The Knox Community School Corporation has cut three teaching positions.
Continue readingKnox School Board Accepts Donations for Redskin Academy, Lunch Accounts, Student Expenses
The Knox Community School Corporation’s alternative high school has gotten a $1,000 boost. The school board recently accepted an anonymous donation for the Redskin Academy.
Continue readingKnox Schools Looking to Ease Quarantine Requirements following New State Guidelines
The Knox Community School Corporation is adjusting to changing COVID-19 quarantine guidelines.
Continue readingRedskin Academy Graduation Success Story Shared with Knox School Board
The Knox Community School Corporation’s Redskin academy continues making an impact on students’ lives. Director of Curriculum and Instruction Peggy Shidaker shared another success story from the alternative high school program during Tuesday’s school board meeting.
Continue readingKnox School Officials Disappointed with Secured School Safety Grant Award
Indiana may have just awarded its largest round of Secured School Safety Grants, but Knox school officials are disappointed with their share of the funding this year. The Knox Community School Corporation was awarded less than $17,000, a significant drop from last year.
Continue readingRedskin Academy Celebrates Sixth Graduate
The Knox Community School Corporation continues to see success with its alternative high school program, as it nears the end of its first year.
Continue readingHoosier Students, Teachers Adjusting to New ILEARN Test
Students around Indiana began taking the first ILEARN test this week. Some of the key differences between ILEARN and the ISTEP test it’s replacing were highlighted during last week’s Knox School Board meeting.
Continue readingKnox School Board Receives Grants from Starke County Community Foundation
More than $18,000 in grant funding was presented to the Knox School Board Monday. The school corporation is once again getting $15,000 for Kindergarten Countdown from the Hardesty Memorial Endowment Fund. Director of Curriculum and Instruction Peggy Shidaker told board members that the Countdown camp is designed for any incoming kindergarten student who hasn’t attended preschool.
Continue readingKnox School Bus Drivers to be Trained in Spotting Child Abuse, Homelessness
The Knox Community School Corporation will be training its bus drivers this week on how to spot child abuse and homelessness.
Continue readingRedskin Academy Celebrates First Graduates
The Knox School Board got a recap of the Redskin Academy’s first semester last week.
Knox Elementary School Mourns Death of Student
Knox Elementary School is mourning the loss of one of its students. Nine-year-old Lilyan Coddington passed away last weekend.
Knox School Board Gets Update on New After-School Tutoring Initiative at Middle, High Schools
Another way to help students who have fallen behind is being put in place at Knox Middle and High schools.
Redskin Academy Up and Running
The Knox school officials are reporting success with the new alternative high school program. Director of Curriculum and Instruction Peggy Shidaker told the school board last week that 29 students are enrolled in the Redskin Academy. Sixteen of them attend full-time.
Knox School Board Updated on School Safety, Formative Assessment Grants
The Knox School Board got an update last week on a pair of state grant programs. Director of Curriculum and Instruction Peggy Shidaker said the $50,000 Secured School Safety Matching Grant the corporation recently got will help pay for a new fire/surveillance system at the high school.
Knox School Board Approves Administrator Contracts
The Knox School Board approved several administrators’ contracts Tuesday. “The administrators who are not changing positions will be on, like, status quo contracts until we figure out if we’re going to be able to give salary increases for this year,” Superintendent Dr. William Reichhart explained. “So for those, they will make the same salary as what they made previously, until we settle the teachers’ contract, and then we’ll be able to go back and look at other administrators.”
Knox Community Schools Anticipates $30,000 Increase in Title I Funding
The Knox Community School Corporation anticipates a boost in Title I funding for the upcoming school year. The federal program provides resources to schools with high percentages of students from low-income families.
Knox Kindergarten Countdown Program Gets $15,000 Grant from Hardesty Fund
Knox Elementary School will once again be able to offer two Kindergarten Countdown camps, thanks to a $15,000 grant from the Hardesty Memorial Endowment Fund. That will allow the program to serve 40 incoming kindergartners, according to Director of Curriculum and Instruction Peggy Shidaker.
Starke County Children Invited to Block Party
All Starke County children from newborn to kindergarten-aged children are invited to a block party this Thursday, March 15.
Children will visit organized block play stations with informational topics for parents. This event will help children get a sense of the aspects of math, science, literacy, and social and physical skills by engaging in block play. By playing with blocks, early childhood experts say that children learn a host of skills including imagination, self-expression, creativity, self-esteem, and emotional growth.
