High School Classmates News
- Tributes to slain officer pour in by the thousands Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 12:33AMLONDON — Thousands of people — strangers, friends old and new and police officers — have expressed condolences to the family of slain Huron OPP Const. Vu Pham.[...]
- A Monumental game Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 12:29AMMark Mahan Two schools, seven minutes away from one another, one spot in the Sweet Sixteen.
- Taylor student brings loaded pistol to campus Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 12:23AMYet another Katy Independent School District student is receiving disciplinary action for bringing a gun to school. Taylor High School principal David Kendler sent an e-mail to parents Friday afternoon, notifying them that a loaded pistol was brought to campus.
- COURTS: Drake's murder retrial gets under way Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 12:17AMA jury heard opening testimony Tuesday in the stunning murder retrial of Robie Drake, the North Tonawanda man first convicted in 1982 on two counts of second-degree murder for shooting two fellow high school classmates.
- When the textile mill goes, so does a way of life Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 12:15AMIn textile towns across the Southeast, thousands of workers are starting over again, sometimes painfully.
- Local students speak out for counselors they could lose Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 12:15AMMore than 80 school counseling positions lie on the list of budget cuts being considered by the Elk Grove Unified School District (EGUSD) board. These reductions come at a time when the district is facing a $60 million budget shortfall in the next school year.
- 15 Minutes of Fame: Nadia Waski Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 12:13AMDance has almost always been part of Nadia Waski's life. When she was 3, her parents wanted to expose her to the arts; dance, with its emphasis on movement, was a natural choice for a young girl.
- Visible School Puts Faith In Christian Music Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 12:12AMAmid an industry in a tailspin, the Visible School in Memphis has put its faith in Christian music. And while labels flounder nationwide, some industr....
- Libby, Columbia Falls, Kalispell schools mourn deaths of students killed in weekend crash Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 12:12AMHAPPY'S INN - One weekend accident involving two vehicles herehas students at three schools across northwest Montana trying tocope with the tragic loss of four lives.
- Down Syndrome Athlete Inspires Lessons At School Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 11:49PMWhen Mark Montanari scored four points recently in a Starpoint JV basketball game, it proved that hard work, dedication, and not setting limits can result in great things.
- Imposing, smelly Humboldt squids a hit in Wesley Chapel classroom Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 7:35PMLarge, smelly Humboldts are a hit at Wesley Chapel High.
- Students are channeling their anger Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 7:27PMRacial incidents at UC San Diego illuminate a younger generation's fears and hopes. The adults in the church sanctuary were itching for a fight, eager to redress years of indignities absorbed growing up black in San Diego.
- MISD Posts Sex Education Survey Online to Help Improve Programs In Schools Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 7:01PMMidland school officials say there are well over 100 girls pregnant in the district. Now the Student Health Advisory Council members are stepping in to try, and significantly reduce those numbers.
- Loaded gun found on campus Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 6:35PMKATY, TX
- Clegg offers heads £2.5bn 'deal' Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 6:13PMLib Dem leader Nick Clegg is to ask head teachers to "raise their game" in return for a £2.5bn education funding package.
- Loaded Gun Found At School Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 6:08PMA Houston-area high school student is arrested after a loaded gun was found at school, KPRC Local 2 reports.
- Blind Student Gives All To Graduate Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 5:38PMA student from Spring will have extra reason to celebrate when he graduates in June. He overcame big obstacles to get his diploma, KPRC Local 2 reports.
- Camarillo middle school offers Chinese classes Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 5:33PMA group of Camarillo sixth-graders have joined the growing ranks of U.S. students studying Chinese in school.While some language offerings, including French and German, are declining dramatically in the nation’s public schools, classes in Chinese, while still relatively few, are on the rise, according to a survey by the Center for Applied Linguistics.Las Colinas Middle School started offering a ...
- Katy Student Caught With Loaded Gun Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 5:30PMKaty ISD police say they arrested a high school student who brought a loaded gun on campus Friday.
- School News Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 10:40AMThe Viking wrestlers won the 1A trophy at the State Wrestling Tournament and brought home the third place trophy for the 2A/1A division last weekend at Holt Arena in Pocatello.
- Time to stop tailgating tactics Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 10:32AMFor too long we have tolerated truck jockeys tailgating other vehicles on freeways with no apparent concern for the safety of passengers in smaller vehicles or the lack of braking distance concerned.
- Warriors trade punches in championship Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 10:25AMSeveral thousand hoarse voices raise the rafters of the old Halsey Field House on a special night each year on the Annapolis campus of the U.S. Naval Academy. There's plenty of testosterone and warrior machismo in the air as the midshipmen gather to watch their classmates battle it out at the annual Brigade Boxing Championships.
- Community chips in for teen's funeral costs Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 10:13AMSt. Clair Township Supervisor Brian Mahaffy and many in the community wanted to make sure Sean Parsons had a funeral.
- Public to line roadside for tribute to Knoxville Army pilot Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 9:58AMThe public is invited to line a section of Kingston Pike Thursday to honor the memory of Knoxville Army Capt. Marcus Alford as he's taken to his final resting place.
- The Spring-Ford Reporter/The Valley ItemDatebook Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 9:57AMDateBook Notes
- A “Lil Positivity”: 9-Year-Old British Twins Become Youngest High School Students In History Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 9:34AMTwo 9-year-old twins in Britain are preparing to find out what high school they’ll attend, making them the country’s youngest high school students in history. Paula and Peter Imafidon, dubbed “The Wonder Twins”, are known for their record breaking wit after becoming the youngest people to ace the University of Cambridge’s advanced math test and soaring [...]
- Rochester wins rematch to knock out Quakers Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 9:10AMThe answer was the same from both sides. No matter which way the game ended, a very good team's season was ending far to early. read more »
- Wreck claims life of Cameron dad, coach Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 9:04AMFamily and friends are coping with the loss of David Earl Greene Jr. of Cameron — son of the Milam County sheriff, father of three young sons and longtime summer league baseball coach.
- Teen girl escapes abduction attempt near Marion school bus stop Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 8:46AMTeen girl escapes abduction attempt near Marion school bus stop
- Teenage oasis Monday, March 1, 2010 @ 6:27AMFour o'clock Friday and the varsity girls basketball game between Rosati-Kain and Trinity Catholic high schools began.
- SLincoln Way's first valedictorian: 'I just hope I can live up' Monday, March 1, 2010 @ 6:15AMBeing named valedictorian is something few people can put on their resumes. Being a high school's first valedictorian is even rarer.For Lincoln-Way North High School's first valedictorian, Patrick Creedon, known as PK, the honor at the Frankfort school that opened in 2008 also comes with a sense of duty. As the valedictorian, Creedon will address his classmates at graduation. "I just hope I can ...
- Bob Elmore: The G.I. Bill And College Days (Excerpt 13) Monday, March 1, 2010 @ 5:49AMFinally, I decided to go the University of Tennessee at Knoxville on the GI Bill and probably take engineering to get some credit for my Air Corps experience. The aptitude test said I could take engineering but showed a very high aptitude for business.
- School Notes 3/01/2010 Monday, March 1, 2010 @ 5:36AMAbington Heights When Tara Mazurczyk entered a handful of her photographs to the Scholastic Art contest at Marywood University, she never really thought she would get very far. Instead, the budding photographer nabbed seven awards for her eight-photo por
- Tennessee gangs rattle schools Monday, March 1, 2010 @ 5:13AM"He has a gun."
- Family, friends remember U.N. worker as 'human saint' Monday, March 1, 2010 @ 4:16AMIn the small Bond Chapel on the University of Chicago campus Saturday, family and friends remembered Andrew Grene, 44, as the kind of selfless "human saint" who might be expected to meet his end too soon at the United Nations building in Haiti.Government officials of two countries have turned out in Ireland, New York and Chicago for funerals, concerts led by his twin brother Gregory Grene of the ...
- Magrew flexes state muscles Sunday, February 28, 2010 @ 3:30AMIf any wrestler at the MSHSAA Wrestling Championships got a good look of the Mizzou Arena's ceiling, it was Ozark senior Zeb Spicer in the Class 3 152-pound final Saturday in Columbia.
- Sculpting minds: Wellborn has the county school system's only full-fledged creative arts program Sunday, February 28, 2010 @ 3:14AM“It’s free. You get to draw. You get to post your work on the Internet. That’s how you get known.” said Wesley Brown, a Wellborn High sophomore.
- Officials: Pa. train double-fatal a suicide Sunday, February 28, 2010 @ 3:11AMNORWOOD, Pa. (AP) — Officials in Pennsylvania say two teenage girls who were struck and killed by a high-speed Amtrak train committed suicide.
- Disability doesn't slow key prospect Sunday, February 28, 2010 @ 3:00AMThe first hint came during one of Tyson Gillies' earliest days in school in Kamloops, British Columbia.
- UConn taking 67-game win streak into senior day Sunday, February 28, 2010 @ 2:53AMSTORRS — At first glance, the hard-nosed coach’s daughter from the suburbs of Philadelphia and gregarious city kid from the nation’s capital seemed to have little in common as they headed to UConn in the summer of 2006.
- Community calendar: Donations being accepted for Princess Project Sunday, February 28, 2010 @ 2:35AMDonations are being accepted for the annual Princess Project, an effort that distributes new or gently used prom dresses to girls who might not be able to afford them. Dresses can be dropped off at The Castle, 1411 W.O. Ezell Blvd. The Princess Project will be 11 a.m.-4 p.m. March 27 at the Spartanburg YMCA.
- Renewable-energy curriculum allows students to build alternatives Sunday, February 28, 2010 @ 2:30AMA teacher at Raymond S. Kellis High School in Glendale is integrating alternative-energy projects to help his students prepare for an emerging renewable-energy industry.
- D1-6 Finals: Brady 36, SMC 30 Friday, February 26, 2010 @ 10:55PMThe Brady Lady Eagles shut down Stapleton-McPherson County with a stellar defensive effort to win the D1-6 Finals, 36-30, and qualify for the Nebraska State Basketball Tournament in school history on Friday at the McGahan Activities Center on the campus of North Platte St. Patrick high school.
- KID NETWORK: Program at Phila provides resources for autistic children Friday, February 26, 2010 @ 10:47PMFamilies in Tuscarawas County with children who have been diagnosed with autism, sensory processing disorder and other disabilities have a resource to share with others through the Tuscarawas Area Kid Network based at New Philadelphia.
- Community Remembers Teens Struck, Killed By Train Friday, February 26, 2010 @ 10:39PMFamily, friends and fellow classmates came together Friday evening to remember two teens who were struck and killed by a train in Delaware County.
- Croyle Township woman takes up trapping tradition Friday, February 26, 2010 @ 10:37PMJOHNSTOWN — Deborah Sedlmeyer has a deep affection for the outdoors. The 45-year-old Croyle Township women exhibits a pioneer spirit in her pursuit of hunting and trapping.
- Wisconsin Teen Gets 15 Years for Facebook Sex-Extortion Scam Friday, February 26, 2010 @ 10:28PMA Wisconsin teenager was sentenced to 15 years in prison Wednesday for an extortion scheme that had him tricking male classmates into sending them nude photos of themselves, then blackmailing them wi...
- Goshen nips West Noble Friday, February 26, 2010 @ 10:26PMSomeone needed to make a play and 6-1 Goshen junior Carson Roberts was the Redskin who stepped forward.
- Search Continues for Missing Poway Girl Friday, February 26, 2010 @ 10:18PMScores of law enforcement officers and volunteers combed open areas near Lake Hodges with tracking dogs today in search of a North County teen who went missing after going out on one of her regular after-school runs.
- Marshall teen deported to El Salvador despite help from community Friday, February 26, 2010 @ 9:42PMJairo Yanes was a junior at Marshall High School up until Monday, when Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents caught up with him to deport him back to El Salvador.