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Students, future teachers part of Summer Learning Institute
An intensive, summer school program – the Elementary Summer Learning Institute – is under way at Ann Arbor Open @ Mack, packing lots of learning into just four short weeks. […]
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Eat this up: School gardens featured as learning tool
“There’s a lot to learn from growing a garden, and a lot of Ann Arbor’s schools are finding that out,” says Ann Arbor Chronicle gardening columnist Marianne Rzepka. Her Sunday column focuses on three such gardens in Ann Arbor schools. […]
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Ann Arbor Open @ Mack offers unique experience for grades K-8
Ann Arbor Open @ Mack has an informal setting that encourages an open environment and teaches students to work cooperatively in a group setting. “What I see in our building is a kind of excitement about being in school,” says Media Specialist Kit Flynn. “We’re interested in meeting kids where they are … and meeting kids where their high interests are.” […]
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Partnership with U-M brings language to 3rd-graders
Third-graders in all 21 Ann Arbor elementary schools are saying “hola!” this fall to learning Spanish thanks to a partnership with the University of Michigan. […]