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Band Camp

Michael K. Doyle — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 12:13:58 -0500

Do schools pay their band director to attend band camp? If so,is the pay in addition to what a band director is payed in the stipend?

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Is there a religious conflict in doing a flag folding ceremony as part of our Veteran Day Celebration?

ljonas — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 09:11:41 -0400

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The Patriot and other movies in History classes

jfattal — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 08:27:40 -0400

Have any of you used "The Patriot" in any of your American History classes when covering the Revolutionary War? Does anyone know if it's been recommended for use by any curriculum/textbooks as supplementary material?

On a similar note, what policy do you have in place for when teachers use movies in the classroom?

Policies, Laws, and Court Decisions

Would you please share your district and/or building attendance policies? We are struggling!

Brooke — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 09:37:28 -0400

THANKS!

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Trimesters for High School, Middle School, Alt. Ed. & CTE

Brooke — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 08:08:35 -0400

We are doing some preliminary investigating and I could use some information from any of you who have the experience in implementing trimesters. Questions:
How long have you had it in place?
Do you see a positive correlation to academic achievement?
Has it cost you ($$-wise)and if yes, when (what year) did the cost increase become most apparent?
Have any of you who have gone to trimesters then gone back to semesters?
How has the community "bought in"?
Your overall experience in implementing: positive or negative AND how long did it take you to implement?

THANK YOU!!!!!!
Brooke Ballee
bballee@vanburenschools.net

Teacher, Parent, and Public Relations

Online Options

cbunker — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 11:24:15 -0400

We are looking at online options for high school courses and credit recovery options. We are looking at Aventa and Michigan Virtual University. MVU has had some issues in the past. Does anyone have a recommendation or insight (positive or negative) on these or other online options?

Students

Does the state law give a judge the power to force enrollment into a closed school district?

Adam Schihl — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 11:49:29 -0400

A mother entered my office with a letter from a judge stating the young man must be enrolled...we are a closed school district that does not accept students from outside the district...wouldn't his home district have an issue with us taking his pupil account money?

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Where do I find resources from the 2008 MASSP Summer Retreat?

Jules — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 10:23:36 -0400

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Why am I not receiving emails from MASSP?

Jules — Fri, 02 May 2008 14:26:48 -0400

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Independent Study

mro — Fri, 02 May 2008 08:47:16 -0400

Does anyone in their high school have teachers that do independent studies for students? If so, what guidelines do you use to comply with state requirements?

Region 7

What is the username and password for www.marshallmemo.com so that I can search all back issues of Marshall Memo?

Jules — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:15:18 -0400

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Do you have students that are looking for summer camps?

Kadi — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 11:34:50 -0400

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:

http://mascmahs.org/camp

Students

I am looking for a Dance Curriculum for high school level to round out our Fine Arts program.

Brooke — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 11:04:24 -0400

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

Students

Looking for small learning communities/freshman acadamies

Jules — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 10:26:48 -0400

We are looking for small learning communities such as freshmen teaming. Do you know of any schools such as that in Michigan?

Catherine L. Meyer-Looze
Assistant Principal
TC West Senior High

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Pyramid of Interventions

cbunker — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 10:35:39 -0400

Pyramid of Interventions

I am looking for middle schools successfully implementing a Pyramid of Interventions for their students.

Thanks,
Claire Bunker
Clare-Gladwin RESD

Special Education

REPOST...Does anyone have Schedule "B" job descriptions and evaluation tools for club sponsors, class advisors, etc?

dferguso — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 07:42:25 -0500

No pressure, but I need to come up with these for my eval and my kids need new shoes... HELP please.

Technology

I am looking for MME review materials.

cbunker — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 08:10:23 -0500

School Reform and School Improvement

Welcome to Your New Site!

Kadi — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 13:18:41 -0400

We have worked on bringing you this new site for over a year! From reorganizing the content on our old site to figuring out which features to provide, it was a long, exhausting process for all those involved. Finally, it is here and ready for you. Over the next couple of weeks, we will provide some online tutorial videos, all under 5 minutes in length, so that you can understand how the site works and what you can do with it.

What we're most excited about is the dumping of the old Q&A, all via email, to the new MASSP Network! The network allows you to join groups that narrow down issues: athletics, CTE, student issues, middle level and more. Once you log in to your account with the username and password we have sent to all of our members, you can subscribe to any of the groups (and unsubscribe) at will. Watch for one of our tutorial videos to explain more about groups, and another one on asking and answering questions.

Enjoy YOUR SITE, mymassp.com! If you have questions, just ask us - we're here to help make sure everything you need is at your fingertips.

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