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Bank partnership offers elementary school students early lessons on saving and spending
Hudsonville Bank, part of Hudson Elementary’s town-within-a-school concept, opened for business with a special ceremony featuring music by the Hudson Coyote Band. Read More>>
Starr Academy students gather real-world experience, Richmond, IN
Croucher isn’t a seasoned businessman but he’s learning to talk and act like one. As a fifth-grader at the Elizabeth Starr Academy, Richmond Community Schools’ magnet program. He’s learning about leadership and entrepreneurship long before he will joint the work force.
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Crossings Christian puts the MicroSociety program in place
Civics courses have come alive for middle school students at northwest Oklahoma City’s Crossings Christian School. Read More >>
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Crossings Christian School students form MicroSociety
Students apply classroom lessons to real world situations. Middle school students at Crossings Christian School recently formed City of Light, a MicroSociety program that helps bridge the gap between academic theory and real-world application.
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State superintendent visits Shreveport school, Shreveport, LA
State Superintendent Paul Pastorek visited Oak Park MicroSociety Elementary in Shreveport this morning. Pastorek took a quick tour of the school and learned how it has progressed in recent years...
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At Chocachatti Elementary, young candidates have their say on election day, Tampa Bay, FL
The candidates were in the Chocachatti Elementary School cafeteria, attempting to convince their fellow students why they should vote for them...
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Welcome to Kid-Run Renway, Renton, WA
There’s a new city in South King County, and all its citizens are under 18. “It’s a kid-run city,” Meg Pitman explains. Pitman is executive director of the Renton/Skyway Boys & Girls Club. But she’s no longer the only executive at the club…
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Teenager Michelle Alfonso is a medal-winning martial arts star in Spring Hill, Spring Hill, FL
SPRING HILL - One of the star pupils for master Carlos Carasquillo is award-winning teenager Michelle Alfonso. Michelle, 16, has excelled at martial arts from the very beginning of her training three years ago. It all started when she was in eighth grade at Powell Middle School...
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Students learn real life in Knightsville
When the Knightsville bank realized it was going into debt, it began charging a withdrawal fee on all ATM transactions. The citizens revolted, wrote a petition, sent it to the mayor and, eventually, the fee was revoked. That’s how it works in a microsociety, said Juachita Terry, the microsociety site coordinator at Jacksonville Commons Middle School...
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Teaching Life, Odessa, TX
One classroom at Zavala Magnet appeared more like a zoo prior to spring break during Market Day, a special event held as part of the after-school MicroSociety magnet program...
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Students get real-life lessons in magnet school’s MicroSociety, Amsterdam, NY
Three afternoons each week, the school’s MicroDays, students spend about an hour working at their businesses, running the government, or keeping the peace. Once a month students get to spend their hard-earned micro dollars at Kid City businesses and attractions...
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Students get real life lessons, Amsterdam, NY
AMSTERDAM, N.Y. -- Meet Cassandra Robataille. She’s 10-years-old and is a student at the Barkley Magnet School in Amsterdam. Robataille is not just your typical fifth grader. She’s actually the first female president of the United States...
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MicroSociety helps kids put skills into practice, Richmond, IN
"I’ve got to go or I’ll be late for work." That’s something we’re not surprised to hear adults say, but a third-grader? Gwinn Gibbs, principal at Discovery School, wasn’t surprised at all. Students there, a MicroSociety school, take their responsibilities seriously."...
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Money School, Tulsa, OK
From spending money to earning it. Students at Thoreau Middle School are learning it all. "They have to earn salaries, pay taxes, pay overhead and rent," said Tom Padalino, Principal at TPS’s Thoreau Middle School. Three days a week the school turns into what’s called a "Microsociety." Students have jobs, days off, get tickets from CrimeStoppers and even go to court...
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Inside this Elementary School, Students Face Life, Debt and Taxes, San Diego, CA
The minimum wage has dropped. New citizens keep arriving in need of work. And the government is still struggling to craft a budget halfway into the year. Politicians chalk up their difficulties to one crucial thing...
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Discovery, Starr Schools Merge as a MicroSociety, Richmond, IN
Discovery, Starr will merge Officials hope move will boost enrollment in both programs. Discovery School will merge with Starr Elementary next fall to become the Elizabeth Starr Academy for Young Entrepreneurs...
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Imagine to Build 2 Charter Schools in Indian River County, Vero Beach, FL
INDIAN RIVER COUNTY — Construction is expected to begin by the spring on the district’s two new elementary charter schools...
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Caddo School Board Gets Details About State’s School Takeover Plan, Shreveport, LA
The Caddo Parish School Board and concerned parents this evening were getting details about the state of Louisiana’s plans to take over two underperforming schools and improve academic offerings...
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Micro Society Jonesboro Public School Educational Inauguration, Jonesboro, AR
JONESBORO (KAIT) Millions of Americans-- both young and old-- gathered around their televisions and computers to watch history unfold.
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Principal Deirdra McDowell-Sutton’s Influence Extends Far Beyond School Walls, Jacksonville, FL
North Shore K-8 School has a new, state-of-the-art facility; a Micro Society Magnet allowing students to run their own "town" with a mayor, city council, judges and businesspeople...
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Micro Society School Program a Big Success at Sam Houston Elementary, McAllen, TX
Teachers and students at Sam Houston Elementary School can agree on one thing: “micro-societies” are a fun way to learn life skills such as responsibility and respect...
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Alum Lowell Magnet School, Lowell, MA
Alum still feel strong pull to defunct Lowell Magnet School. LOWELL -- The preamble to their constitution, ratified in 1982, began ... "We The Citizens of the City Magnet School, in order to form a more perfect micro-society, to establish fairness and ensure school peace ..."
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San Diego, CA County’s 12 Comeback Campuses
12 comeback campuses in county taken off watch list. A dozen local schools received confirmation yesterday that they’ve beaten the odds..."
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Tioga Middle School’s Micro Society, Fresno, CA
Fresno, CA, USA (KFSN) -- Starting up a new business in the current economic climate can be tough, but think about the challenge of opening two dozen under one roof!...
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"How is this going to help me in the real world?":, Oklahoma City, OK
Good teachers have always used many creative methods to stimulate academic minds and help boys and girls to learn. Still I wish I had a dime for every time I’ve heard a student lament to a teacher or a parent "...but how is learning this going to help me in the real world?"...
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Henley Named Teacher of Year:, Jonesboro, AR
THAYER -- A former Thayer resident has been named local favorite teacher by readers of the Jonesboro Sun newspaper....
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’Aristocats’ Comes to Chocachatti:, Brooksville, FL
BROOKSVILLE - Jazz is the universal language. Those are the memorable words spoken by an alley cat in Walt Disney’s "The Aristocats," and it’s a lesson learned and loved by local elementary school students at Brooksville’s Chocachatti Elementary...
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Clayton, NJ Program Teaches Work Skills:
Eleven-year-old Dallas Carey is an assistant manager at a restaurant. Adashia Gomez, 11, is a banker. Luke Apana, 9, is a health inspector...
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Hudsonville Herald Has Official Grand Opening, Brownsville, TX
“The Hudsonville Herald is on top of all these issues and events,” Hudsonville Mayor Vanessa Gonzalez told a grand-opening crowd on Thursday as Hudson Elementary officially welcomed the student newspaper to Hudsonville, the school’s microsociety...
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After-School Program Awarded $10,000 Grant, Jacksonville, NC
Eleven-year-old Dallas Carey is an assistant manager at a restaurant. Adashia Gomez, 11, is a banker. Luke Apana, 9, is a health inspector...
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Charter School’s Director Honored By Organization, Chula Vista, CA
Dr. Jorge Ramirez , director of the Chula Vista Learning Community Charter School, has received this year’s top honor nationally from a Philadelphia-based organization that helps schools create microcosms of the real world on campuses...
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