Marshall, Ind.
Author to speak on parenting, students
Sylvia Rimm, psychologist and author, will be speaking to parents and guests at 6 p.m. on Monday in the Turkey Run High School ELC Room.
Rimm is the director of the Family Achievement Clinic in Cleveland and has written many books about students and parenting. For the past nine years, she has been a contributing correspondent to NBC’s “Today Show.” Her topic, “Why Bright Kids Get Poor Grades,” corresponds with the book that she has written.
Issues that she will address are “My child does not bring home homework or leaves the book at school;” “My child tells me that they have homework at bedtime;” “My child does not turn in work;” and “My child could be doing better, but is unorganized.”
All area parents and teachers are invited to attend this event.
Marshall, Ind.
Trick-or-treat
for canned goods
The Turkey Run FFA chapter will be collecting canned goods to donate to the local food pantry on the night of Halloween (Saturday). Donate extra canned goods to members of the FFA collecting in the towns of Bloomingdale, Rockville, Marshall and Waveland.
Terre Haute
Deadline to apply for scholarship Dec. 15
The deadline to submit an application for one of the more than 100 scholarships the Wabash Valley Community Foundation will hand out this year is approaching.
Students have until Dec. 15 to submit an application, which is now available to print from the Foundation’s Web site, www.wvcf.com.
Contact the Community Foundation office at (812) 232-2234 or toll-free at 1-877-232-2230 for more information.
Parke County
Teaching assistant receives award
Riverton Parke Jr.-Sr. High School teaching assistant Donna Hardesty has been named the Employee Recognition Award winner for the month of September by the Southwest Parke School Corporation. Hardesty teaches writing, sustained reading, career exploration and basic life skills at Riverton Parke.
Of the award, Hardesty says, “I would like to thank the staff for nominating me for the ERA. I’m very thankful to be working with such an outstanding group of educators.”
Hardesty is married to her husband Mike, music director at the school, and has four sons: Jesse, Andrew, Thomas and Daniel. She is a graduate of Rosedale High School and St. Mary-of-the-Woods College. She has attended Indiana State University to do graduate work in educational psychology and English education. She obtained a master’s degree in ministry leadership from Indiana Wesleyan in 2008.
Terre Haute
Panel OKs $2.3M
for ISU projects
State Rep. Clyde Kersey (D-Terre Haute) said the State Budget Committee on Friday approved $2,335,990 in funding for two projects on the Indiana State University campus in Terre Haute.
During its meeting on the Indiana University Bloomington campus, the committee agreed to allow ISU to spend $1,755,000 for the replacement of air handling units and temperature controls in the oldest section of the Health and Human Services Building. In addition, the committee granted its approval for the expenditure of $580,990 to replace Holmstedt Hall Plaza and the walkways next to it.
“Both projects are definitely needed,” Kersey said. “The air handling units in the Health and Human Services Building are old and the renovation will replace them with high-efficiency units that not only will make the building more comfortable, but also will save on long-term energy costs.
“The concrete plaza and walkway was built 43 years ago,” explained Kersey, “so there are broken sections and, of course, it has settled over the years. That creates a bit of safety hazard for those who walk on it, especially at night, so the project will restore the plaza and walkway as well as perhaps prevent a few sprained and twisted ankles.”
Schools
Education Briefly: Oct. 28, 2009
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Board OKs $5.4M in work at schools
The Vigo County School Board has approved borrowing $5.4 million for an expansion of DeVaney Elementary School and energy-related projects at 15 other schools.
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Shift to online raises school cost concerns
Legislation that would require high school students in Indiana to take at least one online course is meeting resistance from some school administrators who say they can’t afford any more mandates from the state.
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Valley educators cautious on Indiana’s ‘No Child’ waiver
Indiana is one of 10 states to receive a waiver from federal No Child Left Behind requirements.
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Driver dies after Illinois school bus crash
“Brace yourself. Brace yourself,” Fay Pickering shouted to her students just before the school bus she was driving crossed U.S. 40 and landed in a ditch Thursday morning.
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Official: Indiana among first 10 states to get ed waiver
President Barack Obama today will free 10 states from the strict and sweeping requirements of the No Child Left Behind law, giving leeway to states that promise to improve how they prepare and evaluate students, The Associated Press has learned.
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Letters from Debs
Cinda May sat with the phone to her ear listening as the auctioneer in New York City said “Holding, holding.”
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ISU presents Sycamore Hoopla; activities kick off Friday
Indiana State University’s Hulman Center will host its sixth annual Sycamore Hoopla Friday and Saturday.
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BRUCE'S HISTORY LESSON: This little-known compromise may have saved the union
When the Constitution was signed in September of 1787 and sent to the Congress that then existed under the Articles of Confederation, Congress was instructed to send that Constitution to the states to be ratified … or not. The message to the states was clear: Accept the Constitution or reject it, but don’t try to change it.
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College plans Prom Expo on Feb. 19
Get the scoop on the latest in prom fashions and services during Lincoln Trail College’s Prom Expo Feb. 19.
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ISU offering tech ed scholarships to VU grads
Indiana State University is offering $1,000 scholarships for graduates of Vincennes University’s technology programs to pursue their bachelor’s degree.
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Fort Harrison State Park to host winter wildlife workshop
Our culture’s most celebrated survivalists are often men with an accent, a trusty knife, and a tagalong camera crew filming their every move.
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Riverton Parke's winter king and queen
Seniors Gary Secuskie and Taylor Mansinne were named King and Queen of the Riverton Parke Winter 2012 Homecoming.
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Four alumni receive GOLD awards from Indiana State University
A former collegiate football standout and a trio known for selling humorous holiday apparel received the Indiana State University Alumni Association’s Graduate of the Last Decade Award this year.
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Indiana State students hear view from Cuba
Carlos Alzugaray, who spent 40 years representing the Cuban government around the world, wishes NBC newsman Brian Williams had asked a different question during a recent Republican presidential debate in Jacksonville, Fla.
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College to celebrate homecoming
Lincoln Trail College will celebrate homecoming on Feb. 18.
- Goals, Pride & Achievements: Feb. 9, 2012
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Valley middle schoolers ready for MATHCOUNTS
Weeks of early-morning and after-school problem-solving sessions for about 100 Wabash Valley middle school students will culminate on Saturday in the regional MATHCOUNTS competition at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology.
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Indiana State education major takes teaching to Siberia
Christin Keirn wanted a challenge and she does enjoy winter. So for her, it seemed an obvious choice.
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Lincoln Trail College honors
Lincoln Trail College has released its academic honor lists for the Fall 2011 semester.
- ACROSS THE WABASH VALLEY: Feb. 9, 2012
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Vigo schools see grad rate rise
The Vigo County School Corp. 2011 graduation rate improved nearly 4 percentage points and surpassed the state graduation rate, according to information from the state Department of Education.
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Rose-Hulman to help address need for advancing railroad technologies
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology is stepping back into its past and addressing a need to advance the nation’s transportation system by educating the next generation of railroad engineers.
Chauncey Rose, an entrepreneur and builder of railroads, came to western Indiana in 1817. -
Take the Plunge for Special Olympics on Feb. 11 at ISU
Join Mayor Duke Bennett, Indiana State University Police Chief Bill Mercier, Terre Haute and ISU Police departments, GFS Marketplace, Mix-FM, the men of Pi Kappa Alpha and the ladies of Alpha Sigma Alpha at the Fourth Annual Terre Haute Polar Plunge to benefit Special Olympics Indiana on Feb. 11.
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Valley woman’s recipe featured by Taste of Home
Taste of Home magazine has honored a Riverton Parke Jr.-Sr. High School Foods Services employee for her recipe.
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College Goal Sunday set for Feb. 12 at Ivy Tech
Financial aid professionals will be volunteering at Ivy Tech Community College in Terre Haute and 39 other Indiana sites to help college-bound students and their families open the door to financial aid during College Goal Sunday, set for 2 p.m. Feb. 12.
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College to offer aeronautics classes at Robinson airport
Lincoln Trail College is flying high this spring with two aeronautics classes taught at the Robinson (Ill.) Community Airport.
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Agreement to further college’s international initiatives
Harrison College, a private sector college serving 6,000 students at 12 campuses in Indiana and Ohio as well as online, has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with Siva Sivani Institute of Management in Hyderabad, India.
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Otter Creek Middle School to celebrate 50 years
Otter Creek Middle School turns 50 years old this year. In 1962, the newly formed Vigo County School Corp. opened the current Otter Creek Middle School as Otter Creek Junior High School.
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College savings campaign kicks off statewide
Students in Clay, Parke, Putnam, Sullivan, Vermillion and Vigo counties are joining students across Indiana to launch Learn More Indiana’s 2012 Cash for College campaign this week.
Eighty percent of students who attend college receive financial aid.
- Goals, Pride & Achievements: Feb. 2, 2012
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