The number of pupils who were offered a grammar school place while living outside the county has been revealed. Figures from Kent County Council (KCC) and Medway Council suggest youngsters from as far as Buckinghamshire, Wiltshire and Hertfordshire were allocated a spot at a Kent selective school. Following a Freedom...
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A white Pennsylvania State University at Abington professor resigned in August and is now suing, alleging discrimination against white people. Penn State at Abington hired Zack K. DePiero in 2018 as a non-tenure-track assistant teaching professor of English and composition. “Almost immediately upon beginning his employment at Penn State, defendants...
AMATEUR RADIO ‘FIELD DAY’—Members of the Bristol Amateur Radio Club (VA/TN) and the Mountain Empire Amateur Radio Society (Smyth and Washington Counties, VA) will be participating in the national amateur radio Field Day exercise, Saturday, June 24, at 2 p.m. and Sunday, June 25, at 2 p.m. at White Top...
Officials at Clarkston High School have released their honor roll for spring semester 2023. Students named to the list include: SENIORS: 4.0 GPA — Kaiden J. Barr, Gracie R. Bonson, Greta M. Boreson, Mia I. Bunce, Caleb F. Daniel, Thuan Dao, Samantha N. Erks, Cameren D. Fisher, Nathan R. Gall,...
Susan “Sue” Summers Goodson September 27, 1946 – May 03, 2023 Susan “Sue” Summers Goodson was born in Fairbury, Nebraska on September 27, 1946, the oldest of nine children born to Samuel R. and Ruth E. Law Summers of Belvidere, Nebraska. In 1957, the family moved to Alexandria, Nebraska. Sue...
A primary school has received a prestigious award for developing its arts and culture provision. Isaac Newton Primary School received the Artsmark Silver Award for exploring how children could express their experiences during the Covid-19 pandemic and how the upheavals in their daily lives had affected them. The Artsmark Award,...
Ripon High School announced the students named to its semester two honor roll for the 2022-23 school year. Students on the list include: HIGH HONORS (GPA +3.7): ➤ Freshmen — Adeline Baird, Brooke Baker, Hayden Baker, Seth Barwick, Andrea Beck, Vicente Beltran, Ashley Bradley, Erik Brockman, Reese Brooks, Priscilla Clauson,...
ABINGDON, Va.— Wellspring Foundation of Southwest Virginia officials presented a $1 million check to Virginia Highlands Community College Friday to support construction of its advanced technology and workforce development center. The 20,000-square-foot center, which is under construction on the campus behind the Southwest Virginia Higher Education center, is designed to...
Gerard “Gerry” Kugel, DMD, PhD, has been selected as the next dean of the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Dentistry in Lincoln. Pending University of Nebraska Board of Regents approval of his appointment, Dr. Kugel will start on Sept. 18. “Amid all of the highly qualified candidates, Dr....
An ideal week for Danielle Marsh includes almost-daily five- to seven-mile runs with at least two longer treks, all in the name of training for an annual 200-mile run that takes place over the course of a single week. It’s a challenge the 2007 Boiling Springs High School graduate, who...