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My Town: Tech Center students earn top spots at Business & Technology Challenge

Submitted by Anonymous on Friday, January 2nd, 1:16 pm
My Town: Tech Center students earn top spots at Business & Technology Challenge

MUSKEGON, Mich. (Muskegon ISD)-- Students from the Muskegon Area Career Tech Center (MACTC) Computer Aided Design and Internet, Network & Security Technologies programs earned top-three spots during the annual Business & Technology Challenge sponsored by Baker College.

The event, which took place on Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2014, hosted more than 150 students from nine schools in Michigan.

CAD students from the MACTC demonstrated success in the AutoCAD and Drafting & Design events by earning the following awards:

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My Town: No school, no problem! Four tips to keep your student learning over the holidays

Submitted by Megan Susterich on Saturday, December 27th, 7:00 am
My Town: No school, no problem! Four tips to keep your student learning over the holidays

During the winter break from school, many students will pack away their books and turn their attention away from learning. 

To help ensure your students are still learning, statewide virtual learning school, Michigan Connections Academy, is sharing activities you can do as a family to keep your young students busy and their brains active over the break.

1.       Practice math while baking holiday cookies. Students struggle with fractions and always want to know when they will “use math in real life.” The perfect time to practice fractions is while you are baking cookies. Two-thirds of a cup plus 1/3 of a cup equals one whole cup, which your child will see as you work on making those cookies, helping develop a real life connection to what they are learning in school.

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My Town: Schools awarded funding to take students to art hot spots

Submitted by Anonymous on Friday, December 19th, 7:00 am
My Town: Schools awarded funding to take students to art hot spots

KENT COUNTY, Mich.—Thousands of students interested in Michigan’s cultural hot spots will now have a set of wheels to get there.

Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs this week announced the recipients of its latest round of grants for its Arts & Culture Trek grant program.  The organization is awarding $60,000 to 161 schools across the state, to pay for field trip transportation.  Each grant is worth up to $500 and must be used between Jan. 5, 2015 and March 29, 2015.

"A record-breaking number of Michigan K-12 teachers applied for an Arts & Culture Trek Grant this year, and the vast majority of recipients were awarded the full amount they requested," said Marianne Dorais, Executive Director of Michigan Youth Arts. "From Detroit to Kalamazoo to Flint to Marquette, this program will serve thousands of students from 42 counties across the state."

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My Town: Muskegon Middle School fills donation bins with hundreds of toys

Submitted by Anonymous on Friday, December 12th, 3:36 pm

BELDING,  Mich. -- WZZM 13 is celebrating the end to yet another successful Toys for Tots School Spirit Challenge, thanks to an army of students scattered across West Michigan.

More than 40 schools participated in this year's drive, collecting more than 11,000 toys. Muskegon Middle School filled the donation bins with 436 toys.

For additional toy totals and videos, visit the WZZM 13 Toys for Tots page.

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My Town: Reeths Puffer Elementary students help provide presents for fellow children

Submitted by Anonymous on Friday, December 12th, 3:36 pm

BELDING,  Mich. -- WZZM 13 is celebrating the end to yet another successful Toys for Tots School Spirit Challenge, thanks to an army of students scattered across West Michigan.

More than 40 schools participated in this year's drive, collecting more than 11,000 toys. Although they couldn't make it out Friday morning, the third and fourth grade students of Reeths Puffer Elementary School collected 139 toys as of Thursday.

For additional toy totals and videos, visit the WZZM 13 Toys for Tots page.

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My Town: Muskegon Catholic Central High School among top donors to Toys for Tots drive

Submitted by Anonymous on Friday, December 12th, 3:27 pm
My Town: Muskegon Catholic Central High School among top donors to Toys for Tots drive

MUSKEGON, Mich. -- WZZM 13 is celebrating the end to yet another successful Toys for Tots School Spirit Challenge, thanks to an army of students scattered across West Michigan.

More than 40 schools participated in this year's drive, collecting more than 11,000 toys. Muskegon Catholic Central High School collected 1,700 donations.

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My Town: Diocese of Grand Rapids hires school recruiters

Submitted by Anonymous on Wednesday, December 3rd, 9:09 am
My Town: Diocese of Grand Rapids hires school recruiters

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.— The Diocese of Grand Rapids has hired two more people to ramp up enrollment for its Catholic schools.

Dan Plachta will serve as an admissions enrollment field consultant, guiding the diocese’s 29 schools in outreach and recruitment. While supporting current students, the diocese plans to focus on traditionally underserved groups who could take advantage of school tuition assistance, which is quadrupling to $1,000,000.

Plachta is an alumnus of Blessed Sacrament School (now All Saints Academy) and Catholic Central High School in Grand Rapids.

“As a graduate of Catholic schools in the diocese, Dan brings a personal passion for the importance of Catholic education in West Michigan,” said David Faber, superintendent of Catholic schools.

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