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ALPENA Northeast Michigan students last school year fell behind in reading on state tests but improved in math while remaining well behind their peers state
By DARBY HINKLEY News Lifestyles Editor ALPENA Alpena Public Schools hosted a May is Mental Health Awareness Month panel discussion and presentation on
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Alpena resident Katy Samp, pictured right, on Tuesday picks up her daughters Kylie Fitzwater, middle, and Leah Fitzwater, left, from Lincoln Elementary School.
ALPENA In-person learning resumed for Alpena Public Schools students on Monday, after they spent the last two weeks learning remotely from their homes.
“It feels really good, we’re all happy,” Alpena resident Katy Samp said as she picked her daughters up from school on Tuesday.
Samp is able to work from home while her daughters, third grader Kylie Fitzwater and first grader Leah Fitzwater attended school remotely. Samp said the girls missed their friends and were happy to be back in school.
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Kenzie Kolnowski, a junior at Alternative Choices for Educational Success Academy, is pictured with her son, Miles McNeal, Friday at McRae Park in Alpena.
ALPENA Current and former students of Alpena Public Schools’ alternative high school are concerned the program will not be as successful if it’s relocated to Alpena High School this fall.
Samantha Wheeler, who graduated from Alternative Choices for Educational Success Academy in 2009, said relocating the academy is “a horrible idea.”
Wheeler said she bounced between several school districts when she was younger and found high school to be “one big clique.” In high school, she ended up skipping class and had physical fights with other students.