http://www.tribdem.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Sun, 02 Jul 2006 23:46:00 +0000 http://www.tribdem.com/schools/local_story_183234817.html http://www.tribdem.com/schools/local_story_183234817.html With the ink barely dry on a 2-mill property tax increase, Central Cambria school district officials now are testing options for a new or renovated middle school, meaning another tax hike as high as 10 mills.The school board wants to close the middle school in the county seat’s historic section on Highland Avenue in the fall of 2007, and eventually sell it. Sun, 02 Jul 2006 23:38:00 +0000 http://www.tribdem.com/schools/local_story_183234013.html http://www.tribdem.com/schools/local_story_183234013.html The Windber Area School District will lose nearly 50 years of experience when two well-known administrators retire before next school year. Wed, 15 Mar 2006 16:36:00 +0000 http://www.tribdem.com/schools/local_story_074163819.html http://www.tribdem.com/schools/local_story_074163819.html Getting to know each of her students individually was Michele Mattis’ goal. Mattis, a guidance counselor in the Shanksville-Stonycreek School District, has spent her first year in the district meeting with students and learning about them. Wed, 15 Mar 2006 16:34:00 +0000 http://www.tribdem.com/schools/local_story_074163511.html http://www.tribdem.com/schools/local_story_074163511.html Wed, 08 Mar 2006 11:57:00 +0000 http://www.tribdem.com/schools/local_story_067115737.html http://www.tribdem.com/schools/local_story_067115737.html When the local branch of the American Association of University Women set out to hold an essay contest, members’ biggest fear was that they would not get many submissions. But the group received 177 entries representing 10 area schools. And the AAUW instead had the good problem of sifting through numerous strong essays to select six winners in two age categories. Wed, 01 Mar 2006 14:31:00 +0000 http://www.tribdem.com/schools/local_story_060143437.html http://www.tribdem.com/schools/local_story_060143437.html For Susan Barclay, teaching math is more than formulas and graphs. Whether it’s tutoring before classes begin or staying after the last bell rings, Barclay helps Rockwood Area School District students understand the rigors of mathematics. Wed, 01 Mar 2006 14:28:00 +0000 http://www.tribdem.com/schools/local_story_060143027.html http://www.tribdem.com/schools/local_story_060143027.html Wed, 22 Feb 2006 14:41:00 +0000 http://www.tribdem.com/schools/local_story_053144111.html http://www.tribdem.com/schools/local_story_053144111.html Former world-class gymnast Kristal Uzelac, 19, of St. Michael knows the value of a massage and that was instrumental in her decision to enroll at Laurel Highlands Therapeutic Academy to become a certified massage therapist. The school, which is owned and operated by Becky SanGregorio of Ebensburg, is located at 3135 New Germany Road in the Ebensburg Mini-Mall. Wed, 15 Feb 2006 13:42:00 +0000 http://www.tribdem.com/schools/local_story_046134713.html http://www.tribdem.com/schools/local_story_046134713.html Melissa McDonald has 150 students whom she considers to be her children. In addition to her teaching responsibilities, McDonald is an adviser for the Chestnut Ridge Future Business Leaders of America club – the largest extracurricular organization in the district. Wed, 15 Feb 2006 13:39:00 +0000 http://www.tribdem.com/schools/local_story_046133955.html http://www.tribdem.com/schools/local_story_046133955.html Wed, 08 Feb 2006 09:49:00 +0000 http://www.tribdem.com/schools/local_story_039095234.html http://www.tribdem.com/schools/local_story_039095234.html Area high school students’ eyes were opened to the real-life horrors of the Holocaust when they visited the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., in October. A pile of 3,000 shoes proved to be unnerving for students from Penn Cambria High School in Cresson and Conemaugh Township Area High School in Davidsville. Wed, 01 Feb 2006 15:41:00 +0000 http://www.tribdem.com/schools/local_story_032154327.html http://www.tribdem.com/schools/local_story_032154327.html Ray Trybus, a science teacher at Portage Area High School, is partial to Peer-Led Team Learning. “In the Peer-Led Team Learning (model) there are some students who will get things quicker and they will help direct the other students,” he said.Peer-Led Team Learning (PLTL) is an approach that provides an active learning environment, creates leadership opportunities and engages the instructor in a new way of teaching, Trybus said. Wed, 01 Feb 2006 15:38:00 +0000 http://www.tribdem.com/schools/local_story_032154039.html http://www.tribdem.com/schools/local_story_032154039.html Wed, 25 Jan 2006 13:37:00 +0000 http://www.tribdem.com/schools/local_story_025133952.html http://www.tribdem.com/schools/local_story_025133952.html In an effort to curb obesity, increase activity levels and improve eating habits among children, Memorial Medical Center is hosting KidShape. Developed in California in 1987 by a pediatric endocrinologist, KidShape is sponsored by Highmark Blue Cross, and has nine sites in the state. The Office of Community Health, which is part of the Conemaugh Health System, operates the program. Wed, 18 Jan 2006 14:01:00 +0000 http://www.tribdem.com/schools/local_story_018140400.html http://www.tribdem.com/schools/local_story_018140400.html Reading, writing and arithmetic aren’t the only subjects taught in the Conemaugh Valley School District. Anita Neisner and Tom Moran, who teach junior high-level mathematics, also focus on preparation for standardized testing.