Active Neighboring News
March 22, 2012
This Week’s Reason for Keeping Eastern High School Open
International Baccalaureate Program – Eastern is one of only two (2) Michigan high schools certified for the preK-12th Grade Schools Pathways Program. That has enabled Eastern to offer the prestigious International Baccalaureate (IB) Program to high-achieving juniors and seniors. It provides challenging, college level courses not available in the regular high school curriculum. The popularity of Eastern’s IB program has grown steadily to the point where more than 700 students, including 22 out-of-district students, currently are enrolled in at least one of these advanced courses.
If Eastern were to be closed, IB officials have indicated it could be a complicated, lengthy, and possibly costly process to train all staff new to the IB requirements in order to certify Everett or Sexton for this project. In addition, taking Eastern off-line would jeopardize continuation of the fledgling IB programs at two of Eastern’s feeder schools (Post Oak Elementary School and Pattengill Middle School).
Please share this information with family, friends, neighbors and school board members. School Board members can be reached by calling Karen Potter at 517-755-1005 or emailing her at Karen.Potter@lansingschools.net.
Dear Friends and Neighbors,
Lots to enjoy this weekend and in the weeks to come:
ANC-Sponsored Events/Activities
1) Position Opening at ANC – AmeriCorps “Visiting Gardener”
2) Energy Efficient Appliances – Get your Kill-A-Watt Gauge on 3/31
3) New In the GardenHouse- Composting, Summer CSA, Garden-in-a-Box
4) New Position Opening for Resource Development Coordinator at ANC
5) New Join ANC’s Team to Race for the Cure on 4/29
Other Community Events
6) New Hello Dolly at Eastern High School on 3/23-24-25
7) New Fortnight Film Contest
8) New Urban Farmer Mini-Grant due 3/23
9) 80s Flashback on 3/24
10) Build Your Own Worm Bin on 3/24
11) Garden Leader Training on 3/24
12) New Genessee Garden Co-Housing Tour on 3/25
13) New Delightful Programs at the Downtown Library
14) Family Clay Workshop on 3/30
15) New Lansing City Market Bunny Hop on 3/31
16) Uplifting Our Youth Summit on 3/31
17) New Art Scholarship Alert Exhibition opening on 4/2
18) First Friday 1-Year Anniversary
19) New Capital City Film Festival, 4/12-19
20) New CATA’s 13th Annual Health Fair on 4/12
21) New Recycle Rama on 4/14
22) New Breakfast with Bauer on 4/19
23) New Homebuyer Education Classes from Franklin
Ongoing Offerings
24) New A Brush with Kindness (from Habitat)
25) New LCC Dental Hygiene Clinic
26) Urbandale Farm Apprenticeships and More
27) Farm to Table Series at CADL
28) Lansing Marathon
29) New 2012 Hawk Island Tri-Registration
30) Knee High Naturalists
31) Asset Independence Coalition Offers Free Tax Prep
32) Quote of the Week
Your Friends at ANC
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