In una semana marcada por el clima, Waukesha West y Pewaukee fueron parte de los programas de fútbol femenino del top-10 del área que lograron jugar sus partidos.
Se han dado a conocer el Dream Team y los equipos All-State del Free Press correspondientes a la temporada 2025-26 de baloncesto femenino de las escuelas secundarias de Michigan.
El equipo de rugby de Hanover High se enfrenta a un nuevo desafío esta primavera, planteando la interrogante de si el conjunto puede mantener su funcionamiento tras realizar cambios significativos en sus integrantes.
Los Hawks se consolidaron como una fuerza imparable la temporada pasada, logrando una campaña perfecta de 9-0 y culminando su trayectoria con un resultado de 52-.
Joe Melcher, Jr., un residente de Reno de 96 años, donará un total de 2,460 pelotas de golf a los equipos de las escuelas secundarias del Distrito Escolar del Condado de Washoe (WCSD) a finales de abril.
La iniciativa es el resultado de un hábito saludable mantenido por Melcher durante los últimos cinco años, quien realiza caminatas diarias a lo largo de la cerca del Campo de Golf del Condado de Washoe. Durante sus recorridos, Melcher recolecta pelotas extraviadas, las cuales posteriormente lava y clasifica en su residencia según el tipo, color y logotipo.
La donación surge debido a que el donante, quien reside en Premier Residences, comenzó a quedarse sin espacio de almacenamiento en su pequeño apartamento. Ante esta situación, su hijo, Kevin Melcher, sugirió entregar el material al programa de atletismo del WCSD. Kevin Melcher describió la actividad diaria de su padre como una «caza de huevos de Pascua», señalando que hay días en los que no se encuentra ninguna pelota y otros en los que se hallan muchas.
Melcher cuenta con una trayectoria de servicio público en la región, habiéndose desempeñado como registrador del Condado de Washoe durante 20 años, entre 1979 y 1999. Sus vínculos con Reno se remontan a la década de 1930, cuando se mudó a la ciudad con sus padres, quienes fueron propietarios y operadores de la Park Wedding Chapel, la primera capilla de bodas de Reno, ubicada cerca del Pioneer Theater.
En el ámbito académico, Melcher asistió a las escuelas primarias Southside y Mt. Rose, a la escuela secundaria Billinghurst y se graduó de la Reno High School en 1947.
El Distrito Escolar del Condado de Washoe llevará a cabo la distribución de las pelotas recolectadas durante una reunión de directores atléticos del distrito programada para finales de este mes.
March 24, 2026, 5:01 a.m. ET
Students in Monroe County could soon be fully prohibited from using their cellphones during school hours under a new law passed this February in the General Assembly.
Starting next school year, Senate Enrolled Act 78 will require public schools across Indiana to establish a ban on student cellphones, tablets and smartwatches from the start of the school day until dismissal. Monroe County Community School Corporation and Richland-Bean Blossom Community School Corporation currently prohibit cellphone use during class time but allow students to use their devices during lunch and between class periods.
The Senate voted 36-12 in favor of the Republican-led act, with six Democrats and six Republicans opposing. Gov. Mike Braun, who signed the act into law on March 5, said the act will help promote focus and healthy socialization in schools.
“Kids need to learn and grow without the interruption of big tech,” Braun said.
But for a generation native to digital socialization, some local students worry the legislation will limit vital communication between peers and families, ultimately doing “more harm than good.”
“I do think that while phones are a distraction, they are also important for communication with parents or guardians,” said Thomas Seghi, a junior at Bloomington High School North. “I think something could be done to mitigate that, but I’m not too sure if completely restricting is the right way to do it.”
Students worry a total cellphone ban could negatively impact socialization
Cellphone use is ubiquitous among today’s teens. A 2024 Pew Research survey found approximately 95% of teenagers aged 13 to 17 have a smartphone, and almost 75% of teens use some form of social media daily.
Many students at BHSN say that students’ current cellphone use is, indeed, a problem. Too many students use cellphones during class time, they say, and too few teachers are consistent in prohibiting them.
“If the new law is handled strictly, then there is a chance future classes at schools will listen more,” said Marie Estivill-Kilmer, a sophomore at BHSN.
Still, students say cellphones are a key part of how they connect with one another. Phone usage isn’t entirely antisocial; students often play mobile games together or share videos during lunchtime, and more than half of teenagers use the rapid-fire photo-messaging app Snapchat every day, according to Pew Research.
With a total ban on cellphone use in schools, students say covert cellphone use is likely to increase.
“There’s kids like me, where every time I have the urge to take out my phone, I just think, ‘I can probably wait till lunch,’” BHSN junior Christopher Crane said of his school’s current cell phone policies. “But if there’s no phones during lunch, if it’s bell-to-bell, I’ll have the urge to pick up my phone because I don’t want to wait till the end of day.”
‘I think some parents will be really mad’
The new law gives schools the option to either prohibit cellphones from being brought to school entirely, or to establish a “secure storage policy” where phones are stowed away for the day and returned to students at dismissal. The law also carves out exceptions for multi-lingual students using devices for translation or for authorized emergency situations.
MCCSC and RBBCSC both say they plan to update their policies in accordance with the new state guidelines but haven’t made decisions between the two policy options.
But students say a total ban on cellphones being brought to school would make it impossible for parents and students to communicate during emergencies, a major source of anxiety for many families. MCCSC was criticized earlier this year after a server mishap led to parents receiving delayed information about a lockdown situation.
“I think some parents will be really mad since if an emergency happens, they can’t contact their kids,” Crane said.
Seghi says student cellphone use is a “big problem” that needs to be met with more scrutiny and enforcement by teachers. But for a generation that’s grown up with phones as part of their daily lives, he worries that the impacts of Indiana’s across-the-board ban could be severe.
“As rare as they seem to be, there are still bad occurrences at school where communication is important,” Seghi said. “While it sounds good in theory, I think it might introduce new problems that would be difficult to regulate.”
Nash Henry is the Bloomington High School North correspondent for the Herald-Times.
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March 19, 2026, 5:03 a.m. ET
- The school will be renovated and reopen in 2028 as the new location for Inlet Grove High.
- The plan also includes building a new high school in Riviera Beach, a long-desired project for the city.
It’s official: Lincoln Elementary School will close at the end of this school year and will be renovated to reopen in 2028 as the new home of Inlet Grove High.
Lincoln’s closure will be only the second time inmorethan 30 years that the Palm Beach County School District has shuttered a district-operated school.
Palm Beach County School Board members formally approved Lincoln’s closure and a series of sweeping attendance zone changes on March 11. Those changes were based on a recommendation from Superintendent Mike Burke, who had accepted the recommendations of the district’s Advisory Boundary Committee.
Lincoln’s closure is part of a multi-pronged plan to consolidate the school attendance zones of Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune and West Riviera elementary schools, move some Bethune students to Washington Elementary, demolish the building that houses Inlet Grove High and build a new high school on that site.
In the near term, the plan means big changes for students at Lincoln, Bethune, West Riviera and Washington elementary schools.
Starting this fall, all of Lincoln’s roughly 380 students will be dispersed to West Riviera or Bethune, depending on their grade level.
West Riviera will serve pre-kindergarten through second grade. Bethune will serve grades three through five.
Bethune students who live north of Blue Heron Boulevard will shift to Washington Elementary.
There are some exceptions to those new attendance zones.
Current fourth-grade students zoned for Bethune would have the option of remaining at Bethune. Also, siblings of those fourth-graders would have the option of moving to Washington, attending West Riviera or remaining at Bethune, depending on their grade level.
Incoming school year 2026-27 kindergarten siblings of these current fourth-grade students will have the option of attending West Riviera/Bethune for the remainder of their elementary school years.
The district notes that current fourth-graders who opt to remain «are not automatically entitled to district transportation.»
«For other students in the change area who are provided the option to attend West Riviera Elementary (PK-2)/ Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune Elementary (3-5), transportation is not provided,» the district states. «Based on past history, transportation is not typically provided for any students who opt to remain.»
Lincoln’s closure means relocation for its students, educators and staff.
One school for pre-K through 2nd grade, another for grades 3-5
Lincoln Principal Alicia Taylor said consolidating West Riviera and Bethune attendance zones and splitting the schools up into to pre-K through second grade and third grade through fifth grade will allow for a «more focused and effective learning environment to support the developmental needs of our children.»
Taylor added: «This exciting model allows our schools to tailor their instruction and resources to specific age groups, allowing students to receive campus-wide support for early literacy before moving to the next level. We appreciate the support of our parents and the community as we work to provide a stronger elementary foundation and prepare our children for the future.»
Lincoln, located at 1160 Avenue N in Riviera Beach, opened in 1955 and was rebuilt in 2000. Its students have struggled academically, with the school grading out as either an ‘F,’ ‘D,’ or ‘C’ school from 2009 to last year, when the school improved to a ‘B’ rating.
With roughly 380 students, Lincoln is operating at only 38% capacity, district enrollment figures show. Only K.E. Cunningham/Canal Point Elementary, at 36% capacity, was filling a lower percentage of its seats.
Lincoln’s low enrollment was a factor in the district’s decision to close it, but other factors were at play, too.
Making way for a new high school in Riviera Beach
«The school board evaluated four different options regarding a new Riviera Beach high school during a workshop on March 6, 2024,» a district spokesman said. «The board ultimately favored the plan to move Inlet Grove High School to the Lincoln Elementary campus due to several factors, including Riviera Beach currently maintaining more than enough elementary school capacity. This option also prevents multiple high school populations from having to share a single campus and provides the Inlet Grove High School students with direct access to recreational space at the Dan Calloway-Tate Recreation Complex.»
A new high school in Riviera Beach would cost an estimated $150 million and fulfill a long-held wish by residents of the city for a high school of their own after decades of having their high school students scattered to a trio of other schools. That has been a point of frustration for many years in Riviera Beach, the county’s largest majority-Black municipality and the only one with more than 35,000 residents that does not have its own high school.
The one district-operated high school within the city limits is Suncoast High, one of the most highly regarded in the district, but also one where the seats are filled by lottery from a countywide pool of applicants who must first pass a high academic bar.
Wayne Washington is a journalist covering education and Riviera Beach development for The Palm Beach Post. You can reach him at wwashington@pbpost.com. Help support our work; subscribe today.
Sara McLaughlin, estudiante de último año en la escuela Choate Rosemary Hall en Wallingford, Connecticut, compitió el mes pasado en su último encuentro de lucha libre a nivel de escuela secundaria en el Campeonato Nacional Prep Femenino de 2026.
McLaughlin ganó la categoría de peso de 126 libras de manera dominante, incluyendo un combate que finalizó con un “pin” en tan solo seis segundos. A lo largo de su carrera, ha obtenido dos campeonatos de lucha libre MIAA, múltiples nominaciones All-America, y una colección de premios, trofeos y medallas que llenarían una nueva sección de su hogar en Scituate.
Si pudiera hablar con su yo de 10 años, le diría que tuviera paciencia, ya que las cosas buenas llegan a quienes saben esperar.
Students from Leon High School took part in an anti-ICE demonstration Feb. 13, 2026, at Monroe and Tennessee streets in downtown Tallahassee.
17 de marzo de 2026, 5:04 a.m. ET
Tres equipos de robótica de Oyster River Middle School han sido invitados al Campeonato Mundial de Robótica VEX IQ 2026, según un anuncio reciente.
Los equipos competirán en el campeonato, que se llevará a cabo del 28 al 30 de abril en el America’s centre Convention Complex en St. Louis, Missouri.
Los equipos obtuvieron sus invitaciones tras una sólida actuación en el Campeonato Estatal de Desafío VEX IQ de Novel Hampshire/Vermont, organizado por Manchester Community College el 15 de febrero. Los equipos de Oyster River Middle School recogieron nueve de los 12 premios presentados en el evento.
Conozca a los equipos ganadores
Los equipos que se clasificaron para el campeonato mundial son:
- Equipo 2028A “Kinetic Kaos”: Callan Haley (octavo grado), Rynn Haley (séptimo grado), Westin Roberge (octavo grado) y William Weagle (octavo grado).
- Equipo 2028D “Robodawgz”: Parker Ahn (octavo grado), Peter Bogle (octavo grado), Nolan Grobecker (octavo grado) y Owen Pierce (octavo grado).
- Equipo 2028J “Five Guy”: Matthias Earle (sexto grado), Colin Keyes (sexto grado), Beau Kimball (sexto grado), Joseph Liu (sexto grado) y Alexander Weagle (sexto grado).
Los cuatro estudiantes del Equipo 2028A “Kinetic Chaos” participarán en su segundo Campeonato Mundial de Robótica. En 2025, Oyster River Middle School envió dos equipos al campeonato mundial, y el Equipo 2028A, entonces conocido como Equipo 2028J, obtuvo el puesto 44 en su división.
La promoción de este año incluye dos pares de hermanos: Callan y Rynn Haley, y Alexander y William Weagle.
Los equipos de Oyster River dominan el campeonato estatal
Los equipos de Oyster River Middle School recibieron varios premios importantes en el campeonato estatal:
- Equipo 2028A Kinetic Kaos – Premio a la Excelencia: 2028A
- Premios al Campeón de Trabajo en Equipo: 2028A y 2028D Robodawgz
- Campeón de Habilidades de Robot: 2028A
- Premio a la Innovación: 2028C Stackbot
- Premio Asombro: 2028D
- Premio a la Construcción: 2028F The Dumpster Divers
- Premio a la Creación: 2028J
- Premio al Deporte: 2028X SpaghettiOs
Además, 2028J obtuvo el segundo lugar en Habilidades de Robot y 2028B el segundo lugar en el Desafío de Trabajo en Equipo, contribuyendo a una de las actuaciones estatales más sólidas de Oyster River Middle School hasta la fecha.
Entrenadores, educadores y familias juegan un papel en el éxito de los estudiantes
“Cada uno de estos equipos ha demostrado lo que es posible cuando los estudiantes son curiosos, colaborativos y decididos”, dijo el director Bill Sullivan. “Su éxito refleja innumerables horas de trabajo en equipo y una ingeniería reflexiva, y no podríamos estar más orgullosos de los estudiantes y de nuestros entrenadores Jay Derick, Jason Duff y Jade Terrill por representar a ORMS al más alto nivel de competencia”.
El superintendente Robert Shaps también expresó su orgullo por los logros de los estudiantes.
“Celebramos el logro de todos los estudiantes que participaron en el campeonato estatal y de aquellos que se clasificaron para el Campeonato Mundial de Robótica VEX IQ 2026”, dijo Shaps en el anuncio. “Estamos increíblemente agradecidos con nuestros dedicados entrenadores, educadores y familias que apoyan este programa. Ver a los estudiantes aplicar la creatividad y la innovación en un entorno del mundo real a nivel estatal y global es inspirador”.
Esta historia fue creada por Kimberly Green, KGreen@usatodayco.com, con la asistencia de Inteligencia Artificial (IA). Periodistas participaron en cada paso del proceso de recopilación de información, revisión, edición y publicación. Más información encm.usatoday.com/ethical-conduct.
March 15, 2026Updated March 16, 2026, 7:12 a.m. ET
COLUMBUS – Six Cincinnati wrestlers stepped on the mats of the Ohio High School Athletic Association state finals on March 15 and four walked away as state champions.
Loveland senior Elizabeth Madison won her third state championship, St. Xavier junior Kane Shawger won his second-consecutive and La Salle senior Colin Wooldridge and Moeller senior Noah Jackson capped their careers with their first championships.
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