BY MARY FINN
Students in Farwell High School were looking forward to their weekend today. But first they had to make it through math class...
As teacher Lynette Leslie talks about factoring Samantha Donaldson says - and this is good news - she understands the material.
"I have struggled with math and I believe with the new electronics the smart board and the document camera I have the highest grade in this math class and I think it's because of the new electronics."
The grades aren't the only improvement that the school is seeing. Over 50 school districts applied for Michigan's Project Re-Imagine program. Farwell was one of only 13 recognized through the program. The award also brings grant money to the district.
Deanna Yarger Farwell High school principal says she doesn't know yet much they'll be receiving, but it's still good news.
"This is huge its very exciting this will be implementing a lot of technology taking some of our initiatives that have currently been started but advancing them in a lot faster pace."
A faster pace and sometimes in a different way for students like David Akans.
"My family doesn't have a computer at home but it really helps when you're at school and you can use the internet to look stuff up."
Yarger says the school plans to improve technology by having laptops for every classroom and clickers for students to answer questions on the board from their desks.
The school also wants to expand its dual enrollment program. Under it; students receive a college degree before they've even gotten their high school diploma.
"We'll start doing some testing in their sophomore year and potentially they could take all of their courses 5 classes in the first second and third trimester and again their senior year and earn hopefully an associates degree before they graduate."
That's Ivy Whitmore: a senior who will have sixteen credits by the time she graduates. She says she thinks the dual enrollment program will catch on with other teens in her school
"I think they appreciate it and looking at us and seeing that we're getting ahead and we don't have to pay for the classes and we have all this help and the whole online experience I think people are going to try to make into these classes their senior year."
The part that parents will love is that all of the classes are free. A normal college class costs hundred of dollars and thousand for a full semester.
All 13 of the school districts a part of Program Re-Imagine will learn more about how much grant money they'll be receiving December 8th in Lansing.
For now Farwell and the other districts will carry on with their regular days.
For CMU Public Radio News, I'm Mary Finn.
Students in Farwell High School were looking forward to their weekend today. But first they had to make it through math class...
As teacher Lynette Leslie talks about factoring Samantha Donaldson says - and this is good news - she understands the material.
"I have struggled with math and I believe with the new electronics the smart board and the document camera I have the highest grade in this math class and I think it's because of the new electronics."
The grades aren't the only improvement that the school is seeing. Over 50 school districts applied for Michigan's Project Re-Imagine program. Farwell was one of only 13 recognized through the program. The award also brings grant money to the district.
Deanna Yarger Farwell High school principal says she doesn't know yet much they'll be receiving, but it's still good news.
"This is huge its very exciting this will be implementing a lot of technology taking some of our initiatives that have currently been started but advancing them in a lot faster pace."
A faster pace and sometimes in a different way for students like David Akans.
"My family doesn't have a computer at home but it really helps when you're at school and you can use the internet to look stuff up."
Yarger says the school plans to improve technology by having laptops for every classroom and clickers for students to answer questions on the board from their desks.
The school also wants to expand its dual enrollment program. Under it; students receive a college degree before they've even gotten their high school diploma.
"We'll start doing some testing in their sophomore year and potentially they could take all of their courses 5 classes in the first second and third trimester and again their senior year and earn hopefully an associates degree before they graduate."
That's Ivy Whitmore: a senior who will have sixteen credits by the time she graduates. She says she thinks the dual enrollment program will catch on with other teens in her school
"I think they appreciate it and looking at us and seeing that we're getting ahead and we don't have to pay for the classes and we have all this help and the whole online experience I think people are going to try to make into these classes their senior year."
The part that parents will love is that all of the classes are free. A normal college class costs hundred of dollars and thousand for a full semester.
All 13 of the school districts a part of Program Re-Imagine will learn more about how much grant money they'll be receiving December 8th in Lansing.
For now Farwell and the other districts will carry on with their regular days.
For CMU Public Radio News, I'm Mary Finn.
