Education

Calling all heroes!

February 17, 2016
Calling all heroes!

HART — Spitler Elementary students this spring will have the unique opportunity to walk with heroes — not the cliché caped crusaders or masked marvels from comic books, but the real everyday heroes who work tirelessly to make our community a better place to live. Local veterans, law enforcement, emergency medical personnel, firefighters, and other public servants will be encouraged…

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Students help teachers pay for classroom supplies.

February 16, 2016
Students help teachers pay for classroom supplies.

OCEANA COUNTY — Teachers across the US pay for about 77 percent of classroom supplies out of their own pockets — about $500 per year, according to a school supply industry trade group.   Every teacher knows this; most adults, students and their parents probably don’t. But this comes as no surprise to 43 area high school students who are…

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School district unveils health center Feb. 23.

February 15, 2016

SHELBY — District Health Department #10 and Shelby Public Schools invite Oceana County residents to the Shelby Adolescent Health Center’s open house Tuesday, Feb. 23. A ribbon-cutting ceremony will take place at 4:30 p.m., and the public can tour the newly-renovated facility and meet staff from 4:45-6:30 p.m. The Shelby Adolescent Health Center is located inside Shelby Middle School at…

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Hart teacher nominated for national award.

January 18, 2016
Hart teacher nominated for national award.

HART —  Eric Jensen, seventh and eighth grade social studies teacher at Hart Middle School, has been nominated for the 2015-2016 national LifeChanger of the Year award. Sponsored by the National Life Group Foundation, the LifeChanger of the Year program recognizes and rewards the very best K-12 public and private school educators and employees across the United States who are…

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Girls on the Run recruits coaches

December 14, 2015
Girls on the Run recruits coaches

HART — The Girls on the Run program of District Health Department #10 is in need of volunteer coaches for the 2016 season. Girls on the Run is a national program on a mission is to inspire girls to be joyful, healthy, and confident while using a fun, experience-based curriculum that creatively integrates running. This program is offered to third…

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