Education

By: Tim Cleland, Delta High School—     Eaton, IN—Two days before Thanksgiving, Delaware Community Schools received a special gift that overpowered all the Black Friday deals. First Merchants Bank has donated its vacant building and land at 107 E. Harris St. in Eaton to the school corporation in a deal that closed on Tuesday, Nov. 26. With an appraised value of $45,000, this represents one of the largest gifts in the history of the Delcom Foundation. “We’re incredibly grateful to First Merchants Bank,” said Greg Kile, co-executive director of Delcom Foundation and director of curriculum for the schools.  “Our…

By: Kallie Sulanke— Muncie, IN—Fourteen local teachers will receive $5,091.70 for 15 projects in Robert P. Bell Education Grants from The Community Foundation of Muncie and Delaware County, Inc. Across the county, 1,000s of students benefit from Bell Education Grants each year. Awards of up to $450 are available through the Bell Grants program. Teachers in public and private K-12 schools in Delaware County, Ind. are invited to apply for this competitive funding throughout the school year to enhance learning in their classrooms. Teachers may apply for as many unique, creative classroom projects as they can imagine during each of the four…

By: Jennifer Gasiorek— Muncie, IN—Ivy Tech Community College is one of four community colleges in the United States recently awarded a grant to help design a solution to address the unique needs of our single parent students.  Ivy Tech Muncie will be one of four campuses, within Ivy Tech statewide, to pilot this solution. Ivy Tech Community College Muncie-Henry County is hosting a “Single Mothers’ Gallery Walk.” This powerful exhibit displays quotes from both single mother students and graduates of Ivy Tech Community College statewide.  Also included are quotes from faculty, staff and alarming statistics regarding single mother students. “Input from…

By: Jennifer Gasiorek, Executive Director of Workforce Partnerships, and Strategic Communications— Muncie, IN—Ivy Tech Muncie received a $50,000 grant from Ball Brothers Foundation to explore opportunities for current Certified Nursing Assistants (CNA)  to become a License Practical Nurse (LPN) in order to fulfill demand for LPNs within Delaware County. These funds would help Ivy Tech Muncie expand the program to include more students to be in the position to obtain high wage and in-demand employment. According to a 2017 U.S. Bureau of Labor statistics report, in the State of Indiana, the mean annual salary for a Certified Nursing Assistants was $24,330….

By: Ivy Tech Community College— Collaboration establishes unique opportunity for local students Muncie, IN—Ivy Tech Community College, Muncie-Henry County and Purdue Polytechnic have joined forces to form a partnership to help provide a faculty member to teach courses for both institutions allowing Ivy Tech and Purdue Polytechnic to attract and retain the best talent in the area. The visiting two-year faculty instructor will teach engineering technology courses at Purdue Polytechnic Anderson in accordance Purdue academic policies, and technology courses for Ivy Tech in accordance with Ivy Tech academic policies. The faculty member will be an official Purdue employee, and report…

By: Maelyn Hobbs, Wapahani High School Sophomore— Selma, IN – Wapahani High School held its annual program to honor our local veterans during school on Monday. This year’s program paid special tribute to local World War II veteran and area resident Junior Howell. The Veterans Day program was held on November 11th, between 10:30 and 11:00 am to symbolize the 11th month, 11th day, and 11th hour when “the Great War” ended. The program is put together each year by Wapahani teacher, Todd Howell, and his Advance Placement U.S. History class. Howell and his students put together the school program every…

By: Franki Zile— Selma, IN – It’s a story that almost every student, and many of their parents, know almost by heart – High School Musical. And Wapahani High School is putting it’s own twist on the wildly popular Disney musical. The WHS drama and musical department will be presenting its version of High School Musicalthree nights this week at the school’s auditorium. Performances will be held Thursday, Friday and Saturday this week. Shows will begin at 7 p.m. Tickets are $7 for adults and $5 for students. The musical is the story of an unlikely paring of a star…

By: Maelyn Hobbs— Selma, IN — Wapahani High School’s RADD club (Raiders Against Destructive Decisions) hosted its annual flag football game on Tuesday but with a new twist. RADD club had its usual student game, but it also invited along members of the Liberty Township Volunteer Fire Department and the Muncie Police Department for a special first-responders match-up. Wapahani RADD hosted its annual flag football game to raise awareness and funds for its student organization. RADD is a club at Wapahani that teaches teenagers how to make the right decisions throughout life. It discourages the use of alcohol, drugs and…