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03-04-2025
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Education briefs, April 2, 2025
Logansport grad serves as intern Myah Yax, a junior at Purdue University and a 2023 graduate of Logansport High School, has been interning with State Rep. Ethan Manning (R-Logansport) in the Indiana House of Representatives during the 2025 legislative session. As a legislative intern, Yax corresponds with constituents through phone calls, letters and emails while also staffing committee hearings and floor proceedings. 'I have loved getting firsthand experience with lawmakers and the legislative process,' Yax said. 'I am so grateful for the opportunity to meet so many amazing people.' 'Myah is doing impactful work as a legislative intern at the Statehouse this session,' Manning said. 'Her contributions are incredibly helpful to both our members and constituents, and this experience will serve her well in her career aspirations.' Yax, a Logansport High School graduate, is the daughter of Kara and Ryan Yax. She's majoring in psychology and political science. At the start of each year, the House of Representatives offers paid internship opportunities to college students, law-school students, graduate students and recent college graduates for the duration of the annual legislative session. Visit for more information about the House Republican internship program. Kitchell finalist for award Gracie Kitchell, a sophomore in the Jacobs School of Music at IU and a 2023 graduate of Logansport High School, is a top three finalist for the Up-and-Coming Student Leader of the Year award. The award ceremony will take place on April 10 in Bloomington. LHS yearbook up for award The Logansport High School yearbook, 'The Tattler,' was recognized by the Indiana High School Press Association as a finalist for the Hoosier Star Award. The award recognizes the best student-run newspapers and yearbooks in Indiana. The honor was for the 2024 edition of 'The Tattler' which was advised by Beth Meyers. Caston students win scholarships Two Caston High School students were among five winners of a Beacon Credit Union 2025 scholarship. Madelynn Sprow and Cora Burns were both awarded $2,500 scholarships. Students were asked to submit essays which then went through four rounds of judging. The competition was open to high school seniors who would be attending college in the fall. One hundred and eleven students participated. Celebrating Cass County Teachers Lindsey Miller has been teaching for eight years, working with first, fourth, and fifth graders. She has taught at Eastlawn Elementary School and is currently a part of the Pioneer Elementary community. What she loves most about Pioneer is how the school and community come together to support families in times of need. She finds it truly inspiring to see such care and collaboration in action. Her main goal for students is to ensure they walk into her classroom feeling supported, valued and appreciated each day. For her, teaching isn't just about academic success; it's also about helping students grow emotionally and socially. She strives to see them improve in behavior and emotional regulation while excelling in their studies. One of her favorite memories of teaching is when her class began reading Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' this year in fifth grade. Students were silently reading the summary for an act/scene that was a dramatic turning point in the play. The classroom sounded like a bag of popcorn popping, with students making audible gasps at various times as they read the dramatic events. Students were instantly hooked on the story.
Yahoo
11-03-2025
- Business
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Employers wanted for Cass County College & Career Expo
The annual Cass County College & Career Expo is currently looking for area employers who would like to host a booth at the event. Logansport High School will once again host the annual job fair from 9 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 22 at the Berry Bowl. Local employers will have the opportunity to promote current job openings and share internship opportunities. They may also talk with students about the needed skill to work in their business or organization. High school students in attendance may also participate in small group Career Discovery Meetings with college representatives and employers. The Career Discovery Meetings are set up for five students to meet in a small group for 30 minutes. These meetings will be conducted at the beginning of the Expo, giving business leaders an opportunity to meet with these students. Indiana House Bill HEA-1002 requires each entity that wants to participate in the Career Discovery Meetings to complete a brief interest form to meet with the students. More information on the bill and how to prepare for the meetings can be found on the Indiana Commission for Higher Education website. Under the bill, starting this school year, all junior and senior students in Indiana are required to meet with employers or college admission representatives to cover future career and educational opportunities. Employers interested in participating should contact Suzanne Dillman, associate director of enrollment services and admissions for Ivy Tech's Kokomo service area, by email at sdillman@ or by telephone at 574-398-6090. Representatives from colleges and universities across the state also will be on hand to discuss the career and educational opportunities they offer. Event sponsors include the Logansport/Cass County Chamber of Commerce, Logansport High School and Ivy Tech Community College. The event will be targeted at 10th- to 12th-grade students from Logansport High School and the Century Career Center and students and alumni from Ivy Tech as well as the general public. Chamber members have been invited to participate along with employers who work with Ivy Tech in recruiting new employees.
Yahoo
08-03-2025
- General
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Speaking their truth: LHS speech seniors ready to have the last word at state finals
Jennifer Anaya-Serrano recalled being too shy to ask to join the speech team when she was a freshman. The Logansport High School senior said she couldn't even talk to her teachers she was so afraid. With the support of her sister, she took the big step as a sophomore and joined the team. Saturday, she will compete in her third state finals and she said she had never felt as confident as she does now. Overall, Logansport advanced 17 students to the state finals. They will compete across 24 different categories. 'Seventeen is a lot of kids. Twenty-four is a lot of entries,' said coach Jessica Kranz, an English teacher at LHS, as the team practiced Tuesday afternoon. 'I feel that ups our chances of doing well and if nothing else it increases the energy heading in. It's huge energy.' 'I feel like everyone on the team is just bouncing off of each other,' Anaya-Serrano said. 'I feel like energies are high and our spirit is even higher.' When she joined speech, she said there were around 15 people on the team. That team would send eight members to the 2023 state finals and go on to finish in fifth place in the class AA team competition and 10th overall. In 2024, they sent 15 students and finished sixth. Anaya-Serrano said that confidence she was feeling for the 2025 state finals was based on experience. 'I feel like the coaches on the speech team do such a good job instilling a sense of confidence within you and it bounces off everyone,' she said. 'There are people here who support you in everything you do. You can't help but believe in yourself when you are here.' Those coaches include Kranz's mother Joyce Pasel, Chris Miller and Ashley Hayes. Together, they represent four generations of Berry speech. Pasel competed in the 1970s, Miller in the 1980s, Kranz in the 1990s and Hayes in the 2000s. 'We couldn't do what we do without all of us working together,' Kranz said. Anaya-Serrano will compete in the impromptu and domestic extemporaneous categories Saturday. Both events require on-the-spot thinking. She won't know her topics until it's time for her to compete and she has limited time to develop a speech. 'It all comes right back to the speaking skills that I've learned,' she said. 'It all leads back to that confidence. I have such an audacity now that I'm sure if my freshman self could see me now, it would be almost incomprehensible to her.' Aiden Snoeberger, a senior, has been one of the most reliable team members for Berry speech. He's the McCutcheon sectional champion in the radio broadcasting category and has two more recent first place finishes. Radio broadcasting is based entirely on vocal performance and has competitors recording a radio segment. It's Snoeberger's first time competing in radio broadcasting at state, but his second trip overall. Snoeberger credited his time in theater as helping him develop as a speech competitor. And being a member of the speech team has helped him round out his social skills. 'It's broken me out of my shell,' he said. 'I think it's made me a lot more outspoken. My event is really reliant on my voice and I think (performing) has helped me with my voice and made it stronger.' A four-year member of the team, Snoeberger said that public speaker wasn't his strong suit before joining. He started in the discussion category where he would have to debate other students at meets. He called the experience frightening. Despite the confidence he gained through theater, he said he worried about how he would do during the 2024-25 speech session. 'If it didn't happen this year, it would have been disappointing but I had so much fun with speech that whatever place I get really doesn't matter in the end. It's the memories that really count.' Senior Ared Ruiz, competing in humorous interpretation, said that he was approaching the state finals with the mindset to have fun. 'As long as I have fun it will be great,' he said. Ruiz recalled heartbreak last year when he and some of his speech team friends didn't qualify for state. 'This entire team just feels like family,' he said. 'We all bring this great vibe to the team. It's a pretty big group and having them altogether at state is really amazing. I'm really happy that we have achieved so much this year.' Alexa Sanchez-Agreda was practicing her informative speech about Henry the VIII and his wives, which was inspired by the hit Broadway musical 'Six.' 'I'm feeling excited but also anxious and sad at the same time because this is my last year,' she said afterwards. She joined speech as a junior and she loved every moment she had experienced on the team. She was inspired to join after seeing what the 2023 team accomplished. 'I was like 'wow, they are great,'' she said. 'I'm really sad I didn't join it sooner.' She was also excited to share the triumph of advancing to state with so many teammates. 'I feel a lot of us are close,' she said. 'It just means a lot because you get to see everyone succeed. You see them at sectionals make top six and you are like 'oh my gosh! We are all going to state together.' The team will compete at Fishers High School beginning at 8 a.m. Saturday morning. 'Our speech team has built a legacy of excellence,' said Principal Matt Jones. 'Under the leadership of Coach Mrs. Jessica Kranz and her dedicated staff, they continue to raise the bar year after year. We graduate outstanding speech students, yet a new wave of talent is always ready to step up. It's truly impressive.' 'This senior class is very awesome because they aren't necessarily the kids who you would think are your public speakers,' said Kranz. 'They aren't the kids who you would think are your public performers. They aren't your theatrical stage kids. These are your kids who had something they needed to say. They had a truth. They had a story. They had a presentation they needed to put out there. They are a different crew in all the best ways possible. And we are so proud of them.'
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29-01-2025
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Education briefs: January 29
Harris, Franco lead LHS speech The Logansport High School speech team placed third out of 11 schools Saturday at the Rossville High School Invitational. Senior Brooke Harris and sophomore Madilie Franco both achieved first place finishes during the meet. Harris placed first in the poetry category and Franco placed first in Program Oral Interpretation. Other individual finalists included Kendal Kranz, sixth, and Axel Loran, seventh, in radio; Esther Sell, second, and Madilie Franco, third, in drama; Alex Before, sixth, in discussion; Sofia Hererra, third, and Ared Ruiz, fourth, in humor; Jennfier Anaya-Serrano, fourth, Cesar Martin, fifth, and Yoslen Robaina-Santana, sixth, in impromptu; Yoslen Robaina-Santana, third, in international extemporaneous; Madison DeHaven, fifth, and Sofia Herrera, sixth, in original performance; Saylor McClain, seventh in poetry and Jennifer Anaya-Serrano, third, in US extemporaneous. The team will compete next on Feb. 8 at Bishop Dwenger in Fort Wayne. Volunteer judges are being sought for the McCutcheon sectional on Feb. 22. If you are a former speech competitor or have judging experience and are interested, contact speech coach Jessica Kranz at kranz@ VanCuren makes dean's list Halle VanCuren, a 2022 graduate of Logansport High School, was named to dean's list within the College of Arts and Letters at the University of Notre Dame during the Fall 2024 semester. Students who achieve dean's honors at Notre Dame represent the top 30% of students in their college. LHS McHale Tech Team excels The Logansport High School McHale Tech crew had a strong showing at the Indiana Thespian State Conference over the weekend at Indiana Wesleyan University in Marion. Senior Aiden Snoeberger received a rank of superior for lighting design for 'Matilda the Musical,' the LHS 2024 Winter Fantasy performance last November. He also earned Best in Show in the Lighting Design category for the second straight year. The McHale Tech Crew won first place in the tech challenge for the fourth consecutive year. The first-place team consisted of Valeria Cortes, Michael Popson, Shelby Ping and Aiden Snoeberger. The second-place team featured LHS students Justin Snay, Allison Miranda-Castro, Veda Fagner and Jordin Cunningham. More results from the conference will be released at a later date. Pioneer's Kitchell advances Pioneer High School sophomore Ellison Kitchell is a semi-finalist in the Butler University Vocal Competition. Kitchell will compete with 20 other students from across the nation. Four other students from Indiana made the semifinals. Semifinals and finals will be held in-person at the university on Feb. 15. Kelsey Thomas, a 2024 Logansport High School graduate, won the competition last year. She is now studying music at Butler University. CCARTA scholarship available Cass County Area Retired Teachers Association has opened applications for scholarships of $2,000 each that will be offered by the Indiana Retired Teachers Association Foundation this spring. One will be awarded to each district. Applications are due by April 1. Scholarships are awarded to juniors or seniors in an Indiana college or university who are in a program leading to a degree in education. For an application and directions, visit
