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UP district offers free college housing to summer teachers
May 24, 2021
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HANCOCK, Mich. (AP) A school district in the Upper Peninsula is looking for summer teachers who could be enticed by Lake Superior, small town living and free lodging in a college dorm.
The Hancock district on the Keweenaw Peninsula needs more than 20 teachers to teach area students. They ll be paid $30 or $35 per hour, depending on grade level, and receive an additional $1,000 stipend for the eight-week program, Superintendent Steve Patchin said.
Teachers can live for free in a residence hall at Finlandia University in Hancock.
“They can bring a spouse or significant other. . We are excited to bring teachers in from outside the area to our rural paradise we call the Keweenaw,” Patchin said.
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HANCOCK Superintendent Steve Patchin said that at during the April meeting of the Hancock School Board, the Copper Country Association of School Boards (CCASB) Awards were announced.
“These honors,” said Patchin, recognize individuals and organizations that have performed generous acts to benefit the district, its teachers, and/or its students throughout the past year.”
U.P Health Systems-Portage received the School Service Award.
School Service Award is presented to one individual in each district who has given outstanding service to education. The recipient may be a student, employee, or community member, and should be notable for his or her contributions to the quality of education above and beyond expectations associated with their job or status. These should be people who have been “spark plugs” for the district through means such as:
– Hancock Public Schools
“We have just applied for funds from the state of Michigan to run the program,” said Patchin.
The programs will operate Monday – Thursday each week, from 9 a.m. Noon and include lunch for all students. Sessions will begin June 21 and end August 12.
“These fun and engaging learning experiences will be held for all K-12 students interested in participating from the participating districts,” Patchin said. “The high school learning programs will be, course, specific and count toward graduation requirements. All learning programs will be taught face-to-face.”
In addition to the Northern Lights Summer Program, there will also be the Northern Lights Summer Adventure Program, for which, said Patchin, funding has already been applied.
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HOUGHTON With local COVID-19 numbers well below the state average, local superintendents said at this point they are not going along with Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s request this morning for voluntary two-week pauses on youth sports and in-person instruction in high schools.
Whitmer also asked residents to avoid indoor dining for two weeks during her press conference Friday, which comes as the state has emerged as cases statewide have skyrocketed, aided by the emergence of more contagious variants.
“That’s the nature of this virus,” she said. “The second we let our guard down, it comes roaring back. Luckily we can put it all behind us once and for all if we get vaccinated. But we can’t get complacent in the meantime.”