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Many Hoosier Families Taking Advantage Of New School Voucher Rules
INDIANAPOLIS — Popularity for the state’s school voucher program is at new highs as this academic school year comes to an end. The number of students taking part in the program is up 32% compared to the last school year, which is a massive increase. Before the school year lawmakers passed a rewrite of the […] The post Many Hoosier Families Taking Advantage Of New School Voucher Rules appeared first on WIBC 93.1 FM.
High School Football Team Among Many Volunteers To Help Clean Up IMS
SPEEDWAY, Ind. — 350,000 race fans can generate a lot of trash that needs to be picked up. That’s the task the Indianapolis Motor Speedway is faced with each year after the Indianapolis 500. However, instead of having their own staff go through the stands that circumvent the two-and-a-half-mile oval, the track sees it as […] The post High School Football Team Among Many Volunteers To Help Clean Up IMS appeared first on WIBC 93.1 FM.
IHSAA baseball tournament regional pairings, schedule, host sites
The IHSAA baseball state tournament continues Saturday with regional championships. Games will be played in a doubleheader format at each host site. Below are the matchup pairings and schedule for Saturday's games. ...
When legacy becomes inspiration
How Andrea McClasky-Woods’ grandmother inspired her to go back to school — and graduate summa cum laude. Almost 40 years after Andrea McClasky-Woods’ grandmother, Betty Anthony, went back to school for her G.E.D., McClasky-Woods was inspired. That drove McClasky-Woods to return to college after 30 years. Now,...
Science of reading curriculum is good, but Indiana needs to help readers left behind
On May 4, 2023, House Bill 1558 was signed into law. This established the “science of reading” as curriculum standard for schools across Indiana. The state joined a growing body that turned to similar legislation due to concern that other curriculums were leaving children behind when it came to reading and writing. The primary source of this delayed or lack of development for children came from “reading recovery.”
Strong to the end: Smoky Row’s only P.E. teacher retires after 32 years at the school
For Smoky Row Elementary School physical education teacher Karena Mercer, one final field day was the perfect finish line for her 32-year career and the end of an era for the school. She had served as the school’s only P.E. teacher since the campus opened in 1992. Mercer, 55,...
IU Indianapolis expands admission program to all IPS seniors, automatically enrolls eligible students
Even more high schoolers in Indianapolis Public Schools will be automatically admitted to Indiana University Indianapolis as the seamless admission program expands. . IU announced it will automatically admit IPS seniors with at least a 3.0 GPA to its new Indianapolis campus. PJ Woolston, vice chancellor of enrollment management at IU Indianapolis, said the seamless admission program was designed to make enrollment easier and remove any obstacles to applying to college.
Some parents love charter schools. Others hate them. IPS board mulls striking right balance in district
The Indianapolis Public School board Tuesday continued the task of deciding just how many charter or innovation schools the district should support, seeking parent opinion on the topic. Complicating matters, however, IPS parents remained staunchly divided on charter schools. More than 1,000 parents in recent months have signed a petition...
Incredible leaping catch preserves win (and a no-hitter) in Indiana baseball playoffs
If it was a Disney movie, the ending to Sunday’s baseball game in Indiana’s state playoffs would not only be too good to be true. It would be unbelievable. But for a team called the Shamrocks, a bit of luck and an outstanding play by their star left fielder sees them advance in the state playoffs in Indiana. The Westfield High School (Ind.) baseball team won 1-0 on Sunday over Fishers (Ind.). The game ended with a catch that is simply unbelievable. Left fielder Nick Fero made a tremendous leaping catch, snagging what could have been a home run and instead, making an...
Todd Huston: I know Pamela Whitten. She's the leader Indiana University needs.
If you checked your news feed recently, you likely saw some of our nation's university leaders come under fire by Congress — and rightfully so — for their failed handling of the recent campus protests. From the University of California, Los Angeles, to Columbia University, we all learned a great lesson. Leadership vacuums are hotbeds for chaos, frustration and civil unrest. Administrations' permissive attitudes toward encampments and campus rules led to significant public safety concerns, violence, destruction...
Snapshot: Zionsville Community High School names Top 20 seniors
Zionsville Community High School recently recognized the Top 20 students of the Class of 2024. The students were honored earlier this month during a luncheon provided by the Boone County Kiwanis and Rotary clubs. The ZCHS Class of 2024 Top 20 students are, front, from left, Marissa Roundtree, Sophia Larsen, Ava Jalaie, Audriana Varner, Lillian Berman, Madeline Wilson, Maria Simmons, Madison Schmidt and Rebecca Rockwell and back, from left, Julian Gray, Nicolas Haydar, Walker Mattice, Jonathan Liang, Sunay Konnur, William Cramer, Jack Petrocelli, Naitik Rambhia, Oscar Moosbrugger and Noah Almeida, Cooper Siegler. The Top 20 students from Western Boone High School and Lebanon High School were also in attendance. (Photo courtesy of Zionsville Community Schools)
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