Newark Valley’s Class of 2024 gathered on the football field to cross the finish line and get their diplomas Friday morning. The stands filled with family and friends waiting for the 83 graduating seniors to start the procession. There was a heaviness in the air as this next generation ventures out into the world, with […]
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Weeks after graduation, many Fort Worth seniors haven’t filed FAFSAs. Is it too late?
As federal education officials continue to clean up after the botched rollout of a new financial aid application, many college-bound students in Tarrant County are still struggling to complete the form. But they don’t have to do it on their own. School districts and education advocacy groups in the Fort Worth area scrambled to organize […]
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The best walker for seniors of 2024 according to therapists, nurses and other health care professionals
Mobility problems affect millions of people worldwide, especially seniors. Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that more than 12% of Americans have a severe mobility disability that significantly affects walking or climbing stairs, and many more people have less severe mobility issues that interfere with daily activities. Conditions like arthritis […]
Open Mind For The Future: ACT seniors celebrate graduation
WILLIMANTIC — Arts at the Capitol Theater Magnet High School celebrated its graduating seniors with a ceremony Friday night. With the forecast lingering for the graduation ceremony, which would bring gusts of high winds, the promise of heavy downfall, and hail, not a single drop dampened the graduates’ spirits as they celebrated with their family […]
Low-income seniors can get free food boxes on June 25
First English Lutheran Church in Mansfield, along with the Greater Cleveland Food Bank, will offer free senior boxes 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., or until boxes run out, on June 25. Due to high demand, the distribution has been moved to the parking lot at the corner of Mulberry Street and Park Avenue West just west of […]
University attendance remains strong, but Livingston County seniors are exploring other options
LIVINGSTON COUNTY — Most local schools have already bid their seniors goodbye at graduation. Though bittersweet, the event calls to question the conundrum all seniors must face: What’s next? The answer has grown increasingly diverse. Attending a four-year university continues to be the most popular option for students in Livingston County. Howell Schools Director of Communications […]
For Minneapolis North High seniors who know tragedy all too well, triumph reigns at graduation
Among the rows of chairs for Minneapolis North High’s class of 2024, one seat remained empty throughout Friday’s graduation ceremony. Had he not been shot and killed just blocks away from the school two years ago, that seat would have been for Deshaun Hill Jr. “We keep him included in everything we have going on. […]
With busy hurricane season expected, FPL, Council on Aging give Nassau seniors meal kits
Florida Power & Light and the Nassau County Council on Aging recently delivered 450 hurricane meal kits to about 150 local seniors for the 2024 storm season, which is predicted to be particularly aggressive. “For local seniors who may not be able to leave their homes or receive home-delivered meals post-storm, hurricane meal kits help […]
First Lady visits GB to make pitch to seniors
GREEN BAY, Wis. (WFRV) – The Biden administration’s ‘Seniors for Biden-Harris’ campaign made a stop at the Brown County central library on Thursday afternoon. Greeted with a standing ovation, First Lady Jill Biden made remarks about how she believes the Biden administration has helped senior citizens the last four years. According to U.S. census data, […]
E.O. Smith seniors celebrate graduation
MANSFIELD — It was a beautiful sunny day, perfect for a graduation. Students, along with their families and friends, gathered at the Jorgensen Center of the Performing Arts at UConn’s campus on Tuesday evening. Senior class vice president Bella McDonough spoke to her peers and quoted philosopher Lao Tzu, who said, “When the student is […]
Mass. high school president writes notes thanking fellow seniors — 180 of them
Emily Post would be proud. A high school class president in Massachusetts who gave a commencement speech wanted to recognize all of his fellow graduates. So he wrote them personal thank-you notes presented at the ceremony — 180 to be exact. “I wish I could’ve acknowledged you all, but there was simply not enough time,” […]