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East Allen accepts home-schooled athletes East Allen County Schools will allow homeschooled student athletes to participate on IHSAA athletic teams. The student will be eligible to participate in an IHSAA-recognized sport only at the member school in which the student is enrolled and attends. Full-time students at non-public accredited schools may participate at the school of their residence if they complete any statewide exam-
inations authorized by the Indiana Department of Education and if the non-public school certifies compliance with IHSAA bylaws. The student must attend at last one full-credit subject at an East Allen school building. The IHSAA approved the bylaw this year. An East Allen news release said the district might be the first to implement the program. JA shares financial skills in all public school districts in Allen County.
Honor a HERO O in the fight against cancer Do you know an individual or organization whose efforts have improved the quality of life for people who have cancer? If so, honor them with a nomination for the Parkview Cancer Care Award. Nominations are currently being accepted through August 31, 2013.
Visit parkview.com to print a nomination form or call (260) 266-9180.
East Allen County Times • August 16, 2013
JA seeks teachers, funding By Garth Snow gsnow@kpcmedia.com
Junior Achievement of Northern Indiana is seeking volunteer instructors for the coming school year. Volunteers share lessons on financial literacy, work readiness and entrepreneurship. Those who make a seven-week commitment will teach for about a halfhour to 45 minutes each week. Those who prefer a one-day commitment — JA in a Day — will teach for four hours. JA provides the training and materials. All Allen County public schools participate in the JA program. “We have volunteers that are parents, or who are interested in going into education, or who are education students, who are business and community people,” Dick said. For details, visit jani.org. To register, contact Dick at (260) 484-2543, or email
her at hayli.dick@ja.org. JA conducted fundraising programs through the summer. Those efforts continue. For details, visit jani.org. Aug. 16-22 and Sept. 11, 12. Crazy Pinz, 1414 Northland Blvd., Fort Wayne. Gather a team of five people and raise pledges to support JA programs. Teams are asked to raise $350 in pledges, with a $30 registration fee. Sept. 7, Anthony Wayne Scout Reservation, 2282 W. 500 South, Pleasant Lake, Ind., in Steuben County. The 5K Parkview Health Muddy Trail Run obstacle course, benefiting Junior Achievement and the Boy Scouts of America. Choose from eight heat times, beginning at 10 a.m. Registration is $45 per person. Climb the 34-foot rock wall for $35. Experience the zip line for $30. Register for any event online. Nov. 26-Dec. 3, 8 p.m.
Online auction. Support Junior Achievement on eBay.com by visiting myworld.ebay.com/juniorachievement. Or, to donate auction items, contact Susie Kaiser at (260) 484-2543, susie.kaiser@ja.org. Volunteer training is conducted at the JA office at 601 Noble Drive, behind the Northcrest Shopping Center. “We go through the material and talk about classroom management skills and help get them as prepared as possible for the class,” Dick said. The instructor training session takes about an hour and a half. More than 5,000 instructors helped to teach 114,000 students in JANI’s 30 counties last school year. The program serves public and private schools across 27 Indiana counties, Van Wert County, Ohio, and Cass and Berrien counties in Michigan.