Education

Gary native sponsored by AmeriCorps to support first generation students Most of the students who visit Lendora Johnson in her fourth-floor office in Hawthorn Hall do a double take when they learn that she is really the professional they came to...

On Thursday evening, donors, friends, and alumni of IU Northwest came together in the school’s annual celebration of student scholarships at the Avalon Manor in Hobart. Scholarship recipients and donors celebrated the significance of philanthropy...

Jackson Elementary fourth grade students, left to right, Kate Caracci, Jessie Bouche, Samantha Bilyak and Jackson Westmoreland conduct a daily morning news program with help from additional fourth grade anchors who broadcast the weather, birthdays,...

Liberty Intermediate School hosted a Veterans Day program last week. In honor of veterans, sixth grade students wrote essays about what Veterans Day means to them. Winners of the contest were front row, left to right, fifth grade winners Andrew...

Red Ribbon activities: Liberty Intermediate students celebrated Red Ribbon “Drug-Free” Week with many activities. One of the events was the annual poster contest and “Why I Choose To Be Drug-Free” writing contest. Fifth and sixth grade...

Jackson Elementary Kindergarten teacher Laura Balk tries on a real fireman's gear and shares her experience with her students as Chesterton Fireman Steve Williams looks on. October is Fire Safety and Prevention Month and Kindergarten classes visited...

Leaders of higher education research programs can use a resource from a Purdue Research Park-based firm to seek grant resources for research programs in health care, physical and social sciences, arts and humanities, the environment, military...

Written by Kevin Zeck, Principal of Bailly Elementary School Often, on a fall Monday morning, our “water cooler” conversations are often focused on weekend sporting events. Everyone has their opinion and everyone has their favorite team....

Program includes Hands-on Family Science, laser show and planetarium show The Challenger Learning Center of Northwest Indiana will be hosting its Second Saturday Family Science Program on Saturday, Nov. 9 beginning at 2:00 p.m. The event’s cost is...

The Duneland Exchange Club recently presented Brummitt Elementary fourth grade student Ella Rodriguez, center front, with the Young Citizenship Award. Also pictured, left to right, her teacher Pamela Moore, brother Jack Rodriguez, mother Natalie...