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LANSING Sweltering classrooms, drowsy students, dull lectures. By and large, summer school is seen as a slog: a punitive measure meant to keep struggling students from falling behind while their peers enjoy summer in the sun.
But following a year when most students were cooped up at home, summer school is going to look different and Greater Lansing educators are expecting record enrollment.
To combat the social-emotional learning loss many students experienced this year, Lansing School District is pairing classroom learning with art, music, athletics, trips to the zoo and even horseback riding in its summer school program, or SOAR (Student Opportunities for Academic Re-engagement). Other offerings are designed to help students avoid repeating a grade or allow seniors to make up credits that kept them from graduating in the spring.
Portable Classrooms Up For Auction In Charlotte
Here is something you don t hear everyday, a classroom being up for auction.
Charlotte Public Schools has portable classrooms that they are hoping will be put to good use. It was announced on Facebook that classes for Washington Elementary were once held in the trailers and instead of destroying them, they decided to put them up for auction.
According to the comments on Charlotte Public Schools Facebook page, the elementary school is adding a permanent addition to the building that will have five classrooms.
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There are five different units that will be up for auction. Bidding opens on 8:00 A.M. on Thursday, May 20. The bidding starts at $250 but there is also a broker fee of $120 and title fee of $15 added on.
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Six coloring pages can be downloaded to color just for fun or for the LAFCU Zoo Animals Coloring Contest. (LAFCU)
Featured at LAFCU s May 26 virtual event are rhinos, including Jaali, a rare black rhino calf at Lansing’s Potter Park Zoo who is heading to a new home this fall. (Potter Park Zoo)
Kids can learn about otters from zoo staff at the May 26 event. (Potter Park Zoo)
Zoo staff will talk about otters at the May 26 event. (Potter Park Zoo)
Kids can sing along with a children’s choir during LAFCU Listen & Learn Zoo Animals. (Lansing Children s Choir)
First Black Rhino Calf Leaving Potter Park Zoo witl.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from witl.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Rare black rhino calf leaving Potter Park Zoo in the fall
By: Kaisha Young
and last updated 2021-05-05 09:31:07-04
Potter Park Zoo, 2021
Jaali the black rhino calf will be taken to a new facility later this year where he will be paired with a female rhino for breeding.
The black rhino, a critically endangered species, was a landmark addition to Potter Park Zoo.
Only about 60 are living in accredited zoos across the US.
Potter Park Zoo is a longstanding partner with the International Rhino Foundation and Rhino Conservation.
The organization s communications director Christopher Whitlatch says black rhinos are what wildlife experts call âumbrella species.â