Archive for category: School News

HSE Band Marching Band Takes First Place at Weekend Invitational

HSE Band Marching Band Takes First Place at Weekend Invitational

0 / September 29, 2008 8:05 pm

The Hamilton Southeastern High School Royal Command and Guard earned first place in Class 4A last Saturday at the Ballard High School Bruin Invitational in Louisville, Ky. HSEHS’s marching band won all captions including best music, marching, general effect, color [...]

Lawrence, HSE Schools Commend National Merit Scholarship Semi-Finalists

Lawrence, HSE Schools Commend National Merit Scholarship Semi-Finalists

0 / September 22, 2008 8:09 pm

Two Lawrence Central seniors are 2009 National Merit semifinalists, ranking them in the top 1 percent of all U.S. high school seniors. They are Jarrod Hunnicutt and Zechari Scott. Lawrence North High School senior David Langdon also has been named [...]

HSE Welcomes 25 Bands to Compete in Royal Invitational Saturday

HSE Welcomes 25 Bands to Compete in Royal Invitational Saturday

2 / September 18, 2008 1:55 pm

Twenty-five of the finest marching bands from central and southern Indiana will fill Reynolds Royals Stadium at Hamilton Southeastern High School in Fishers with a feast for the ears and eyes on Saturday, September 20, during the 2nd Annual Royal [...]

Amy Beverland Teachers Awarded for ‘Model Classrooms’

Amy Beverland Teachers Awarded for ‘Model Classrooms’

0 / September 18, 2008 1:51 pm

Local teachers have received national recognition for outstanding performance in education, Renaissance Learning announced. Jennifer Selm and Angela Vittori, who teach at Amy Beverland Elementary in Lawrence Township, were awarded Reading Model Classroom and Mrs. Vittori was also awarded Math [...]

Fall Creek Elementary Staff Do Heart Association Walk in Honor of Colleague

Fall Creek Elementary Staff Do Heart Association Walk in Honor of Colleague

0 / September 18, 2008 1:50 pm

Fall Creek Elementary’s staff will don “Tread for Ted” shirts in honor of Ted Davis, the school’s speech pathologist, who has been in and out of ICU since March. They are participating in the American Heart Association walk this Saturday, [...]

Parent Awareness Night Featuring Isabel Burk a Nationally Known Speaker on Teen Drug Prevention

Parent Awareness Night Featuring Isabel Burk a Nationally Known Speaker on Teen Drug Prevention

0 / September 18, 2008 1:15 pm

According to a new study, prescription drug overdose deaths jumped 147% in Indiana from 1999 to 2004. While adults may understand the hazards of abusing over-the-counter and prescription drugs, 35% of teens believe prescription drugs are safer to use than [...]

Forest Glen Fifth Graders Monitor Health of Fall Creek

Forest Glen Fifth Graders Monitor Health of Fall Creek

0 / September 16, 2008 10:12 am

Forest Glen’s Immersion fifth graders took a trip down the street from the school  to investigate the health of Fall Creek.  As a part of the Hoosier River Watch program, students worked in four different teams to gather data about [...]

LN vs HSE Play4Pink Volleyball Match to Benefit Susan G. Komen Foundation

0 / September 16, 2008 10:04 am

Lawrence North High School’s Spirit Committee is hosting PLAY4PINK, Sept. 25, during the LN vs. Hamilton Southeastern varsity volleyball match. Prizes, food, and fun will be on had as 100 percent of proceeds will be donated to the SUSAN G. [...]

Tailgating Boosts Spirit at Area High Schools

0 / September 13, 2008 7:01 pm

According to the American Tailgating Association, the first tailgate originated at the very first football game between Rutgers and Princeton in 1869. Fans traveled by carriage grilling sausages and hamburgers at the “tail end” of the horse. Here we take [...]

On Assignment in Beijing

On Assignment in Beijing

0 / September 10, 2008 1:56 pm

While we all know of the story of Olympic gymnast Samantha Peszek, she wasn’t the only one with Geist connections in Beijing for this international athletic tradition. Two other neighbors were “on assignment,” one for NBC and the other for [...]

Geist Kids ‘Do Lunch’ with Gov. Daniels

Geist Kids ‘Do Lunch’ with Gov. Daniels

0 / September 8, 2008 9:32 am

“Let’s do lunch” had special meaning for Forest Glen Elementary students Adrian and Gia Peduto last month. The Peduto kids’ lunch date was with Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels. Parents Angelo and Dee Dee Peduto sprang for more than a “happy [...]

Josh McRoberts, Pacers Help Crestview Start the Day

Josh McRoberts, Pacers Help Crestview Start the Day

0 / September 5, 2008 2:52 pm

Josh McRoberts (pictured) and members of the Indiana Pacers All-Star Reading Team visited Crestview Elementary School on September 5 to help the school “Start the Day with the Pacers.” The Lawrence Township students received Pacers back packs filled with school [...]

Fishers Swimming Evaluations

Fishers Swimming Evaluations

0 / September 3, 2008 8:26 am

The Fishers Area Swimming Tigers (FAST Tigers) will be offering stroke evaluation/open house nights on Monday through Thursday, September 8-11, 2008 at the Fishers HS Aquatic Center, 13000 Promise Road, Fishers, Indiana 46038. The FAST Tigers are one one of [...]

HSE Fans Take Their Tailgating Spirit to Lucas Oil Stadium

0 / August 26, 2008 1:58 pm

Hamilton Southeastern High School fans took their tailgate and body paint to the new Lucas Oil Stadium Saturday night as they rooted on the Royals, who played against the Avon Orioles for their first game of the season (Marsh Indiana [...]

Olympic Games Come to Forest Glen Elementary

Olympic Games Come to Forest Glen Elementary

0 / August 24, 2008 11:19 pm

Fourth grade students at Forest Glen Elementary not only studied the Olympic games, they participated in them! [kml_flashembed movie="http://www.jumpcut.com/media/flash/jump.swf?id=E15E34F0725D11DD91F4000423CEF5F6&asset_type=movie&asset_id=E15E34F0725D11DD91F4000423CEF5F6&eb=1" width="408" height="324" wmode="transparent" /] Just two weeks into the school year, teachers in the Global Studies program organized an Olympic event [...]

Geist Half Marathon Donates $20,000 to Local Schools

Geist Half Marathon Donates $20,000 to Local Schools

0 / August 19, 2008 9:12 am

Proceeds from the inaugural Geist Half Marathon came in higher than expected thanks to a sold-out field and great sponsor support. This week, the Geist Half Marathon board of directors announced that $20,000 from the inaugural race will be split [...]

Short Story Competition Announced to Benefit Literacy in Lawrence

1 / August 9, 2008 7:15 am

The Education Department of Indiana estimates that 700,000 Indiana adults are functionally illiterate. Another 850,000 Hoosiers over the age of 25 do not have a high school diploma. The City of Lawrence and Community Health Network have joined forces with [...]

Parent Tips: How to Help Your Kids Achieve a Successful School Year

Parent Tips: How to Help Your Kids Achieve a Successful School Year

1 / August 4, 2008 9:26 pm

Once the school supplies have been purchased and the backpacks have been filled, most parents would assume that their child is ready for the new school year. But there is an entirely different issue at hand when it comes to [...]

Follow LC’s Coach Holman at the Beijing Olympics!

Follow LC’s Coach Holman at the Beijing Olympics!

0 / August 2, 2008 9:04 am

Mike Holman, head boys cross country and track and field coach at Lawrence Central High School, has been invited by the Olympic Committee to travel to Beijing China for the Olympic Games this summer. Coach Holman will be a member [...]

HSE High School Hires New Varsity Baseball Coach

HSE High School Hires New Varsity Baseball Coach

0 / July 28, 2008 11:05 am

A whole lot of excitement was hovering over at least one baseball diamond this week. Hamilton Southeastern High School has recently hired a new varsity baseball coach, Scott Johnson. The Royals Baseball program hosted a camp for boys in grades [...]