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Rockridge High School lands on academic watch list
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Rockridge High School is on the state's academic watch list for the third consecutive year after failing to meet the 85 percent standard in reading and math. The school board learned Monday the junior high achieved standards for No Child Left Behind, with 85 percent meetingadequate yearly progress (AYP) standards in reading and 88 percent in math. High school students failed to meet the required 85 percent AYP, with 59 percent meeting it in reading and 63 percent in math. "We've still made some significant gains and we're proud of that," high school principal Katy Hasson, said. Only 11 of the 662 schools in Illinois met No Child Left Behind requirements for the 2012 school year, officials said. In other news, the board: - Approved Logan Wynn as winter boy's high school basketball coach, Danielle Osterhaus as winter high school girl's basketball coach and Tim Finch as junior high wrestling coach for the 2012-2013 school year pending satisfaction of the district. - Learned Destiny Grawe was named Rockridge/Milan area Rotary Student of the Month and Amelia Thomas was Andalusia Elementary Citizen of the Month. - Learned students Murphy Bolt, Marissa Elliott and Kaitlin Stice were selected to the American Choral Director's Association National Choir. - Learned that Taylor Ridge/Reynolds Elementaries raised nearly $4,000 for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. - Approved installation of a $8,000 septic system in the baseball field, which will be paid for by the Rockridge High School Booster Club. 
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Today is Tuesday, May 21, the 141st day of 2013. There are 224 days left in the year.
1863 -- 150 years ago: On Monday the 11th inst. on Center Ridge in Mercer County,some citizens got out their cannon to celebrate the taking of Richmond. The gun wasoverloaded and burst. No one was injured, but one 30-pound piece went though thesecond story of a house.
1888 -- 125 years ago: The old folks concert at the Harper Theater last night to benefit St.Luke's Cottage Hospital, attracted a large audience.
1913 -- 100 years ago: Unless depredation by vandals in Rock Island parks is halted,special policemen will be assigned to night duty to protect the flowers and other property.
1938 -- 75 years ago: Station WHBF has received a special citation from Washington forits participation in Air Mail Week, which was observed this week throughout the nation.
1963 -- 50 years ago: A 10-year high in employment in the Quad-City area was reachedat the end of the last quarter, according to an industrial employment barometer releasedtoday.
1988 -- 25 years ago: Pee Wee teams will be able to play baseball and softball as usualon Diamond Three at Dorrance Park this summer, but after that, the ball field is doomed.County crews have put the diamond back in shape after heavy trucks marred the playingfield earlier this spring. Illinois Department of Transportation crews drove onto it to makeborings for the relocation of the junction of Illinois 84 and the Port Byron-Hillsdale road.
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