Taking the 4-H classroom challenge
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The Champaign County 4-H classroom challenge for March was to create something from a newspaper. Winners were:
-Pre-K Classroom: the Maurice classroom at Graham Elementary
-Kindergarten: the Heim classroom at Urbana Elementary
-2nd Grade Classroom: the Jacobs classroom at Urbana Elementary
-Intervention Classroom 4th & 5th Grades: the Stinson classroom at Graham Elementary
-5th Grade Classroom: the Lacey classroom at Mechanicsburg Elementary
-Intervention Classroom HS: the Hall-Heminger classroom at Urbana High School
The 4-H STEM Classroom Challenges runs monthly through April. Sign-ups for next school year will be coming soon. Interested schools can contact Kiley Horn at horn.217@osu.edu .
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Illinois Must End Youth Incarceration, Not âTransformâ It
An incarcerated youth at Illinois Youth Center at Warrenville, the state s maximum-security prison for girls, reads on her bed on June 27, 2007.
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Even amid a deadly pandemic, in the U.S., there are over 37,000 children currently detained or incarcerated in environments where social distancing is impossible. The most recent update from Chicagoâs Juvenile Temporary Detention Center was in November, when the chief judgeâs office announced that at least 63 youth and 73 adult staff had been infected with the coronavirus.
Those who have managed to avoid this deadly disease are still forced to endure the torturous conditions that are inherent to incarceration and are exacerbated by the lockdown conditions imposed to stop transmission of the coronavirus.
Urbana Youth Center to open for first time Thursday afternoon
By Brenda Burns - Managing Editor
Previously a book storage area of the old library building, new paint. decor and an abundance of electrical outlets have combined to make the room into a study and homework assistance space. The room will be overseen by an adult who can help youths find resources for enhancing their studies.
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Justin T. Weller, executive director and lead project manager of the Urbana Youth Center, explains the various resources of the center while standing in the “Hangout” area.
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