The La Crescent-Hokah School District developed the Lancer Wall of Excellence in 2009 to honor alumni, staff and community volunteers who have made significant contributions to the school district over its history. Previous inductees include Earl Seaton, Joe Skemp, John Haugan, George Horihan, Ossie Helgerson and Cheryl Moen.

This year, Dick Brostrom and Paul and Judy Ulland have been selected as inductees into this prestigious club.

Brostrom graduated from La Crescent High School in 1980. After obtaining his undergraduate degree from Viterbo University, he earned a master of science in public health from the University of North Carolina and a medical degree from the University of North Carolina School of Medicine. Brostrom spent 15 years on the island of Saipan, many as the medical director for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. He is the current TB controller for the state of Hawaii. In 2010, Brostrom was honored by Viterbo with the Alumni Spirit of St. Francis Award.

Paul and Judy Ulland have been enthusiastic supporters of the La Crescent-Hokah School District and the La Crescent community for over 40 years, as they are both members of the La Crescent-Hokah District Foundation Board of Directors.

Paul has initiated and promoted several FIRST Lego and FRC robotics teams in the Coulee Region and has received numerous awards from Lions Club International and Houston County 4-H.

Judy graduated magna cum laude from St. Olaf College, has a masters degree from Winona State University and has taught English and Latin in California and Wisconsin. She currently teaches part-time at Viterbo.

Judy was honored as Woman of the Year in La Crescent in 1980.

The induction ceremony, which is open to the public, is at 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept 15, at the La Crescent American Legion. For reservations or information, call 895-5455 or 608-792-9933.

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A cheerful wave from Daniel Borowy greeted 14-year-old Katherine Kraft on Monday morning, easing the freshmans nerves on her first day at Perry Hall High School.

It was adorable, Kraft said. I didnt think anyone would wave or anything. It was nice.

Within hours, Borowy would be critically injured, shot in the back in the school cafeteria by another student. That Borowy was the victim made the violence all the more troubling for his peers.

Borowy, a 17-year-old special-education student at Perry Hall, is well-known for his welcoming waves, high-fives and other friendly interactions, classmates said. He remained in critical condition Wednesday morning at Maryland Shock Trauma Center.

The Monday shooting led to a lockdown and then early dismissal at the Baltimore County school on the first day of classes. Robert Wayne Gladden Jr., 15, was charged as an adult Tuesday with attempted murder and assault.

Friends of the family and fellow students described Borowy as passionate about soccer and Lady Gaga and quick to make friends. Classmates rallied behind Borowy on Tuesday, wearing T-shirts and posting signs outside the school that read Pray for Daniel, gathering at an early-morning vigil around the schools flagpole and sharing via social media a plea to get the pop singer to visit the teen.

Parents of local special-needs students reached out to the Borowy family, offering to prepare meals. Tricia Theis Rogalski, former co-president of the Chesapeake Down Syndrome Parent Group, said that as a mother of a 5-year-old daughter with Down syndrome, she feels a certain extra concern and connection to Daniel and his parents, who she said have been members of the organization for years.

Rogalski said in an e-mail that it is heartbreaking that Daniel was a victim of violence in a place where he probably worked hard to assimilate with other students and where his parents probably labored to ensure his needs were met.

Police said the alleged shooter did not target Borowy.

Borowys family released a statement Tuesday thanking police and emergency officials for their help.

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TOWSON, Md. (WJZ) Fifteen-year-old Robert Gladden remains behind bars. He is charged as an adult with attempted first-degree murder in the Perry Hall school shooting.

Mike Hellgren has more.

A judge was supposed to decide whether any bail was appropriate in this case but the States Attorney tells WJZ Gladden remains in a medical facility. He has undergone extensive mental evaluations.

A troubling picture is emerging of Gladden charged as an adult with attempted first-degree murder for shooting his classmate at Perry Hall High school Monday.

His lawyer says he was relentlessly bullied and only brought the weapon to school to intimidate those bullies and fired accidentally.

On his Facebook page, he had listed as his occupation as murder/suicide, Susan Ehatt of Perry Hall said. What 15-year-old do you know wants to kills himself and others. We need to give this kid support.

A posting on the page said: First day of school, last day of my life. [Expletive] the world.

Police say they are checking social media to see what, if anything, anyone knew about the suspects plans.

They add that Gladden planned the violence taking the gun from his fathers home.

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Colonial Heights Public Schools registration

COLONIAL HEIGHTS - New residents to the City of Colonial Heights are encouraged to register their children for school before the first day, Tuesday, Sept. 4. All schools are open for new student registration between the hours of 8 a.m. and 3 p.m., Monday through Thursday this week.

Required documentation for registering students in school

When registering new students in school, parents/guardians are required to bring the following documents to complete the registration process:

- Child's certified birth certificate

- Child's Social Security number card

- Updated medical records listing state-required immunizations by day, month and year of vaccination; to include documentation of measles, mumps, rubella, diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis and polio vaccinations. Varicella (chickenpox) vaccine is required for all children born on or after Jan. 1, 1997, and effective March 3, 2010, a second dose must be administered prior to entering kindergarten. Effective July 1, 2006, a booster dose of Tdap vaccine is required for all children entering Grade 6 if at least five years have passed since the last dose of tetanus-containing vaccine. And a record of a physical examination (within the past 12 months for kindergarten students).

- Picture identification card of parent

Parents may also need to provide proof of residency, which may include the following:

- Lease or deed of a residence or property located in the city or county where a child is being registered for school.

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Education briefs for Tuesday, Aug. 28

The College of Health and Life Sciences held its first lecture in their Young Alumni Speaker Series in Albertson Hall at 4 p.m. on Wednesday. The Department of Biological Sciences welcomed Lance Thurlow, who presented his lecture Staphylococcus aureus and the Inflammation Paradox to more than 50 students and faculty members.

While very few people probably took everything home, he made it so everyone took something home. He simplified it enough that even if you dont know that much about microbiology, you could still understand it, said Joanna Fay, a molecular cell biology graduate student.

Thurlow explained the infection and what he and his team are doing to counteract it. There is no vaccine for this disease, which has become a problem in the United States and has passed HIV/AIDS as the number one infectious disease in America.

According to Thurlow, there are around 90,000 cases each year that result in approximately 19,000 deaths. He also said somewhere between 25 to 50 percent of people have a form of Staphylococcus in their nose and many will carry it without ever showing any symptoms.

He conducts his research at the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine.

It is very relevant to current medical science because it is a huge problem. I work at the hospital and half the people that come in have Staphylococcus or symptoms of it, said Justin Kerby, a graduate student of molecular cell biology at Fort Hays.

Thurlow earned his Bachelor of Science degree in 2002 and his Master of Science degree in 2005, both from Fort Hays State University. He then went on the complete his doctorate from Kansas State University in 2009.

The College of Health and Life Sciences will be continuing their Young Alumni Speaker Series throughout the year.

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August 24, 2012, 7:48 AM PDT

Takeaway: Just in time for back to school season, we break down the 10 ten sci-fi & fantasy institutes of education worthy of claiming you attended (by way of IRL-available merchandise).

10. PS238Public School 238 is home to the Rainmaker Program, the U.S. governments project to understand the basis of superpowers by educating the elementary school-aged children of superheroes and villains. Your PS238 lunchbox better be bulletproof.

9. Smallville High Yes, this is Supermans Superboys Clark Kents alma mater, which is all the excuse you need to sport a Smallville High athletics shirt. (Warning: Wearing said shirt may increase your chances of meteor rock mutation and/or supervillainy.)

8. Empire State University Any alumni registry that includes Dr. Doom, Reed Richards, Emma Frost, and Peter Parker is one youll proudly name-drop. At least until the next Skrull invasion.

7. Sunnydale High How many people can claim they went to high school with the Slayer before the campus was consumed in the implosion of the Hellmouth? I mean, how many surviving people can claim that?

6. Miskatonic University So much to be proud of from this isolated New England gem, from its unparalleled library of the occult to its extensive faculty knowledge of the Elder Gods to the only medical school with an accredited specialty in human re-animation. Go Pods!

5. I.F. Battle School This military academy may have its critics, many of them Battle School alumni, but any organization that produced Ender Xenocide Wiggin is one thats due its share of respect. In darkness, therefore we will fight!

4. Xaviers School for Gifted Youngsters The only downside to attending the most exclusive school in the Marvel universe is that you have to be the right kind of people (read: mutants) to attend, and the only school sports team is a paramilitary strike force trained to defend a world that hates and fears you. But the class reunions are awesome.

3. Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry Yes, it has all the tedious downsides of an English boarding school with the additional inconvenience of placing you in the crosshairs of He Who Shall Not Be Named. But you get to play Quidditch. Enough said.

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Written by Amy England Thursday, 23 August 2012 13:17

Life-saving AEDs (automatic electronic defibrilators) will be available in all three campuses of the Steelville School District this year as a result of donations from the Alumni Association, who provided one for the high school and from Phelps County Regional Medical Centers (PCRMC) Heart-2-Heart Fund in partnership with Marelly AEDs & First Aid.

We were eligible to receive two this year and, along with the donation, (PCRMC will) provide CPR training for six employees in each building, Superintendent Nathan Holder reported. Weve been working on that training for our staff and we have about half of the teaching staff CPR certified and will be able to increase that number. The two new devices should be installed in the elementary and middle school by the end of August. Staff were given a basic overview on how to use the AEDs during beginning-of-school training, but Holder noted that the devices are made where anyone can use them. There will also be six people in each building that will be specifically trained on their use. We have been fortunate with the generosity of the Alumni Association and PCRMC that we now have AEDs in all our buildings, he said. We hope we never have to put them in use, but are thankful to have them in all three campus buildings. The Steelville Alumni Association is currently collecting funds to purchase another AED for the Early Childhood Building. The one purchased for the high school cost almost $1,900 and the group currently has $860 collected toward the next one.

AED?DONATIONS BEING TAKEN Donations to purchase another AED for the Early Childhood Building can be sent to the Alumni Association Treasurer Wanda Grayson at P.O. Box 131, Steelville. Checks should be made payable to the Steelville Alumni Association and should have "AED Donation" in the memo section.

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In the five years Lazaro Lopez has been its principal, Wheeling High School has gone through tremendous transition.

It shares the same name, but its a completely different high school, Lopez said.

Over the past five years, Lopez and school officials have redesigned the Wheeling curriculum, providing a much more hands-on approach for a students future, and have made efforts to enhance the subjects of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). The school was even rededicated in 2010 as a comprehensive high school with a STEM focus.

When I became principal, one of the messages from the community is that Wheeling was one of the best kept secrets in the district, and I thought that was a shame. Theres no reason for it to be a secret, Lopez said, adding that, historically, Wheeling had possessed a strong math and technology element.

With all of the data showing the opportunities our school has faced before, it made sense to try to make that a focus and bring in resources and partnerships, Lopez said.

It was those resources that even helped WHS and the village of Wheeling nab a partnership with Intel and Hewlett-Packard, which will provide advanced computing learning opportunities for students in the technology program.

One of the biggest changes, Lopez said, is the push toward more original research. Before, students would be given a topic to research for a class project. Now, the student is asked what about the given topic they would like to know and are then tasked with finding that information.

So that no matter what class youre in, youre doing original research, Lopez said.

Changes, accolades

While students may not notice any drastic changes for the coming school year that starts this week, the high school has installed a new mock senior care facility across the hall from its mock medical care room. These rooms are available for students who fall into the health sciences program.

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NORFOLK, Neb. (KTIV/US92) -

As a Siouxland school of nursing begins its third year, a new crop of nursing students will be welcomed with a ceremony Friday.

Officials with the University of Nebraska Medical Center say that their nursing school on the campus of Northeast Community College will be participating as part of the annual statewide white coat ceremonies Friday.

The ceremony serves as the first time new students will don their white coats provided by alumni and school donors for the first time, and will also take an oath of professionalism. The ceremony in Norfolk comes at the start of the third year that UNMC has hosted classes in the new nursing building on campus.

The college that offers both two and four year nursing degrees graduated their first classes last semester and school officials say they building continues to be a success. Friday's white coat ceremony will be at Northeast's Cox Activities Center and starts at 2:00 p.m.

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