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  HSEHS teacher honored with IBEA Emerging Professional Award

  November 19, 2007 / Local People, School News

  HSE High School teacher Anna Stumpf received the Indiana Business Education Association’s (IBEA) Emerging Professional Award for 2007 at the group’s Indiana Business, Marketing and IT Professional Development Conference November 9. “She is a teacher that comes to mind when we need someone to go ‘above and beyond’ the call of duty,” said HSEHS Director of Guidance Nancy Herndon. “This year she was placed in charge of our freshmen mentor program. Anna’s work on this program has been truly a [...]

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• LC’s speech team wins connersville invitational

  November 8, 2007 / School News

  Lawrence Central’s speech team, under the direction of Julie Alexander, took first place in the Varsity division at Connersville’s invitational speech tournament Nov. 3. Trophies were given to the top five teams in Varsity (15 or fewer entries) and to the top five in Super Varsity (15+ entries). With 12 competitors, LC was in the Varsity division. A team receives an allotted number of “sweepstakes” points for each student who places in the top 10 of their individual event after [...]

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• Fishers wins boys cross country sectional

  October 23, 2007 / School News

  Highlights from the 2007 IHSAA Carmel Boys Cross-Country sectional held 10/9/07 courtesy HoosierAuthority.com. Drew Shields of Fishers won the race, and the Tigers took the team title as well. [kml_flashembed movie="http://youtube.com/v/ORufCHrQWwA" width="300" height="250" wmode="transparent" /]

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  Fishers High School principal to be honored by IHSPA

  October 18, 2007 / Local People, School News

  The Indiana High School Press Association (IHSPA) will recognize Dr. Scott Syverson, Fishers High School principal, as its 2007 Administrator of the Year Friday, October 19, at its state convention at Franklin College. “Dedicated to the goal of excellence in all programs, Dr. Syverson’s door is always open to teachers and students,” said publications adviser Janet McKinney in her nomination of Syverson for the award established in 2004. “He invites us to share ideas and our opinions about anything that [...]

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  FHS Spell Bowl team wins regional meet, qualifies for state contest

  October 17, 2007 / School News

  Fishers High School’s Academic Ambush team captured the regional Spell Bowl competition for the second year in a row scoring a school record 68 points. According to Coach John Drozd, earning top honors in defending the title were perfect speller Alex Smith and near-perfect spellers Yaniv Schmukler and James McKnight. He said kudos also go to seniors Alex Smith, Yuji Xie and Chris Womble as their teams have earned conference and regional championships for four straight years. With a score [...]

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• Sand Creek Intermediate receives national Blue Ribbon Award

  October 16, 2007 / School News

  The U.S. Department of Education announced that Hamilton Southeastern’s Sand Creek Intermediate School was named a 2007 No Child Left Behind- Blue Ribbon School on October 2. Kristine Cohn, Regional Representative for the U.S. Department of Education, honored Sand Creek’s staff and student body with the award at a special convocation Friday, October 12.   “Once again, we are thrilled by this recognition from the U.S. Department of Education. There is no higher honor bestowed by our federal government on [...]

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• Fishers High School Spell Bowl Team wins conference meet

  October 9, 2007 / School News

  The Fishers High School Spell Bowl team dominated the Hoosier Crossroads Conference Spell Bowl meet October 1 at Brownsburg. FHS’s spellers finished first among the ten conference schools for their second consecutive conference title. The team scored on 67 of a possible 90 words. Conference runner-up Zionsville finished with 52 points. High scorers in the meet were Zeke Willey with a perfect score, Alex Smith, Raleigh Daniel, Zach Willey and Yaniv Shmukler. Coaches are John Drozd and Deborah Hejl, and [...]

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• HSEHS celebrates homecoming with “Hollywood Royalty” theme

  October 9, 2007 / School News

  [kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/La_5qkAHf18" width="300" height="250" wmode="transparent" /]Hamilton Southeastern High School meets McCutcheon High School in its homecoming football game Friday night and is celebrating with a week of spirit activities following a “Hollywood Royalty” theme. For the student body and staff, Monday was Crazy Hat Day, Tuesday – Super Hero Day, Wednesday – Disney Day, Thursday – Hollywood Glam and Bling Day and Friday – Red, White and Blue Day. Other activities include a dodge ball tournament in the main gym [...]

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• Life Goes On Star to Visit Hoosier Road Elementary

  October 2, 2007 / Calendar, School News

  Former child star from the television show Life Goes On, Chris Burke will appear in an all-school convocation at Hoosier Road Elementary Friday, October 5, at 2 p.m. Chris was the young actor with Down syndrome who played the character Corky on the ABC series. The Hoosier Road performance will also feature Joe and John DeMasi, award-winning professional musicians, identical twins and life-long friends of Burke. The show brings an inspiring message about inclusion and ability awareness. The three have [...]

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  FCI Students’ signatures will go up in space with shuttle later this month

  October 2, 2007 / School News

  Fall Creek Intermediate students will have a special reason to follow the 120th Space Shuttle flight set to launch on October 23. They joined more than 500 other schools around the world when they signed Student Signatures in Space® posters on May 4, Space Day 2007. Student Signatures in Space (S3) provides elementary and middle school students the opportunity to send their digitized signatures into space and feel a personal involvement with the crew and the mission. Jointly sponsored by [...]

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