CNN Live: News Programming is Elementary in Caledonia
“Good morning. It’s time to tune into CNN Live.” It’s sixty seconds to news time. Quiet comes over the studio. The crew of the CNN news team watches the computer clock count down to the start of the daily...
Veteran’s Words Teach Class About More Than War
Pinned to John Brummel's chest on the fatigues he's wearing is a Polaroid picture of Phil, his good friend from when he served in Vietnam. Phil's looking away from the camera, wearing the jungle fatigues and helmet he wore...
Students’ Artwork Fills Online Museum
Artsonia calls itself “the world's largest kids’ art museum” but it's much more than that.
The website also gives students a confidence booster and teachers a way to track their progress, puts a smile on the face of grandma in...
Creating Portraits of Orphans Shows Students the Big Picture
A project involving Caledonia High School students creating portraits of orphaned children in Haiti wrapped up this semester with delivery of the final pieces of art back to the children.
During the 2012-2013 school year, National Art Honor Society members...
A successful Odyssey
Question: What do you get when you mix a Model T, legendary inventors, an electric eel and a tricky obstacle course?
Answer: An Odyssey of the Mind skit designed by elementary school students that placed ninth among 41 teams at...
A Win for Caledonia and for Manufacturing
Caledonia High School digital art students won first and second place for the popular vote in theDiscover Manufacturing Today Video Challenge. The local contest was sponsored by The Manufacturing Council, which seeks to promote opportunities in manufacturing. The one-...
Bus Transfer System Works Like Clockwork, Saves Taxpayer Dollars
You're a kindergartner. It's your first day riding the big yellow school bus. Before you get home, you are going to be dropped off at a transfer spot with more than 1,000 other kids. And you have to find...
Caledonia FFA Grows Award-winning Students
Caledonia's FFA club's strong leaders and a supportive community are big reasons behind the group's reputation for raising good citizens and garnering dozens of awards over the years. “FFA really made me who I am today,” said Nathan Frahm,...
Community and Caledonia are One, Says Award Winner
Whenever she sees a big yellow school bus from Caledonia Community Schools roll by, the word “community” stands out to Judy Harrison, the Caledonia Education Foundation's 2013 Honored Alumnus.
“Caledonia is about community,” Harrison said of her hometown. “That's what...
Students Keep an Ancient Tradition Alive
When Caledonia High School's band director Kyle Wellfare first tried to play a song on the bagpipes, it didn't go smoothly. "This is the hardest thing I have ever done," he remembers saying. It got easier, and he and...
His Life is a Lesson
Roger VanLaan, 91, lives in a world he couldn't have imagined when he graduated from Caledonia High School in 1939. And the students he recently spoke to in history class there can barely imagine the world he once lived...
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