In addition to reading, writing and arithmetic, students in the Leavenworth public schools will be focusing on character traits this year.

Leavenworth High School is the home of the Pioneers. And the school may someday be the home of an eight-foot Pioneer Statue.

Members of the public are invited to a Leavenworth High School Army JROTC Support Group meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the high school.

Members of the Leavenworth County Master Gardeners program, part of the Kansas State Research and Extension Office for Leavenworth County, were working Thursday on their garden at 500 Eisenhower Road in preparation for the migration of monarch butterflies this fall.

The results on the ACT college entrance exam, announced last week, were revealed to be positive for the area’s schools.

New students on Wednesday filled Annunciation Chapel on the University of Saint Mary’s campus for a university tradition.
 

The Junior ROTC program at Leavenworth High School is respected for its honor guards. But its Raider team doesn’t have the same notoriety, the program’s senior Army instructor said.

This week marked the return to school for several area districts, and with that new course syllabi came some good news for local schools as ACT college entrance exam scores were released Wednesday.
 

The Easton Board of Education unanimously approved its 2010-2011 budget during a meeting Monday night, a district official said.

When filling out self-evaluation forms, members of the Leavenworth Board of Education were asked to rank themselves in several areas.

When they met Monday, members of the Leavenworth Board of Education approved the school district’s 2010-2011 budget as well as a contract agreement with the local teachers union.

Leavenworth public school officials have closed Muncie Elementary School and sold the property. But it appears the building will be a school once again.

Members of the Easton Board of Education are scheduled to have a special meeting at 7 p.m. Monday at the school board office, 32502 Easton Road.

Tryouts for the 2010 Leavenworth High School JROTC Raider Team will begin at 9 a.m. Monday at Buffalo Bill Cody Park, Shrine Park Road and Limit Street.

Some results are in for Kansas state assessment tests — and Leavenworth School District administrators are feeling good.

After a short public hearing, the Lansing School Board approved its 2010-2011 school year budget during a meeting Monday.
 

Despite weather delays and other setbacks, officials with the Leavenworth public school system say buildings that have been under construction will be ready for the first day of classes.
 

The mill levy for the Leavenworth public school district will remain flat under a proposed 2010-2011 budget.

Members of the Leavenworth Board of Education are scheduled to meet at 7 p.m. Monday at the school district’s administration building, 200 N. Fourth St.

Enrollment for all grades of the Leavenworth public schools will be held at Richard W. Warren Middle School, 3501 New Lawrence Road.