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Theresa McMunigal sits outside of Brew on Front Street with a friend on a chilly Wednesday afternoon in downtown Traverse City.
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By Brendan Quealy
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Theresa McMunigal sits outside of Brew on Front Street with a friend on a chilly Wednesday afternoon in downtown Traverse City. Record-Eagle/Jan-Michael Stump
TRAVERSE CITY, Michigan â February 2020 seems like a long time ago to Josh Rothwell.
The superintendent at Forest Area Community Schools, a district in northern Michigan, only had to worry about a flu outbreak knocking down about a quarter of his student population and a good chunk of his staff back then. Rothwell said the flu was dropping his students like flies.
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“It’s fun while learning,” says Julieann Akers, a fifth grader at Forest Area Community Schools.
Akers and her classmates are learning how to make a northern Michigan specialty… maple syrup!
“I’ve never done it before, and I’ve wanted to try it,” says Akers.
Now she’s able to try it through the SEEDS Ecology & Education Centers.
The program was popular at Forest Area back in the 1980’s, but it came to a halt 15 years ago.
SEEDS Site Coordinator Joe Kreider says he’s excited to bring back this opportunity for students:
“Gives them something to do, to get excited, to get outside… We’re teaching math with estimating how much sap we’re going to get and how much syrup we’ll get from that.