Student Voice
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October Newsletter: Indigenous Peoples’ Day, Elections & Meeting Highlights
🔔 October’s newsletter is out – and happy Indigenous Peoples’ Day, everyone! • School board elections matter – and so do the policy issues ahead • Our 2026 state assessment outcomes are public • Student voice at work: Safe Routes To School near East Middle • Highlights for tonight’s school board meeting • Education athletics:…
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Student voice at work: Safe Routes to School near East Middle
One of my favorite parts of the new Safe Routes to School project near East Middle School is the role student voice played in making it happen. Years ago, young Trojans spoke up about wanting safer ways to walk and bike to school. They helped bring attention to the problem, adults listened, and people kept…
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August Newsletter
August’s newsletter is out – have a great rest of the summer, everyone! • 2026 elementary school math/literacy outcomes • 2026 secondary school math/literacy outcomes • Looking beyond the classroom: Lessons from the Kids Count report • Community partnerships: Creating the conditions for student success • More than buildings: Investing in student success • How…
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Email’s Story: Finding Support
”I was welcomed with open arms into every room I walked, and this fact has stayed true over the past 5 years.” Loved reading this story by Email, a soon-to-be Traverse City West Senior High School graduate, in the latest district newsletter. Email writes about moving to Traverse City during COVID, starting school remotely during…
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April’s Newsletter
April’s newsletter is out: • A new chapter in early literacy – raising outcomes and closing opportunity gaps • Parker’s Story – Finding her voice at Central High School • Curriculum Committee Snapshot: Creativity, Opportunity, and Pathways for All • School board meeting agenda highlights • Where are our future surgical techs? • Back to…
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Parker’s Story: Finding Her Voice at Central High School
Sometimes, the bravest thing a student can do is simply walk into a room. For Parker Ziegler, that meant stepping into the school newspaper class at Traverse City Central High School, despite a deep fear of others reading her writing. What followed is the kind of story that reminds us what schools can be at…
