January 2012

Homecoming activities are planned Saturday, Feb. 25, at Shawnee Community College near Ullin.

All of the activities are open to the public.

The SCC basketball teams will face St. Louis Community College.

Admission to the games are free. The women’s game begins at 2 p.m. and the men take the floor at 4 p.m. Concessions will be available.

A homecoming dance will begin at 6 p.m.

Homecoming festivities will wrap up with the crowning of the SCC homecoming 2012 king and queen near the conclusion of the homecoming dance.

Cobden and Shawnee each from the Class 1A high school girls’ basketball regional tournament in Goreville Tuesday, Feb. 7.

Following are game summaries:

Goreville 61, Cobden 34: The Lady Blackcats built an insurmountable first quarter lead on their way to the win.

Goreville led 19-7 after one quarter and 34-12 at halftime. The Appleknockers trailed 51-27 after three periods.

Bekah Russell scored 20 points to lead Cobden. Devyn Inman added 4 points, Laurelin Pitts and Katie Mowell 3 each and Haley Tomazzoli and Audrey Millis 2 each.

To the editor,

What is Curriculum Alignment and why do we need it?

One benefit or positive result of reorganization into a single district is curriculum. 

An aligned curriculum means that all students in the same grade, in the same subject, would have the same textbooks, the same supplemental materials and the same learning experiences and expectations.

It would not matter if they were in three different buildings, the efforts of those teachers in that grade and that subject area would be coordinated. 

<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Alice Wakonyo Mbugua, 40, of Carbondale and formerly of Kenya, died on Sunday, February 19, 2012 at her residence.</span></strong></p>

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