Tax credit donations to Mesa schools increase
Even with the economic turmoil, Mesa Public Schools received about $200,000 more in tax-credit donations over the previous year, for a total of $2.7 million in 2008, according to figures released by the district this week.
Taxpayers can help pay the
Students bring homecoming tradition to campus
Drexel will host Homecoming, a weekend that includes a series of events hosted by the various student organizations, according to Jennifer Kaus, director for Budgets and Administration for Student Life.
"We want to make sure students understand this
Johnston schools' snow makeup days will cut into spring break
SMITHFIELD --
Johnston County Schools will make up the snow days from this week on April 16 and 17.
Those dates are at the end of the school district's spring break week.
Many options were discussed, according to a news release from the school district.
Friday's agenda: Django Reinhardt Festival
It?s Django Reinhardt?s birthday, and to celebrate, Arts Fifth Avenue is kicking off its sixth annual Django Reinhardt Festival (this year, "With a Touch of Jobim"). The three-night event will showcase Reinhardt-related films and music. Doors open at 6:
The purikura king is at PikaPika in Japantown
He wasn't sure. So he spent two years in Japan teaching English to high school students, who introduced him to purikura - the art of making photos, which are often turned into photo stickers - in a fancy, high-tech photo booth.
Now Kimura, 27, seems to
