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Elizabethtown Community and Technical College reopen on Monday, Jan. 3, and registration for Spring semester will be held Jan. 4–6.  Please attend registration to meet with an advisor in the Main Lobby of the Regional Postsecondary Education Center according to the following alphabetic schedule based on your last name. Students may register after their assigned time (all times are EDT)but not before:
Tuesday, Jan. 4
9 – 10:30 a.m. – U-Z
10:30 – noon – S-T
1:30 – 3 p.m. – O-R

Kentucky students who plan to attend an in-state college or university beginning in fall 2011 should file the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) as soon as possible after January 1. Filing early increases the student’s chance of receiving a state need-based grant administered by the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority (KHEAA). The FAFSA is available at www.fafsa.ed.gov.

Sullivan University accepted Sable Burden, Grayson County High School in Leitchfield for admission to the University beginning in the 2011 academic year.

Fifth-grade social studies teachers Michelle Galloway, Allison Helm and Kristin Pierce recently presented a program about incorporate 21st century skills into history curriculum to a group of their colleagues at the National Council for Social Studies conference in Denver, Colo.
This presentation grew out of a $1 million Teaching American History grant awarded in 2008 to the Green River Regional Education Cooperation by the U.S. Department of Education.