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Magic at Traverse Heights Elementary: Building Community, Connection, and Success
Behind The Bell is a monthly storytelling series that takes readers beyond the classroom and into the heart of Traverse City Area Public Schools’ mission, values, vision and strategic goals. Through inspiring profiles, this series highlights the people, programs, and moments that shape our schools and connect our community. From unsung heroes to innovative initiatives,…
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TCAPS Mentorship Spotlight: Foster Grandparents
The Foster Grandparent Program, part of Senior Volunteer Programs of Northwest Michigan and AmeriCorps Seniors, connects senior citizens like Cindy with schools to share their time, talents, and wisdom with our kids. These mentors dedicate 10+ hours a week to support students with reading, writing, spelling, and sight words. Beyond academics, they also create meaningful…
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From at risk to opportunity: Reframing how we talk about our kids and educational equity
When it comes to educational equity, let’s start saying “opportunity” instead of “at risk.” – opportunity kids > at risk kids– opportunity funding > at risk funding– opportunity schools > at risk schools– opportunity reports > at risk reports– opportunity dashboards > at risk dashboards– opportunity youth > at risk youth Why? Because it puts…
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Beyond cost savings & operational efficiency: Connecting students to sustainability with TCAPS’ Central Grade School renovation project
️Sustainability in Michigan’s K-12 public education is about so much more than just cost savings and operational efficiency. It’s an opportunity to connect students with real-world applications of their learning, build essential 21st-century skills, and integrate lessons across subjects. ️TCAPS students are setting a powerful example here in Traverse City: Ahead of Central Grade School’s…
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50% of Traverse City’s opportunity 3rd graders are not proficient in reading
50% (229)* of our at-risk opportunity 3rd graders (452)** are not proficient in reading. Are we doing everything we can to help our kids who are furthest from opportunity succeed? Solutions We (our community) can do a better job of helping all of our kids succeed by: - Leveraging best practice policies to close the…
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