Education

Purdue University Calumet’s 2015 fall semester Dean’s List recognized 1,497 undergraduate students for their academic achievement. Students who completed 12 credit hours, including at least six during the fall, qualified for Dean’s List recognition by …

The Indiana University Honors Program in Foreign Languages has selected 2 PHS students for their summer study abroad program, and plans to interview 2 more. After a lengthy application process and a language proficiency test, Kaitlyn Yates, grade 12, and Kai …

Old Man Winter has been good to us this year! It’s hard to believe I am typing this on a 52 degree day. Let’s keep this rolling and hang up our hat and mittens for the year. We are heading into testing season and it is important that we help our students …

The students at Westville Middle School and High School completed the first semester of the 2015-16 School Year. See below for the students who achieved the honor roll of the first semester and second quarter. Middle School 2nd Quarter Honor Roll Middle …

Liberty Intermediate School sixth grade spelling bee winners are, left to right, Noah Fletcher-first, Eric Swanson-second, and Cormac Fallon-third. Fletcher will represent Liberty Intermediate on Thursday, February 11 at 6:00 pm at Wheeler High School in the …

Recently, the Indiana Department of Education released the 2014-15 A-F school grades and I am proud to report that Michigan City High School continues to show improvement. Since the A-F model began in 2011-12, we have improved in all four of the major …

The Porter County Career and Technical Center would like to recognize its teachers and programs during February’s Career and Technical Education Month. The center directs programs in a variety of locations for students from 10 area high schools. It is …

The Chesterton High School Jazz Ensemble concluded their two-night “Big Band Bash” event this past Saturday with a weekend total of nearly 200 people in attendance. The Bash replicates the dances that were so popular during the war years of the 1940’s …

They filed into Raintree Hall at Indiana University Northwest (IUN) in Gary, bright and early, unaware of any expectations other than knowing it was time to showcase a skill they learned and practiced for a chance to capture first place and move on to a state …