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.

Ivy Tech Community College - Southwest hosted the second Alcoa VEX Novice-level Robotics Competition on Saturday, March 16.  Twenty-four teams ranging from grades 4 through 12 competed in “TILT!” a combination presentation and robot task competition.

In first place was the Mater Dei High School "Twirly Nuts" team with advisor Donna Richardson.

Sixteen students from the Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation will be among approximately 5,000 high school students converging on Orlando, Fl., for the Business Professionals of America (BPA) national conference, May 8-12.

The following students have qualified to compete at the conference. The award they won at the state level and school is noted below.

• Hannah Riffle, 1st in Interview Skills, Bosse High School