Munster, Lake Central high schools ranked top Indiana schools in U.S. News report

Ten Northwest Indiana public high schools received top ratings in the U.S. News and World Report 2013 Best High School rankings released this week.

Lake County school construction built on red ink

CROWN POINT | Lake County's public school districts are carrying $1.8 billion in debt on their books.

Kindergarten registration coming up for Merrillville kids

MERILLVILLE | The Merrillville Community School Corporation has scheduled registration dates for kindergarten classes beginning in August 2013.

3 Pierce Middle School students charged with illegal possession of handgun

MERRILLVILLE | A Pierce Middle School eighth-grader brought a loaded handgun to school earlier this month, apparently to appear "cool and tough," police said.

Pierce Middle School student expelled for bringing gun to school

MERRILLVILLE | A Pierce Middle School student has been expelled after bringing a gun to school, Merrillville Schools Superintendent Tony Lux said.

Dealership hosts gardening event and makes donations

MERRILLVILLE | Fifteen members of the Lake County Master Gardeners Association Inc. participated recently in the Mike Anderson Chevrolet Customer Appreciation Event, which included gardening lessons for customers and two large donations.

M'ville superintendent rips state plan to grade schools

INDIANAPOLIS | Indiana's plan to rate schools using grades A-F is an inadequate measure of student learning and unfairly holds teachers and schools responsible for students' lives outside the classroom.

Kindergarten sign-ups starting in April at five M'ville schools

MERRILLVILLE | The Merrillville Community School Corp. has scheduled registration for kindergarten classes.

Registration to open Monday for new Merrillville students

MERRILLVILLE | New students entering kindergarten through fourth grade in Merrillville can be registered from 9:30 a.m. to noon and 1 to 2:30 p.m. Monday at the Merrillville Community School Corp. administration building, 6701 Delaware St.

Indiana offers little regulation for home schooling

Indiana is one of 10 states with minimal regulations for students who are home-schooled, according to the nationally recognized Homeschool Legal Defense Association.

BB cracks window on M'ville school bus

MERRILLVILLE | A BB or pellet cracked a Merrillville school bus window, and school officials are not sure when it happened.

Register now for GED Preparation class

MERRILLVILLE | Registration has begun for the GED Preparation class being offered through Merrillville Adult Education.

Meeting needs with kneads

MERRILLVILLE | Learning how to bake bread wasn't the only lesson Salk Elementary School fourth-graders learned Friday.

Pierce fairs well in regional Science Olympiad

MERRILLVILLE | The Science Olympiad team of Clifford Pierce Middle School placed fourth in the regional tournament held on February 19 at Indiana University Northwest, taking first place in Compute and third-place in Junkyard Challenge, Disease Detectives, and Storm the Castle.

State throws out breached ISTEP question

INDIANAPOLIS | About 83,000 eighth-graders will not receive a score for an essay-writing question on the ISTEP-Plus language arts test because of a breach of test security.

Diversity initiatives cut across county lines

Launched more than a decade ago at Pierce Middle School in Merrillville, the popular diversity program espoused by STAND, or Socially Together and Naturally Diverse, continues to get top grades when it comes to moving race relations forward.

Planetarium Club gives students close-up view of planets, teamwork

MERRILLVILLE | Gathered around a computer terminal with multiple screens, several Pierce Middle School students had no trouble operating the Merrillville Community Planetarium inside the school.

EDITORIAL: Put statistics to work in racial debate

There is no shortage of efforts to address the race relations issue that Northwest Indiana must come to grips with. The Quality of Life Council spotlighted several of those initiatives at its Dec. 3 meeting.