Teachers at Nolley Elementary School, who have been personally touched by cancer, decided to take Relay For Life to their students. Evelyn Duve, a primary intervention specialist and third grade teacher Shari Gardner, wanted their students to help in the fight against the disease.


From left to right, educators Cindy Krause, from Olivia, and Shelley Dominguez, from Port Lavaca, provide teacher supplies to area educators at their store, I Teach, in Port Lavaca. The women also tutor students and adults. The store is also a gift shop.


Paramount Pictures, Participant Media and Walden Media announced today the addition of two new partners in the online "Take the Pledge" campaign supporting the national release of the award-winning documentary film WAITING FOR "SUPERMAN" this fall.


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The two 10-year-old girls must have been freezing outside the Ballwin Schnucks store, but it wasn't obvious to passers-by.


Parent-teacher association fundraisers used to be a luxury for many public school districts, a way to fund some additional educational cherries on top of the proverbial cake.


Hartford Business Journal 40 Under Forty 2010 Winner Profiles


Ideas for park design ROMEOVILLE -- Romeoville officials as well as local parks and recreation experts got a first-hand look at how fifth-graders at Irene King Elementary School would design a handicap accessible park."There are some really innovative ideas here," said Mayor John Noak after hearing from teams of fifth-grade designers.The idea came from a story called "A Dream Comes True" in ...