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CGHS announces January Students of the Month
Center Grove High School’s Students of the Month have either served the community or accomplished an impressive feat. There are many students and faculty members whose deeds are often unnoticed. The program intends to commend the unsung altruists, academics, artists and athletes of Center Grove High School.
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Southport 5th graders win tourney
The ISSA Southport 5th grade boys were the champions of the Winter 2008 Hoop It Up tournament. Pictured are (front row) Kyle Raiser, Terrell Coldwell, Jason Benge, Alexander Pollard, (back row) Andrew Fey, Justin Saylor, Tyler Lucas and Nick Sabatine. The team was coached by Emmet Sabatine, Jason Benge and Louis Pollard.
Fading Further and special guests take first at BGHS talent contest
Local band Fading Further, along with vocalists Emily Agee and Dusty Minth, performed “Let It Be” to win Beech Grove High School’s annual talent show, BG Idol. Fading Further includes Ben Latimer (guitar and vocals), Jake Towe (piano and vocals), Nick Weller (guitar) and Alex Serpico (drums). Latimer arranged the selection.
Second place was Rebekah Stenger, performing “You’re Here in my Heart,” with her father, Dave Stenger, as piano accompanist.
In third place were Julie and Linnea Tuterow performing “Defying Gravity.”
Perry girls finish with 15-game winning streak
Perry Meridian High School’s freshman girls’ basketball team capped a 16-1 season by defeating Warren Central 35-29 to win the season-ending Marion County Tournament. Last week, the Falcons beat Franklin Central 46-33, Southport 38-30 and North Central 43-41 to advance to Monday night’s championship game, played at Ben Davis High School. The team included (front row) Breanna Herrholtz, Chelsi Carter, Samantha Ruestch, Meredith Marti (back row) Corey Windler, Alli Gentry, Coach Andrea Hagenmaier, Ali Moreland, Dolly Nyemah, and manager Katie Ferguson. It was the school’s third freshman girls county title. After starting the season 1-1, Perry Meridian won 15 straight games to finish the year.
Perry holds school bus safety poster contest
In celebration of National School Bus Safety Week, elementary students in Perry Township have been recognized as winners in the district’s annual school bus safety poster contest.
The poster theme for this year’s School Bus Safety Week was “Stop on Red – Kids Ahead.”
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Roncalli holds food drive
For the past 39 years, Roncalli High School has hosted a food drive to collect canned goods and money for the poor. The food and money goes to various organizations, with the majority going to the Society of St. Vincent de Paul (SVdP). This year’s annual food drive will be held on November 22.
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Central Nine Students of the Month
Three Beech Grove High School students were recognized as Students of the Month in their respective programs at Central Nine. Pictured, from left to right, are Aaron Klue (culinary arts), Dakota Catron (machine tool technology) and Sarah Fouts (health sciences).
LHSI instructor named Teacher of the Year
Lutheran High School Biology teacher Kris Coneybeer is the 2008 recipient of the Dr. Arthur L. Amt Lutheran Teacher of the Year award.
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New principal joins Nativity Catholic School
Nativity Catholic School began the ’08-’09 school year with new leadership as Terri Rodriguez joined the faculty as principal.
Rodriguez comes to Nativity after numerous years serving as principal for other Indianapolis Catholic schools, including Holy Cross Central School and St. Philip Neri School. She also served as assistant principal for St. Simon the Apostle School. Prior to these positions, she was a teacher at St. Simon for nearly 20 years.
According to Rodriguez, she is very excited about expanding on the many opportunities that a Nativity education provides. “My goals include enhancing Nativity as an academically excellent school that is truly rooted in the Catholic Faith,” she said. “This includes mentoring teachers in utilizing instructional strategies that have proven to be most effective.”
One particularly important benefit that Nativity provides for students is smaller class sizes that enable more personalized, one-on-one education. Rodriguez added, “I want to make sure our children receive a quality, faith-based education in a safe and secure environment that facilitates learning.”
Nativity Catholic School is located in Franklin Township and serves more than 320 students in southeast Marion County from preschool through 8th grade. Nativity is accredited by the State of Indiana and the North Central Association, and has been named as an Exemplary School by the State of Indiana. For more information about Nativity Catholic School, please visit their Web site at www.nativityindy.org.
Clinton Young gets even SMARTer
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Clinton Young School of International Learning has gone high-tech with classroom education. SMART Technologies Inc. introduced the first SMART Board whiteboard in 1991. With a computer image projected on the board, students can simply use their finger or specialized pens to do a lesson on any subject matter. This technology assists in making whole classroom learning much more interactive.