The squeak of sneakers and roar of cheers will continue to echo through Danville Area Community College’s Mary Miller Gymnasium through 2028 as it serves as the site for the
GARRETT â ILearn testing at Garrett has been met with little enthusiasm, according to J.E. Ober and middle school administrators.
Elementary Principal Kristi Surfus told school board members Monday the new state test is being administered as required, but the results will be stale by the time they are available at the end of the school year.
âThis test does not honor studentsâ thinking,â she said, adding teachers currently can pull up-to-the-minute data without the test. Classroom schedules have been interrupted in order to facilitate the testing that has no time restrictions. Testing has been taking place over multiple days, she added.
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HUNTERTOWN â Less suspense, more pictures.
Garrettâs wrestlers defended their sectional title by a point and a half over host Carroll last week, and were back to try for a second straight regional crown.
This time, the Railroaders put six wrestlers in championship matches and three more in consolations, and repeated as regional winners with 137 points, leaving the host Chargers behind with 103. Then came Leo at 98 ½ and Columbia City at 85.
That means two color team photos outside the Garrett gym, an honor reserved for teams that win regional championships.
âThey never hung up our last one,â Garrett coach Nick Kraus said. âOur athletic director, Chris DePew, told me last week, âGo out and win another one so we can put up two pictures at the same time.â Definitely some motivation to get back-to-back pictures on the school wall.â