Football pasta dinner

March 19, 2009 at 12:00a.m.

The Youngstown city schools will have a second annual Junior High Football Pasta Dinner from 4 to 6 p.m. June 6 at the Itam Pavilion, 354 Calvin St., on the city’s North Side.

Tickets are $10 and will be available beginning April 1 by contacting Dominic Modarelli or Edward Matey at the board of education offices at (330) 744-6900.

All proceeds benefit the junior high football programs. The goal is to raise $4,000.

‘Take the Test’ night

YOUNGSTOWN — Youngstown Community School is inviting parents, teachers and community members to a “Take the Test” night from 6 to 7:30 p.m. March 30 at the school, 50 Essex St.

The sample test will show the knowledge needed in third-grade reading and fifth-grade mathematics.

One way to alleviate the anxiety over achievement tests is to make the tests less mysterious, and that is what “Take the Test” night is designed to do.

Anyone interested should contact the school office at (330) 746-2240 to register.

Preschool registration

NORTH LIMA — North Lima Preschool, in Mount Olivet United Church of Christ at 410 W. South Range Road, is accepting registration for this fall.

The preschool class is for children who reach age 3 before Sept. 30, 2009, while the kindergarten readiness class is for those who reach age 4 by that date.

For details, call the school at (330) 549-9824.

Open house, registration

COLUMBIANA — Jerusalem Lutheran Church will have an open house and registration for fall classes in its preschool program from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Monday at the preschool, 415 S. Main St.

For more information, call the school at (330) 482-2454.

St. Rose alumni group

GIRARD — St. Rose School is establishing an Alumni Association in preparation for its 100th anniversary in 2011.

Graduates are asked to provide their contact information by e-mail at strosealumni@yahoo.com, by telephone at (330) 545-4351 or in writing at St. Rose Church, 48 E. Main St., Girard, Ohio 44420.

Responses should be made by April 15.

Education Day at Ursuline

YOUNGSTOWN — Ursuline High School, 750 Wick Ave., will have fifth- and sixth-grade Education Day from 9:15 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. Friday.

The program will allow students to participate in some of the 20 special sessions planned by faculty and coaches.

Students can attend three sessions of their choosing, a one-act play, an interactive session with the band and have lunch in the cafeteria.

To register, call the school at (330) 744-4563, ext. 111.

Victory takes applications

NILES — Victory Christian School is accepting applications for kindergarten through 12th grade.

It is a nondenominational school at 2053 Pleasant Valley Road in Liberty Township. Please call (330) 539-9827 for more information and to arrange a personal tour of the school.

Ohio Connections Academy

AUSTINTOWN — Ohio Connections Academy, a K-12 virtual public school, will conduct an informational session for interested families at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Country Inn and Suites, 5570 Interstate Blvd.

Teachers and currently enrolled families will attend.

Educational evening set

CANFIELD — Operation Keepsake, Inc. will host an educational evening with Miriam Grossman, author of “Unprotected” at 6 p.m. April 1 at Avion on the Water Banquet Center, 2177 W. Western Reserve Road.

Grossman is a Senior Fellow at the Clare Boothe Luce Policy Institute and a former UCLA staff psychiatrist.

She tackles the issue of sex education as a matter of life or death for teens and college students today.

Tickets are $35 per person, which includes a buffet dinner, and sponsorships are available. For reservations, call (330) 486-0602.

The mission of Operation Keepsake, Inc. is to challenge young people to develop healthy relationships, strong character and sexual restraint so that they may build and sustain committed marriages and strong families in the future.