Articles By: ManagingEditor

Volunteers Converge on Belzer Middle School for Beautification Project

Volunteers Converge on Belzer Middle School for Beautification Project

0 June 5, 2009 11:30 am

By Bonnie Hinkle – The grounds of Belzer Middle School in Lawrence Township were transformed May 20 by an army of Eli Lilly volunteers who participated in the second annual Global Day of Service. They partnered with students, Boy Scouts [...]

Young Authors Wanted for First atGeist Writing Contest

Young Authors Wanted for First atGeist Writing Contest

0 June 3, 2009 7:55 am

Attention Young Authors! In honor of our 5th Anniversary, the atGeist Community Newsletter is looking for the most original stories from young writers ages 8-14 years old. Don’t let your brain turn to mush this summer! Keep those creative juices [...]

MSDLT Special Education Records Notification

1 June 3, 2009 5:58 am

The Metropolitan School District of Lawrence Township Special Services Department announces that the special education records of former students who attended a Lawrence Township school during the 2003-04  school year will be destroyed after  July 1, 2009 . If you [...]

LC Journalism Teacher Wins National Press Women’s Award

LC Journalism Teacher Wins National Press Women’s Award

0 June 2, 2009 4:48 pm

Elizabeth Granger, adviser to Lawrence Central’s Cub Reporter newspaper, has captured first place in advising student publications from the National Federation of Press Women. To qualify for national competition, Granger had taken first place on the state level through the [...]

Hamilton Southeastern Names Teachers of the Year

Hamilton Southeastern Names Teachers of the Year

0 June 2, 2009 11:38 am

HSE not only celebrated teachers’ last day of school but also announced building and district teachers of the year, retirements and certified staff years of service awards. Thorpe Creek Reach (G/T) teacher Agnes Pugel was named 2009 Teacher of the [...]

Public Invited to Meet New MSDLT Superintendent Raimondi

0 June 2, 2009 11:29 am

A special School Board meeting was held in Lawrence Township on June 1, 2009 to appoint the new Superintendent of Schools, Dr. Concetta Raimondi. Dr. Concetta Raimondi’s thirty-four years of service in public school education has provided her rich leadership [...]

LN Football Camp for Grades 3-8

0 June 1, 2009 10:08 am

LAWRENCE NORTH FOOTBALL GRADE SCHOOL CAMP, 2009 Open to all players entering grades 3-8 Sunday, July 12 through Wednesday, July 15; 5:30-7:30 p.m. REGISTRATION FEE IS JUST $30.00 Join Head Football Coach Tom Dilley, the Wildcat Football Staff, and current [...]

Modesty is Fashionable for Local Teens

Modesty is Fashionable for Local Teens

0 June 1, 2009 10:03 am

In an age of trends and styles that make many parents cringe, one central Indiana group is working to change the image of the typical American teenager. Pure Fashion is an international organization for young women ages 14-18 that promotes [...]

Lawrence Student Group Raises $2,175 for Hodgin Scholarship

Lawrence Student Group Raises $2,175 for Hodgin Scholarship

0 June 1, 2009 9:56 am

Several Lawrence Township students gathered recently to raise funds to support the Hodgin Character Achievement Award. The students, who are members of the Lawrence Township School Student Foundation (LTSSF), participated in the first annual phone-a-thon and called friends, family and [...]

Woman’s Press Club of IN Honors Lawrence Journalism Students

0 June 1, 2009 9:50 am

Lawrence Township’s high schools have captured two top awards in the 2009 high school journalism competition sponsored by the Woman’s Press Club of Indiana. First-place winners are Lawrence Central’s Michael Sicely and Carly Strobel in cartoons and Lawrence North’s Lauren [...]

Geist Entrepreneur Introduces Funky Monkey Fruit Snacks

Geist Entrepreneur Introduces Funky Monkey Fruit Snacks

0 May 30, 2009 8:39 pm

Have you ever eaten fruit that crunches like a potato chip? I recently had the pleasure of sampling Funky Monkey, the newest 100 percent fruit snacks on the market. Geist resident Matt Herzog runs the Funky Monkey company from his [...]

LC Senior Rewarded for Perseverance while Battling Cancer

LC Senior Rewarded for Perseverance while Battling Cancer

0 May 29, 2009 1:17 pm

It was toward the end of 2007 when Isaac Andrew Adjei first felt the pain in his left knee. He loved to play basketball and also ran track and field. Because Andrew was a very active child, his father assumed [...]

Geist RN Brings Hope to Sick Children in Middle East

Geist RN Brings Hope to Sick Children in Middle East

0 May 29, 2009 12:57 pm

Geist resident and Registered Nurse Becky Clark has traveled to the Middle East four times as part of a Riley Hospital medical team that has performed life-giving heart surgeries on 45 children in Amman, Jordan. Here she shares some of [...]

Harrison Hill Elementary Principal Named Principal of the Year

0 May 28, 2009 7:54 am

Sharon Smith, Principal of Harrison Hill School of Inquiry was recently chosen by the Indiana Association of School Principals and the Horace Mann Companies as the Elementary School Principal of the Year for MSD of Lawrence Township. Sharon has served [...]

Tigers Shatter Records at 2009 FAST 500

0 May 27, 2009 12:39 pm

It was an impressive early season performance for the FAST Tigers as the 115+ Tigers that competed in the meet combined to swim to 715 lifetime best times, 56 team records, 14 FAST 500 Invitational Meet records, three Fishers HS [...]

Habitat For Humanity Seeking Build Partners

0 May 26, 2009 12:51 pm

Habitat For Humanity of Hamilton County is now seeking “build partners” for our 52nd home. The family to receive this home is Kevin and Amber Sanders and their two children Madison and 3 month old Kevin; our newest Habitat family [...]

HSE Honors Top 25 Seniors and their Favorite Teachers

HSE Honors Top 25 Seniors and their Favorite Teachers

0 May 26, 2009 12:46 pm

Hamilton Southeastern High School honored its top 25 seniors with a dinner May 3 that also recognized educators named as influential by each student. Top 25 HSEHS Seniors – (Front row) Jennifer Campi, Erin Kelley, Nam Phan, Kristin Shaffer, Christine [...]

Runner Travels 2,307 Miles to Compete in Geist Half

Runner Travels 2,307 Miles to Compete in Geist Half

0 May 20, 2009 9:30 pm

What would motivate someone to travel 2,307 miles to run in the Geist Half Marathon? That’s what we wanted to find out when Valerie Berry of Palo Alto, Calif., registered for Geist’s big race. For Berry, it came down to [...]

Hamilton Southeastern Schools Foundation Names Spring Grant Winners

0 May 18, 2009 8:14 am

Angie Holt, Lantern Road Elementary – $407.70 for Flip Camera Enrichment Project. Supports video book reports, Readers Theater Performances to improve reading, fluency.  Public Service announcements, interviews and “expert” classmate book reviews.  Records science experiments to demonstrate scientific method. Patricia [...]

Fishers High School recognizes top 100 students

Fishers High School recognizes top 100 students

0 May 18, 2009 8:13 am

The top 25 students in each grade at Fishers High School were recognized at an awards ceremony April 29. “I am proud to celebrate the amazing achievements of our academic leaders and outstanding educators,” said Jason Urban, Fishers High School [...]