BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – The 2017 Chapter 20 overhaul has left many school districts in Iowa in a bind as the new legislation has created some huge divides between teachers and [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Fort Madison will have a familiar face leading one of its elementary programs in the fall. At Monday’s regular meeting of the Fort Madison Community School District’s [Read More…]
FORT MADISON – The following is the 4th quarter and second semester honor rolls submitted by the Holy Trinity Catholic school system. Pen City Current congratulates all the students on their academic success this past [Read More…]
FORT MADISON – The following is a list of the 4th Quarter honor roll from the Fort Madison Middle School. Pen City Current congratulates all the students on their academic achievements. Principal’s Scholars 8th Grade: [Read More…]
FORT MADISON – The following is the 4th quarter honor roll as submitted by Fort Madison High School guidance office. Academic Distinction 3.75-4.00 GPA Seniors: Kammy Booten, Christopher Brown, McKenna Fehseke, Alyssa Gilpin, David Goebel, [Read More…]
Submitted article FORT MADISON – The Ft. Madison Rotary Club is proud to announce the recipients of its annual scholarship awards. Every year, the Ft.Madison Rotary Club awards three $1,000 scholarships to three senior students [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF WEST BURLINGTON – Great River Friends recently awarded $10,000 in scholarships to students pursing health care careers. Ten $1,000 scholarships were given in two categories. Scholarships for high school seniors were awarded [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Fort Madison school board member Jillian Troxel will be stepping off the school board effective Aug. 1. Troxel and her husband, Andrew, who was a member of [Read More…]
Submitted article FORT MADISON – Fort Madison Community Hospital Foundation and the FMCH Auxiliary award annual scholarships to area students who are pursuing healthcare careers. Congratulations to the following 2018 recipients: Kathleen Canella Family Scholarship [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Despite the vast numbers of activities, sports, events he will be charged with, building character and integrity in local students is one of Jeremy Swink’s top priorities. [Read More…]
BY AVA PEITZ Holy Trinity Catholic Intern FORT MADISON – Con-grad-ulations to Holy Trinity High School’s Class of 2018! The group graduated on May 27, 2018, with 18 seniors total. The Class of 2018 asked [Read More…]
PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – Lee County Democratic Party awarded a $1,000 scholarship to a Lee County senior Carlos Degadillo from Fort Madison High School. Degadillo had to write a 500-word essay from a selection [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – According to the Fort Madison Community School District website, current Burlington Notre Dame Athletic Director Jeremy Swink has been offered the position of Activities Director for the [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – The Fort Madison High School Alumni Hall of Honor was established to recognize alumni who have distinguished themselves based upon elements of academic excellence and achievement, career accomplishments, community [Read More…]
Submitted article DES MOINES – Today, the seventh annual World Food Prize Iowa Youth Institute brought together 309 students from 134 high schools at Iowa State University to explore critical global food security issues and [Read More…]
BY AVA PEITZ HTC Intern/PCC FORT MADISON – Ryan Alfred, Holy Trinity Catholic’s 2018 Teacher of the Year, has been tapped to receive another award, a James Madison Graduate Fellowship. A James Madison Graduate Fellowship [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – Fort Madison Masons have nominated Brian Mendez, a teacher at Fort Madison Middle School, for the Iowa Masonic Teacher of the Year. Masons are strong supporters of education and [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR MONTROSE – After about eight hours of counting and scanning ballots from the April 3 Fort Madison School District’s bond referendum election, the results stayed the same and the referendum [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – Holy Trinity Catholic schools released the 3rd quarter honor rolls this week. Pen City Current congratulates all the students below on their academic achievements. 3rd Quarter Honor Roll 2017-2018 [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – Carve out a little time this Saturday for the annual Lincoln and Richardson Elementary School Fun Fest being held from noon to 3 p.m. at the Fort Madison High [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF WEST POINT – The West Point Public library will be holding upcoming kids programs on the next two Wednesdays in April. The first program, Wednesday at 2:30 p.m., the library will celebrate [Read More…]
The following is the 3rd quarter honor rolls for the Fort Madison Middle School. The Pen City Current congratulates all these students for their academic achievements. Middle School Honor Roll – 2017-2018 Q3 Principal’s Scholar: [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – A lifelong Fort Madison student, teacher, and advocate has been elected to directorship with the National Education Association. At a delegate assembly this weekend at Prairie Meadows [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Richardson Elementary School opened its doors and its heart Thursday night to showcase how the district works with students struggling with autism. The district’s two autism teachers [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – The Fort Madison school board will be asking for a recount of Tuesday’s failed $30 million school bond referendum. The vote failed to reach the state-mandated 60% [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Voters in southeast Iowa shot down two attempts to improve school facilities for area students on Tuesday. The third time wasn’t charming for Fort Madison School district [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF IOWA CITY – Two Holy Trinity Catholic students were honored last month by the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards for outstanding art submissions. HTC sophomore Claire Graham and her sister Lucy, a [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR WEST POINT – After nearly 14 months of fundraising and planning, Dorothy and other Wizard of Oz characters helped usher in a new era of learning at the Holy Trinity [Read More…]
Submitted article Dr. Sara Stuefen, a 2003 graduate of FMHS, has been promoted by the University of Iowa College of Dentistry to Associate Clinical Adjunct Professor. She has been instructing senior dental students during their [Read More…]
BY AVA PEITZ PCC HTC Intern FORT MADISON – The annual Holy Trinity Blue and Silver Celebration was held Saturday night, and was full of Irish dancing and delicious desserts. After the festivities had concluded, [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – It was standing room only at Lincoln Elementary School Wednesday with grandparents pouring through the halls with their grandchildren in a wildly successful day of sharing. The [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Children’s author Jill Esbaum is in town talking with Fort Madison elementary students about lonely Bigfoots and cows that jump off cliffs. The Iowa native visited with [Read More…]
ANIAH ROSS PCC FMHS INTERN FORT MADISON – Fort Madison High School’s Marching Bloodhounds returned Sunday night from Chicago. The parade was a long wait but a quick march. A lot of people were at [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – In a two-hour morning tour of two Fort Madison schools, two area lawmakers saw the impact of the state’s 1-cent local option sales tax. State Rep. Dave [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR WEST BURLINGTON – More than 300 Lee County and Danville students invaded the southeast portion of Southeastern Community College on Wednesday to hear about career paths as they get ready [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – Sam Avery, a junior on the Holy Trinity speech team, has been selected as an “All State” Outstanding Performer by Iowa High School Speech Association judges in the area of [Read More…]
BY ANIAH ROSS PCC FMHS INTERN FORT MADISON – Fort Madison’s very own Marching Bloodhounds have the privilege of marching in a national parade once again this coming weekend. 90 students will be marching in [Read More…]
BY ANIAH ROSS PCC FMHS Intern FORT MADISON – In the wake of the recent school shootings that have taken the lives of many students, local officials continue to drill lock-down procedures at Fort Madison [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG Sitting at a table Friday night at the Elliott Test Kitchen eating some of Kumar’s fresh-smooshed guacamole with chips, some hors d’oeuvre meatballs, and finger sandwiches with about 60 members of the [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – Got plans for dinner tonight? The Fort Madison Music Department has you covered. The group’s Spring Taco Supper/Trivia night is being held in the high school’s Multi-Purpose Room with [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Fort Madison school officials are close to setting the levy rate for the upcoming year, but the rate will include the cost of the new elementary building [Read More…]
Submitted article WASHINGTON – Congressman Dave Loebsack announced today that high school students in the Iowa’s Second Congressional District may now begin to submit their original artwork to be considered for the 2018 Congressional Art [Read More…]
Members of the Central Lee High School Student Council, Superintendent Andy Crozier and others visited with Representative Kearns, Senator Taylor and other legislators this week. Madison Kearns, granddaughter of Representative Kearns, who [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR WEST BURLINGTON – More than 183 students took over Westland Mall on Thursday morning as part of the 38th annual Southeast Iowa Superconference Science Fair. Junior and senior high students [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – The HTC newly renovated hallways were packed Monday night with a wide range of students peddling some very interesting science projects. The annual science fair at the [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – The Fort Madison School District’s elementary schools are holding a Taste of Kindergarten as a prelude to the annual round-up. On March 12, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – The Holy Trinity Speech team delivered stellar performances at the Iowa High School Speech Association’s District Contest on Saturday at Tri-County High School, earning nine “Superior” ratings along with [Read More…]
Submitted article FORT MADISON – Sandy Brown receives a donation on behalf of PAWS from FMMS students Emily Eaves and Rylee Zimmerman accompanied by Principal Todd Dirth. The two eighth graders spearheaded a candy cane [Read More…]
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