Browse past news stories for Southwest Middle School in Reading, PA.

• Local students chosen for prestigious chorus (Jacksonville Daily News)
  posted on November 3, 2009 at 06:21:50 am
  Three Onslow County students have been given the chance to sing their hearts out at a conference in Winston-Salem.
• Michelle Wiley to become new principal at J. M. Grasse (Perkasie News-Herald)
  posted on October 21, 2009 at 09:40:11 am
  J. M. Grasse Elementary School’s new principal may be new to the district, but she is a Wiley veteran ready to join the Pennridge family.
• Wiley to become new principal at J. M. Grasse (The Reporter)
  posted on October 20, 2009 at 11:14:36 am
  J.M. Grasse Elementary School's new principal may be new to the Pennridge School District, but she is a veteran educator ready to join the Pennridge family.
• New principal hired for Grasse Elementary (The Intelligencer)
  posted on September 23, 2009 at 09:19:40 am
  A principal from the Reading School District is poised to take the reins at J.M. Grasse Elementary this year.
• Ron Devlin's Kitchen Table: Ex-Marine helps city youths stay on track (Reading Eagle)
  posted on September 14, 2009 at 04:46:52 am
  Joe Ayala grew up on the streets in Puerto Rico, New York and Reading. He might have gone to the dark side, but people who cared put him on the track to success.
• You Can Help (Albert Lea Tribune)
  posted on September 12, 2009 at 02:08:43 pm
  The following are some of the volunteer opportunities open in Freeborn County. If you can help with any of them or would like to volunteer for other things, call Beth Spande, Retired and Senior Volunteer Program director, at Senior Resources, 377-7433.
• Deacon Hasn't Taken 'the Easy Way' (The Lakeland Ledger)
  posted on August 23, 2009 at 11:31:19 pm
  By CARY McMULLEN LEDGER RELIGION EDITOR LAKELAND | 'Faith and family are the main things. I have something in every room about them," said Joan Verret.
• 3 Albert Lea schools fails; Glenville-Emmons, USC and Alden-Conger also hit (Albert Lea Tribune)
  posted on August 12, 2009 at 02:15:38 pm
  Like 45 percent of schools across the state, many local schools failed to meet Adequate Yearly Progress goals. According to the Minnesota Department of Education, 1,048 schools out of 2,303 did not make AYP in 2009, up from 931 schools in 2008.
• Students take part in science summer school (Albert Lea Tribune)
  posted on July 21, 2009 at 02:29:30 pm
  Albert Lea’s Earth Science Summer School program had 29 students from four area school districts complete the program. The class was taught by Ken and Kelli Fiscus and focused on three areas: how scientists make their discoveries, space travel and natural disasters.
• Vox Populi: Thanks to all the Georgia Ports Authority workers who are there every day, keeping business in the port of ... (Savannah Morning News)
  posted on June 27, 2009 at 11:01:54 pm
  "Thank you so much to the kind gentleman in the white Silverado truck who stopped on I-16 to help my husband change a tire on our RV."
• School's Out for the Summer (The Lakeland Ledger)
  posted on June 1, 2009 at 03:40:30 am
  For most Polk County teachers, the three Rs - reading, writing, and 'rithmetic - get replaced with the 2 Rs once they finish their teacher workdays on Friday: relaxation and rejuvenation.
• High school hosts chamber choirs (Albert Lea Tribune)
  posted on May 19, 2009 at 02:59:30 pm
  Albert Lea High School Concert Choir hosted a small choir/chamber choir festival on April 29. Chamber choirs from Owatonna, St Paul Central and Blue Earth joined the Albert Lea Chorale to perform for clinician Russ Svenningsen from Southwest Minnesota State University.
• Marbles Tournaments Crown Winners, Runners-up (WFMZ Eastern Pennsylvania and Western New Jersey)
  posted on May 4, 2009 at 06:35:19 pm
  var nopreviewimage = "1"; if (nopreviewimage == ""){ document.write(' '); document.write(' '); document.write(' '); } Marbles were moving around in Reading over the weekend. The 87th annual Reading Marbles Tournament, the longest continually-running children's sporting event in the country, was held at the 3rd and Spruce Recreation Center on Saturday.  [ WEB LINK: ( Berks County Marbles ) ]
• Two boys, two girls crowed champs at Reading and Berks County Marbles Tournament (Reading Eagle)
  posted on May 4, 2009 at 04:12:44 am
  Two boys and two girls were crowned champions over the weekend in the 87th annual Reading and Berks County Marbles Tournament. The city tournament was held Saturday and the county tournament Sunday. Both were played at the Third and Spruce Recreation Center in Reading.
• Who will be the 2009 Teacher of the Year? (Albert Lea Tribune)
  posted on April 6, 2009 at 02:36:49 pm
  District 241 will name its 2009 Teacher of the Year Wednesday in the commons area at Albert Lea High School. The ceremony begins at 3:30 p.m. The event acknowledges all district Teacher of the Year finalists and concludes with two awards.
• General Beadle math instructor named Rapid City Teacher of the Year (Rapid City Journal)
  posted on March 13, 2009 at 09:31:25 pm
  Nancy Ward, special education math teacher at General Beadle Elementary School, has been named the Rapid City Teacher of the Year in the Rapid City Public School Foundation’s annual program.
• Student News (The Lakeland Ledger)
  posted on March 8, 2009 at 03:16:01 am
  Polk region science and engineering fair Polk Region Science and Engineering Fair award recipients: Behavorial and Social Sciences, junior: