Posts Tagged ‘attendance’
by Jack Minor – A Massachusetts elementary school that believed it would prevent people from being offended by removing the word, “God” from a well-known patriotic anthem written by Lee Greenwood achieved just the opposite result. The Stall Brook school in Bellingham, Massachusetts wanted to replace the phrase “God bless the USA,” which is [...]
Tags: attendance, convention, debate, decision, District Superintendent Edward Fleury, God, God Bless, Lee, Lee Greenwood, Liberty Counsel, Massachusetts, Nancy Reagan, news, President Ronald Reagan, Reagan, Ronald Reagan, School, Stall Brook, USA, word
Calls for states to force all teenagers to remain in school until gruaduation or age 18 by Matt Lacy – President Obama’s call to states to curb dropout rates by forcing students to remain in high school until they graduate has raised concerns among homeschoolers. In the President’s State of the Union message Tuesday evening, [...]
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by Jack Minor – A Planned Parenthood program in New York that employs teenagers required them to attend a homosexual pride parade as a condition of employment, causing some to question the organization’s use of taxpayer dollars. The Planned Parenthood program, Seriously Talking About Responsible Sex (STARS) employs teenagers as “peer educators.” According to the organization’s [...]
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by Jack Minor – A University of Northern Colorado faculty member told the Evans city council that they hope to break last year’s record for community attendance during this year’s homecoming week. Mayor Lyle Achziger issued a proclamation declaring the week of Sept. 18-24 to be “UNC Week” for the city of Evans. [...]
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by Vanessa Dominguez Communication and marketing plan update was the first item on City Council’s agenda. Last fall, the city council decided they needed to do a better job with the money they had to work with. They plan to use the existing resources available to create a positive city image. The city does public [...]
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Board has held number of special meetings with short notice by Jack Minor Recent local “news” has focused on the attendance of Brett Reese at school board meetings, however, one other board member has the same number of absences since the end of the 2009-2010 school year. Since the end of May, 2010, when the [...]
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Gazette Opinion Much like the line for popular concert tickets or Black Friday sales, the line for student applications to the recently approved West Ridge Academy is expected to begin forming outside the night before. Why would parents stand in line all night just to get an application to a school? The answer is as [...]
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Open enrollment for new school requests will be Jan. 3—Feb. 11 Students who are currently attending a District 6 school outside their neighborhood attendance area on an open enrollment or transfer status will no longer have to reapply each year to continue attending their schools. In previous years, students who were attending a school via [...]
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Olivia Zadkovic and Alea Shaeffer from Meeker Elementary cut the ribbon for the new playground at Scott Elementary. The two girls started a lemonade stand to help raise funds for a new playground over the summer Story and photo By Jack Minor Scott students participated in a ribbon cutting ceremony for the new playground and [...]
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By Jack Minor At the Greeley/Evans District 6 School Board meeting last Monday night, board members discussed the ramifications of the Education Accountability Act passed by the state legislature that now allows the State to accredit school districts. Under a new system of ratings, to be finalized later this year, individual schools will be accredited [...]
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story and pictures by Zachary Jory 50,000 volunteer hours have been contributed during the construction of the Greeley Freight Station Museum. Dave Trussell, director of the museum, emphasizes the importance of this superb volunteer help in assuring the success of the museum. 260 people have volunteered since the inception of the museum. These volunteers ensure [...]
Tags: attendance, Dave, Dave Trussell, Freight Station, Greeley, Greeley Freight Station Museum, help, importance, Maine, model, Museum, org, organization, story, volunteer, Zachary Jory
By Vanessa Dominguez April Wilson, the mother of Kayleah Wilson, stopped by Culver’s Restaurant on Monday to offer her thanks to the Greeley community for all of their support during her horrible ordeal. “I just want to say thank you to everyone that helped, even before this with the searches”. The two day event at [...]
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By Rebekah Elliott The Grand Old Party assembled early morning on Saturday, April 10 at Northridge High School Gymnasium to decide the Republican candidates for Weld County. Over 300 Delegates and Alternates attended the event. Many interested observers sat in the grandstands that surround the gymnasium floor. The building was abuzz with conversations concerning the [...]
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