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Teaching abroad a profound learning experience for student
August 22, 2012 MARQUETTE — Teaching English abroad isn’t something that Teresa Soldner wants to do for a living but is something that she sees as an opportunity to learn a new language hersel. more »» 
Battling obesity
August 15, 2012 MARQUETTE — Marquette Area Public Schools has received an $8,000 grant from the Sault Tribe of Chippewa Indians to promote healthy school environment. more »» 
Area schools in process of preparing for all-day kindergarten
August 8, 2012 MARQUETTE — As parents prepare their kids for that memorable first day of school, those with kindergartners may be especially anxious leaving their little ones at the classroom door for the first... more »» 
K-8 phy ed could be an answer to childhood obesity
August 1, 2012 MARQUETTE — A recent federal study echoes concerns by Michigan health professionals that link the lack of time set aside for physical and health education classes in K-8 schools to increasing... more »» 
War of 1812 State Bicentennial Commission commemorates conflict, its implications
July 25, 2012 MARQUETTE — As the bicentennial of the War of 1812 continues to pass, some Michiganders are ensuring it doesn’t pass unnotice. more »»
Early childhood centers planned for Gwinn, Ishpeming
July 4, 2012 MARQUETTE — With a $450,000 grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Marquette County’s YMCA is working to implement two new early childhood education centers in Gwinn and Ishpeming. more »» 
Students follow along as U.P. man makes solo ascent
June 27, 2012 MARQUETTE — Students in Alison Matelski’s third grade classroom listened with bated breath as her brother, Matthew Johnson, told them via satellite phone what it was like to stand on the summit of... more »» 
Park Cemetery event teaches children about famous figures of Marquette
June 20, 2012 MARQUETTE — Marquette native Gus Sonnenberg was a national star in the wrestling world back in the 1920s and ’30s. more »» 
Growing greens
June 13, 2012 MARQUETTE — A group of people are banding together in the Superior Central School District to bring a hoop house to their students and their communit. more »» 
Kids deck out in finery at the St. Christophers Family Day School
June 6, 2012 MARQUETTE — Though Marquette resident Paula Hubert was bursting with pride as her youngest child, Teddi, graduated from school May 30, she also felt somewhat sad. “We’re sad to be done,” Hubert sai. more »» 
Wong will miss NMU, people, area
May 30, 2012 MARQUETTE — As former Northern Michigan University President Les Wong readies himself for a new job as president of San Francisco State University, there is one thing he’ll miss about Northern:... more »» 
With summer camp, learning doesn’t stop just because school’s out
May 23, 2012 MARQUETTE — With June just around the corner, area youth are preparing to tuck their school supplies away for the year in favor of their much-heralded summer vacation. more »» 
Putting their stamp on history
May 23, 2012 HANCOCK — Several Hancock and Chassell students won recognition at the state level during the recent National History Day competition. more »» 
‘Walk Against Bullying’ event set for May 23
May 16, 2012 MARQUETTE — Bullying is a problem that’s as commonly attributed to the high school experience as sloppy joes and study hall, but the students at Marquette Alternative High School are trying to chang... more »» 
College for Kids
May 9, 2012 MARQUETTE — Though the school year is coming to a close, parents can rest assured that learning opportunities will still exist all summer long as this year’s annual College For Kids event gears up... more »» 
Robot wars
May 2, 2012 MARQUETTE — With only two years of experience under their belts, the members of Marquette Area Public Schools FIRST Robotics Team No. more »» 
Retiring NMU prof drew on life experiences to assist classroom learning
April 25, 2012 MARQUETTE — To describe Northern Michigan University Professor Mohey Mowafy — a man perhaps best known on campus for his unique, allegorical teaching style — you really have to start with a story. more »» 
Gwinn High School teachers visit concentration camp
April 18, 2012 MARQUETTE — Standing next to the gates of Auschwitz, Gwinn High School English teachers Heather Hollands and Amy Laitinen said the sheer weight of the atrocities perpetrated in the buildings behind... more »» 
An anonymous act of kindness that has its own rewards
April 11, 2012 MARQUETTE — Students involved in Northern Michigan University’s Volunteer Center are hoping to step up the good will of everyone on campus this week by launching a “Pay it Forward” initiative. more »» |
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