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9 & 10 News
July 29, 2021
Traverse City Area Public Schools announced Thursday that it will reopen the former Interlochen Community School as an early childhood education center.
With a new focus, the building will now be named the Interlochen Early Childhood Center & Interlochen Innovation Center and will make its return as a daily educational center, including the Great Start Readiness Program (GSRP), a state-funded, high quality preschool program free of charge to qualified families.
TCAPS says the building has the potential to occupy a network of services and preschool options.
“Early childhood education is a critical component to ensuring all children are ready for kindergarten,” said TCAPS Superintendent Dr. VanWagoner in a statement. “By investing in our youngest learners now, we are initiating a successful academic journey and building a future of college and workforce ready graduates. This is a win for students, and a win for the future growth and development of o
9 & 10 News
July 21, 2021
The big policy up for question is the requirement of facemasks for students.
Now, the state is giving the power to school districts themselves to make the decision.
After a year of masks in school, Kingsley Superintendent Dr. Keith Smith says he’s looking forward to easing COVID protocols.
“This summer when you’re looking at the positivity rates and how things are going-if we were to open tomorrow we would open up as masks optional, that would be personal choice to be able to do,” said Dr. Smith.
Smith says they are looking back at their contact tracing from last year along with local health department positivity rates.
9 & 10 News
June 29, 2021
Traverse City Area Public Schools have announced their virtual release of this year’s Music Booster concert.
For almost fifty years, the benefit concert has helped support student musicians and teachers through classroom mini grants as well as scholarships.
While this year’s concert couldn’t be in person, it did allow students to record their performances in a variety of locations.
The Music Booster’s President Jill Jenkins says students have been eager to perform after last year’s event was cancelled due to the pandemic.
“There’s nothing like a live performance I think for these kids, but I think they just value any opportunity that they have to be able to sing or play an instrument for an audience. Even if that audience happens to be virtual,” said Jenkins.