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Millstadt's two public schools to have one principal next year

Millstadt Primary Center and Millstadt Consolidated School will be under the direction of one principal next school year. Who that person will be is still being determined by the Millstadt School District 160 school board, according to Superintendent...

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McKendree donates to UN charity

McKendree University has donated $1,000 to Nothing But Nets, a United Nations Foundation that raises awareness of malaria and fights its spread by distributing anti-malaria bed nets.
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State board wants high school students to serve on advisory council

The Illinois State Board of Education is taking applications from high school students interested in serving on the state agency's Student Advisory Council for the 2013-14 school year.
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Lindenwood names first president of Belleville campus

Lindenwood University has announced that Jerry Bladdick has been named the first president of the school's Belleville campus.
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District 201 to end year in black; state owes district nearly $2 million

Belleville School District 201 is expecting to end the current fiscal year in the black despite the fact the state owes the district close to $2 million.
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High school students' artwork honored with awards at Art on the Square

A Marion High School student won best of show in this year's Art on the Square's high school art competition. Tessa Shevlin's photograph entitled "Bryleighs Red Umbrella" took the top prize, and she received $500. The annual Art on the Square festival was held Friday through Sunday in downtown Belleville...
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First graduation at Lindenwood in Belleville: 'What they have done for this community is unbelievable'

On a warm spring day, students at Lindenwood University-Belleville took time from studying for finals to play Frisbee in the sunken garden in front of the college at 2600 W. Main St.
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'Be a 3-year-old': Israeli artist gives lesson to O'Fallon students

Students at Fulton Junior High and Carriel Junior High in O'Fallon learned to ignore all the rules and tune out all the critics Thursday.
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Foppe to give SLU commencement address

John Foppe understands why college students want to pursue their passions, but he also encourages them to find their missions.
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Metro-east high schools set commencement ceremonies

High school seniors across the metro-east are getting ready for their graduation ceremonies. Here is a list of the ceremonies:
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Whiteside presents honorary diploma to family of deceased student

The family of Amari Clark, a 12-year-old girl killed in a car crash in April 2011, will be presented with an honorary eighth grade diploma during Whiteside Middle School's eighth grade graduation ceremony at 7 p.m. Friday. Amari was a sixth grade student at Whiteside at the time of the crash, and...