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Tom Britt / February 22, 2008 3:04 pm
Hamilton Southeastern Junior High students will bring blankets and pillows to get comfortable and raise funds to support multiple sclerosis research (MS) with a read-a-thon Friday, February 29, from 2:15-8 p.m. in the library. With the activity, students will demonstrate [...]
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ManagingEditor / February 22, 2008 12:24 pm
“Household Products and Medications: The Hidden Drugs in Your Home” is the topic of the second 2008 Parent Awareness Night on Thursday, February 28. Open to the public, the series is organized by the Hamilton Southeastern Schools Parents in Partnership [...]
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Tom Britt / February 21, 2008 7:34 am
“Don’t worry, the animals are stuffed!” Students and staff at Crestview Elementary School in Lawrence Township recently participated in the Lawrence Education Association’s annual Stuffed Animal Drive to benefit children in need. The school’s donation of 200 stuffed animals will [...]
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ManagingEditor / February 20, 2008 3:02 pm
Fishers High School senior Rachel Cooke has advanced to the finals of the “Jeopardy!” Teen Tournament. She has won her quarter-final and semi-final matches by answering Final Jeopardy questions correctly, according to FHS teacher John Drozd, her academic team coach. [...]
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Tom Britt / February 18, 2008 11:57 am
Several Fishers Junior High orchestra and band students helped with the Carmel Symphony Instrument “Petting Zoo,” February 10 at Westfield High School . Director Amanda Cornet said students showed children of all ages how to play a variety of string [...]
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Tom Britt / February 18, 2008 11:49 am
The Fishers High School ’s Academic Ambush Team won the 22-school Cardinal Quiz Bowl Tournament at Ball State University February 8. The team beat out undefeated South Bend St. Joseph High School with 260-190 in the championship round. In the [...]
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Tom Britt / February 17, 2008 12:10 pm
Spiders can hide in the smallest places! First graders in Amanda Morale’s class at Crestview Elementary School went on a spider hunt recently when Jennifer Aynes with the Lawrence Parks Department visited their classroom. Ms. Aynes answered the students’ questions [...]
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ManagingEditor / February 16, 2008 7:56 am
Ball State University President Jo Ann M. Gora is the featured speaker for the Hamilton Southeastern Schools Foundation (HSEF) annual dinner Tuesday, March 18, when her topic will be “Ball State University: Education Refined.” Gora began serving as Ball State [...]
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ManagingEditor / February 12, 2008 9:26 am
Sunnyside Elementary 4th grade students spent six weeks learning about inventions and how to patent their ideas. The students were divided into small groups, and each group had to decide on their invention. Students talked about a problem or idea [...]
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TomBritt / February 10, 2008 9:06 am
Hundreds of Geist area students and parents in Mt. Vernon Community School district expected to participate School officials with the Mt. Vernon Community School Corporation and board members of the Geist Half Marathon & 5K Presented by Community Health Network [...]
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ManagingEditor / February 9, 2008 10:17 pm
“Gung hay fat choy!” rang through the halls of Forest Glen Elementary School Friday, Feb. 8, as third-graders paraded through the halls, celebrating Chinese New Year. [kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/GBXX6Qx72RQ" width="300" height="250" wmode="transparent" /] The parade included several chinese dragon heads, and [...]
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Tom Britt / February 8, 2008 8:27 am
Senior Brandon Pounds signed a letter of intent for track and field at Indiana Sate University, where he will be attending in the fall. Pounds is the top ranked shot putter in the state of Indiana and is also nationally [...]
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ManagingEditor / February 4, 2008 2:00 pm
On Febuary 1st, the Fifth Grade READ 180 class of Vicky Toney and student teacher, Andrea Frickey, had a pie eating competition at Sunnyside Elementary School in Lawrence Township. The students recently started a unit with the theme of competition [...]
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Tom Britt / February 2, 2008 11:39 am
Enjoy an evening sampling the best of Geist’s restaurants at this year’s “Taste of St. Simon” on “Fat Tuesday”, February 5th. All proceeds benefit the St. Simon School. Childcare being provided by Geist Sports Academy. Call 414-5544 for more information. [...]
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ManagingEditor / January 29, 2008 12:54 pm
With the direction of the school board, Lawrence Township sought stakeholder input during the Fall of 2007 through the Center for Leadership & Learning as well as the Survey Research Center at IUPUI. This extensive effort to gain input from [...]
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Tom Britt / January 28, 2008 4:06 pm
Artists from Hamilton Southeastern Schools and Lawrence Township Schools placed well at the Central Indiana Scholastic Art Awards competition Saturday. Over 1,500 pieces were entered at the regional level contest with a jury of 12 professional artists judging the show [...]
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robbieturk / January 25, 2008 3:41 pm
Cody Stockton, a 5th grade student at Harrison Hill School of Inquiry, won the school-level competition of the National Geographic Bee and a chance for a0. college scholarship. The school-level Bee, at which students answered oral questions on geography, was [...]
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robbieturk / January 25, 2008 3:15 pm
“The more facts you know, the bigger your pizza!” Students in Regina Young’s fourth grade class at Crestview Elementary School recently celebrated their mastery of math facts by having a pizza party. The number of toppings available for the handmade [...]
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ManagingEditor / January 24, 2008 10:32 am
Hamilton Southeastern Schools Redistricting Committee has posted a new proposed elementary attendance map on its web site (www.hse.k12.in.us), and the Board of School Trustees is expected to consider it for a vote at Monday night’s meeting. In this newest map, [...]
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robbieturk / January 20, 2008 4:34 pm
New Britton Elementary and its PTO sponsored a blood drive January 17 and dedicated it to three of its students who are fighting health conditions that require blood transfusions or products. This is the second NBE drive for Katie McGee [...]