Tag: Professional Development

WHS math teacher Linda Anderson is one of 5 state award finalists

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Wayland High School math teacher Linda Anderson has been selected as a Michigan state-level finalist in mathematics for the Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching program. Anderson was one of five finalists and will be recognized Dec. 7 at the Network of Michigan Educators conference, ECET2MI, in...
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Wayland Union Foundation Innovation grants announced

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The Wayland Union Education Foundation has announced the 2015-16 Innovation Grant awards totaling $3,260. Also announced are the first annual Principal Innovation Awards, granted in the amount of $9,000. The following staff members were selected to receive a grant: • Aleisa Licari – Dorr Elementary third grade teacher, was awarded...
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Dorr, Hopkins library director to attend national conference

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Natalie Bazan, director of the Dorr Township and Hopkins District libraries, has been awarded a national grant to attend the next Small and Rural Library Association's annual conference later this year. Bazan is the recipient of this year’s Pat Carterette Professional Development Award. She obtained her master’s in library science...
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Steeby students go on field trip to new high school science facility

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Steeby Elementary fourth-graders didn’t have to travel far to experience a unique, hands-on science lesson, as they had an “in-district” field trip to the new Science & Innovation Center inside Wayland Union High School. Lynn Gosson, biology teacher, and Karen Gabrielse, chemistry teacher, wanted to give younger students an opportunity...
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Eight WHS business students qualify for state BPA conference

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Twelve Wayland Union High School students in the Business Professionals of America chapter brought home the gold last Tuesday at the 2015 Regional Leadership Conference Eight Wayland students qualified to represent their school at the state level in March.More than 400 high school business professionals demonstrated business management, marketing and...
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