Creative History Embraced in Inn Academy Middle School
Kelly Lepley uses project based learning across fifth to eighth grades at Inn Academy to teach United States history and social studies. Eighth graders write online articles about the Revolutionary War while electives like Geography called Sports Around The World connect lessons to sports. Lepley values student voice and four-year classroom continuity to watch concepts click.
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Kelly Lepley
Lepley
Inn Academy
Erin Diet
Sentinel
Funding a Stronger Community Through Millage Proposals
In the Living Sustainably Along the Lakeshores series the focus is on how government funding affects a sustainable community. The piece explains that property tax bills often reveal value changes and tax assessments, while millage proposals appear periodically to support libraries airports and other local functions.
Ottawa County Grants Shape Local Sustainability Efforts
Public funding and philanthropic support steer startup grants for sustainable programs. The Ottawa County Community Mental Health millage remains unique in the state. Macatawa Area Transit operates over a decade with limited reach and schedules. A June 30 meeting at Herrick District Library will discuss expanding funding and service, with Alan Vander Berg and Jennifer Owens cited.
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Ottawa County
Emma and Oliver Lead 2017 Area Baby Names
Holland Hospital birth center reports 1800 births in 2017. Top girl names include Olivia Evelyn Harper Amelia Ava Ania Kinsley Addison Zoey with several 2016 holdovers and some drops. Spectrum Health Butterworth names Olivia Liam Charlotte Ava Elizabeth Emma Sophia Hazel Abigail Nora Adeline among top 10. Spectrum boys Levi Elijah James Lincoln Benjamin Mason Oliver Jack Charles. William dropped from 2016.
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Isabella
Avery
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Grace
Claire
Samuel
Elijah
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Hudson
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Evelyn
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Amelia
Ava
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Addison
Zoey
Lucas
Mason
William
Theodore
Cameron
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Liam
Grand Rapids
Spectrum Health Butterworth
Spectrum Health
Charlotte
Elizabeth
Emma
Sophia
Hazel
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Nora
Adeline
James
Lincoln
Oliver
Jack
Charles
Governors Service Awards seek 2018 nominees in Michigan
The Michigan Community Service Commission invites nominations for the 2018 Governor's Service Awards. The program honors individuals groups and businesses for lifelong civic and charitable volunteerism with categories including Lifetime Humanitarian and Senior Volunteer of the Year. Applications are online and due by January 31 at 5 p.m.
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Michigan Community Service Commission
Rick Snyder
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