Just north of the main building of Newton High School sits Brooks Trade Center and an Agricultural Academy, a place where currently 124 NHS students are enrolled in agricultural classes.Those students restore tractors, plant plants in a greenhouse and care for some small livestock – pigs, sheep and chickens.
The Higher Learning Commission (HLC), Bethel College’s accrediting body, has approved the college’s proposal for a new major, Health and Human Performance.Students in this program can pursue one of three concentrations: Exercise Science, Health and Fitness, or Health and Physical Education Teaching.The announcement of HLC approval means Bethel can begin immediately to promote the program and recruit students for it.The program will be offered, with all courses and concentrations, beginning in fall 2024.Current faculty in the new Department of Health and Human Performance are Melissa Siemens and Matthew Dorton.Siemens’s specialty is Health and Physical Education Teaching, while Dorton’s is Exercise Science, so the college will be seeking a faculty member with strengths primarily in the area of Health and Fitness.“The Health and Human Performance major will prepare students for a field in which the job market is growing,” said Robert Milliman, vice president for academic affairs.“For example, according to the U.S.
The Newton city commission voted unanimously Dec.
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The Newton YMCA hosted a special visitor Dec. 8 —Santa. The YMCA hosted a free evening with Santa Event. The evening included pictures with Santa,… Login to continue reading Login…
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By: Rachel MiproKansasReflector.comTOPEKA — An influx of federal infrastructure dollars will allow Kansas cities to join a long-running train route between Oklahoma and Texas.The concept of expanded passenger rail service in Wichita and Newton has been promoted by Kansas Department of Transportation officials and railway enthusiasts for years, but lost steam because of scarce funding and low numbers of passengers.Federal emphasis on railway infrastructure improvements has given the project the necessary funding for expansion.
At the end of August 2021 a small group of volunteers met at Kauffman Museum to collect seeds from the museum’s prairie planting near the entrance.The fruits of their labor are about to be realized, as those seeds are about to be planted.The Kansas Alliance for Wetlands and Streams is planning to host a prairie seeding event at 3 p.m.
Two more arrests have been made in connection to the Joel Womochil federal case this month.
Newton Lions Club hosted the annual Parade of Lights Dec.