SCHOOL NEWS & NOTES (Montrose Daily Press) MONTROSE -- Columbine Middle School?s Band and Choir Concert will be held Dec. 12 at the Montrose Pavilion. The Choir will begin at 5:30 p.m. with the band following at 6 p.m....more...Giving For Peace In The Middle East (Forbes) You don't have to be a politician to help solve the problems in the Middle East. But it helps to be a billionaire....more... Student business club hosts career fair for Mitchell eighth-graders (Asheville Citizen-Times) SPRUCE PINE - Mitchell High School's Future Business Leaders of America members on Nov. 28 sponsored a Career Exposition at Harris Middle School for all eighth grade students in Mitchell County....more... Baldacci Annointed Head Of Work Program (WLBZ Bangor) Governor John Baldacci can add another line to his resume. He will head a national organization that helps prepare at-risk young people for high school graduation, work and higher education....more... Gallaudet to Name New President (Washington Post) Gallaudet's board of trustees will announce the next leader of the school for the deaf today after spending hours yesterday interviewing three finalists....more... Meet Olympia High School's new principal (West Orange Times) She's only been the principal at Olympia High School since October, but Jenny Gibson-Linkh said she feels quite at home in her new assignment....more... Media icon Augie Hiebert celebrates 90th birthday, service to local school (The Alaska Star) Alaska media pioneer Augie Hiebert was the news peg at Mirror Lake Middle School Monday as friends and family alike turned out to help celebrate his 90th birthday and mentorship for the school's Video News Team....more... New AG shares Dr. Seuss with Lowell school (Lowell Sun) LOWELL -- For a career prosecutor accustomed to dealing with hardened criminals, an auditorium of fifth-graders should have been a breeze....more... Trustees hope to ease high school overcrowding with academy (Coppell Gazette) Coppell students may have another option on where they attend high school as early as fall 2008. In an effort to alleviate current and future overcrowding at the high school campus, the Board of Trustees voted to consider a Coppell academy/magnet school at the Nov. 27 board meeting....more... |