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Reading Gets Campy in the Classroom

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What better way to read a good story than in the dark with a flashlight? Add s’mores, tents and good friends. As part of March...

March Madness, Books Edition

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Mill Creek Middle School students are narrowing top-rated books to declare their March Madness Tournament of Books final champion. Students began the tourney with 16...

Doing Your Best Earns Recognition

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There’s a growing group of students at Mill Creek Middle School wearing green and yellow T-shirts with the words “Got PRIDE” on them. The sixth-through-eighth-graders...

Retro Dinner Theater, with Songs You Can Dance To

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Mill Creek Middle School sixth-grade choir students opened their arms wide, punctuating "Life goes on, bra!" during the Beatles' 1968 hit "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da". Then they...

Drama Club “Space Aliens” Teach Etiquette, Theater Basics

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Aliens made a surprise appearance in the Pine Island Elementary media center recently. The youngsters from a galaxy far, far away soon made friends with...

Let’s Build It Club Encourages Tinkering

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It seemed like magic in the 1980s commercial for The Clapper light, but Pine Island Elementary students took just minutes to make their own...

Move More, Do Better in School

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Things got moving fast recently in Stoney Creek Elementary School teacher Heather Paparella's second-grade class. Students were stretching, jumping and dancing. Students were taking a...

When Being a Nerd is ‘More Than OK’

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Being a "nerd" at Comstock Park High School is about doing what you enjoy, taking pride in being smart and sharing quirky passions with...

Grad Returns to Share White House Adventures

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Taylor Gehrcke remembers daydreaming when he was a high school student about where he would like to serve as an intern. The White House...

Area Science Teachers Take National Stage

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Go ahead, ask a question. Better yet, ask a bunch of questions. Three science teachers from Kent ISD schools were among 10 teachers who recently...

MSU? U of M? Elementary Students Consider College Opportunities

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Mondays at Pine Island Elementary School have students thinking about becoming doctors, teachers, lawyers, politicians and FBI agents. How to get there? "You have to pass...

Students Teach Each Other in Programming Club

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The brains behind the new Comstock Park High School Programming Club are senior Josh Chua, who taught himself to code at age 10, and...

Students Buddy Up, Join Hands to Stop Bullying

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"Be a buddy, not a bully," said Pine Island Elementary students who are learning young what it means to be a good friend who...

Draw Your Own Conclusions — Seriously

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Physical science class at Comstock Park High School has become true to its name in recent years. Freshmen spend class time actively immersed in...

Support Staff Ready to Respond to Students’ Medical Needs

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During a back-to-school first-aid training session, Comstock Park Public Schools teacher's aide Mandy Rodriguez learned how to administer an EpiPen, a device used to...

Graduates Return to Share Wisdom With Current Students

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During his first two years as a U.S. Naval Academy cadet, 2013 Comstock Park High School graduate Miguel Nava faced new challenges: bootcamp, juggling...

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