A Piece of Work, Inc. is pleased to announce that as the final installation of the spring 2013 “Classroom to the Gallery” project, students from Area Learning Center (ALC) will have artwork on display during the month of May.  There are two main works in the exhibition, both collaborations between the ALC Art Instructor (and APOW Member Artist) Jim Van Horn and his students.  The first, entitled “Black Tuesday,” and the second, entitled "Imperfect Minds"         &nb...

Yesterday District 518 celebrated the first phase of iPad implementation with the roll out of iPads to our teaching staff. It was quite a day of celebration and fun, along with a little learning too. As a tech employee in the district the first thing I think about is all the work involved for our department in getting these devices up and running for the staff and students.

On behalf of your school district, the Southwest Marketing Advisory Center (SMAC), located on the campus of Southwest Minnesota State University, is currently conducting a longitudinal study on general attitudes and perceptions toward the new Achievement Initiative. The basic goal of the study is to gather thoughts on the earlier start date of the school year along with the ending date of the school year. The results of this study will be used to help determine the practicality of the program.

  Southwest Minnesota Spelling Bee Saturday, April 20 proved to be a beautiful, sunny day in more ways than one. Worthington Middle School’s Spelling Team headed to Fulda to compete in the annual Southwest Minnesota Spelling Bee. Nine area schools participated for a total of 54 superb spellers.

ALC Graduation Ceremony The ALC Graduation Ceremony will take place on Thursday May 16th, 2013 at 6:00 PM in the ALC Gynnasium. Congratulation ALC class of 2013!!!