‘Abbott Elementary’ and DonorsChoose Set Initiative to Donate Up to $1 Million to Public School Teachers

As “Abbott Elementary” returns to ABC for the latter half of its second season, DonorsChoose has set a new initiative that aims to get $1 million into public school classrooms. DonorsChoose has invited teachers at public schools to share projects for which they hope to receive funding beginning on W. Beginning on Jan. 10, the…

‘Every day with Norah is a gift’: Pre-K class at St. John’s School in Hollywood, Maryland, includes little girl with Down syndrome

This school year, the 19 pre-kindergarten students at St. John’s Catholic School in Hollywood, Maryland, will be learning lessons about working and playing together and sharpening their skills with letters, numbers, colors and shapes. On the third week of school, Trish Mattingly, St. John’s pre-kindergarten teacher, said a key priority has been helping the young…

School events raise $8.5K for leukemia victim

Family members of a Greencastle-Antrim Middle School student diagnosed with leukemia accepted a donation of $8,542.88 during halftime of the high school boys’ basketball game Feb. 8. The money was raised through activities in the district in less than three weeks following Emma Strait’s diagnosis Jan. 17 at Hershey Medical Center.”Emma began her battle against…

Ozark City Schools provides hope, resources for homeless students

Inside school walls, students may appear to have their needs met and a place to go home to after the last bell. But in reality, there is a hidden population of homeless children. “We have several students that are classified as homeless. We have several that have come here because they have nowhere to go….

28 students receive $1,000 each for fulfilling Mariah’s Challenge

Twenty-eight area students each received a $1,000 scholarship Tuesday night for accepting and fulfilling the Mariah’s Challenge promise — that they would not be involved with alcohol. Montana Gov. Steve Bullock was featured speaker at the ceremony at Montana Tech, said Jon Wick, Mariah’s Challenge spokesman. The annual ceremony serves as the crowning achievement for…

Falcon Bluffs Middle School learns business with charity goal

The entrepreneurs and manufacturing class at Falcon Bluffs Middle School is no ordinary shop class. Students in John Trujillo’s eighth-grade elective do more than learn how to make wood products and use machinery. They learn how to market, run public relations and sell their product to the community. They then give back, donating the proceeds…

Benton County high schools raise more than $200,000 for charity

Students in three Benton County high school fundraising competitions raised more than $206,500 for charities this school year. The Mr. and Ms. Spartan contest at Corvallis High School was the biggest money-raiser locally: its 45 participants brought in nearly $129,500 for the Mario Pastega House, the Center Against Rape and Domestic Violence, Community Outreach Inc.,…