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Schools opening, coming back after a storm, and making room for the students they have. 33 verified stories. Stories come from Bena, Lincoln, and St. Louis. Each one is checked and linked to the original report.
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CommunityAfter two years of Direct Instruction, students at Bug-O-Nay-Ge-Shig School made close to four years of progress in basic reading. Some older students who had been three or four grades behind are now on grade level.
Verified · MPR News
CommunityStudents in the Rhode Island School for the Deaf life-skills program bake for every game day. Players met the bakers on the field before a win.
Verified · NBC 10 WJAR
CommunityChildren being treated for cancer and other serious illnesses joined the football players, band, cheerleaders, and dance team. Proceeds support research at Siteman Cancer Center.
Verified · First Alert 4 (KMOV)
CommunityMore than 20 school and youth groups decorated city plows. The public's favorite will ride in the Nov. 27 Parade of Lights.
Verified · Dakota News Now
CommunityJay, now at Willow Creek Elementary, hands out candy and high fives, writes notes on the boards, and hangs lost clothing with funny messages. Staff nominated him.
Verified · East Idaho News
CommunityBarbers of Aberdeen spent their break cutting students' hair so they would head back to class feeling looked after.
Verified · WTVA
CommunityEarl Monroe, Bill Bradley, Tracy Morgan, and NBA Commissioner Adam Silver helped open the permanent home of a charter school that had been in temporary space since 2021.
Verified · Spectrum News NY1
CommunityThe Native American Community Academy, with about 440 students from more than 40 tribal affiliations, held a sunrise ceremony, student performances, and a potluck.
Verified · Albuquerque Journal
CommunityFriends Center for Children opened eight homes on Howard Street, built by Yale students, where early childhood educators live without paying rent.
Verified · New Haven Independent
CommunityThe $34.5 million building gives 312 middle schoolers STEAM learning centers, a modern media center, and special education classrooms. It finishes a $78.5 million campus.
Verified · NBC 10 WJAR
HeroesDeputy Matthew Arrington kept giving back blows until a piece of sandwich came free and a Siegel High student could breathe. He received a Letter of Commendation.
Verified · WSMV 4
CommunityStudents, parents, and neighbors at Mendoza Elementary spread 44 tons of donated rock, built benches, painted a dinosaur mural, and laid a River of Kindness of painted stones.
Verified · Las Vegas Sun
CommunityUsing about $270,000 in School LAND Trust money for after-school help, summer credit recovery, and student advocates, Woods Cross raised its English-learner graduation rate from 92 percent to 100 percent.
Verified · KSL
CommunityThe Greeley nonprofit mentors about 1,800 students, most of them the first in their families to aim for college, starting in sixth grade. Every senior graduated in each of the past two years.
Verified · 9News (KUSA)
CommunityAlly Financial volunteers worked with students at Neinas Dual Language Learning Academy to redo the community garden, pack hundreds of snack packs, and make over the teachers' lounge.
Verified · CBS Detroit
CommunityFree Guitars for Kids is set to give 14 students at enCircle's Minnick School a guitar, a gig bag, a tuner, and a strap, plus online lessons. The giveaway had not happened yet when the story was published.
Verified · WDBJ7
CommunityErik Chavarria of Hobbs CTECH won $75,000 from Harbor Freight Tools for Schools: $50,000 for his construction program and $25,000 for him.
Verified · 96.3 KKOB
CommunityKori Cannon has taught multilingual kindergartners from 22 countries over 16 years at Westgate Elementary. She was named State Teacher of the Year in Olympia and moves on to the national competition.
Verified · NBC Right Now
CommunityChilaka Ugobi of Our Redeemer's Christian School, a two-time state spelling bee champion, competes Oct. 14 for the national title and a $100,000 education savings plan. His topic is adult mental-health access.
Verified · KFYR-TV
CommunityCrews hauled out more than 600 tons of debris and refurbished about 40 rooms in under eight weeks. Students marked the return with an oli, hula, a lei for the school, and a run through welcome banners.
Verified · Hawaii News Now
CommunityBradshaw, Iaeger, Coalfield, and Southside K-8 received centers with 3D printers, robots, and circuit kits from the Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation and TC Energy, the first in the state.
Verified · WVVA
HeroesJenks West Elementary nurse Chelsea Franklin held pressure on Dennis Adams's wound after he fainted outside the stadium, and stayed until paramedics arrived.
Verified · KTUL
CommunityFranklin Alternative School staff and students trained three times a week, and 30 of them finished Moxie's Memorial 5K for the nonprofit that provided Luna.
Verified · Sun Journal
CommunityAurora Public Schools, the Community College of Aurora, and UCHealth are building a magnet school with nursing, imaging, and respiratory-therapy pathways. It opens in August 2027.
Verified · CBS Colorado