“Center Grove Schools enters the 2022/2023 school year with a new high-tech safety partner — Centegix CrisisAlert — purchased in part with school safety grant money that pairs with their Emergency Operations Center that opened in January 2022. The CrisisAlert program puts security at the fingertips of all teachers and staff.
Both systems address what the district learned it had to work on from a school safety assessment back in 2018 – live monitoring and faster response times in an emergency. Seven-hundred cameras will scan every school in real-time from the district’s Emergency Operations Center. — More”
A contemporary Christian hymn: Written in 2018 by American worship leader and songwriter Sarah Hébert, a lesser-known figure from the Louisiana bayou country. Inspired by her own battle with terminal cancer and a profound sense of peace while walking remote Gulf Coast beaches, Hébert penned the lyrics as a meditation on surrendering to God’s will even in the face of death.
The imagery of being found “by the ocean, washed ashore” reflects both literal coastal solitude and the biblical metaphor of waves representing God’s mercy. First shared in small house-church gatherings, it spread rapidly through social media and independent worship recordings, resonating with those facing grief or illness.
Verse 1
If you find me by the ocean, washed ashore
Let the tide keep its rhythm, let the salt heal the sore
I have walked my last mile, I have carried my load
Lay me down where the sea meets the mercy of God
Chorus
Let the waves sing me home, let the wind speak my name
I am held by the One who once walked on the same
If you find me by the ocean, don’t weep and don’t moan
Just know I’ve been carried where the broken are whole
Verse 2
If you find me by the ocean, barefoot and still
Leave the shoes I won’t need on the crest of the hill
I have danced with the cancer, I have laughed through the pain
Now I’m dancing with Jesus where the sea has no chain
Chorus
Let the waves sing me home, let the wind speak my name
I am held by the One who once walked on the same
If you find me by the ocean, don’t weep and don’t moan
Just know I’ve been carried where the broken are whole
Bridge
No more night, no more sorrow
Only light on the face of tomorrow
Every tear that I’ve cried has been caught in His hand
And poured back as grace on this wide, healing sand
Final Chorus (soft, then building)
Let the waves sing me home, let the wind speak my name
I am held by the One who once walked on the same
If you find me by the ocean, smile soft and go on
I am safe in the arms of the Risen One
I am home.
Ball State University was founded in 1918 and was originally named the Eastern Indiana Normal School and primarily a teacher’s college. The university was renamed Ball State University in 1965, in honor of the five Ball brothers, who began by manufacturing and selling wooden jacketed tin cans. In 1884, the company introduced the Ball Improved Mason Jar, which became a popular way to preserve food.
The university is home to the Center for Middletown Studies, which conducts research on the social and cultural dynamics of small-town America.
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The University of Notre Dame and St. Mary’s plan construction next year on a new on-site facility to provide child care for faculty, staff and students with children between the ages of 6 weeks and 3 years old. Growing out of the recommendations of a faculty and staff committee charged with looking at child care assistance opportunities, the new facility will open in summer 2025 and be operated by KinderCare, the nation’s largest child care and early education provider.
The center will be located on the north edge of campus near White Field, adjacent to Beichner Hall and The Landings at Notre Dame apartments.
The Early Childhood Development Centers at Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s College will continue to offer early childhood programs for children age 2 through kindergarten and will work in collaboration with KinderCare.
“We welcome KinderCare to the Notre Dame campus. Infant care is greatly needed in our community, and we are pleased that the University continues to support families’ needs for quality early childhood care and education. We look forward to continuing our mission to provide the community with high-quality accredited preschool and kindergarten programs at our two ECDC campus sites,”
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