Education Notebook: Ignite North opens doors
Aug. 23—Blake Vickers
This past week saw students from Madison Central High School take their first ever classes at at the Ignite Academy northern campus. In the meantime, students at Madison Southern High School will attend vocational classes at the high school while Ignite Academy South Campus has the finishing touches put in place.
Berea College fourth in state for Praxis Elementary Education pass rates
According to a press release from Berea College,
Berea College has ranked (tied for) No. 4 on the PraxisExam.org list of colleges with the Best Praxis Elementary Education Pass Rates in Kentucky.
PraxisExam.org offers tools to help both aspiring and seasoned educators prepare for, gain confidence with and pass Praxis exams. The Praxis measures the knowledge and skills students need to teach in their own classrooms.
Berea College's initial pass rate for Elementary Education certification is 55 percent, which puts the College well above the state average of 46 percent. The initial pass rate of 55 percent refers to students within Berea College's Education Studies Department (EDS) who take and pass the Elementary Education Praxis Exam the first time.
Over the past two years, the remaining 45 percent of Berea College's EDS students passed their certification on subsequent attempts.
"We are tremendously proud of the fact that, over the past two years, every one of our EDS students have eventually passed their Praxis exams required for certification," said Education Studies Department Chair Nicholas D. Hartlep. "Berea College and our department are committed to producing high-quality, effective teachers for the Commonwealth of Kentucky."
Berea College, the first interracial and coeducational college in the South, focuses on learning, labor and service. The College only admits academically promising students with limited financial resources—primarily from Kentucky and Appalachia—but welcomes students from 41 states and 76 countries. Every Berea student receives a Tuition Promise Scholarship, which means no Berea student pays for tuition. Berea is one of nine federally recognized Work Colleges, so students work 10 hours or more weekly to earn money for books, housing and meals. The College's motto, "God has made of one blood all peoples of the earth," speaks to its inclusive Christian character.
Saint Mark Catholic School Principal's Post
SCHOOL PICTURES — School pictures are scheduled for Friday, September 16, immediately after Mass. We request that students who do not normally attend on Friday, join us from drop-off until 11:30am. Everyone should be in Mass uniform that day. We will be taking a whole school pic, class pics, and individual pics.
FREE & REDUCED LUNCH APPLICATIONS — Click on this link to apply online: https://www.myschoolapps.com using district zip code 40508 under Catholic Diocese of Lexington Schools.
LUNCH ACCOUNTS — PLEASE set up a MySchoolBucks account for your child. This will allow you to see how much money is left in your child's account on a daily basis. You do not have to add money to the account online as it will charge you fees. Send $$ in their blue folder in an envelope marked with their name and LUNCH. The lunch ladies can add it to your child's account for free. You do not need a PIN number to set up an account. You can use your child's birthdate.
