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Education

  • KC Vandalia Campus spring registration is under way

    Registration for classes at the KC Vandalia Campus for the 2013 spring semester is now in progress.
    Most spring classes will begin the week of Jan. 14, 2013.

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  • School Menus

    BROWNSTOWN
    Breakfast
    Monday, Dec. 10-Breakfast pizza, milk and juice.
    Tuesday, Dec. 11-Choice of cereal, toast and jelly, milk and juice.
    Wednesday, Dec. 12-Breakfast bites, milk and juice.
    Thursday, Dec. 13-Choice of cereal, toast and jelly, milk and juice.
    Friday, Dec. 14-Oatmeal, toast and jelly, milk and juice.
    Lunch
    Monday, Dec. 10-Hot dog on bun, baked beans, corn chips, peach cup and milk.
    Tuesday, Dec. 11-Spaghetti with meat sauce, lettuce salad, mixed fruit, garlic bread and milk.

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  • School Briefs

    VJHS will hold Family Movie Night

    The Vandalia Junior High School student council will host Family Movie Night in the school's gym this Friday.
    "The Polar Express" will be shown at 6 p.m., with doors opening at 5:30 p.m.
    Admission is one non-perishable food item per person.
    All children must be supervised by an adult, and all present will have a chance to win a copy of "The Polar Express" book or movie.
    Concessions will be available, and Santa Claus will make an appearance.

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  • Brownstown Homecoming

    Austin Rhodes and Kristen Pontious, first photo, were crowned king and queen at the Brownstown High School homecoming dance on Saturday night.

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  • Kaskaskia College sets Honors Program deadline for spring

    Kaskaskia College announces that Dec. 15 is the deadline for students to apply for the spring 2013 Honors Program.
    This program recognizes students who have demonstrated, or who evidence the potential for, consistent academic excellence.
    The mission of the program is to challenge students to think, to analyze, to investigate and to discover by stimulating them to achieve beyond the usual academic requirements. The program will develop exceptional talent and ability in highly motivated students.

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  • School Briefs

    ROE offices closed Nov. 29

    The Regional Office of Education offices in Bond, Fayette and Effingham counties will be closed on Thursday, Nov. 29, for certification/licensure training.
    The offices will re-open at 8 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 30.

    Food sanitation refresher
    Kaskaskia College will offer a food service sanitation refresher class at the Vandalia Campus on Saturday, Dec. 1, from 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

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  • Fall, summer nursing classes taken at KC

    Two sections of certified nursing assistant students took the eight-week classes of the program this past summer and fall at the Kaskaskia College Vandalia Center.

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  • Family Reading Night at VES

    Vandalia Elementary School observed national Family Reading Night on Thursday by inviting parents to the school.

    In the first photo, Brianna Springman and her mother, Angie, go through a book and computer exercise. In the second photo, Delaney Kopp and her mother, Angel, do the same. The evening also included a book fair (third photo) and a visit by Linda Kelly and participants in the P.A.C.K. (Pups Assisting Children with Kindness) program at Evans Public Library in Vandalia.

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  • Kaskaskia College

    Larson graduates from truck driving program

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    Vandalia
    Grades K-8
    Breakfast
    Monday, Nov. 26 – Cereal, toast, juice and milk.
    Tuesday, Nov. 27 – Pancakes, sausage links, juice and milk.
    Wednesday, Nov. 28 – Doughnut, cereal, fruit and milk.
    Thursday, Nov. 29 – Bacon, egg and cheese biscuit, juice and milk.
    Friday, Nov. 30 – Cereal, toast, fruit and milk.
    Lunch
    Monday, Nov. 26 – Hot dog on bun, nachos with cheese, baked beans, fruit cocktail and milk. Junior high – Bratwurst.

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