Education

WSCC gallery features colorful tapestries

November 25, 2013
WSCC gallery features colorful tapestries

VICTORY TWP. — West Shore Community College’s Manierre Dawson Gallery is hosting an exhibit featuring the fiber works of Rowen Schussheim-Anderson until Dec. 20. Schussheim-Anderson is a professor of fine art at Augustana College in Rock Island, IL, and has also taught at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C. and Arizona State University where she also received her Master of Fine…

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MCC school board to discuss faculty staffing

November 25, 2013

SCOTTVILLE – Three teachers of accepted the Mason County Central Board of Education’s early retirment incentive, allowing the school to avoid faculty layoffs. Because of the three teachers accepting the retirements, there are now some vacancies beyond the staffing reduction of two teachers passed by the board at the Oct. 21 meeting. During the regular school board meeting tonight, Superintendent…

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Homeschooling as an educational choice

November 22, 2013
Homeschooling as an educational choice

By D’Ann Rohrer. MCP Correspondent. (Editor’s note: This is the first article in a three-part series about choices parents have in their children’s education. D’Ann Rohrer is a certified teacher and holds a master’s degree in education. She worked several years as a public school teacher and currently has two teenage children enrolled in public high school. Her two elementary-aged…

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GED deadline approaching

November 12, 2013

VICTORY TWP. — The current 2002 Series General Educational Development (GED) Test is being replaced with a new series of tests that is entirely computer based in 2014. The deadline to complete the current GED Test series in paper/pencil version is December 20.  If all five tests from the 2002 Series GED Test are not completed, the entire series will be voided…

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Leisure and enrichment program offers variety of programs

November 7, 2013

VICTORY TWP.  —  The Leisure and Enrichment Program (L&E), sponsored by West Shore Community College and Mason County Central Schools, is offering a wide variety of low-cost or free workshops and seminars throughout the autumn season. The program is designed to appeal to a diverse array of community interests in the areas of fitness, family entertainment, cooking, arts and crafts,…

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