property was the original Ritenour High School building.In the late 1940′s, this building became Ritenour Junior High School. In 1981 it became Ritenour Middle School. Click on the image to visit the school's website. (Ritenour School District Homepage, 2023)

Buder opened in 1939. Buder School was named after Hugo F. Buder, who was a member of Ritenour’s Board of Education from 1932 to 1939. As president of the school board, Buder was the one who helped procure the property for the school. Click on the image to visit the school's website. (Ritenour School District Homepage, 2023)

Hoech Middle School opened mid-year in January 1955. Hoech is named after Arthur A. Hoech, who served as a superintendent of the Ritenour School District from 1920-56. Click on the image to visit the school's website. (Ritenour School District Homepage, 2023)

A February 1928 bond issue provided funds for the purchase of a four-acre plot for $8,000 on which a school was to be built to serve the Iveland sub-division area. Two additional lots were added to the site in 1935 and 1950 for the sum of $11, completing the present 4.8-acre site. A permanent one-story, four-room building was built in 1936. Click the image to visit the school's website. (Iveland Elementary School, 2010)

Kratz Elementary is named for Charles C. Kratz, who was a member of the Board of Education from 1934 to 1950. The school opened in 1954. Click the image to visit the school's website. (Kratz Elementary School, 2012)

Ritenour School for Early Childhood Education (RSECE) is nationally accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children.The RSECE is a "green school," which means the school was built to be ecological. The school has a courtyard, rain gardens, an energy-efficient design, and a lot of natural light. Click on the image to visit the school's website. (Ritenour Early Childhood Education PTO, 2017)

Marion was named after Marion Wise, an early member of the board of education from 1879 to 1882. Ritenour history does not clarify why the school was named after her. Click the image to visit the school's website. (Ritenour School District Homepage, 2023)

Wyland Elementary school opened in September 1958. Edward L. Wyland, who served on the Ritenour Board of Education for 41 years, from 1931 to 1972 names this school. Click on the image to visit the school's website. (Bell, J, 2021)

Husky Academy serves at-risk students who have struggled in the traditional school setting, and need additional support to graduate on time. The goal of Husky Academy is to increase graduation rates, increase attendance levels and improve the academic performance of non-traditional learners. (Ritenour Schools, 2017)

Marvin Elementary was named for the Marvin Park subdivision. It opened in 1928 with six teachers and 302 pupils serving the Marvin Park subdivision area. Click on the image to visit the school's website. (Ritenour School District Homepage, 2023)

The first graduating class from Ritenour High School took place on May 17, 1918. Ritenour High School was located at the site of the current Ritenour Middle School until 1950. The Class of 1951 was the first to graduate from the current Ritenour High School building. Currently, the high school serves over 1800 students. Click here to visit the school's website. The Ritenour High School Auditorium. (Ritenour School District Homepage, 2023) Ritenour High School building and field. (Ritenour High School, 2015)

Explore Ritenour School District! Start by viewing the video at the Administration building. Then explore the other buildings and learn how Ritenour is building excellence! Visit this website to view Ritenour's Mission and Vision. Virtual Tour Works Cited Bell, Jocelynn. (2021, September 17). 12 best elementary schools in the st. louis area, schoolsparrow’s outperformers. schoolsparrow - fair school ratings. https://blog.schoolsparrow.com/2021/09/17/12-best-elementary-schools-in-the-st-louis-area-schoolsparrows-outperformers/ Gandolfo, J. (n.d.). Ritenour school district tour [Review of Ritenour School District Tour]. Google Earth. https://earth.google.com/web/@38.7124233,-90.3673363,187.1364061a,7393.15410965d,30y,0h,0t,0r/data=MikKJwolCiExanpJbEMtaE43RkQxeGhRV0NYYWdTUEQ0TndjUHlWS0ogAToDCgEw?authuser=0 Iveland elementary school. (2010). [Facebook page]. Facebook. Retrieved April 1, 2023. https://www.facebook.com/IvelandElementary/ Kratz elementary school. (2012). [Facebook page]. Retrieved April 1, 2023. https://www.facebook.com/KratzElementarySchool/ Ritenour early childhood education PTO. (2017, November 1). [Facebook page]. Facebook. Retrieved April 1, 2023. https://www.facebook.com/ritenourptosec/ Ritenour high school. (2015, March 26). [Facebook page]. Facebook. Retrieved April 1, 2023. https://www.facebook.com/Ritenourhighschool/ Ritenour schools. @Ritenour Schools. (2017, August 17). We will be celebrating the opening of Husky Academy (9229 Lackland Road) with a ribbon cutting and open house tomorrow. [Image attached]. Twitter. https://twitter.com/RitenourSchools/status/898574408410779648 Ritenour school district homepage. (2023). Ritenour School District. https://www.ritenour.k12.mo.us/

The International Welcome Center serves Ritenour students from middle and high schools, who need support learning English. The IWC also introduces U.S. culture and the U.S. school system. The IWC is a small school designed to value the students' cultures as they learn to adapt to life in the U.S. Click the image to visit the IWC's website. (Ritenour School District Homepage, 2023)

"Ritenour's Gifted Education program is available for academically talented students at the elementary and middle school levels. It is intended to further challenge, motivate and stimulate students in selected core academic areas. Students receive Gifted instruction in addition to regular classroom lessons. What is the Ritenour Center for Gifted Education?Ritenour has a dedicated full-day center program to offer gifted students more time with their peers and teachers. In the full-day center structure, all elementary students in the gifted program attend classes one day a week at the Ritenour Center for Gifted Education, located at Ritenour Middle School" (Gandolfo). Visit the Gifted Center's Website