Beyond the textbook

Teachers at St. Joe’s get a week to show students their other lives

MARCH 12, 2010 9:34 a.m. (1)

Meby Carr said her dad wouldn’t let her go to college until she learned how to check her car’s oil, tire pressure and battery.

The St. Joseph’s High School history teacher said she wonders how her young charges would fare if they were stranded on the side of the road.  Continue reading...

 

The week in pictures

Look who's in the Journal this week

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010 8:34 a.m. (0)

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It's swimming season

New volunteer program aims to help kids learn water skills

MAY 27, 2011 10:42 a.m. (0)

More than 200 children drown in pools or spas between Memorial Day and Labor Day each year, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.

Drowning Prevention Foundation reported that 19 percent of them occur in public pools with certified lifeguards present.

Cory Satterfield has been in the water as long as she can remember, but while working as a lifeguard at Caine Halter Family YMCA, she realized that not all children have had the privilege to learn to swim.  Continue reading...

 

Student dreams of helping unwed mothers

‘Home of Joyful Hope’ would shelter girls who want to keep their babies

APRIL 20, 2012 8:36 a.m. (7)

What started out as a response to a disturbing dream by a then sixth-grade student could turn into a home for unwed mothers in Greenville.

After Claire Capelle woke up crying from a dream about abortions being performed in her family’s basement, she decided to organize a walk to raise money for Birthright, a nonprofit independent interdenominational organization that helps women through unplanned pregnancies.  Continue reading...