July 27, 2009
 

Memorial Scholar Gives Up Senior Year to Start College Early  

Alexa Sieracki should be looking forward to her senior year at Memorial High School and practicing the volleyball skills that have taken her Charger team to the state finals the past two years.   Instead, the 16-year-old is preparing to enter her first year of college.  | More

John Minichillo, a 1986 Graduate of Memorial High School, has had several of his short stories published in literary magazines over the past decade. His goal now is to see his name on the cover of a book jacket. Minichillo, an assistant professor of English at Middle Tennessee State University, moved a step closer to his dream when his latest novel was selected as a semi-finalist for the 2009 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award.  |  More

Central Hosts First Animae Block Party The Central High School Anime & Manga Club hosted a community block party on the Elkhart Civic Plaza June 5. The goal of the event was to raise money to expand the Central Library's graphic novel collection and to introduce Michiana to animae, a Japanese art form.  |  More

Of Interest to Staff and Volunteers

For a complete listing of events, see the ECS district calendar and/or contact your neighborhood or student's school directly.  

• 07/21: School Board Work Session at ESC, 7 a.m. 
• 07/28: School Board Meeting at ESC, 7 p.m.  
• 08/03: Making Standards Work Workshop at ESC, 7:45 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. 
• 08/04: Secretary Meeting at Woodland Elementary, 7:30 a.m. 
• 08/05: Five Easy Steps Advanced Seminar at Memorial, 7:30 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. 
• 08/06: Effective Teaching Stragegies Workshop at ESC, 7:45 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. 
• 08/10: New Teacher Orientation at PDC, 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. 
• 08/11: Data Team Workshop at PDC, noon to 3 p.m. 
• 08/11: School Board Meeting at ESC, 7 p.m. 
• 08/13: Substitute Teacher Meeting at Memorial, 9 a.m. 
• 08/17: Teacher Work Day
• 08/18: First Day of School
• 08/18: School Board Meeting at ESC, 7 p.m.