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Marching bands hope to build off legacies at festival
NILES — On Wednesday afternoon, Brandywine, Buchanan and Niles high school marching band students will stand at attention ...
Education
Ring Lardner celebrates new donated fitness center
NILES — While the rest of Niles yawned and warmed up Friday morning, one of the first chill ...
Niles Education
Eastside students collect more than 1,800 pairs of shoes during weeklong drive
NILES — When the 17 National Junior Honor Society students of Eastside Connections School at 315 N. 14th ...
Education
Niles New Tech student creating program to help those in need
In the past, Lydia Farmer and her family struggled financially and had to rely on organizations when they ...
News
PHOTO STORY: Niles High School Homecoming
Niles — Niles High School hosted its homecoming game Friday. At halftime seniors Morgan Warren and Leon Williams ...
Education
Niles Community Schools board member steps down
NILES — A long-time member of the Niles Community Schools board of education is stepping down from his ...
Education
Youth Advisory Council assists with piggy bank project
BUCHANAN — Members of the Michigan Gateway Community Foundation’s Youth Advisory Council helped to complete piggy banks at ...
Education
Niles Community Schools implements safety measures, including drug detection
NILES — On Aug. 28, for the first time in about a decade, canines from the Niles Police ...
News
Area businesses deliver collected supplies to schools
NILES — While Monica Ellis, Old National Bank employee, unlocked her van’s doors as she prepared to leave ...
Education
Berrien RESA to host 2019 Festival of Families and 5K run, walk
BERRIEN SPRINGS — This fall, Berrien Regional Education Service Agency will be hosting its seventh annual countywide event ...
Niles Education
Niles Community Schools to host back-to-school open houses
NILES — Ballard Elementary School will host an expo-style open house for families on Wednesday from 5:30 to ...
Education
New Niles S.T.E.A.M. Room expecting Sept. 1 opening
NILES CHARTER TOWNSHIP — A space for makers to create and future makers to learn how is slated ...
Education
Final summer pop-up library draws at least 250 people to Viking Stadium
NILES — When Darla Schneider prepared to start a series of pop-up libraries that distributed free books during ...
Education
New directors join Niles in time for marching season
NILES — In a side room of Niles High School’s band classroom last Tuesday, district band director Connie ...
Education
Local organizations host supply drives for area students
By BEAU BROCKETT JR. beau.brockett@leaderpub.com NILES — Three local organizations are working to make the school year successful ...
Education
Legendary Evening attendees celebrate Niles schools, its supporters
NILES — If Niles had an official smell, it might have been at the Grand LV banquet center ...
Southwestern Michigan College
SMC teaches Niles middle schoolers welding
NILES — During the hottest week this summer while peers hit pools or beaches to cool off, eight ...
Education
Ring Lardner reading store to enter second year
Amy Gourlay provided two words to describe this year’s reading store at Ring Lardner Middle School’s library this ...
Education
Niles Scream Park awards area students scholarships
NILES — The Niles Haunted House Board of Directors has recently announced the graduates who will receive scholarships ...
Education
Niles teacher’s program will start the school week with R&R
HOWARD TOWNSHIP — When Sara Grishaber’s fourth-grade Howard-Ellis Elementary students enter her classroom Monday mornings this fall, they ...
News
Niles schools awarded grant for STEM testing kits
Kindergarten through fifth-grade students of Niles Community Schools this fall will be able to take part in programming ...
Education
Niles graduate makes Dean’s list
NASHVILLE — Lindsay Eichenberg, of Niles, has been named to Trevecca Nazarene University’s Dean’s List for the spring ...
Education
Annual archaeological open house Aug. 3, 4
NILES — Voyageur canoe rides and other 18th-century activities will come alive Aug. 3 and 4 as Western ...
Education
New appointments made on Niles School Board
NILES — The Niles Community Schools Board of Education announced the new slate of officers, following a vote ...
Education
Niles Community Schools moves into Oak Manor
What once was a library is now a school board meeting room. What once was a computer lab ...
