http://www.newsandtribune.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:02:00 +0000 http://www.newsandtribune.com/schools/local_story_311190257.html http://www.newsandtribune.com/schools/local_story_311190257.html Working adults looking to finish their college degrees may soon have another option in the area. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:07:00 +0000 http://www.newsandtribune.com/schools/local_story_310180820.html http://www.newsandtribune.com/schools/local_story_310180820.html With financial cuts looming in the state, Indiana’s top education official Tony Bennett stopped by The Evening News and The Tribune on Friday to talk about what’s to come with budget cuts, teacher licensure changes, grading schools based on performance and charter schools, among other topics. Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:10:00 +0000 http://www.newsandtribune.com/schools/local_story_308211148.html http://www.newsandtribune.com/schools/local_story_308211148.html Less than 24 hours after Rock Creek Christian Academy officials presented their full charter school proposal at Ball State University, Principal Sara Hauselman received an e-mail with the good news. Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:59:00 +0000 http://www.newsandtribune.com/schools/local_story_307215604.html http://www.newsandtribune.com/schools/local_story_307215604.html Working adults looking to finish their college degrees may soon have another option in the area. Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:45:00 +0000 http://www.newsandtribune.com/schools/local_story_307214629.html http://www.newsandtribune.com/schools/local_story_307214629.html In a room filled with middle schoolers at St. Mary’s Catholic School quietly working together on computers, 12-year-old Graham Wood jumped up and screamed with excitement. Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:12:00 +0000 http://www.newsandtribune.com/schools/local_story_307001220.html http://www.newsandtribune.com/schools/local_story_307001220.html It’s a mix of nerves and excitement for Sara Hauselman, principal of Rock Creek Christian Academy in Sellersburg.Today, she is going to Ball State University in Muncie to make her final pitch for Rock Creek to open as a charter school in the fall of 2010.“You’re always nervous with stuff like that,” Hauselman said. “You don’t ever know until you get that final word, but I’m very optimistic.” Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:40:00 +0000 http://www.newsandtribune.com/schools/local_story_301213834.html http://www.newsandtribune.com/schools/local_story_301213834.html High school students juggling jobs, homework, sports, clubs and more can take one thing off their to-do lists — mailing in transcripts for college admission. Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:05:00 +0000 http://www.newsandtribune.com/schools/local_story_300220655.html http://www.newsandtribune.com/schools/local_story_300220655.html Greater Clark County Schools will start vaccinating children against the H1N1, or swine flu, at two schools Thursday. Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:39:00 +0000 http://www.newsandtribune.com/schools/local_story_299195357.html http://www.newsandtribune.com/schools/local_story_299195357.html Public hearing is Thursday in Scottsburg Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:39:00 +0000 http://www.newsandtribune.com/schools/local_story_295224107.html http://www.newsandtribune.com/schools/local_story_295224107.html Austyn Clark stood in front of his fifth-grade class at Floyds Knobs Elementary Thursday and performed a demonstration of his family secret to making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich without tearing the bread. Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:34:00 +0000 http://www.newsandtribune.com/schools/local_story_293213442.html http://www.newsandtribune.com/schools/local_story_293213442.html A minor electrical fire Tuesday morning at Parkwood Elementary School in Clarksville caused an evacuation and students to be moved to an alternate site. Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:49:00 +0000 http://www.newsandtribune.com/schools/local_story_293125218.html http://www.newsandtribune.com/schools/local_story_293125218.html Mon, 19 Oct 2009 22:19:00 +0000 http://www.newsandtribune.com/schools/local_story_292222125.html http://www.newsandtribune.com/schools/local_story_292222125.html Sat, 17 Oct 2009 17:37:00 +0000 http://www.newsandtribune.com/schools/local_story_290184648.html http://www.newsandtribune.com/schools/local_story_290184648.html The H1N1, or swine flu, is affecting schools throughout the county, including one that had about 20 percent of its population out for days. Wed, 14 Oct 2009 23:50:00 +0000 http://www.newsandtribune.com/schools/local_story_287235118.html http://www.newsandtribune.com/schools/local_story_287235118.html As the one-to-one computer initiatives at Charlestown middle and high schools receive much attention, staff at Pleasant Ridge Elementary School are starting one as well.