Food allergies are scary. Wilson Elementary sixth-grader Lake Ille wants to make them less scary and better understood. He’s taking that message to Washington on September 30th when he’ll join eighty other students in giving a presentation to Congress.
Lake has a severe peanut allergy. His personal experiences and concern for himself and other [...]
Posted on September 21st, 2009 in Schools
Only six schools in the nation received the Phoebe Apperson-Hearst National PTA Family-School Partnership Award of Excellence, and Wilson Elementary School was one of them.
Wilson was recognized for “Collaborating with Community.” Principal Dr. Ann Roberts accepted the award on behalf of her staff. “They did it all,” she said. Work on the award application [...]
Posted on September 21st, 2009 in Schools
How do you keep an award-winning school district on top, even as enrollment and expenses rise, as buildings crumble and as the anti-tax crowd cries like a bunch of kindergartners at the very idea of spending money on something as wasteful as education?
Those are the tough issues facing the Forest Hills Board of Education. [...]
Posted on August 25th, 2009 in Schools
Another summer has come and gone. Tuesday morning (8/25), scenes like this one played out all around Anderson as Forest Hills Schools students went back to class to begin the 2009 school year:
Emma arrived home safe, happy and excited about all of her new experiences. Good luck to all of the students around Anderson!
Posted on August 20th, 2009 in Schools
Students and parents around Anderson once again start the school year with renewed concerns about one of the most-feared communicable diseases of childhood:
On a more positive note, Forest Hills School teachers and administrators are excited to kick off the new school year, which officially begins with the first day of classes next Tuesday (8/25). [...]
Sidewalks are one of the best ways to improve the livability of a community. Anderson Township is adding more this Spring as part of the Anderson Trails project. Trails coordinator Tom Caruso says both jobs should start in the next few weeks.
First, the township has contracted to build about 1600 feet of new [...]
