A retired biology teacher who remains devoted to teaching youngsters in the Lawrence area will be inducted into the Kansas Teachers’ Hall of Fame.Stan Roth, who taught biology at Lawrence High School for 38 years before transferring to Free State High School for two years and retiring in ...
A few education-oriented items from around the area and elsewhere:As planning for Project Graduation continues, the folks behind the annual celebration for departing high school seniors are looking for some help.Organizers remain on the lookout for sponsors, donors and volunteers to assist in ...
A few education-oriented items from around the area and elsewhere:Administrators and others are making plans to ease the transition for students who must attend a new school because of the closure of Wakarusa Valley School at the end of this school year.Wakarusa Valley students will get a ...
As members of the Lawrence school board continue making plans to form a community-minded process for consolidating elementary schools during the next several years, they’re finding support from folks who some may see as unlikely advocates.Even people from one of the schools targeted say they ...
A few education-oriented items from around the area and elsewhere:Wakarusa Valley School is preparing to celebrate its 50th anniversary, and the public is invited to join in the party.The celebration is set for 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. May 1 at the school, 1104 E. 1000 Road. The school is just outside ...
Winners of the 2011 Focus Film Festival, sponsored by Lawrence High School, were announced Sunday afternoon at Liberty Hall.Students from 15 high schools entered about 85 films for the contest, which was judged by a group of local film experts — Marc Havener, Jon Niccum, Tamara Falicov and ...
A few education-oriented items from around the area and elsewhere:Lawrence school district staffers will take to the stage tonight at Liberty Hall for the 21st annual Foundation Follies.The event starts at 7 p.m. with a social hour and barbecue meal at Liberty Hall, 644 Mass. The show starts at ...
High school students in Lawrence will place stickers that detail penalties for providing alcohol to minors on packs of beer and other alcoholic beverages Saturday at some Lawrence stores.The Lawrence Youth Coalition and FYI Club will participate in “Sticker Shock Lawrence,” which is aimed ...
Topeka ? The Kansas State Department of Education wants to add security measures for its schools, including fingerprinting about 40,000 educators who were licensed before 2003.Pam Coleman, director of teacher education and licensure for the department, told members of the Kansas State Board of ...
A few education-oriented items from around the area and elsewhere:Folks looking to boost relief efforts in Japan, quench their own thirsts or help support the artistic and philanthropic efforts of some dedicated kindergartners can accomplish all three tasks Friday afternoon at Hillcrest ...
At 6-foot-2, 252 pounds, with blue gym shorts, a backwards cap, a Nike T-shirt and an bulky bandage around his left knee, former Kansas University linebacker Mike Rivera hardly looked the part of a crochet teacher at Hillcrest Elementary on Wednesday.But give the man a couple of needles and ...
When Eudora High School math teacher Scott Keltner teaches his students how to calculate rates next semester, he hopes to be standing in front of a wind turbine next to the school’s football field. This month, the school received the final sign-off from the city of Eudora to build the ...
A few education-oriented items from around the area and elsewhere:Monday night’s Lawrence school board meeting included plenty of decisions and discussions regarding important topics, including budgets, taxes, full-day kindergarten, school names and potential future school consolidations.Good ...
A few education-oriented items from around the area and elsewhere:The standings didn’t change, but the final numbers of votes for candidates for Lawrence school board did adjust slightly after Monday morning’s canvass by the Douglas County Commission.Here are the final results, which I’m ...
New middle (school) namesThree down, one to go.Monday night, members of the Lawrence school board approved new — yet familiar — names for three of the district’s junior high schools this summer:• South Junior High will become South Middle School.• Southwest Junior High will become ...
A few education-oriented items from around the area:Tonight, members of the Lawrence school board will consider approving boundary changes for the next school year, to accommodate changes associated with the upcoming closure of Wakarusa Valley School.Here’s the formal description of the ...
The Lawrence school district plans to end its contract with her employer, relocate her office and advertise her job as an opening that hasn’t formally been announced yet.And Sharen Steele’s all for it.“It’s a real wise move,” said Steele, project coordinator for the Lawrence Diploma ...
Lane Eisenhart is a realist when it comes to the future of her neighborhood’s beloved elementary, New York School.She’d like to see it remain open, or perhaps even expanded, as the Lawrence school district weighs options for consolidating schools — moves intended to help grapple with ...
The eclectic pageantry may be catchy — shiny balloons attached to backpacks, Ric Averill picking at his banjo, a former mayor tagging along at the back — but it is a simple notion that draws fourth-graders Kellie Old Elk and Aryanna Meraz to board a new “walking school bus” at New York ...
Wichita ? The Wichita school district will cut 72 positions and stop funding two popular programs as it tries to cut $30 million from its budget.The district announced Thursday that it would drop funding for Parents as Teachers and the National Academic League.Superintendent John Allison says ...