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ALPENA Dancing with Joy dancers will be performing ballet, lyrical, tap and jazz numbers in their annual recital at Alpena Community College’s Granum Thea ....
ALPENA The Alpena Public Schools Board of Education approved many previously discussed action items on Monday, including plans for its new transportation fa ....
[email protected] Courtesy Photo Alpena High School Teacher Amy Brownridge, second from the left, talks with students in her classroom in November. Brownridge, and her colleague Bill Bright, are developing a project based learning course Perspectives of Democracy. ALPENA A newly proposed project based learning course Perspectives of Democracy will go before the Alpena Public Schools Board of Education for approval on Monday. The board’s Curriculum and Technology Committee on Tuesday recommended the proposed course move to the board for approval after hearing from two teachers who will instruct the class as well as the administrators helping to develop the course. ....
[email protected] News Photo by Crystal Nelson Alpena Public Schools Assistant Superintendent for Instruction Meaghan Gauthier on Monday addresses the board of education about a newly proposed project based learning course. ALPENA The Alpena Public Schools Board of Education will allow the development of a newly proposed history course to continue and will make a final determination at a future date about whether students will be able take the class next year. The Perspectives of Democracy course was proposed to the board’s Curriculum and Finance Committee earlier this month, where two of the committee’s three members had concerns with the course. ....
Eric Lawson ALPENA After the name of a proposed history course was changed because Alpena High School teachers thought it might sound too political, the Alpena Public Schools Board of Education may require final approval before the course is offered to students. The board’s Curriculum and Technology Committee reviewed the proposed course last week, and two school board trustees voiced concerns. The course, Perspectives of Democracy, is being designed by Alpena High School teachers Bill Bright and Amy Brownridge, with the help of an instructional coach. The course would focus on how democracy works, why it works, and what it means to be an American citizen in today’s world, according to APS Assistant Superintendent for Instruction Meaghan Gauthier. ....