LAFAYETTE -- Join us for a special series of hands-on library research skills workshops. In cooperation with Purdue and Ivy Tech Community College, the Tippecanoe County Public Library will help students, ages 12 and up, and parents expand their information gathering skills.
LAFAYETTE -- Enrollment is now open for the Tippecanoe Arts Federation After School Arts Program (ASAP) classes. ASAP is a fun, free, youth-centric program designed to inspire the creative spirit and give youth a positive expressive outlet.
LAFAYETTE -- Will your child be ready for kindergarten in 2011? In this new "Kindergarten Readiness" program, you will receive ideas and activities to use with your child over the next year to prepare for kindergarten.
LAFAYETTE The Salvation Army will give away free school supplies and clothing for children during its annual Tools for School program at its building, 1110 Union St. in Lafayette, on Saturday, August 14.
LAFAYETTE The Bach Chorale Singers, Inc. summer childrens choir and youth chorus program will bug you with songs this season. The program, Singing Is Now Going Summer, SING, will perform under the theme Insect Infestation from June 21-26 with its concert on Saturday, June 26 at 1 p.m.
LAFAYETTE -- The Board of Directors of The Community Foundation of Greater Lafayette formally awarded and recognized the recipients of more than 40 scholarships for students at a reception Tuesday, May 25 at the Lafayette Country Club.
LAFAYETTE -- The Education Committee of Greater Lafayette Commerce honored outstanding high school students at the Career Technical Achievement Awards ceremony on Tuesday, April 27 at Ivy Tech Community College.
LAFAYETTE The Greater Lafayette Commerce named five middle and high school teachers as winners of the 2010 Golden Apple Award at a banquet Monday, April 19 at the Best Western Executive Plaza.
The 23rd annual event gives teachers $1,000 for the honor. Teachers are nominated by students, parents, and colleagues.
LAFAYETTE -- The United Way of Greater Lafayette Volunteer Center is looking for potential participants for the Leaders of Tomorrow program for this summer. The Leaders of Tomorrow program matches youth ages 11-15 with area agencies.
LAFAYETTE -- Support for local educators is the focus of the Arts Education Showcase on Wednesday, May 5 at the Tippecanoe Arts Federation. Arts and cultural organizations will be on-site to share information about their educational programs and services during this two-hour event.
LAFAYETTE -- Four Tippecanoe County students will receive four-year scholarships as the 2010 Lilly Endowment Community Scholars through The Community Foundation of Greater Lafayette.
LAFAYETTE Lafayette Christian School, a Christ-centered elementary through junior high school, has selected longtime teacher Ken Goff as the next principal. He succeeds Abe Vreeke, who is retiring when the current 2009-10 school year ends on July 31.
LAFAYETTE -- Tippecanoe County Sheriff Tracy Brown announced that the Indiana Sheriffs Association will again be awarding college scholarships to qualified high school seniors or college students who are pursuing a degree in criminal justice studies.
LAFAYETTE There is still time to apply for a scholarship from The Community Foundation of Greater Lafayette, but hurry the deadline is noon on Thursday Jan. 14.
LAFAYETTE Scholarships are available to people who live, work, or attend school in Tippecanoe County through The Community Foundation of Greater Lafayette. Application deadline is noon on Thursday January 14, 2010.
WEST LAFAYETTE -- PEFCU Trust and Financial Center, located at Purdue Employees Federal Credit Union, invites the Greater Lafayette community to attend a no-cost, no-obligation College Savings Plans seminar at 6:30 p.m., on Thursday, Nov. 5, at the Lafayette Jefferson High School Lab Theater in Lafayette.
LAFAYETTE -- Storytimes for all Tippecanoe County Public Library locations end for
the year on Wednesday, Nov. 25 and will resume on Tuesday, January 5.
WEST LAFAYETTE -- Purdue Employees Federal Credit Union (PEFCU) announces Ryan Chibana, a Lafayette Jefferson High School student, the first-place winner in its Its My Money. Its My Choice. I Choose PEFCU Because . . . video contest. Chibana won a $500 cash prize for his video titled PEFCU, I love you.
LAFAYETTE -- Discover new worlds at the "Read Beyond Reality Costume Party" on Thursday, Oct. 22 at the Tippecanoe County Public Library, 627 South St.
LAFAYETTE -- Join local author and illustrator Jeff Hagen for storytelling with watercolors. On Saturday, Oct. 17 at 3 p.m., Hagen encourages children to take their own ideas and create imaginative stories at the Downtown Library.
LAFAYETTE -- Help break a reading record. Listen to an English/Spanish storytime of Eric Carle's "The Very Hungry Caterpillar." Be counted at the Downtown Library at 4 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 8 as part of the world's largest shared reading experience.
WEST LAFAYETTE -- In honor of this years International Credit Union Day, Purdue Employees Federal Credit Union invites local high-school students to showcase their creative talents in a video contest for a chance to win up to $500.
LAFAYETTE -- Nomination deadline for the Golden Apple Award, which honors local middle and high school teachers, is Friday, Sept. 25. With increasing attention being focused on our education system, Greater Lafayette Commerce celebrates the positive contributions of our educational leaders in Tippecanoe County.
LAFAYETTE -- Explore the universe as Teen Read Week soars into science fiction. On Thursday, Oct. 1 from 7-8 p.m., the Teen Library Club (ages 14-18) and the Middle School Library Guild (ages 11-13) will help brainstorm for the "Read Beyond Reality" Costume Party later in October.
LAFAYETTE -- On Friday, Sept. 18, Subaru of Indiana Automotive, Inc. (SIA) will
partner with Barnes & Noble Booksellers to host the SIA Drive for LSC Book Fair. The community is encouraged to visit Barnes & Noble on U.S. 52, next to the Tippecanoe Mall between 9 a.m.-11 p.m. to help raise money for the Lafayette School Corporation (LSC).
LAFAYETTE -- Ahoy, matey! Celebrate National Talk Like a Pirate Day by casting off for your local library. Listen to pirate stories and make a sea-worthy craft on Friday, Sept. 18.
LAFAYETTE -- Jefferson High School, 1801 S. 18th St., is planning a weekend of gala events on Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 10-11, to showcase and dedicate its new Rohrman Performing Arts Center and fully renovated theatre.
LAFAYETTE -- Come meet new Young Adult Librarian Melissa Delaney. The Teen Library Club (ages 14-18) and the Middle School Library Guild (ages 11-13) will hold a joint Meet & Greet on Thursday, Sept. 17 from 7-8 p.m.
LAFAYETTE -- Become an Afterschool Explorer at your library from 4-5 p.m. On Monday, Sept. 14 at the Campus Library, learn about historic secret passageways. Create your own maze, and walk a labyrinth.
LAFAYETTE Lafayette Christian School will hold a groundbreaking ceremony for a $4 million expansion at its current site, 525 N. 26th St. at 3 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 3. Lafayette Christian School celebrates its 60th anniversary in 2010. This phase of the renovation consists of a new two-story, 14-classroom building.
The Benton County School System is collecting donations such as pencils, folders, paper, crayons, markers etc. any school supply items really. If you need any other information please contact Mary Newman at mnewman@wvhmhc.org or 765-583-0186 ext. 27.
Are you the next Zach Efron, Will Smith, or Jessica Biel? Teens, grades 6-12, can make characters leap off the page from 2-4 p.m. with "Stories Alive!" on Tuesday, June 23. Join the Tippecanoe Storytellers' Guild at the Downtown Library for this creative acting workshop.
BY EVAN HOUSE, JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL.Jefferson High School officials had a new idea to deal with an attendance problem over the past few years. Every semester, a few students with perfect attendance would win an MP3 player, a laptop then at the end of the year a car.
A Harrison High School senior is one of five
scholarship winners awarded by Subaru of Indiana Automotive, Inc. last week. A volunteer committee of community educators and guidance
counselors assisted SIA in the selection of this years five recipients based
on Scholarship Aptitude Test scores, high school academic standing and promise,
character, and leadership ability.
Be Creative at Your Library is the theme for the 2009 Summer Reading Clubs running May 26 - July 31 at all Tippecanoe County Public Libraries. The Youth Department offers a variety of summer programs for young people from birth to 12 years of age.
Become a teen volunteer for the Tippecanoe County Public Librarys Summer Reading Club. Volunteers need to be 12+ and able to work a 2-3 hour shift once a week. Put your creativity to the test as you encourage thousands of younger children to keep reading.
The Wabash Valley Youth Symphony will perform a spring concert on Sunday, May 17 at 7:15 pm at the Long Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Lafayette. The concert, like all WVYS concerts, is free and open to the public.
Fifteen Lafayette-area string musicians, including four who are home-schooled, are winners of this year's McPherson String Scholarships to advance their musical training, the Lafayette Symphony Orchestra announced Tuesday (April 28).
Downtown Lafayettes ambience and pedestrian friendliness is getting a boost this week as the city installs 23 new benches, 17 planters and 36 waste cans. Thanks to the efforts of the Lafayette Mayors Youth Council to increase recycling, the waste cans accommodate trash on one side and recyclables on the other.
The United Way of Greater Lafayette Volunteer Center is looking for potential participants for the Leaders of Tomorrow (LOT) program for this summer. Leaders of Tomorrow matches youth ages 11-15 with area agencies to volunteer two days per week, 2-3 hours per day, for either 4 or 8 weeks in June and July.
A group of youth volunteers building a house with Habitat for Humanity of Lafayette has been selected to receive a $5,000 matching grant from State Farm for its accomplishments in house building and fund raising.
An exhibition highlighting the work of talented high school artists in 11 mediums will be displayed at the Art Museum of Greater Lafayette, 102 S. 10th St., from April 5 to May 2. There will be an awards ceremony and reception for the exhibit from 2-4 p.m. on April 5.
The Indiana Music Educators Association announced that 23 area students in fourth through eighth grades are among the 280 students from across the state of Indiana who have been selected to sing in the 2009 Indiana All-State Childrens and Middle School Honor Choirs.
The Art Museum of Greater Lafayette will hold a free ArtSmart teacher workshop for fourth grade teachers, art teachers and media specialists from 5-8 p.m. on Monday (Dec. 8) at 102 S. 10th St.
Seniors Allison Harp and F.N. Lutz, III were named Homecoming Queen and King at Harrison High School Friday night during the Brownsburg-Harrison football game at Rickard Field. Harp wants to become a pediatric nurse practioner. Lutz wants to continue his football career in college.
Six McCutcheon High School students were selected to participate in the Indiana All State Honors Choir in January. The students are Chad Barker, Kari Hession, Ian Moran, Megan Outhouse, John Ruiz and Bri Young.
Students, faculty and staff at Harrison High School have a new banking option with a new student-run bank opened by the Purdue Employees Federal Credit Union. The branch was greeted by school and elected officlals Tuesday with a ceremony and ceremonial ribbon-cutting.
