High School Recruits Sign To Colleges

(WCCO) In fairness to Tim Brewster, his true ability to recruit won't happen until next year. The vast majority of students who signed to the University of Minnesota Wednesday morning had committed for Glen Mason. One of the exceptions was Brewster's middle son, Clint, who did have a change of heart after his dad got the Gophers job. Clint Brewster, a quarterback, had verbally committed to Illinois, but took his official visit last weekend to the University of Minnesota. After that, he decided to come and play for his father at Minnesota. He signed his national letter of intent at Mullen High School in southwest Denver, Colo., and talked about why he is coming to Minnesota."We're really tight you know and at first, we wanted to go our separate ways you know and then we talked about it after he got the job and you know, we, we wanted to be together," Clint Brewster said.

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Binghamton High hosts students from school in Peru

BINGHAMTON -- When Catherine Rodriguez left Lima, Peru, it was sunny with temperatures in the 90s -- perfect beach weather. When the 15-year-old high school student arrived in Binghamton, the temperature was in the teens and on its way to the single digits -- perfect frostbite weather. That's because, while it's winter here, it's summer in Peru. But Rodriguez was happy to be here, she said. Rodriguez is one of 12 students and two teachers from a private school in Lima who are braving the cold to spend two weeks of their summer vacation at Binghamton High School, sharing perceptions and perspectives with American students. "I hope to gain information about traditions and daily life here, and share information about my culture's daily life," Rodriguez said.

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Facilities Foundation Purchases Land for Future High School

With the SCV Facilities Foundation and the Hart district finalizing arrangements for a huge chunk of Canyon Country property, many have spoken out over whether there truly is a need to buy so much space for a high school. The Facilities Foundation - a not-for-profit public benefit organization that acquires land and develops it on behalf of the William S. Hart Union High School District - had been eyeing approximately 250 acres of land in the vicinity of Sierra Highway and Vasquez Canyon Road for a future high school, which this week the foundation closed escrow on. Details of that purchase are not expected until Monday. "We're very pleased. A lot of people worked very hard," foundation president Rick Patterson said. That work will allow for the school district to get to work on building a school site there whenever the district is ready, rather than having to catch up when the expanding community will be in need of a facility.

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Herpes outbreak pins high school wrestling

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - High school wrestling was suspended Tuesday across the state due to a widespread outbreak of a skin infection. The Minnesota State High School League said 24 cases of herpes gladiatorum have been reported by 10 teams. The virus is spread by skin-to-skin contact. Symptoms have included lesions on the face, head and neck of wrestlers. The league banned competitions and direct contact between wrestlers in practice until Tuesday, Feb. 6. Dr. B.J. Anderson, a former wrestler who acts as a health adviser to the league, said he didn't think an extension would be needed. "Our data shows with previous outbreaks that we've had, that an eight-day period of time would be appropriate to ... shut down any further outbreaks," Anderson said. The suspension is meant to control the current outbreak, allow time to diagnose new cases and prevent disqualifications at the state tournament, scheduled for Feb.

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Experts, Lawmakers Struggle with High School Dropouts in Texas

One out of three Texas students don't graduate, and more students drop out than finish high school in the state's largest cities, according to education experts. Statewide, more than 2.5 million students have dropped out of Texas high schools in the last 20 years, and each graduating class loses about 120,000 students from freshman year to senior year, according to the San Antonio-based Intercultural Development Research Association. The research group says more than half of students in Texas' largest cities drop out. The dropout rate among blacks, Hispanics and low-income students is about 60 percent, according to the Center for Education at Rice University. The statewide dropout rate is about 33 percent - or 20 points higher than what the Texas Education Agency reports.

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St. Louis Cardinals "Cardinals Logo" 3/8" Charm - Sterling Silver Jewelry

The image shown is representative, the item that will be shipped to you will be the same design but in Sterling Silver. You often see shirts, caps and jackets that feature logos from your favorite collegiate and professional sports teams. Now you can add high quality jewelry products to the list! You will love the exciting collections available for each school and team! There are more than 300 universities and sports teams to choose from so you can build a collection that is perfect for you. Logo Art manufactures the broadest and most elegant collection of collegiate and sports licensed jewelry products ever. Most products are available in 14k gold and sterling silver. The majority of the pendants and charms can also be made into rings, earrings, tie tacks, cuff links and key rings.

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New northwestern high school gets more early funding

CONCORD - The Cabarrus Board of County Commissioners granted Cabarrus County Schools an additional $200,000 Monday to ensure the opening of a new high school in northwestern Cabarrus stays on its accelerated schedule. School board members say building the school as quickly as possible is needed to ease overcrowding at Northwest Cabarrus High School, where enrollment is already greater than the 1,425-student capacity and expected to surpass 2,000 students by 2009. School officials will add 22 mobile units to Northwest Cabarrus over the next two years until the new high school opens in August 2009. Commissioners already gave Cabarrus County Schools $500,000 in October for architectural design fees, but a cash flow analysis performed by the system showed the money could be exhausted by May 20 amid the design development phase.

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Hart District's Early College High School Shaping Up

The first early college high school in the Hart district is taking shape, and its purpose, mission and setting has become less of a hypothetical and more of a near-future reality, according to a demonstration given at a board meeting Wednesday night. The school is preparing to open its doors next fall with the goal of giving at-risk students and those who might never have considered going to college the chance to excel in higher learning. The school still doesn't have teachers or staff. There's no official name, desks, school colors or a mascot - things that the school's community is expected to provide feedback on. "We want to make sure we're setting our students up for success," principal Erum Jones said. To do that, the William S. Hart Union High School District will have to choose the right candidates, giving them the tools they need in the best environment possible, she said.

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