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2020-21 School Year #7 - September 21, 2020
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WMGLSI Dinner and Dialogues Virtual Learning 2020-21
The West Michigan Great Lakes Stewardship Initiative (WMGLSI) offers teachers the opportunity to learn the characteristics and student impacts of place-based education, forge partnerships with community members, expand content knowledge on watersheds, and design a community-based project to implement in the 2020-21 school year. These sessions are open to all Muskegon County teachers. A minimum attendance of two dinner and dialogues is required. First of 4 sessions begins 10/13/20; FREE, 8 SCECHs available.
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Tell Your Parents
- Neighborhood coronavirus testing site opens in Muskegon
- US Census: Deadline for completion is coming soon, you may respond online, by phone or by mail
- WINGS at Home Online Student Activity Database has activities for kids Grades K-6 all year long
- FREE masks are available at all MADL branches
- Sign up for Bright by Text, a FREE service that sends activities, tips, games, and local events designed for children prenatal to 8 yrs old
School Stuff
- When We All Vote empower students and educators to register and vote; 9/23/20 7 PM
- MDHHS to Begin Posting School Outbreak Information; Includes School Names and Case Numbers
- Nominations Being Accepted for the 2021-22 Michigan Teacher of the Year
- Delta Kappa Gamma Mini Grants up to $250, submit by 11/1/20
- Educators can jump-start their students’ day with these five-minute warm-ups to show the value of census data
- How Maps Bring Census Statistics to Life for Students, Wherever They Are
- Interrupting Prolonged sitting at Home (InPACT@Home) home-based physical activity for K-12 students
Get Your Learning On!
- Mindfulness: Cultivating Wellness in Educators for Social Emotional Learning 9/24/20; FREE, In County, 3 SCECHs
- EL Communication and Collaboration, 2-part series begins 10/1/20; FREE, 2 SCECHs
- Safe & Legal Support For Students with Health and Medication Needs: Early Child 10/2/20; $45, 6 SCECHs
- OT Community of Practice 2020-21, first of five virtual sessions begins 10/7/20; FREE
- Elements of PBL - Beyond the Basics (Virtual Series), four sessions available begins 10/8/20; FREE, 8 SCECHs
- SLP Community of Practice 2020-21, 4-part series begins 10/9/20; FREE, 11 SCECHs
- CPI & TCI Community of Practice 2020-21, 3-part series begins 10/15/20; FREE
- School Social Work Community of Practice 2020-21, 3-part series begins 10/15/20; FREE
Don't Miss This!
Virtual Town Hall for Child Care Providers
September 22, 2020 @ 6:30 - 8:00 p.m.
HELP US SPREAD THE WORD: Child care providers are essential and policymakers want to hear from them to know about their needs during this crisis. Without a strong child care system, Michigan’s economy will not recover, FREE.
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