Author Archive for Tom Britt
Publisher and founder of the "atGeist Community Newsletter" and atGeist.com
Fishers Spell Bowl Team takes seventh in state competition
On November 14, the Fishers High School Spell Bowl Team traveled to Purdue to compete in the Indiana Academic Spell Bowl State Finals. The team earned a score of 75 words spelled correctly out of 90, placing the team seventh in the State in Class 1 competition.
Students who spelled their nine words perfectly were Yaniv [...]
Durbin Family Night Combines Fun With Reading Instruction Basics
Durbin hosted a Family Fun Night with a “discovering Egypt” theme. Students heard a read-aloud, made cartouches, constructed stained glass windows and went on an archeological dig for bones and jewels. While the students had an adventure, parents worked on reading strategies to help their children with reading at home.
Harrison Parkway Students Board Train Field Trip
On September 18, Harrison Parkway second graders boarded the train on 141st St. near school and rode it to Fishers’ Town Center. There they discussed the purpose of each of the community buildings including town hall, police department, fire department, license branch, post office, library and train station. Conductor Ralph Bell explained how Fishers’ [...]
Students put math fears ‘to rest’ on the first day
Afraid of math class? Hamilton Southeastern Junior High teacher Natalie Stoner tried to help her seventh graders put their math fears to rest on the first day. She dressed as the Grim Reaper and allowed them to write their negative thoughts about math. Then with eerie funeral music in the background they all lined up [...]
2009 FPD, YMCA Teen Academy
The Fishers Police Department is teaming up with the Fishers YMCA Teen Center to reach out to the teens of Fishers. The 8th annual Fishers Police Department Teen Academy will be held at the YMCA Teen Center July 27th through July 31st. The academy is one week of law enforcement type training that [...]
Deta Lasley Named Volunteer of the Year
The Volunteers of Fishers organization awarded its third annual winner of the “William D. Kehl Jr. Volunteer of the Year” award to Deta Lasley. This prestigious award was presented to Lasley during the Fishers Freedom Festival’s Opening Ceremonies on Saturday, June 27th.
Deta Lasley is a very responsible and dependable volunteer for the Fishers Police [...]
Fishers Freedom Festival June 27 and 28
The Fishers Freedom Festival announces it will be hosting the 21st Annual Fishers Freedom Festival on Saturday, June 27 & Sunday, June 28, 2009. With over 45,000 attendees from all over the U.S., this free family event hosts hundreds of art & craft sites, business booths, fireworks, 5K Run/Walk, live music, national UFO [...]
Fishers Police Want Your Feedback
As part of our ongoing accreditation process through the Commission on Accreditation of Law Enforcement Agencies, the Fishers Police Department is again conducting a citizen’s feedback survey. The survey addresses specific questions regarding previous citizen contacts with our police department as well as perceptions of safety in our neighborhoods and business [...]
Fishers Swimming Evaluations
The Fishers Area Swimming Tigers (FAST Tigers) will be offering stroke evaluation/open house nights on Monday through Thursday, September 8-11, 2008 at the Fishers HS Aquatic Center, 13000 Promise Road, Fishers, Indiana 46038.
The FAST Tigers are one one of the fastest growing and most improved swimming teams in the midwest! In just two short [...]
Court to Order Town of Fishers and GUO into Mediation
Sources tell atGeist.com that Judge Nation is issuing a court order today forcing the Town of Fishers and the Geist United Opposition into mediation to settle the forced annexation dispute. After the signed remonstrance petitions were filed earlier this year, the legal battle moved to Hamilton County courts to decide the outcome of this two-year [...]
