Training for tutors
Training for tutors
YOUNGSTOWN -- The 32nd Degree Masonic Children's Learning Center, 223 Wick Ave., will offer training sessions for adults interested in tutoring dyslexic children. Trainees should have a bachelor's degree, and teaching experience would also be advantageous. The training will begin with two six-hour initial instruction sessions Sept. 9 and 23 followed by eight four-hour Saturday classes. Participants will also be required to complete 100 hours of one-to-one tutoring of dyslexic children after school hours. The training is free and leads to "Initial Certification" in the Scottish Rite Orton-Gillingham approach to multisensory reading instruction. For information, contact Dorothy Tesner, interim director of the center, at (330) 743-7789.
Preschool reunion planned
LIBERTY -- The Cardinal Kiddie Kollege will hold a 30th anniversary celebration from noon to 4 p.m. Aug. 12 at its facilities at 3245 Cardinal Drive. The preschool has enrolled more than 4,000 children over its 30 years of operation and offers programs for children as young as 18 months. It also runs after-school and days-off-school programs for children as old as 12. The celebration will feature a "meet and greet" with past administrators, teachers and former pupils. The program is open to the public, and refreshments will be served.
Seminar on new tax laws
NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. -- The Westminster College Drinko Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning is holding a seminar designed to update school officials on Pennsylvania's latest tax laws. "A New Sheriff in Town: New Financial Obligations for School Districts Under Special Session Act 1" will run from 8 to 11:30 a.m. Aug. 14 in the McKelvey Campus Center. The seminar is designed for superintendents, assistant superintendents and managers and will focus on the important new budgeting and revenue allocation obligations on all school districts, including: guiding the participants through a maze of requirements for the creation of the District Tax Study Commission, which must be in place by September 2006; explaining the implementation of the referendum requirements and impact on budgeting; clarifying the exceptions to the mileage caps; and explaining ways of avoiding a lot of red tape. The seminar offers two hours of continuing education credit. Contact Carol Fiumara at (412) 624-8367 or e-mail fiumara@pitt.edu for more information.
Salem wins 'Challenge'
YOUNGSTOWN -- Salem High School students captured the 2005-06 "Academic Challenge" title, beating last year's winner, Howland High School, in the final single-elimination round. "Academic Challenge," an educational quiz show that has been broadcast on News Channel 33 for the last four years, is a partnership between Youngstown State University and the television station. The victorious Salem team, coached by Joe Shivers, is composed mostly of the Shivers family: cousins Connor, Brian, Joseph, Meredith and Paul; and Annie Dombroski and James Drotleff. The annual quiz show began in 2003 with nine high school teams and grew to 36 teams this year. Salem was presented with the Howard W. Jones Championship Trophy, named for theuniversity's first president.
Early Entrance Test
FOWLER -- The first portion of the Early Entrance Test for children in the Mathews School District who will be 5 years old between Oct. 1 and Dec. 31 of this year will be given at 9 a.m. Aug. 10 at Currie Elementary School, 3306 Ridge Road. To register, call the school at (330) 637-2976.
KSUTC Police Academy
WARREN -- Kent State University Trumbull Campus, 4314 Mahoning Ave. N.W., will hold an open house from 6 to 8 p.m. Aug. 8 marking the opening of the campus Police Academy. The campus has taken over the operation of MTC Training Centre which offered police and corrections training to Northeast Ohio for 15 years. Kent's first police academy class began June 12 and its first corrections academy began this week.