School Discipline

Practice run for Relay (05/02/08)
The Ivy Tech Relay for Life team raised over $2,500 not just for a good cause, but for fun too. Back in January when the group started planning for the relay, school director Brad Johnson offered the challenge of letting his head be shaved if they raised $2,500...

Teen court a topic at MHPC dinner tonight (05/01/08)
A young man about 15 years old sits anxiously in the courtroom and wonders as a group of fellow students in another room decides what his punishment will be. Last month he slipped down to the convenience store after school and after wandering around inside for a while, walked out with a pack of cigarettes under his jacket. The watchful clerk noticed the act and called the police...

Two high school seniors will be offered scholarships (04/25/08)
For the last six years, the Greencastle Chamber of Commerce has offered two senior high school students "Athlete of the Year" awards to area youth. This year a $250 scholarship for two years has been added to the award and is sponsored by First National Bank...

Full-day K gets mostly good review by South Putnam teachers (04/22/08)
The South Putnam School Board heard testimony from kindergarten teachers regarding the inaugural year of all-day kindergarten classes. The state of Indiana has given school corporations a three-year, phase-in time for all-day kindergarten before mandating it. Not all schools have decided to participate though...

Ivy Tech to host high school welding competition (03/28/08)
TERRE HAUTE -- Ivy Tech Community College is hosting its annual welding competition for high school students on Wednesday, April 16, beginning at 9:30 a.m. in the welding area at its main campus, 8000 South Education Drive, Terre Haute. Each high school student will receive a blueprint of a welding project. They will then have to follow the print and complete the job...

Board braces for legislative changes (03/21/08)
North Putnam Community School Corporation (NPCSC) Board members heard a brief report from Superintendent Murray Pride about legislative changes coming to school funding via House Bill 1001. The key elements include reductions in property tax money from $120 million to $70 million in 2010, the state taking over corporations general funds, the eventual establishment of a rainy day fund of $400 million, a capitol projects cap for elementary and high schools, a budget calendar change in 2010 to July to June instead of the current January to December.. ...