Alexandria Community Schools
724-4496 Alice Mehaffey, superintendent of Alexandria-Monroe Community Schools.
First day: Friday, Aug. 21
Initial enrollment: Anticipated 1,540, roughly same as last year.
Key dates: No school on Labor Day, Sept. 7; fall break, Oct. 22-23; Thanksgiving break, Nov. 25-27; winter break, Dec. 21-Jan. 3; Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Jan. 18; Presidents Day, Feb. 15; spring break, March 29-April 4; Memorial Day, May 31; Last full day of school is June 2.
What you need to know: Superintendent Alice Mehaffey said Alexandria schools are stressing some basics this year. “We are simply placing a deliberate focus on what some would call ‘good old-fashioned manners’. Since public education is functionally a group learning endeavor, we will place emphasis on those everyday attitudes, manners and behaviors that are conducive to intellectual (academic) and social development.”
What’s new this year: Schools have been reconfigured to combine students in more developmentally appropriate age groups. The elementary school will house grades K-2, grades 3-6 will be at the intermediate school, grades 7-8 will be located in a wing at the high school, separate from those in grades 8-12. Rooms have been renovated to allow for the shift. ... Pickup and drop-off patterns have changed. Cars will enter the school complex from 11th Street. Buses will use the east entrance, closest to the school.
Who’s in charge: Superintendent Alice Mehaffey, 724-4496. E-mail amehaffey@alex.k12.in.us.
Where you can get school information: www.alex.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
