Scholarships awarded to Young Adult Committee
May 18, 2021
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GODFREY The RiverBend Growth Association’s Young Adults Committee recently held its year-end ceremony virtually.
The committee’s students, mentors and nine local member non-profit organizations were recognized for all their hard work during the 2020-2021 school year. This year the committee held a raffle that raised $10,000.
The committee has two seniors and two juniors from each of the five participating high schools: Alton High School, Civic Memorial High School, East Alton-Wood River High School, Marquette Catholic High School and Roxana High School.
This year the committee heard presentations virtually from nine RBGA member organizations: Alton Parks & Recreation, American Cancer Society, Big Brothers Big Sisters, Call for Help, Community Hope Center, Jacoby Arts Center, Kreative Kids, Madison County Child Advocacy Center, and Riverbend Family Ministries.
Rosewood Heights:
Helen Marie Stalcup, 90, beloved Mother, Aunt and Meme, passed away on Wednesday, April 14, 2021 at 6:00 p.m. at her home in Rosewood Heights, surrounded by her loving family. She was born September 13, 1930, in Blodgett, Missouri, the sixth of seven children, to Elmer and Irene (Bess) Moore.
She and Richard Dick P. Stalcup were married on January 31, 1952, by Father Thomas Manning at Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Church (OLQP) in Bethalto. They were married for 53 years before he preceded her in death on January 25, 2006.
She graduated from East Alton-Wood River High School in 1948 and later began working at Owens-Illinois Glass Mfg. After her first child was born, she became a homemaker and frequent volunteer in her children s schools. Once her children were older, she was employed at Sav-Mart, The Valu Store, The Colonial Bread Thrift Store and, finally, by Lewis Bakeries until her retirement in 2000. She was a member of the United Food and Commercial Wor
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WBGZ Radio 4/9/2021 |
By Doug Jenkins - WBGZ Radio
About $677,000 has been awarded to the East Alton Wood River High School district. The money comes through the ESSER II grant, which is part of the CARES Act funding. These emergency relief funds are to address the impact that COVID-19 has had, and continues to have, on elementary and secondary schools across the Nation.
Superintendent John Pearson tells The Big Z some of the money will be spent on area microphones, webcams, and PA systems for classrooms, essentially building a TV studio to enhance remote learning capabilities.
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WBGZ Radio 4/3/2021 |
By Mark Ellebracht - WBGZ Radio
Millions of dollars in COVID-19 relief funding will be coming to Riverbend public schools. More than $53.1 million will go to the Alton, Bethalto, Roxana, East Alton Elementary, Wood River Hartford, and East Alton Wood River High School Districts. The announcement for that funding came this week from State Senator Rachelle Crowe of Glen Carbon.
The funding comes as part of the most recent federal COVID-19 relief packages. Schools, students, and parents have overcome challenges that began in March 2020 including remote and hybrid learning, digital connection issues, new processes for receiving state and federal aid that normally flow through schools, and more. The majority of the funding comes from the American Rescue Plan, which gives local schools a great deal of flexibility in how they can use the money over the next 3 ½ years. At least 20% of the funding must be used to address learning loss, but beyond that, sch