St. Gregory's University recently celebrated it's Spring Commencement with 144 students May 10, 2008. You can watch in this nearly-six-minute video the essence of Saturday's commencement ceremony.

I don't know how classrooms are run today, but in my heyday, you sat one behind the other, and learning was not something you had much choice over. You didn't debate whether Latin was necessary or dare to share why you didn't turn in your homework. If you didn't do the work, you stayed after school, and one of the sisters sat at her desk watching you until you were finished. I imagine a Marine boot camp is quite similar.

Chalk it up to the power of music.
This year’s cool activity at Shawnee High School has athletes and thespians rubbing shoulders with cheerleaders and student council members — all for the love of a song.
The SHS Select Choir has experienced its most diverse year yet, and its most award-winning. More boys have joined the traditionally female group, and students from all walks of extracurricular life have participated, making choir hip again. And the biggest-ever number of students earned high honors at the District Solo and Ensemble Contest.

The Cops’nKids picnic will be  held 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at Gordon Cooper Technology Center.

Children often make paper airplanes to see if they can fly or make believe they are flying planes, but several area youth did more than that — they soared high above the clouds.

Boy scouts, girl scouts and other children ages 7 to 18 joined together May 3 in Shawnee’s Youth Aviation Day held at Gordon Cooper Technology Center Aviation Campus.

Their minds were opened and imaginations roamed free as the attendees learned about aerodynamics, helicopter pilots, professional pilots, airport operations, airport firefighters and pre-flight. Not to mention the chance to fly high above Shawnee for the first time.

St. Gregory’s University celebrated its 93rd commencement exercise Saturday inside W.P. Wood Field House, with bachelor’s degrees conferred on 86 graduates.

An additional 46 received associate’s degrees and 12 received master’s degrees.
Shirley Cox, legal services developer for the state Department of Human Services, delivered the commencement address, urging SGU graduates to discover their dreams, be passionate about what they do and do justice in their lives.