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Mater Dei earns '4 Star School' award

Mater Dei earns '4 Star School' award

Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction Glenda Ritz has announced Indiana's 4 Star schools for 2013. In order to achieve this designation, a school must be in the top 25th percentile of schools in ISTEP+ testing results. A total of 313 schools received the award throughout the state.

Among the honorees were:

Signature School

Holy Family School

Precious Blood School

Holy Cross School

Sts Peter & Paul School

St Philip School

Saint Wendel School

Mater Dei High School

West Side Catholic student wins Toyota poster contest

West Side Catholic student wins Toyota poster contest

 

 A student at West Side Catholic has been named as the winner of the Toyota Indiana poster contest as part of Earth Month.

Toyota sponsored a poster contest for fifth-grade students in Gibson, Vanderburgh, Posey and Warrick counties.  The winning design will be on the T-shirt given to all sixth-grade students who participate in the World Water Monitoring Challenge this fall.

The design theme was water quality.  Students had to design a poster that focused on why we need clean water and how to protect the earth’s water resources. 

The winning design was submitted by Adam Barnes of Evansville who attends West Side Catholic Consolidated School, the St. Boniface Campus.  The student’s teacher will receive a certificate for $200 for classroom supplies, and all classes that participated in the contest will have a pizza party.

Wertz kids walking to health; school emphasizes healthy initiatives

Wertz kids walking to health; school emphasizes healthy initiatives

Kids at Daniel Wertz Elementaryhad a fun, active start to the day Wednesday morning.

The entire school took part in "National Walk or Bike to School Day."

Students walked about two blocks from the bus stop into the school yard, where they walked around to music for another half an hour.

Teachers tell us they put a year round emphisis on healthy eating and exercise.

USI spring commencement set for May 4

USI spring commencement set for May 4

 

The University of Southern Indiana’s spring Commencement will once again be held on campus this year – only the second time since 1991. Five ceremonies will be held over two days, May 3 and 4, in the Physical Activities Center (PAC), with a reception in University Center East following each ceremony.

More than 1,500 students are eligible to participate in Commencement, including 19 summa cum laude graduates, 120 magna cum laude graduates, 172 cum laude graduates, and 37 University Honors Scholars. More than 20 percent of the 2013 graduating class earned a grade point average of 3.6 or better, up about three percent from recent years.

Mater Dei students' high mileage car featured on Wired.com

Mater Dei students' high mileage car featured on Wired.com

Mater Dei students and their futuristic vehicle are featured on a national website.

A team of student engineers recently built a car that can get over 849 miles on a tank of gas, setting a new Americn record in the Urban class. 

The team and their four cars were competing in Shell’s Eco-marathon Americas, a competition for high school and college students.

The Mater Dei Supermileage Team competed again this year against 38 high schools and 48 universities from across the United States, Canada, Mexico and South America.

Tekoppel Elementary to get makeover

Tekoppel Elementary to get makeover

On Saturday, April 13, more than 150 Indiana college students who are members of the Indiana Student Education Association are expected to join local and educator volunteers to remodel Tekoppel Elementary in Evansville.  

“Tekoppel Elementary is a kindergarten through fifth grade school in the Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation located in the heart of Evansville’s west side and it holds quite a history,” says project coordinator and ISTA Vice President Teresa Meredith. “Tekoppel started in 1909 as a four-room brick building. Each room had its own heating stove. Indoor plumbing wasn’t installed until 1934. It was the first county school in the state of Indiana to have a public kindergarten. In 1940, Tekoppel students could enjoy a hot lunch for 15 cents.

Mater Dei Dance Marathon for Riley kids set for Friday

Mater Dei Dance Marathon for Riley kids set for Friday

 

The 3rd annual Mater Dei Dance Marathon will take place this Friday April 5, 2013 at Mater Dei High School! Anyone and everyone are welcome to come help raise money for Riley Children's Hospital. 

Mater Dei has raised over $50,000 the past two years and are trying to reach a goal of $15,000 this Friday.