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‘I want to teach,’ says senior inspired by sixth-grade teacher

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This cadet plans a career in middle school education. He credits his own teachers for cementing his aspirations...

Zoo visit by students for students

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Some 125 Stoney Creek Elementary kindergartners toured John Ball Zoo and were led by zoo school students

‘Books… were calling to me to learn more’

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Stoney Creek second-graders recently got to use their fascination with certain animals to show off newly acquired nonfiction writing skills

Oatmeal raisin philanthropy gets students cooking

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The after-school kitchen club formed in January is using proceeds from lunchtime sales of cookies to benefit kids facing cancer

STEM ed through mask-making

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Some 120 seventh-graders in Whitney Goulooze’s art class at Mill Creek Middle School are being introduced to the special effects industry

Teachers Say Children Need to Play, Not Work All Day

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If you think kindergartners still play with glue and paper all day, think again. In fact they're not playing enough, educators say, so they've...

Writing Lesson Rewrite Produces Big Gains

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Aiden Hernandez may only be in the first grade, but he's already got opinions about things. As in, "yes" to green beans and "no"...

Students Play a Happy Tune with Symphony Pros

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The three strings musicians who visited Pine Island Elementary this week didn't have to do a whole song and dance to hold the attention...

Elevation Education By Way of Cape Hangnail

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Sixth-graders' study of landforms had them traversing the Island of Podiatry by way of Bunion Strait, Blister Delta and the Isthmus of Lint. Afterward,...

Today’s Lesson: How to Capture Zombies

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Pine Island Elementary third-graders were hunched around six tables in Tony Molnar's STEM class, their kingdoms' crests waving overhead as they worked to construct...

After Auto Industry, He Chose ‘Noble Career’ of Teaching

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David Staublin has been known to poke fun at his diminished hearing. Having grown up in Charlevoix, he said, he attended "a lot of...

Volunteer Credit to Watch Sports? Yes You Can!

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To get to his regular volunteer gig this fall, sophomore Zach Hall climbs two flights of metal stairs, then hoists himself and whatever gear...

‘A Little Family’

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Guadalupe Becerra admits that for most of high school she has been more interested in the social aspects than in the academics. But now,...

District Sees Big Savings from Bond Refinance

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Taxpayers will benefit from a recent bond sale to the tune of approximately $2.5 million. Just like a homeowner refinancing a mortgage to reduce the...

Kindness is Many Things, Through Children’s Eyes

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Kindergartners in teacher Cheryl Hutchings' Stoney Creek Elementary class recently wrapped up their inaugural year of school, and capped the achievement as published authors...

Thinking About Summer? Let’s Learn from It

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With mere days left in the school year and her Pine Island Elementary fifth-graders' thoughts predictably drifting to sunnier, summery-er activities, teacher Lisa Czypera...

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