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Friday, March 05 2010 |
Dr. Meir Ben-Hur assists a stu... HOLLY, Michigan – To Kristie Brown’s 5- and 6-year-old students at Rose Pioneer Elementary School, it was another fun exercise with dots, but in reality, the young students are getting a jump start on math and language skills.
It’s all part of a cognitive learning program set in motion last year by Dr. Noni Miller, superintendent of Curriculum and Instruction, and her colleague, Kaye Thorsby, director of Instructional Services.
Partnering with Oakland Schools in 2008, Holly Area Schools became involved with the Feuerstein’s Instrument Enrichment (FIE) course offered by the International Renewal Institute (iRi) of Chicago. With the diligent guidance of Dr. Meir Ben-Hur, iRi’s lead trainer for Cognitive Pathways to Mathematics Achievement, Holly students are getting a dose of the cognitive training twice a week.
“Last year, the teachers became familiar with the philosophy and the instruments (exercises), but this is the first year we have tried to fully implement the program,” Miller said. “Our intent or hypothesis is to reduce the number of K-2 students that are being identified as requiring special services.”
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Tuesday, May 17 2011 |
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RESTON, Virginia – Patterson Elementary School Principal Dennis Inhulsen was elected the 2011-2013 president-elect of the National Art Education Association. He will assume the presidency of the NAEA beginning in March of 2013 and will serve through March 2015.
Inhulsen has been a member of NAEA since 1980, and has served in a number of national volunteer leadership positions including the NAEA Governing Board and its Executive Committee and as vice president of the Western Region.
Inhulsen has served as principal of Patterson Elementary School since 2006. Previously, he served as director of the Wellspring Alternative School for five years, and spent 21 years as a K-12 art educator and college instructor. He is a member of the Michigan Art Education Association where he served as president, newsletter and web editor, conference chair and presenter. He received his BFA and MA degrees from Michigan State University and Education Specialist degree from Oakland University.
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Thursday, November 17 2011 |
On Thursday, students from Dav... DAVISBURG, Michigan – It was all about “talkin’ to the hands,” on Thursday morning as students at Davisburg Elementary School gathered in the cafeteria for some serious sport speed stacking.
Sponsored by the World Sport Stacking Association, sport stacking is an exciting sport whereby students up-stack and down-stack 12 specially designed cups called “Speed Stacks” in predetermined sequences as fast as they can. Stackers compete in relays and race against the clock.
Gym teacher, Jason McLaughlin asked students to demonstrate their ambidexterity, quickness and hand-eye coordination by taking part in STACK UP! 2011 – “a track meet for your hands at warp speed.”
The students joined thousands of other stackers across the globe, attempting to beat the Guinness World Record for the most people sport stacking at various locations around the world. Last year, 316,736 stackers took part in the event – this year, organizers are shooting for 350,000.
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Thursday, August 18 2011 |
Demolition on the Holly Academ... HOLLY, Michigan – The landscape of Holly Academy continues to change as work began today to tear down the dormitory that had housed female students from 1950 through the early 1990s.
The building demolition is just part of the $2 million project that will eventually leave Holly Academy with a 15,000 building expansion including a third science laboratory, a new media center, a multi-purpose room, classrooms, and additional office space.
In addition to demolishing the girls dormitory, work crews have nearly completed improvements made to the existing water main system.
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Saturday, November 26 2011 |
A family enjoys some ice cream... HOLLY, Michigan – For one new Holly resident, it was the start of a beautiful retail friendship when she walked into Morgan’s Boutique, 109 S. Saginaw St. at 8:45 a.m. the day after Thanksgiving. Owner, Nicole Kilpatrick said this first customer of the day has only lived in Holly for two months, and had never shopped downtown.
“She said she had been out all morning shopping at the big box stores and wanted to check out Holly before going home to 'crash,'” Kilpatrick said. “That’s exactly why I decided to open early this year – to be here so that Black Friday shoppers could end their day of shopping here at home,” she added. “That customer bought a Christmas dress for her daughter, and I know she’ll be back now that she knows we’re here.”
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