Education

COUNCIL BLUFFS — Iowa KidsNet, the statewide organization that recruits, trains, licenses and supports Iowa’s foster and adoptive families, will give an information session in Council Bluffs Aug. 28, for individuals interested in becoming foster or adoptive parents.

Foster care is the temporary placement of children with families outside of their own home due to abuse, neglect or other family crisis situations. The goal is for loving families to provide children with a safe, stable and nurturing environment.

With the goal to provide a variety of technologies, new learning opportunities and unique resources to students in Red Oak, the Red Oak Community School District  has been planning more than two years for the ability to participate in the One-to-One Laptop program.

Among the tasks Red Oak completed in order to prepare for the program was the upgrading of the schools’ infrastructure to handle the wireless demands, server virtualization and teacher professional development.

The project will forever change the way instruction is given in the classrooms.

There will be a Tailgate Fundraiser for the Youth Experiencing Success Mentoring Program at the Red Oak Fire Station, Friday, Aug. 24, before the Home Football game, from 5-7 p.m.

The menu will include:

– a rib eye or hamburger sandwich
– baked beans, chips, bar or cookie
– lemonade and water

The cost will be a rib eye for $7 or a hamburger for $5.

The Mills-Montgomery Cattlemen’s Association will be doing the grilling.

The Red Oak Middle School supply list, obtained from the Red Oak Schools website and printed in the July 31 edition of the Red Oak Express, was outdated. Below is the correct list:

Red Oak Middle School