Education
By Julie Anderson
Thu May 22, 2008, 01:09 PM CDT
With the architects chosen, more work is beginning to get underway with the proposed football stadium.
The architects, David Stewart and Vince Haines, with PKHLS, presented a proposed project outline at the Football Stadium Steering Committee meeting Tuesday.
By Julie Anderson
Tue May 20, 2008, 04:43 PM CDT
Butler Community College students closed another chapter in their lives Saturday during Butler's 81st Commencement Ceremonies.
"Graduates, you are at the very heart of what this is about," said Leann Ellis, vice president of academic affairs.
By Jon Pic
Fri May 16, 2008, 05:13 PM CDT
Over the last 28 years, El Dorado Middle School language arts teacher Margo Funk hopes she’s been able to impart this bit of wisdom to her students:
“Push yourself to go as far as you can; never just settle. In life, you don’t know what’s going to come your way or what opportunities are going to be available to you. If you’ve done your best to prepare yourself for that situation, then you’re better prepared to take advantage of those opportunities.”
By Robin Nixon
Thu May 15, 2008, 04:45 PM CDT
The Butler Community College Board of Trustees met Tuesday evening to discuss approval of the Composite Engineering Technology Program.
“It’s about meeting the need for area employers,” Butler president, Jackie Vietti said, in response to the program’s many benefits.
By Jon Pic
Fri May 09, 2008, 04:24 PM CDT
Since Jennifer Jones was crowned Miss Butler County 2008 in October, she’s tallied up, the KU student has appeared before about 4 million people.
El Dorado Middle School sixth graders got the chance to join that group when Jones spoke to them Thursday morning about the importance of being a friend. She’s delivered her message to more than 30 elementary and high schools so far and EMS was the third time she’s spoken to a middle school crowd.
By Jon Pic
Wed Apr 30, 2008, 12:01 PM CDT
Butler Community College’s proposed Welcome Center could be in a tight position, possibly pushing back the original plans to have it open for fall 2009. With unexpected crunches cinching up the school’s budget, the center could be looking at a completion date in 2011.
By Julie Anderson
Wed Apr 30, 2008, 11:59 AM CDT
After 31 years of sharing knowledge with youth, Brenda Addison, a fifth grade teacher at Lincoln Elementary decided it was time to retire.
She has been teaching with the district for 27 years. Before coming to El Dorado, she taught in Hamilton for four years.
By Julie Anderson
Wed Apr 30, 2008, 11:53 AM CDT
On Thursday, the El Dorado Tree Board planted a tree at Lincoln Elementary in celebration of Arbor Day.
By Jon Pic
Mon Apr 28, 2008, 03:43 PM CDT
Poetry, like giving, often comes from the heart.
Friday evening, members of the El Dorado High School Kansas Association of Youth (KAY) were doing both.
Fri Apr 25, 2008, 08:31 PM CDT
For about 15 members of the El Dorado High School class of 2008, Thursday offered a glimpse into the past.
On April 17, 2001, students in Patti Cost and Nancy Peterie’s fifth grade classes at Skelly Elementary sealed a box with trinkets, photos and memorabilia to be opened shortly before graduating from El Dorado High School.
Now, seven years later and with graduation less than a month away, those students took a trip down memory lane as they surveyed those items and reminisced about what they were like at 11 years old.
By Julie Anderson
Fri Apr 25, 2008, 08:23 PM CDT
Shoving in the hall, calling names, being left out… these used to be the only types of bullying kids had to deal with. But as with everything, things continue to evolve.
The use of technology – text messages, instant messaging, Myspace, and so on – opens up a whole new level of bullying, cyber bullying.
By Jon Pic
Mon Apr 21, 2008, 04:26 PM CDT
Prom was a dream come true for El Dorado High School students Saturday night at the Civic Center.
By Julie Anderson
Fri Apr 18, 2008, 08:58 PM CDT
After 28 years, Debbie Melcher is “hanging up her P.E. whistle.”
Melcher, who is an elementary physical education teacher, will be retiring at the end of this school year.
By Jon Pic
Wed Apr 16, 2008, 05:03 PM CDT
Butler Community College students will be hoofing it to the tony tunes of 60 years of Broadway hits this weekend. The dance department’s final show of the year, entitled “Steppin’ Out,” will feature numbers from “West Side Story,” “Rent,” “Fosse,” “Hair,” “Tarzan” and “Grease.”
By Jon Pic
Tue Apr 15, 2008, 08:42 PM CDT
Week of the Young Child kicked off — or more accurately, lifted off — with a balloon launch at the Union Pacific Train Depot Monday morning, as children from Butler Community College’s EduCare, Head Start and the First Baptist Church Daycare celebrated their recognition.
By Julie Anderson
Mon Apr 14, 2008, 04:47 PM CDT
A group of El Dorado Middle School students braved the cool weather Saturday to wash a number of dogs.
By Jon Pic
Fri Apr 11, 2008, 05:17 PM CDT
USD 490's Board of Education is meeting Monday night at 5:30 p.m., beginning with a work session where Greg Buster will present a review of special education services.
By Julie Anderson
Wed Apr 09, 2008, 11:05 AM CDT
Preparation work began on Monday, including turning off the utilities and removing some of the items to be saved, such as the tile Wildcat, which will be placed in the new building once it is completed. It is expected to take two to three months to compete the process to finish the deconstruction of the building.
By Julie Anderson
Fri Apr 04, 2008, 09:12 PM CDT
After eight years at El Dorado High School and 37 total years teaching, EHS English teacher Dorothy Beer decided it was time to focus her energy on something else important to her.
By Julie Anderson
Tue Apr 01, 2008, 04:57 PM CDT
El Dorado High School will be inviting the public to take a look at their new classroom wing Sunday.
By Julie Anderson
Fri Mar 28, 2008, 08:02 PM CDT
Partners In Education members took turns surprising district teachers with a monetary gift this week.
PIE was presenting their Spring 2008 Teacher Grants.
Among those receiving the grants were four Grandview Elementary teachers, who were presented with checks Thursday morning.
