Education

The CEFS Head Start 0-5 Program is now taking enrollment applications for the fall.
Head Start is a federally funded educational program available to pregnant women and children up to 5 years of age, including children with significant for multiple special needs.
There are no entry fees for enrollment and no fees for services.

SIUE
The following area students were named to the dean’s list for the spring 2017 semester at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville:
• Brownstown – Addison Cage, Julie Schilling and Tucker Willms.
• Farina – Christopher Roberts, Jordan Schaal, Serena Strullmyer and Monica Young.
• Vandalia – Taryn Alstat, Elizabeth Carroll, David Harrison, Jami Lockart, Kristyn Nichols, Jessica Roman and David Zimmerman.
• Kinmundy – Jamie Hanks.

The Benjamin Mills Chapter of the National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution held its Youth and Good Citizens Award Program and reception on March 18 in the Family Life Center at First Christian Church in Greenville.

Kaskaskia College is currently accepting applications for the Jump Start Program for high school students for the summer and fall 2017 semesters.
The Jump Start Program allows high school students to receive a 50-percent reduction in tuition for up to three credit hours.
This is an opportunity for high school students to get a “jump start” on their college education while still in high school and to benefit from cost savings.