Elwood Community Schools
First day: Monday, Aug. 17
Initial enrollment: 1,773, compared with 1,725 last year..
Key dates: No school on Labor Day, Sept. 7; Fall vacation, Oct. 22-23; Thanksgiving, Nov. 26-27; Christmas vacation, Dec. 21-Jan. 5; Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Jan. 18 (unless makeup day is needed); Feb. 15, Presidents Day (unless makeup day is needed); spring vacation, April 5-9; Last day of school is May 26.
What you need to know: Bus drivers will run double routes, dropping off elementary students at 7:15 a.m. Middle and high school students will then be picked up, dropped off at 7:45 a.m. Students should be at their stops at least five minutes early the first week of school. Questions about bus routes should be directed to transportation assistant Jill Cole, 552-9861, ext. 1065. ... Parents who submitted a special transportation request for a child last year must renew the request.
What’s new this year: Student use of cell phones and electronic communication and entertainment devices is prohibited during the school day. Such items must be turned off and out of sight. ... A new student dress policy requires modest dress covering shoulder to mid-thigh. Clothes must not contain holes, slashings or cuttings, and all wording and decorations must be “appropriate and in good taste. Pictures or wording involving references to sex, pregnancy, violence, alcohol, drugs, tobacco, obscenities or vulgarities including seemingly harmless but double meaning verbiage will not be allowed.” ... The high school is near completion of a green project — a $4.5 million conversion of the heating and air system to geothermal.
Who’s in charge: Superintendent Tom Austin, 552-9861, ext. 1050. E-mail taustin@elwood.k12.in.us.
Where you can get school information: The school corporation Web site, www.elwood.k12.in.us
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Academic Accolades: May 27
A compilation of academic news as published in the Sunday edition of The Herald Bulletin.
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Well-behaved students rewarded with carnival
A “Can you survive the yuck?” game was one of many offered at the Student Appreciation Program held inside and on the outdoor grounds of AHS on Friday.
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Indiana Christian Academy students look ahead to summer
Tantalizing Florida vacations filled with sun, sand, sea and Disney shimmered like diamonds strewn across a distant shore for several kids awaiting pickup on the last day of classes at Indiana Christian Academy Thursday.
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AHS rewarding well-behaved students
Anderson High School is holding its Student Appreciation Program (SAP) Friday for students who meet or surpass several requirements.
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AHS will hold student appreciation day
Anderson High School is holding its Student Appreciation Program Friday for students who meet or surpass several requirements.
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Anderson High School choir to sing with Foreigner
When Julie Wood received an email from Hoosier Park Racing & Casino about an “exciting opportunity,” the Anderson High School director of choral activities thought it was a joke.
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Haffner becomes 44th winner of Red Haven Award
Pendleton Heights now has both the old and the new Red Haven Award trophy for its case at school.
When PH’s Ellie McCardwell won the award in 2010, the long-standing trophy was retired, and because the Arabians had the last winner, the school was able to permanently house that hardware.
On Tuesday, when the Anderson Noon Exchange Club presented the 2012 winner, it went to Pendleton Heights’ Abbie Haffner. So for the next 12 months, PH will be home to both the new traveling trophy, first presented a year ago to Lapel’s Leigh Steele, and the old one. -
Anderson Learning Academy withdraws charter application
When Anderson Learning Academy’s board first started seeking charter status, it was to help make changes in education as graduation rates and ISTEP scores were low in the public school system.
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Haffner, McFerran get Dickmann Awards
Alexandria-Monroe High School senior Michael McFerran and Pendleton Heights senior Abbie Haffner received the annual Dickmann Youth Community Service Awards on Tuesday during the Anderson Rotary Club’s weekly luncheon at Anderson Country Club.
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Historic Preservation Commission turns down school board
Arguments were made over historical significance, sentimental value, structural stability, safety and finances during a Historic Preservation Commission meeting Monday evening discussing whether to grant South Madison Community Schools board’s proposal to demolish the former middle school at 301 S. East St.
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Academic Accolades: May 27
