DENVER, March 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Members of the Columbine community, including parents and former students who lived through the deadly 1999 high school shooting, joined educators and first responders from across Colorado on Friday to share their stories of turning recovery into renewal, and renewal into community growth. The gathering, "Colorado Rising: The Future of School Safety," was organized by School Safety Partners and represented for many a new purpose for Columbine anniversaries.

DENVER, March 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Reporters covering the 10th anniversary of the Columbine tragedy will have all-day access on Friday, March 20, 2009, to those speaking out on the most critical issues that threaten school safety today. Members of the Columbine community, including parents, educators, first responders, and former students, will join stakeholders from across Colorado to discuss urgent radical change needed to protect schools. The day-long event, called "Colorado Rising," organized by School Safety Partners, will begin with a 9:00 a.m.

By Maritza Velazquez Students at South Pointe Middle School are learning valuable lessons that don't apply to math, science or language arts. From Sept. 22-29, the sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders donated more than $500 to two Texas high schools devastated by Hurricane Ike in early September.

By John Ferak, Omaha World-Herald, Neb. May 19--PLATTSMOUTH, Neb. -- More than 100 Plattsmouth teenagers have minor parts in a new movie that will look at the emotional toll of the nation's bloodiest high school shooting.

By Perry Swanson and Kim Nguyen, The Gazette, Colorado Springs, Colo. Dec. 16--Rants and threats posted on the Internet have become a common thread among people who carry out murderous rampages, experts say.