Some of the first students to get an education at Belleville's Cathedral Grade School donated computer equipment to the school to ensure a quality education for its students today.
"We're just so impressed that they thought of us," Principal Kay Bennett said of the class of 1959, the school's first graduating class.
Bennett said members of the class of 1959 were so impressed with the school's technology on a recent tour for their 50th anniversary celebration that they took it upon themselves to donate a computer slate to the school.
The slate allows teachers to be mobile in the classroom while working with interactive white boards to teach instead of only being able to work where the computer for the white boards is stationed.
Bennett said she hopes the donation will prompt other classes to give back to the school.
"We can't thank them enough for not only being the first class but also for just allowing us to keep on providing a quality education," she said. ...
Teatro Milagro, a Latino theater group from Oregon, will perform the drama "El Ultimo" at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month at 10 a.m. today in the Meridian Ballroom of the Morris University Center. The SIUE Department of Foreign Languages and Literature are sponsoring the event. For more information, call 650-3510. ...
Sara Schleifer, a Collinsville High School senior from Maryville, was one of three students to receive a $2,500 Student of Ethics award from the Better Business Bureau Serving Eastern Missouri and Southern Illinois. About 230 students applied for the award, and Schleifer was the only metro-east student to win. ...
McKendree University's Brown Bag series begins at noon today with a presentation about the public service work professor Brenda Boudreau and a group of McKendree students did during a spring break trip to Jamaica.
The series runs through Dec. 2. All the talks are held at noon in Room 222 of the Piper Academic Center on campus, 701 College Road in Lebanon. They are free and open to the public.
Seventh-graders from Ss. Peter and Paul Catholic Grade School in Waterloo took a field trip to Springfield Friday. The trip included tours of the State Capitol, Lincoln's tomb and the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum.
The Illinois Student Assistance Commission, the state's financial aid agency, deployed members of its Corps program to community colleges throughout the state in efforts to help Illinois students afford a college education.
The Corps members assigned to Southwestern Illinois College are Rebecca Erickson, who can be reached at rerickson@isac.org or 973-9982, and Demetrius Upchurch, who can be reached at dupchurch@isac.org or 973-9987. At East St. Louis Community College Center, contact Jonathan Brown at jonbrown@isac.org or at 973-9979. At Lewis and Clark Community College, contact Kurt Kelley at kkelley@isac.org or 973-9984, or LaToya Young at lyoung@isac.org or 973-9988.
Clint Harre, of Nashville, won a $500 award from the National Dairy Shrine for his leadership skills, involvement in activities, academic accomplishments and his interest in the dairy industry. Harre is a 2009 graduate of the University of Illinois where he earned a degree in animal science.
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