South Haven students plant vegetables in teaching garden

South Haven Elementary School students wait to put plants in a Teaching Garden Tuesday at the school, the second year for the program at the school.

South Haven students plant vegetables in teaching garden

Representatives from the American Heart Association and from ArcelorMittal helped students at South Haven Elementary School plant a Teaching Garden on Tuesday at the school.

South Haven students plant vegetables in teaching garden

Milka Atchley, from ArcelorMittal's Burns Harbor plant, plants celery with South Haven Elementary School kindergarten student, Hunter Reid, 6, Tuesday as part of the school's Teaching Garden.

South Haven students plant vegetables in teaching garden

South Haven Elementary School kindergarten students compare plants Tuesday as they prepare to put them in a teaching garden at the school.

South Haven students plant vegetables in teaching garden

South Haven Elementary School students plant a Teaching Garden Tuesday at the school.

South Haven students plant vegetables in teaching garden

Students at South Haven Elementary School plant a Teaching Garden Tuesday with help from teachers, staff and representatives from the American Heart Association and ArcelorMittal.

School City of Hobart hosting kindergarten kickoff on Monday

HOBART | The Early Learning Center at George Earle Elementary School has scheduled a kindergarten kickoff from 6 to 7:15 p.m. Monday.

Lake Station officials pause to reflect on killings in Connecticut

LAKE STATION | The City Council at its last meeting of the year paid tribute to those killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.

After Newtown, indulgences from grateful parents

There's snow on the ground in Londonderry, N.H., nearly 200 miles to the north of the still-raw slaughter at a Connecticut elementary school, and dad Eric Heenan found himself in a routine fuss with his 9-year-old son over boots.

How to talk to your kids about Conn. mass shooting

The killings at a Connecticut elementary school left parents struggling to figure out what to tell their children.

TRI KAPPA HOLDS CHRISTMAS HOME TOUR DEC. 2

Need some inspiration and motivation to start decorating your home for the holidays?

Portage school officials laud test scores

PORTAGE | Portage students didn't do what was expected of them in the latest rounds of achievement testing.

Full-day kindergarten taxes some Portage schools

PORTAGE | At least two elementary schools won't be able to house the increased number of students participating in Portage Township Schools' first year of full-day kindergarten.

Portage schools to expand Title I programming

PORTAGE | Portage Township Schools will expand its Title I programming for at-risk students this coming year.

Portage schools approve full-day kindergarten

PORTAGE | Portage Township Schools will offer next year's kindergarten class as a full-day experience.

Portage Twp. to begin process of kindergarten eligibility April 4

PORTAGE | Kindergarten Round Up at Portage Township Schools will be from 9:30 to 11 a.m., 1 to 2:30 p.m. and 6 to 7 p.m. April 4 at each elementary school for children who will be 5 years old on or before Aug. 1.

River Forest schools starting kindergarten sign-up March 19

HOBART TOWNSHIP | The River Forest Community School Corp. will hold kindergarten registration from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. and 1 to 2:30 p.m. March 19 through March 23 at all three elementary schools.

Jones school rocks to success

PORTAGE | Jones Elementary School students rocked their gym Tuesday afternoon.

School janitor admits to St. Bridget's Church burglaries

HOBART | A Gary man employed as a janitor at St. Bridget's Catholic School admitted to committing a string of recent burglaries of church properties, including the school and rectory.