School News Assistants to Help Students Stay in School
The Paul and Terry Theobald-Home Base Trust funds assistance through Youth Services Inc. to Franklin County students at all levels to remain in school. Grants cover tuition, books, activities, medical, clothing, and living costs paid to vendors. Applicants must show commitment, good grades, drug-free status, and no gang ties. Applications through school staff. contact Bob Pence at 242-2926. Deadlines: Sept. 20 for fall and Jan. 20, 2001 for spring. Next trustee meeting Tuesday.
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Paul and Terry Theobald
Youth Services Inc
Franklin County
SRS
Bob Pence
Area students attend all-state band camp at Washburn
The 17th Kansas Masonic All-State High School Marching Band Camp ran July 25 29 at Washburn University. Participants included Scott Driver Holly Shepard and Kyle Wadkins from Williamsburg and Ottawa high schools. The five day event drew 193 musicians and concluded with a parade a Kansas East West Shrine Bowl performance. Net proceeds benefit the Kansas Masonic Oncology Research Center at KU Medical Center in Kansas City.
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Kansas Masonic
Washburn University
Scott Driver
Williamsburg
Holly Shepard
Ottawa
Kyle Wadkins
Williamsburg High School
Kansas
Kansas Masonic Oncology Research Center
K.U. Medical Center
Kansas City
Enrollment surge drives Nassau Community College rise
Veronica Ruibal, a 25 year old full time student, will balance class, hospital shifts, and daycare as Nassau Community College enrolls about 20,000 students. Community colleges expand nationwide to meet growing demand, offering two year degrees, retraining, and affordable tuition amid open admission.
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Garden City
N.Y
Veronica Ruibal
Nassau Community College
Long Island
Ruibal
Radiolo
Nassau
Jacqueline Woods
Department of Education
Community College
The
College Board
Air Force Base
Manhattan
Clifford Adelman
Allied Sciences
East Harlem School shapes youths into "old warriors" of virtue
In Harlem, East Harlem School at Exodus House challenges 63 minority students with a holistic program. Teachers push for discipline, English fluency, and moral growth through strict codes, while highlighting graduates called old warriors who achieved success at prestigious prep schools.
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New York
Laurent Alfred
David
East Harlem
Alfred
More male teachers urged as role models in schools
Kansas State University education expert Paul Burden says schools seek more male elementary teachers to provide positive role models for children. He notes the current imbalance, with men concentrated in upper grades, and argues male teachers may influence more boys to pursue teaching.
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KSU
Manhattan
Cation
Kansas State University
Burden
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Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center
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