The Golden Eagles of McCombs Middle School are kicking off the month of February with some community service projects to show students care and are stepping up to give back to our community. McCombs students made more than …
One hackneyed complaint of students about the humdrum of schoolwork is the perceived irrelevance of what they work on in the classroom to the real, outside world. Merrill Middle School is flying full speed ahead into the face …
Hillis Elementary School was the site Friday morning of an ad hoc summit conference on AmeriCorps and the profound impact it’s making in the district. Wendy Spencer, CEO of the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), Iowa …
Volunteerism has been getting a lot of attention lately. In early September, Governor Terry Branstad and Lt. Governor Kim Reynolds issued a joint “call to service” aimed at boosting Iowa from #2 to #1 in the nation in …
Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds visited Edmunds Elementary Monday afternoon to practice what she and Governor Terry Branstad are preaching. Earlier in the day the state’s two chief executives had formally issued a “call to service” challenging all Iowans …
