March, 2008

All the economic, political and social trends point to the need for Michigan's students to be ready as never before to understand and engage in the wider world in which we live. The second annual Internationalizing Michigan Education conference is scheduled for April 18, 2008 at the Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center on the campus of MSU.

Do school district public safety officers or Student Resource Officers (SROs) have the right to search students under the “reasonable suspicion” standard that high school personnel use in conducting a search?

The attached is a report from Achieve, Inc.

In Md., Teed About Principal's Golf Cart
Some Question Need, Expense
By Daniel de Vise
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, March 29, 2008; B01
The redesigned $87 million Richard Montgomery High School, flagship of the Montgomery County school system, occupies a building that's as long as two football fields. So Moreno Carrasco, the principal, decided to purchase a golf cart to help him get around.
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State Superintendent Mike Flanagan celebrates March as School Breakfast Month with a special challenge to school districts across Michigan. He highlights the many personal and educational benefits to all students eating a nutritious school breakfast each morning.

I am trying to access the assessments that have been released for
Algebra, Geometry, and English 9 on the OEAA secured site. I have been
to the Student Search page, but do not see them. Any suggestions?

The MASSP Board of Directors met on March 19, 2008. There is a lot happening- both in Lansing and at MASSP. It was one very busy meeting! Interested? Check out the draft minutes!

For schools that have not moved Earth Science to the 8th Grade: What curriculum is being used for 8th Grade Science in the absence of any grade 8 Science GLCE's? Thanks for your help

We invite your students to take leadership to the next level! Each summer, students from all over
Michigan join together to take part in workshops so challenging and
energizing that they walk away with the tools and motivation to lead
their schools through the challenges and activities of the next school
year.

We have a middle level program and a high school program, both in July.
For more information, visit the MASSP student association website:

We are excited to bring our members THREE scholarship opportunities for this year's MASC/MAHS Summer Leadership Camps! To view more information about these scholarships, view our Camp Information Page.

$5,000 available, up to $1,250/schoolDeadline: APRIL 7, 2008

Our high school is looking to implement a comprehensive dance program at the high school level starting with freshmen.  Do any of you have a worthwhile program running currently or know of a curriculum that is already out there???  Any information would be appreciated!  Thank you!

Brooke Ballee

bballee@vanburenschools.net

The Safe Schools Coalition jammed the rotunda today to demand action on anti-bullying bills that passed the House last year.
The measure is called "Matt's Safe School Law," named after Matt EPLING, an East Lansing eighth-grader who took his own life in 2002 after severe hazing incidents. HB 4162 and HB 4091 are before the Senate Education Committee and activists called on Sen. Wayne KUIPERS (R-Holland) to take them up.

Senate Republicans tied a rock to the ankles of Gov. Jennifer GRANHOLM's latest education reform ideas, but Democrats and Republicans alike supported a School Aid Fund (SAF) budget today that bumps up the state's payment to local school districts between $108 and $216 a student, setting the funding floor at $7,346 a child.

MASSP’s own, William Scaletta, principal of Lakeshore High School Stevensville, MI, has been elected to the prestigious NASSP Board of Directors at their Annual Convention in San Antonio, TX this February. Bill (as he likes to be called) will serve a four-year term representing Region 4, which includes Minnesota, South Dakota, North Dakota, Wyoming, Wisconsin, as well as Michigan.