Oregon-Davis High School will offer new food science and interior design courses next school year. The school board last week approved the addition of four classes to the Course Description Guide, according to Superintendent Dr. Don Harman.
Continue readingLocal school administrators are looking toward the state’s new Graduation Pathways as a way to help current students struggling to pass the ISTEP. Knox High School Principal Dr. Elizabeth Ratliff told the school board last week that the initiative provides more options to students planning careers in various skilled trades.
As prom season approaches, local high schools are once again warning students of the dangers of drunk and distracted driving. The Oregon-Davis SADD chapter is holding its annual mock crash today for high school juniors and seniors. Fire trucks, rescue vehicles, and a helicopter are all expected to be on the Oregon-Davis campus, as part of the presentation.
Preventing substance abuse by identifying those who are most at risk before they develop an addiction is the goal of a program coming to two Starke County high schools. This week, the Knox and Oregon-Davis school boards learned about the PreVenture program. Indianapolis-based nonprofit Overdose Lifeline received funding from the Division of Mental Health and Addiction to offer the program in seven Indiana counties, including Starke, Pulaski, and LaPorte.
Oregon-Davis High School students are taking advantage of an online learning tool. The school board got an update Monday on the Apex program, according to Superintendent Dr. Don Harman. “We have 24 seats,” he explains. “I think 13 students have earned 17 credits.”
The Oregon-Davis School Board has finalized some updates to the corporation’s Course Description Guide. Several new high school classes will be offered starting next school year, including Industrial Automation and Robotics, Criminal Justice, and Electronic Music. Students will also be able to choose from several additional online courses through a digital learning program called Apex.
Oregon-Davis High School students may soon be able to take classes in Industrial Automation and Robotics, Criminal Justice, and Electronic Music. An updated course description guide was presented to the school board last week, according to Superintendent Dr. Don Harman. Continue reading
About 20 Oregon-Davis High School students will be getting some agricultural experience this summer, as part of the school’s Supervised Agricultural Experience program.
Oregon-Davis High School students may soon be able to become certified lifeguards as part of their coursework. Continue reading
Oregon-Davis High School is trying to put an end to cell phone use during the school day. Continue reading
Hamlet’s Yellowstone Trail Fest is this weekend at the Starke County Fairgrounds. The festival officially kicks off tomorrow morning at 9:00 CDT with a flag raising ceremony, followed by the introduction of the 2016 grand marshal and Miss Yellowstone Trail Fest Queen. Continue reading
Hamlet’s Yellowstone Trail Fest will have a 1920s theme this year. The theme looks to recognize the period when automobile travel was just becoming popular and routes like the Yellowstone Trail were helping to make intercity travel by car possible. Continue reading
A mock traffic accident will be staged at 1:30 this afternoon at Oregon-Davis High School. School resource officer John Kohles says multiple squad cars and possibly a Med-Flight helicopter will be taking part in the demonstration. It aims to remind students of the dangers of impaired driving, during the week leading up to prom.
Prospective college students and their parents can get a crash course in financial aid from the staff at Ancilla College. They’re hosting financial aid workshops tonight at Knox High School and Monday at Oregon-Davis. Both sessions start at 6 p.m. CST. Continue reading
You are free to choose, but you are not free from the consequences of those choices. That’s the message Oregon-Davis Middle School language arts teacher Angie Radke shared with high school students there after a mock drunk driving crash in the school parking lot. Radke’s best friend, Brooklyn Boo, was killed by a drunk driver in 1998, a week after their junior prom at North Judson-San Pierre High School. Continue reading
The animals at the Starke County Humane Society are the beneficiaries of an Oregon-Davis High School class project. Chemistry 2 students applied the principles of stoichiometry, which is the study of the amounts of substances involved in reactions, to baking. Continue reading
Ancilla College officials will be at Oregon-Davis High School tonight to share information about applying for college financial aid. They’ve scheduled a presentation about completing the FAFSA at 6 p.m. and will remain to help parents and students complete the form. It’s due March 10 and must be submitted in order to be considered for any federal grants, low-interest loans or scholarships. Continue reading
An Oregon-Davis High School student among those selected from around the region for a youth leadership program. Hannah Clark is the only student from Starke County chosen for the South Shore Leadership Youth for Community Engagement (SLYCE) program. She was among 70 applicants interviewed by a selection committee. Continue reading
The Oregon-Davis High School’s Student’s Against Destructive Decisions (SADD) organization teamed up with the school’s two resource officers to make the consequences of drunk driving eminent to students who will be attending prom this weekend.
They staged a two-vehicle crash with a fatality and multiple injuries in the school parking lot Friday afternoon. Some of the students wore prom dresses and were made up to replicate real car crash victims. Empty beer cans were also scattered across the cars and outside of the vehicles to imply the drivers were intoxicated.
