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Recent News

We Need Your Vote for Next Year's Officers, View Nominee Information Here
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Charter School Report Approved

Response to High Expectations

State Board Legislative Request - Length of School Year, Administrator Certification, Testing

Keep College Graduates to Grow Michigan

State Superintendent to Speak at School Secretaries' Seminar

Registration Open for Middle Level Conference

Jeff Runser Wins Excellence Award

Spokane School Tests Jamming Cell Phone Signals


Featured Story

Don't Drop the Baton!
By Diane McMillan, MASSP Associate Director

In track and field, team members practice the exchange over and over. They know that coordination, communication and collaboration are most important to making a successful exchange and ultimately winning the race. It doesn’t matter if the first two legs run fast and speed ahead if time is lost at the exchange or even worse, if the baton is dropped at the third or fourth lap. -Click Here to Read More-


Principals Questions of the Week

I am looking for embedded ELA in any CTE courses.

Does anybody have a form they use for teachers to request new student clubs?


Upcoming Events

April 21, 2009, Middle Level Student Leadership Convention, Bavarian Inn Lodge Conference Center, Frankenmuth

April 29, 2009, MASSP Spring Law Update with Lisa Swem, MELG Building, Lansing

May 7-8, 2009, School Secretaries' Seminar, Soaring Eagle Resort, Mt. Pleasant

May 15, 2009, Schools To Watch, Bovee University Center, CMU, Mount Pleasant

June 2-3, 2009, IB World Schools 4th Bi-Annual Symposium

June 22-24, 2009, Annual Summer Retreat, Mission Point Resort, Mackinac Island


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