North Central Missouri College held commencement programs Saturday for 393 students who earned 413 total degrees and certificates. During the afternoon program for nursing students, 76 students were honored for earning an Associate Degree in Applied Science/Nursing with another 78 recognized for earning a certificate in Practical Nursing. Featured speaker, Doctor Martha Hoffman Goedert, formerly […]
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Audio: Trenton High School graduation slated for Sunday, May 14
Trenton high school officials and senior class students are preparing for graduation with Principal Ron Franklin reporting 93 seniors are to graduate on Mother’s Day Sunday, May 14. Among end of the school year events is the presentation of scholarships and awards on Wednesday, May 10 at 6 pm at the high school followed by a […]
Tolson named valedictorian, Ockenfels salutatorian, as THS celebrates 150th graduating class
The top two academic students at Trenton High School in the Class of 2016 are Valedictorian Lexie Tolson and Salutatorian Ally Ockenfels. The remainder of the top ten are Daryian Otto, Eli Leininger, Elizabeth Leeper, Kail McCarter, Madeline Barone, Colton Neff, Tomi Delp, and Brice Dillon. Four other students (Jonathan Lamp, Abby Miller, Mason Radcliff, […]
Importance of personal financial planning for graduating Seniors
Here are some specific steps that all graduating seniors should take. Actually, this is good advice for everyone, no matter when or if you’ve graduated from college. Become financially literate Unfortunately, financial literacy in the United States is not widespread. Most high school students fail a personal finance exam (less than 50% of questions answered […]
Laredo school board meets, approves salary increases, swears in new members
Laredo R-7 board of education has approved a 500 dollar increase in base salary for certified staff. That puts the base at 27 thousand, 500 dollars. One additional year for experience was added to the salary schedule. The board agreed to continue to pay the local 40 percent share for teachers who do additional work; even though the […]