Career counselors everywhere are fielding this question: Should I go to graduate school to wait out the economy and re-enter the job market with stronger credentials?
School buses will soon bustle down the streets. Students will be armed with lists of items their teacher want them to purchase for the school year, followed by the frantic dash to various stores to find the paper, pencils and notebooks.
With a new school year in full swing for some and looming for other families, getting things done will be the major goal — whether it’s getting out the door on time in the morning or making sure homework is finished before bedtime. Experts say being organized can help students and their families reach the finish line.
The first day of school for me was always exciting. There were new teachers, new kids and new fears. I discovered, however, that once I located the pencil sharpener, I would be OK.
The Carthage Family Literacy Center will have a new director after the end of the month.
A one number mistake on a sticker on a kindergartner’s shirt resulted in a parent’s worst nightmare — a child missing and a frantic search by police and school officials.
The sounds of summer are slowly fading away, and parents in Carthage had an extra skip in their step this morning listening to bells ringing across the school district.
Signs from state and federal agencies regarding Carthage R-9 School District testing scores paint a vastly different picture of student improvement in Carthage.
Hundreds of Carthage educators gathered at Carthage Junior High Monday morning for a back-to-school welcome and a round of work sessions known as Vertical Teaming.
Prairie State Park’s unique herd of bison will grow as the area of the park that is fenced in to handle the bison is expanded over in the next year.
The educational system in Missouri has changed over the years.
Hula hoop challenges, ring tosses and a round of musical chairs meant more than just fun for a large showing of area students on Thursday.
It might come as a surprise to today’s students, but making fun of a teacher is nothing new. Yup, we did it, too. Our target? Any teacher who had the guts to show up with bad breath, out-of-date clothes or who just had the gall to send us to detention.
Although buoyed by promises and rescheduled dates throughout the summer, the Carthage R-9 School District is facing a big disappointment once school starts next Thursday.
School bells soon will be ringing, so it’s time to prepare your child for a transition from home to a place filled with new and exciting experiences. Understanding and anticipating the possibility of some separation anxiety will help your child to be much more successful during those first days of school.
Carthage Press subscribers are about to get the opportunity to read their newspaper in a whole new way.
Carthage Emerging Leaders, in association with the Carthage Chamber of Commerce, will hold their Back-to-School Carnival from 4-6 p.m. Thursday on the grounds of Carthage Health and Rehabilitation, 1901 Buena Vista Ave.
Recent high school graduates are getting ready to go off to college. Some have already left for school. This can be a difficult transition.
With another school year around the corner, it's time to dust off the cobwebs collecting on backpacks and lunchboxes and recognize that those back-to-school sales we see just about everywhere are not for "other people" but for our own kids.
At 7:45 a.m., about 15 minutes before schedule, volunteers from two area churches opened the doors of the auxiliary gym at Carthage High School to help area families who couldn’t afford school supplies and shoes for their children.
