Education

A musical performance at G.C. Burkhead Elementary School viewed by only a few Tuesday morning will be watched by millions this spring.

G.C. Burkhead will be a part of the official DVD of the Concert for Music in Our Schools Month. The concert is sponsored by the National Association of Music Education and footage is aired across the country on the second Thursday of March, when children in music classes watch and sing along.

Beverly Dile has spent a good part of her life dedicated to the service of students who need an extra boost when transitioning to a higher-learning institution.

And her work is gaining statewide attention.

Dile, coordinator of the developmental education department at Elizabethtown Community and Technical College, was recognized last month, receiving the Belva Sammons Award for Distinguished Service from the Kentucky Association of Developmental Education. Dile was nominated by her department.

The cloud of construction has cleared at Radcliff Elementary School.

The substantial completion date for the renovation of Radcliff Elementary is scheduled for Friday, but most of the tell-tale signs of construction were gone Monday.

Renovation of the school began at the beginning of 2010, with the majority of the interior complete when school began for the 2010-11 school year. In the second phase of the project, the exterior of the building was renovated along with the gym, library and cafeteria.

Automotive students at the local community college have another avenue to ease tuition costs thanks to a scholarship using money won in a national competition.

The auto-diesel program at Elizabethtown Community and Technical College received $2,500 for being named the top program in the southeast region in Tomorrow Technician’s School of the Year competition. The money came from WIX Filters.

Jerry Clemons, an associate professor in the program, said there wasn’t an auto-diesel scholarship and instructors wanted a way to ease students’ costs.