Published: Saturday, July 27, 2013, 1:46a.m. Updated 9 hours ago

McKeesport Area High School and its alumni association are revamping the district's homecoming celebration.

Alumni, students and district residents are invited to take part in a full day of activities promoting Tiger pride on Sept. 7 as the McKeesport Area Tigers football team takes on the Woodland Hills Wolverines at 1 p.m. at Weigle Schaeffer Memorial Stadium.

The 2013 season will mark the return of George Smith as the Tigers coach. Smith left his position three years ago after a long and successful career on the McKeesport sidelines. He recently was inducted into the Western Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame.

The football program has such a rich history in our school district, McKeesport Area communications specialist Kristen Giran said. We are planning a day of activities that will bring people together from all five of our district communities (McKeesport, White Oak, Dravosburg, Versailles and South Versailles Township). We want the whole community to feel welcome in our schools.

District officials and the McKeesport High School Alumni & Friends Association are planning a catered tailgate picnic from 10:30 a.m. to noon at the high school's inner courtyard. Tickets $6 for adults and $2 for children can be purchased in the athletic office. Tickets are limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis.

The district's homecoming parade will make a comeback before the Saturday afternoon game. Students will be on hand to lead tours of the high school, and there will be Kids Zone activities on the reserved side of the stadium during the game for the youngest Tigers-to-be.

We hope the entire community comes out to visit our high school, Superintendent Timothy Gabauer said. If you graduated or your children graduated 20 or even just 10 years ago, you will be amazed at the changes in the educational facility provided to our students today.

A special halftime salute will honor members of the school's 1994 and 2005 state championship football teams, current Hall of Fame members, and the new inductees.

This is something different, athletic director Charley Kiss said. It will be exciting to have people here from past Tiger teams, past champions. With this being an afternoon game, we hope more alumni and more people from the community can attend.

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NORTH BRUNSWICK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

This summer nearly 400 senior citizens and children in the South Jersey area will have the opportunity to receive health education while watching Americas favorite pastime, baseball, at Campbells Field in Camden, N.J., as part of Ross University School of Medicines (RUSM) 2013 season sponsorship of the Camden Riversharks.

RUSM is one of the largest medical schools with more alumni in the U.S. residency system than any other medical school. Founded in 1978 and located in Dominica, RUSM has graduated more than 10,000 physicians in its three decades of service who have come home to practice in the US, Canada and Puerto Rico. The universitys stateside administrative offices are located in North Brunswick, N.J.

The goal of the sponsorship is to increase awareness of good practices in promoting health. During designated games, Ross alumni physicians will lead activities in areas such as germ prevention, healthy eating, and musculoskeletal health for seniors. Also, in the picnic area RUSM will offer a healthy menu as an alternative to traditional ballgame fare. Following the games, contests and events will be conducted on the field.

Dr. Joseph Flaherty, dean and chancellor of RUSM, said, Many of our students are looking forward to careers in communities like those in South Jersey that have a need for skilled physicians. Programs supported by partnerships such as this one with the Camden Riversharks are an important part of our mission.

The first RUSM-sponsored event on Sunday, July 28 at 5:35 p.m. will support the American Cancer Society with about 50 staff and volunteers invited as special guests from the organizations Eastern Division in Cherry Hill, N.J.

The second event will be on Saturday, Aug. 17 at 7:05 p.m., where RUSM will welcome senior citizens to the ballpark from affiliated organizations throughout the county to enjoy contests that promote healthy living. Following the game, RUSM alumni physicians will join with a member of the Camden Riversharks to lead guests through a stretching session.

The third RUSM-sponsored event will recognize youth from local summer programs on Aug.18 at the 1:35 p.m. game. Trivia competitions, sack races, and obstacle course games will test the childrens health knowledge as well as foster fitness.

Tickets and events are free for the invited members of the community.

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Monday July 22, 2013 3:28 PM

Beginning in August, Columbus International High School officially will be known as Columbus North International School.

The Columbus Board of Education earlier this month approved a reorganization of the international feeder pattern, beginning with the new name for the school, located in the former North High School building on Arcadia Avenue.

Columbus North International School will grow to roughly 800 students next year with the addition of seventh- and eighth-grade students coming from feeder schools Columbus Spanish Immersion Academy, Fifth Avenue International School and Ecole Kenwood, according to the district's announcement.

"Students will continue their immersion and world-language curricula, with students from the immersion schools taking roughly 50 percent of their courses in a 100-percent Spanish- or French-immersion setting, including science, social studies and world-language courses," the announcement said.

"All students will take high school-credited world-language courses on track to reach Advanced Placement courses by 11th grade, with students from Fifth Avenue continuing their Mandarin Chinese study.

"Additionally, Fifth Avenue International, Columbus Spanish Immersion and Ecole Kenwood will change to a K-6 configuration."

"The hope is that this change will help us emphasize the connection that our students feel with the spirit of North High School," Columbus North International School Principal Ameer Kim El-Mallawany said in the announcement.

"This community is a perfect match for an essential part of our identity, the particular kind of contribution that our students and staff can make through community outreach, collaboration, service and dedication to the community both locally and globally."

According to the announcement, "The name change comes as the international program celebrates a long history of collaboration and active partnerships with not only the business, cultural, nonprofit and education community, but the steadfast involvement of the former North High School's alumni organizations, including the Old North Hi Club, the North High Women's Alumni Association and the Polar Bear Alumni Association."

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FAIRFIELD, Conn. - Charles W. Gardner, Jr., MD of Fairfield, and Alford, Mass., died recently. He was 88.

Dr. Gardner grew up in Fairfield, son of Dr. Charles W. Gardner and Edna Tuttle Gardner. He was educated at Phillips Andover Academy, Harvard College, and the University of Chicago Medical School . His psychiatric training was at Yale, and his psychoanalytic training at the New York Psychoanalytic Institute. After stints in the Army in 1942 to 45 and again from 1951 to 53, he established his career in academia and private practice. At the time of his retirement, he was clinical professor of Psychiatry at Yale. At varying times, he held the positions of clinical director, director of training, medical director, and senior consultant at the Yale Psychiatric Institute. Among other awards and recognition, he received the NIMH Career Teacher Award, Yale's Cameron Distinguished Clinical Teaching Award, and Yale's Distinguished Alumni Award.

Other teaching included at the Smith College School for Social Work and the Western New England Psychoanalytic Institute, and consulting at the West Haven VA Hospital. He also had a private practice in Fairfield for over 30 years.

Dr. Gardner is survived by children, Dr. Charles Gardner of Greenwich, Cynthia Gardner of Pittsfield, Mass., Jonathan Gardner of Guilford, Anne Magnavita of Glastonbury and Sarah Gardner of Williamstown, Mass.; nephews and a niece; 12 grandchildren; and a great-grandson. He was predeceased by his wife, Josephine Sperry Gardner; and sister, Charlotte Sperry.

Funeral services will be private.

Donations may be made in memory of Dr. Charles Gardner to The Berkshire Natural Resources Council, 20 Bank Row # 203, Pittsfield, MA 01201 (413) 499-0596

For more information, please visit: http://www.spearfuneralhome.com

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Newswise Bethesda, Md. -- Arthur L. Kellermann, MD, MPH, Paul ONeill-Alcoa Chair in Policy Analysis at the RAND Corporation in Washington, DC, has been named as the new Dean of the F. Edward Hbert School of Medicine at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU), following a year-long search.

Kellermann will be responsible for the undergraduate medical education of more than 640 uniformed medical students and more than 240 military and civilian graduate students each year.

"The search committee was extremely thorough in its efforts to find the best candidate to lead the School of Medicine, and Dr. Kellermann rose to the top of a very competitive field," said Charles L. Rice, M.D., USU President.

"In addition to being one of the nations leading experts in Emergency Medicine and Public Health, Dr. Kellermann is a recognized expert in health policy. His vast experience will be invaluable to the future of the F. Edward Hbert School of Medicine, and to USU, and we are very pleased that he will be joining us," said Rice.

I am humbled and excited by the opportunity, said Kellermann. In many regards, USU is Americas medical school it has a unique mission, an exceptional faculty and an amazing group of students from across the United States. I am honored to join the team.

Kellermanns distinguished career is anchored in academic medicine and public health. Before joining RAND, a non-profit research organization, he was a professor of emergency medicine and public health and associate dean for health policy at the Emory School of Medicine in Atlanta. He founded Emory's Department of Emergency Medicine and served as its first chair from 1999 to 2007. He established the Emory Center for Injury Control, and holds excellence in science awards from two organizations: the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine and the Injury Control and Emergency Health Services Section of the American Public Health Association.

A two-term member of the board of directors of the American College of Emergency Physicians, Kellermann was subsequently given the College's highest award for leadership. Elected to the Institute of Medicine (IOM) in 1999, Kellermann co-chaired the IOM Committee on the Consequences of Uninsurance, which issued six reports on this topic between 2001 and 2004. He also served on the IOM's Committee on the Future of Emergency Care in the U.S. Health System and the Committee on Effectiveness of National Biosurveillance Systems: BioWatch and the Public Health System. He currently serves on the IOMs Governing Council. A clinician and researcher, he practiced and taught emergency medicine for more than 25 years in public teaching hospitals in Seattle, Washington; Memphis, Tennessee; and Atlanta, Georgia. His research has addressed a wide range of issues, including health care spending and information technology, prevention and treatment of traumatic brain injury, the synergy between emergency care and public health, and disaster preparedness. --- The F. Edward Hbert School of Medicine was established by Congress in 1972 to provide a cadre of career military physicians and leaders for the Uniformed Services. Medical students are active duty uniformed officers in the Army, Navy, Air Force and Public Health Service who receive specialized education in tropical and infectious diseases, TBI and PTSD, disaster response and humanitarian assistance, global health, and acute trauma care in addition to their regular medical school curriculum. A large percentage of the universitys more than 5,000 physician alumni are supporting operations around the world, offering their leadership and expertise. The F. Edward Hbert School of Medicine also has graduate programs in biomedical sciences and public health, most open to civilian and military applicants, and a robust research program that covers a wide range of areas important to both the military and public health. For more information about USU and its programs, visit http://www.usuhs.edu.

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