Roosevelt leads program

Roosevelt leads program

HUBBARD — Roosevelt Elementary School was the top fund-raising school in northern Ohio in the recent Olive Garden’s 15th annual Pasta for Pennies program benefiting The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.

Elementary, middle and high school students throughout northern Ohio collected $189,000 in spare change in the effort, and Roosevelt led the way with $5,843. More than $5.3 million was donated by students nationally this year.

The LLS Northern Ohio Chapter is recruiting schools to participate in the 2010 Olive Garden Pasta for Pennies program. To learn more about how your school can participate, call (216) 910-1224 or visit www.LLS.org.

Jump$tart Coalition grant

WARREN — Susan Stowe, a Warren G. Harding High School teacher, has secured an Ohio Jump$tart Coalition grant to participate in a national youth financial literacy program in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 6-8.

Stowe created her own financial literacy program to help students learn how to manage their personal finances and will have an opportunity take part in the first national educator conference devoted entirely to personal finance education.

Students keep road clean

CANFIELD — Students in the Horticulture Program at Mahoning County Career and Technical have made a commitment to keeping the roadways around the school clean.

The Mahoning Valley Green Team has installed two signs on Palmyra Road acknowledging that effort.

Twice a year, the students spend a day cleaning the roadway as part of the Adopt-a-Spot program through the Green Team.

To date, the students have cleaned Palmyra Road four times and are planning for the next cleanup day next spring.

Irish orchestra to perform

YOUNGSTOWN — The Templeogue College Orchestra from Dublin, Ireland, will perform in concert at 7 p.m. Oct. 26 in the Cardinal Mooney High School auditorium, 2545 Erie St.

The orchestra members, young men ranging in age from 13 to 17, will be in the Youngstown area for three days, staying with members of the Cardinal Mooney band and chorus. They will visit Duquesne University and Kennywood Park in Pittsburgh and Niagara Falls, Canada, during their stay.

The Oct. 26 performance will also feature the Burke School of Irish Dance. Donations will be accepted at the door.

Penn State Day planned

SHARON, PA. — Penn State Shenango, 147 Shenango Ave., will have its annual Penn State Day for high school juniors and seniors from 10 a.m. until noon Oct. 31, in 105 Sharon Hall.

Information on admission and academic options will be available and campus tours will be offered. For more information or to schedule your visit, call (724) 983-2803 or register online at www.shenango.psu.edu.

Penn State Shenango will conduct an Adult Open House from 6 to 8 p.m. Nov. 4 in Lecture Hall 222.

Prospective students will hear about the admissions process, scholarship opportunities and financial aid availability, flexible scheduling, available degree and certificate programs and life as an adult student.

For additional information or to register, contact the Admissions Office at (724) 983-2803 or go online at www.shenango.psu.edu.

Cabbage-growing program

BULLOCK COUNTY, ALA. — The national Bonnie Plants cabbage-growing program illustrates the best form of teaching — making learning fun and engaging — by providing third-grade students lessons on plants, patience and perseverance as they attempt to grow the biggest cabbage in their state.

Students across the country participating in the Bonnie Plants Third Grade Cabbage Program receive a free Bonnie O.S. Cross — an “oversized” cabbage plant — to cultivate, nurture and grow, some as large as 50 pounds.

Teachers from each class select the student who has grown the best cabbage and submit that entry to Bonnie Plants. That student’s name is then included in a statewide drawing to receive a $1,000 scholarship towards education. Miranda Barnett of Beloit was the 2008 Ohio winner.

“The cabbage program is our way of sharing our love of gardening with children,” said Dennis Thomas, of Bonnie Plants. “Because we believe so deeply in the joy and peace gardening can bring to the soul, we want to afford the opportunity to children to experience this same joy and sense of accomplishment.”