Graduation season begins this weekend

Written by Patty Decker Tuesday, 07 May 2013 13:56

Graduation time has arrived for high school seniors in Marion County. Commencement ceremonies begin this weekend in Marion and next week at Hillsboro, Canton-Galva, Centre and Peabody-Burns.

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Marion High School’s 58 graduates are considered one of the larger classes walking to “Pomp and Circumstance,” according to school officials.

Baccalaureate is at 7:30 p.m. Wednes­day, May 8, with the commencement ceremony at 4 p.m. Saturday, May 11, at the Marion Sports and Aquatic...

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Quilting by the numbers

Written by Don Ratzlaff Tuesday, 07 May 2013 13:52

Students in the early morning sixth-grade math class at Hillsboro Middle School work intently on their quilt project. Teachers Anne Janzen (far right) and Gita Noble (standing in the background) say the inaugural project has been a “fabulous way to apply math concepts in the real world.” Two teachers at Hillsboro Middle School are combining a local tradition of quilting with the latest emphasis in teaching mathematics: real world, hands-on learning.

And it appears to be fun.

Students in both sections of sixth-grade math taught by Anne Janzen and Gita Noble have been busy creating individual quilt blocks that eventually will be part of a real, stitched quilt.

In the process, the students grapple with ratios, proportions, measuring, fractions and their decimal equivalents...

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Oldest school record falls at home track meet

Written by Hillsboro Free Press Tuesday, 30 April 2013 11:46

 

 

Shaq Thiessen soars past the Hillsboro High School record in long jump during the James Thomas Invitational Friday at Joel H. Wiens Stadium.

His leap of 23 feet 5 inches surpassed the mark of 23-21⁄2 set nearly 57 years ago by Jerry Harder at the 1956 state track meet. For more about the James Thomas Invitational, see Page 1B.

 

 

 

 

 

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Return of spring weather brings return of street progress

Written by Hillsboro Free Press Tuesday, 30 April 2013 11:45

 

Workers with Barkley Construction resumed pouring concrete Thursday along Date Street in Hillsboro after weather delays had slowed progress.The street improvement project, which includes Date, Cedar and parts of Birch, is being funded with a $400,000 Community Development Block Grant through the Kansas Department of Transportation.

 

 

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Weather slows walking ‘bus’

Written by Don Ratzlaff Tuesday, 30 April 2013 11:44

Evan Yoder, Hillsboro Elementary School principal, leads the Walking School Bus group Monday morning after crossing Washington Street. It was only the fourth time the Walking School Bus has functioned since spring break because of the cold and wet weather. The adult volunteer in back is Jana Dalke, who drives in from her rural business with her three children to be a leader. More adult volunteers would be welcomed, Yoder says. The trial run for the USD 410 Walking School Bus program has been a bit bumpy so far. But it’s not for lack of student and family interest, nor a dearth of adult volunteers to chaperone the 15-block route.

“The weather has really been a detriment to our bus schedule,” said Evan Yoder, Hillsboro Elementary School principal. “We’ve only been able to run the bus four times due to cold or wet weather.”

The route begins at Trinity Mennonite Church on Elm Street. The students and...

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