Dr. Robert Imhoff, President of Mid-Continent University, will confer degrees for approximately 280 students on Saturday, May 15. Commencement ceremonies will be held at 3 p.m. at Graves County High School in Mayfield, Ky.
The Mid-Continent University May 2010 graduates represent a diverse group students, including graduates from the Dr. James W. Cecil Baptist College of the Bible and the Baptist College of Arts and Sciences with academic departments providing a variety of programs.
Members of the Clean Slate Club at Benton Grade School recently enjoyed a trip to Rent One Park in Marion to watch the Southern Illinois Miners play an exhibition baseball game.
According to sponsors Stacia Sloan and Abby Neal, this club consists of students who have a perfect behavior record for this school year.
Driver education students at BCHS got a firsthand look at distracted and impaired driving earlier this week.
Trooper David Sneed of the Illinois State Police accompanied students Monday afternoon as they drove a golf cart through a course set up in the bus barn at Benton Consolidated High School.
Organizers plan to show Benton Grade School K-4 students "Reading Is Magical."
That will be the theme of the upcoming Family Reading Night, set to start at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 27, at BGS.
The Benton Middle School honor roll for the third nine weeks has been released.
New student trustee Kody Schwarze was seated at Tuesday's Rend Lake College Board of Trustees meeting, replacing outgoing student trustee Samantha York.
Schwarze, the son of Lenny and Karen Schwarze, is a 19-year-old freshman from Valmeyer. He is double-majoring in agricultural mechanics and production. Schwarze succeeds York, a 20-year-old double major in agricultural business and production who lives in McLeansboro and plans to transfer to Murray State University in Kentucky.
Menus for area schools and Franklin County Senior Services.
Kindergarten registration will be from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday, April 29, in the Zeigler-Royalton gym.
To register, children must be residents of the school district and must be 5 years old on or before Sept. 1, 2010.
The Christopher Elementary School has released the honor roll for the third quarter.
The third nine weeks honor roll for Ewing-Northern Grade School has been released.
Benton Consolidated High School has released the honor roll for the third nine weeks.
Benton Grade School K-4 has released the honor roll for the third quarter.
Southern Illinois University Carbondale and Sesser resident Rachel N. Matyi has accepted membership in the Golden Key International Honour Society. She was honored during a recent induction ceremony at SIUC.
Golden Key's chief executive officer John W. Mitchell said it is only fitting that Golden Key recognize a top academic achiever such as Matyi.
Illinois driving laws are making a difference in teens’ lives — and Thompsonville High School students are taking notice.
The Operation Teen Safe Driving program has been created to aid in teen driving awareness. Since the program started, statistics have shown a drastic decrease in fatalities related to car accidents.
The click of a mouse led Randy Marple to www.enjoyillinois.com — and from there, a trip was planned.
Nine junior and senior members of the Young Republicans Club of Union County High School, located in Morganfield, Ky,. visited Benton museums Thursday.
In spite of the pouring rain, students were impressed with what they saw.
Menus, March 29-April 2
Good Friday being observed April 2
Group discussions and meetings with vendors kept Benton Consolidated High School students moving on Wednesday as they participated in the first Career Expo held in Rich Herrin Gymnasium.
The event was co-hosted by the high school and the Franklin County Juvenile Justice Council.
Organizer and council chairman Monica Urban said the event went particularly well for the first run.
Benton Grade School received eight First Superior ratings, 44 Division One ratings and five Division Two ratings in the Illinois Grade School Music Association District 3 Solo and Ensemble Contest March 13.
The Rend Lake College Board of Trustees on Tuesday approved a resolution authorizing the issuance of general obligation alternate revenue bonds in an aggregate principle amount not to exceed $3,433,914, effective March 23, 2010.
This proposed issuance of bonds will provide the RLC with another funding mechanism which will be utilized to meet the ordinary cash flow needs in light of delayed state funding receipts.
The Benton Community Consolidated School District 47 Board of Education hired Christy Curry of Tuscola as an assistant principal Tuesday evening.
Curry, who has served as department chairman in special education at Centennial High School in Champaign the past two years, starts July 1 as Benton Grade School 5-8 assistant principal.
She will fill the role vacated by Tammy McCollum — hired in January as BGS 5-8 principal to replace Jamie Neal, who is retiring at the end of the current school year.
