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A more exciting treat than candy lit up the eyes of Vinton Elementary students as they dropped their coins into a new vending machine — books, 300 of them, all brightly colored and beckoning. This is the first school in the district to have such a machine. Vinton Elementary Student of the Year Pate Stine cut the ribbon in a special videostreamed ceremony Friday. She selected a book from the Tom Watson “Trouble at Table 5” series. Every book is different. When a book drops, it’s exciting to see what’s behind it. If Stine could have gotten an Ann M. Martin “Baby Si...

Vinton Elementary receives book vending machine to help promote literacy Calcasieu Parish School Board (Source: Calcasieu Parish School Board) By Patrick Deaville | March 4, 2021 at 12:13 PM CST - Updated March 4 at 12:13 PM LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - As schools across the district are celebrating Read Across America week with events, dress-up days, and reading times, the students at Vinton Elementary will be receiving a special gift: A book vending machine. The Calcasieu Parish School board says the school received funds for the machine from an anonymous donor. To purchase a book, stu...

The Christmas assignment… Students showcase their community Staff Report Pictured is “Joy” in Gallipolis City Park which contains the Gallipolis In Lights Christmas display. (Suzi Konz | Courtesy) GALLIPOLIS — Students in Kemberlee Hood’s Southern Ohio Digital Academy (SODA) class were recently given a unique assignment. SODA, which was started about five years ago in the Gallia County Local Schools District, provides local students with access to education via remote learning. The program began long before the coronavirus pandemic but, as Hood put it, “has been a godsend this ye...