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Education

Celebrate your community March 19

Enjoy a unique and fun evening filled with the diverse cultures of Tama County. Monday, March 19 plan to attend "This is usCelebrating our Diverse Community" at South Tama Elementary, 1611 Country Club Drive in Tama.This free evening will include a variety of foods, dress, art, and fun from all ...

Toledo Public Library News

The library will be hosting several engaging events in March and April. Mark your calendars!Canvas and Chocolate Painting Program, Tuesday, March 6th from 6-8 p.m. Fee of $10 and sign up by March 5th is required for this event.Local Author, Historian and Broadcaster Jeff Stein will present: ...

Adult Basic Education improves skills, changes lives

Have you ever traveled to a foreign country and found it difficult to read and understand menus or street signs? Was it impossible to communicate with the locals? Believe it or not, there are people in our own communities who face this situation every day, and it's not necessarily due to a ...

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 ...