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Education

  • EARLIER: WAZE: SCPS had oral contract to build 3 schools

    Football fans can expect more long lines of vehicles at Collins High School games this year while the Shelby County Board of Education and WAZE Development continue to battle about a northern extension of Discovery Boulevard.

    Now, the next hearing in the board's lawsuit against WAZE, former owner of the property where Collins was built, won't be held until Aug. 17, the same day the 2011-12 school year begins.

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  • Education summit: Ky. trying to get in front of U.S. goals

    A group of nearly 50 from educational associations, school districts and legislators both state and federal met Monday at Collins High School to begin the discussion of the relationship of the future of education in Kentucky with federal standards.

    The Kentucky Leads The Nation group, started by the Shelbyville-based Ohio Valley Educational Cooperative, is trying to get out in front of the reform and reauthorization of the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), also known as No Child Left Behind.

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  • EARLIER: Tab for Collins athletic field repair: $360,682

    Although clearly hesitant to invest more than a quarter of a million dollars to fix the athletic field at Collins High School,  school board officials voted Thursday night to do so – despite the fact that the engineer who spoke to the school board admitted that the field may be beyond repair.

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  • Shelby schools' year-end test results: Good progress

    Shelby County students – particularly elementary students – have shown some positive progress in areas of reading and math during the past school year.

    That was the news delivered Thursday to the Shelby County School Board from the third and final MAP assessment tests of the year.

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  • Neihof’s report: Good finish

    Shelby County Schools Superintendent James Neihof wrapped up the 2010-2011 school year on a positive note during last Thursday’s school board meeting.

    He spoke about teachers’ plans for the summer school curriculum, and that they planned to focus heavily on reading and literacy.

    He also reminded everyone that a traffic light was expected to be installed at the entrance to Collins High School at Discovery Boulevard soon, though he did not have an exact date.

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  • Vietnam vet ‘graduates’ – 42 years after his class

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  • Cornerstone seniors earn $669,356 in aid

    Cornerstone Christian Academy graduated a class of eight Saturday afternoon at First Baptist Church.

    Those seven earned a staggering $669,356 in scholarship money, including Valedictorian Kaitlyn Grunder and Audra Cronen's scholarships, worth about $175,000 each.

    All seven graduates earned some scholarship money, ranging from Grunder and Cronen to $2,500 grants.

    The following seniors, listed with their diploma, graduated:

    Lyla Abild – general diploma

    Tiffany Aldridge – advanced college prep diploma

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  • GRADUATION 2011: The final rite of a new era

    Words such as ecstatic, happy, proud and excited were tossed around, with quotes from Dr. Seuss, Christopher Robin and Nemo that focused on grasping the future ahead.

    On Saturday, Shelby County’s first double graduation day in more than 30 years went off without a hitch.

    There may have been two classes graduating, but the excitement came from Simpsonville, Shelbyville, Bagdad, Pleasureville and Waddy, with several of the same faces turning up at both commencements — including both parents and students.

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  • SCHS Senior Awards Night

    Awards

    Phi Beta Kappa Book

    Alyssa Anderson

    DAR Citzenship Awards

    Katelyn McNew

    Kiwanis Best All-Around Senior Female

    Michaela Manley

    Rotary Best All-Around Senior Male

    Lane Taylor

    Female Athlete of the Year

    Michaela Manley

    Male Athlete of the Year

    Quinten Cottrell

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  • Collins Senior Awards Night

    Senior Awards

    DAR Citizenship Award

    Lindsay Tripp

    Salutorian

    Tanner Smith

    Valedictorian

    Lindsay Tripp

    Kiwanis Best All-Around Senior Female

    Lindsay Tripp

    Rotary Best All-Around Senior Male

    Branden Cresap

    Female Athlete of the Year

    Kristina Gramig

    Male Athlete of the Year

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