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mchamness@iasaedu.org .We want to highlight what’s going on in your school districts.
At Pontiac #429, students in the elementary grades,
beginning in kindergarten, will begin to receive the
STEAM building blocks necessary to carry out complex
tasks in the junior high STEAM LAB. Our K-5 students
will be participating in hands on activities that align to the
state and national standards. Livingston County Board
and Greater Livingston County Economic Development
Council will provide funding in an amount of $66,000 for
equipment and professional development of
STEAM curriculum initiatives at District #429.
Brian Dukes, Superintendent
Pontiac School District 429
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K-5 STEAM LAB building blocks
Mannheim School District 83 in Franklin Park has a
bilingual program where teachers from surrounding
districts are invited to visit classrooms in the
Mannheim district. The program incorporates the
biliteracy framework within a Transitional Bilingual
Education (TBE) structure. Teachers follow a language
allocation plan by grade level, and they incorporate
strategies that lead to bilingualism and biliteracy.
Mrs. Kim Petrasek, Superintendent
Mannheim School District 83
Biliteracy inMannheimD83
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