Tag: Micah Lukens
BURKET — A quartet of 11th-graders at Tippecanoe Valley High School received their due on Monday night, Jan. 21, during the monthly meeting of the Tippecanoe Valley School Corporation’s Board of Trustees. Named as Rising Stars of Indiana, Amy Baca, Kirstyn Yoder, Valeria Jimenez and Quinten Allen were presented to the board by TVHS Principal …read more.
A graduate of Tippecanoe Valley High School, Lukens came back to his alma mater to teach students at the Burket Educational Center, a program within the Tippecanoe Valley School Corporation providing an alternative high school environment for at risk students for whom the traditional classroom isn’t the best fit. When he began in the fall of 2003, the program was in its first year. Lukens admitted he was a bit overwhelmed and didn’t know exactly what to expect.
BURKET — On Thursday, May 17, nearly two dozen students in the Tippecanoe Valley School Corporation marked the culmination of an educational battle as uphill as a skyscraper climb. Tippecanoe Valley School Corporation’s alternative school, the Burket Educational Center marked the high school graduation of 22 students who, just by being enrolled in the school, …read more.
AKRON — New employees and honorees were the main focus of the Tippecanoe Valley School Corporation Board of Trustees regular meeting, held Monday evening, July 11. Tippecanoe Valley Middle School Attendance Secretary Cheryl Simons and TVSC Head Bus Mechanic Lyle Butt received the TVSC Pillar Award for Outstanding Support Staff. Due to a family commitment, …read more.
[weaver_youtube QFVNsRQHg-M rel=0] Burket Educational Center held its annual graduate honors reception at 10 a.m. today. The ceremony honored 27 students who participated in the alternative education program. According to Micah Lukens, instructional assistant for the alternative education program, this is one of the largest classes to go through Burket Educational Center. The alternative school allows …read more.




