Tussing Elementary COLONIAL HEIGHTS - The following students at Tussing Elementary School were named to the “All A” Honor Roll for the second nine-weeks grading period. First Grade: Lauren Elizabeth Anderson, Anna Elizabeth Barnes, Austin Ray Bennett, Ju

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Tussing Elementary (The Petersburg Progress-Index) |
The Woodland Elementary School in Olathe, Kan. – designed by Overland Park, Kan.-based architecture, planning, and interior design firm Hollis + Miller – has been award Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Silver Certification by the U.S.

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Woodland Elementary Takes the LEED Among Kansas Schools (Contract Magazine) |
Security can come with a high price tag. For the school Oxford Area School District to better secure the entrances at the Jordan Bank and Nottingham Elementary Schools, the cost is expected to be somewhere around $150,000. At its Feb. 16 meeting, the school board approved a contract for design and construction oversight of improvements to the entrances at the two school buildings at a cost of …

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Big bills for secure doors at Oxford (Avon Grove Sun) |
OXFORD — Security can come with a high price tag. For Oxford Area School District to better secure the entrances at the Jordan Bank and Nottingham elementary schools, the cost is expected to be somewhere around $150,000.

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Oxford school board eyes security upgrades for elementary schools (Daily Local News) |
St. Thomas Academy in Mendota Heights began a partnership this month with St. Joseph’s Seminary and High School, an all-boys school in Kenya. The schools will use technology, including Skype videophone, to learn about each other’s cultures, countries and living conditions. St. Thomas students also will teach the Kenyan students how to monitor water quality.

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Education notes: News from schools near you (Pioneer Press) |
Grand Rapids Public Schools is considering selling the “City Building” on the Central High School campus to the nonprofit group that runs University Prep Academy, paving the way for $8 million in private donations to renovate and expand the school.

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Grand Rapids Schools considers selling old City High building to UPrep group (The Grand Rapids Press) |
Chicago Pneumatic, WIX Filters and Tomorrow?s Technician have selected the top 20 schools in the third annual School of the Year competition. Entries were received from 266 students and instructors nominating more than 160 high schools, technical schools and colleges.

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Top 20 schools named in 2010 Tomorrow’s Technician/Chicago Pneumatic competition (Aftermarket Business) |
project : Exeter Schools Multipurpose Space client : Exeter R-VI School District location : Exeter, Mo. designer : Dake Wells Architecture

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Interiors Awards: Sports/Entertainment Winner (Contract Magazine) |
New York Institute of Technology’s (NYIT (http://www.nyit.edu)) School of Architecture and Design was ranked by Architect magazine as one of the top four U.S. schools that excel in building technology and construction. (PRWeb Jan 25, 2010) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/NYIT/Architecture/prweb3515444.htm

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NYIT’s School of Architecture and Design Ranked Top Four In Building Technology and Construction (PRWeb) |
With the building now at its full height, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University’s (PolyU) teaching and research hotel has been named Hotel ICON. PolyU unveiled a plan five years ago to develop a teaching and research hotel for its School of Hotel and Tourism Management (SHTM) with an aim to further enhancing the School’s world-leading position in hospitality and tourism education as well as …

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PolyU Unveils Name of its Teaching and Research Hotel (Hospitality Net) |