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Education

South Tama Middle School January Students of the Month

Biographies by: Macie Henle, Takia Rosenberger, Hunter Van Dee, Aldo Valles, Dakota Panosh, Brendon Ribby, Braxten Rohrs, Koya Epperly Adrian Valle (5th)Congratulations to Adrian Valle for earning Student of the Month. He has shown respect to his teachers and classmates. Adrian is 11 years ...

This Is Us reset for March 19 in Tama

Recognizing the cultural diversity of the area, a celebration for community is planned for Monday, March 19, at the South Tama Elementary School in Tama. The program get underway with a potluck meal from 5:30-5:30 p.m.During the evening a cultural dress fashion show, art displays and face ...

Parents, caregivers invited to Stewards of Children March 6

Sexual abuse prevention education for adults will be offered on Tuesday, March 6, in a special program at the Wieting Theatre in Toledo beginning with a light meal at 6 p.m.The program, Stewards of Children, is taken by parents or caregivers and is also used to train staff and volunteers who ...

South Tama addresses special ed staff positions

Moving to reduce the district's special education budget shortfall, the South Tama School Board approved staff adjustments for the 2018-19 school year by making staff reductions. The decision was approved on a 5-0 board vote during their regular meeting on Monday night, Feb. 19 with members ...

South Tama Middle School students take part in S.T.E.M. event

Special to The ChronicleOn January 29, Iowa Public Television partnered with Million Women Mentors Iowa to bring together 6-12 grade students who identify as female with STEM organizations. From 9-11 a.m. students and their chaperones visited interactive STEM booths taking guided notes about ...

Parents have the loudest voices

In my role with Central Rivers Area Education Agency, I get a front row seat to the hard work our local teachers and administrators are doing every day. Our local schools are stretching every dollar in their budgets to make sure that our children get the highest quality education possible in a ...

Mankato State Dean’s List

Mankato, MINN- The Academic High Honor and Honor lists (Dean's lists) for the past fall semester at Minnesota State University, Mankato have been announced by Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs Marilyn Wells.Among those named wasToledo- Courtney Anderson, Sophomore, High ...

University of Northern Iowa awards degrees to 890 Fall grads

CEDAR FALLS- New alumni were added to the roster of graduates of the University of Northern Iowa. aAmong the graduates were:Toledo- Abby Horbach, Master of Arts Counseling: School Counseling; Samuel Kuhter, Bachelor of Arts- Accounting Finance: Financial Management, Madeline Nelson, Bachelor of ...

Central College students named to Dean’s List

PELLA- More than 400 students earned a spot on the fall 2017 dean's list for Central College.The honor is awarded to full-time students who achieve a 3.5 grade point average or higher on a 4.0 scale while taking 12 or more graded credit hours for the semester.Tama- Mariah Fritz, Cole ...

Legislature moves to aid some school district busing costs

While final passage by the Iowa Senate was awaited at News-Herald press deadline, it appears many primarily rural school districts in the state are expected to benefit from legislation which passed the Iowa house on Monday.Upon adoption, Senate File 455 will assure no district spends more than ...