No Excuses at elementary school in city

Decatur Daily Democrat:

Students at Northwest Elementary School and Bellmont Middle School were soaking up the college atmosphere as the current school year concluded, and will continue to do so.

Northwest Elementary has been named one of 102 schools in the country, and only two in the state Indiana, to become a member of the No Excuses University network. The national initiative is designed to promote a comprehensive model of college readiness to all students the moment they begin elementary school "and to create a culture of college readiness" in local classrooms, according to Northwest Principal Becca Lamon.

Bellmont Middle School is in the process of obtaining Early College University status, said Principal Scott Miller.