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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.
Three Residents Receive Fishers Community Partner Award
On behalf of the Fishers Town Council, President Scott Faultless awarded three Fishers Freedom Festival volunteers the “Fishers Community Partner Award” for their outstanding contributions to the festival over the past 20 years. Darcy Bryant, Don Dragoo, and Rhonda Wright have donated their time year-round for a large-scale, two-day event that entertains around 45,000 attendees [...]
Fishers Freedom Festival’s Royal Court
The Fishers Freedom Festival proudly announces its 2008 Royal Court which is sponsored by Community Health Network. The court is made up of a queen, a king, four princesses and four princes. The Fishers Freedom Festivalʼs Royal Court will be crowned on Saturday, June 28 during the opening ceremonies. Their duties include riding on the [...]
HSE Picks Teacher of the Year, Honors Staff Members
Hamilton Southeastern Schools held an end-of-the-year program to honor certified staff members with teacher-of-the-year, retirement and years-of-service recognition last Friday. Fishers Junior High English teacher Tony Sturgeon was selected as the HSE District Teacher of the Year and will represent the corporation in the state-wide competition for Indiana Teacher of the Year. He will submit [...]
Fall Creek Student Designs Driver Helmet
Popular sprint car driver Geoff Dodge (left) presents a helmet to Molly Simmons (right), a fourth-grade student in Mrs. Lisa Hillenbrand’s class at Fall Creek Elementary School, 12131 Olio Rd., Fishers, Ind., recently. Dodge, a business student at IUPUI (Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis) who raced in selected events in the Firestone Indy Lights Series in [...]
Fishers High School Recognizes Senior Achievements
Fishers High School honored the following seniors with awards at a program May 21: Fishers Rotary Club – Cale Allen, Kyle Jackson Riverview Memorial Foundation, Dr. & Mrs. Malcolm Bray Scholarship – Alexander Smith Central Indiana Community Foundation, Legacy Fund Community Scholarship – Sara Lorenz, Sabrina Prodhan Central Indiana Community Foundation, Mexican Scholarship Fund – [...]
A Fun Farewell at Riverside School: Dress Like Mr. B. Day
Imitation is the highest compliment. At least that’s how Riverside School students and staff honored their departing Principal Michael Beresford Friday by dressing just like him. That meant that many donned sweater vests over dress shirts and ties. Mattie Mitchel took it a step or two further. He had his father give him a “Mr. [...]
Fishers Teen Police Academy
The Fishers Police Department is teaming up with the Fishers YMCA Teen Center to reach out to the teens of Fishers. The 7th annual Fishers Police Department Teen Academy will be held at the YMCA Teen Center June 16th through June 19th. The academy is one week of law enforcement type training that will allow [...]
Citizens Police Academy
(Fishers, Indiana) – The Fishers Police Department will host a “Citizens Police Academy” for residents that live within the Hamilton Southeastern School District. The Citizens Academy is scheduled for 12 weeks and offers “police style” training to our citizens. Some of the training that has been scheduled include: Crime Prevention/Neighborhood Watch, Bicycle Patrol, Criminal Law, [...]
HSE student to represent Indiana in U.S. Senate Youth Program
For the second consecutive year, a Hamilton Southeastern High School student will represent Indiana at the United States Senate Youth Program in Washington , DC . Senior Tara Fleming is one of 104 delegates selected for the week-long government and leadership education program in the nation’s capital and the recipient of a one-time $5,000 college [...]
