Education

Oldham County Dollars for Scholars is seeking volunteers to help score scholarship applications.  

There will be sessions from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. March 9, 10, 12, 13, 16, 17, 19 and 20 at the Pewee Valley Women’s Club. Evening sessions will be from 6 to 8 p.m. March 10, 12, 17 and 19 at Fastline Publications in Buckner  Volunteers must not have had a relative who applied for a scholarship this year.  For information visit www.ocdfs.org or call Cindy Hack at 376-7653.

The Learning Garden Preschool and Child Development Center in La Grange was recently awarded a quality enhancement grant for $2,500. 

Grants are funded by the Rural KIPDA Early Childhood Council and supported by the KIDS NOW initiative. Licensed centers and certified family homes in Bullitt, Henry, Spencer, Trimble, Shelby and Oldham counties are eligible, other eligibility standards are required.  For information about the grant, call 220-8624.

Three students from Oldham County were named to the Miami University dean’s list for the fall semester. 

They are Michelle Ann  Jones of Crestwood, Marcello Aldo La Rocca of Goshen and Stephen Randall Gibson of Prospect.     To be named to the dean’s list, students must earn at least a 3.5 grade-point average.

 Classes for Oldham County students will end early six Wednesdays next school year, according to a school calendar approved at the Oldham County Board of Education meeting Monday night.