LM May 2017 Final

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At Pontiac #429, students in the elementary grades, beginning in kindergarten, will begin to receive the STEAM building blocks necessary to carry out complex tasks in the junior high STEAM LAB. Our K-5 students will be participating in hands on activities that align to the state and national standards. Livingston County Board and Greater Livingston County Economic Development Council will provide funding in an amount of $66,000 for equipment and professional development of STEAM curriculum initiatives at District #429. K-5 STEAM LAB building blocks Mannheim School District 83 in Franklin Park has a bilingual program where teachers from surrounding districts are invited to visit classrooms in the Mannheim district. The program incorporates the biliteracy framework within a Transitional Bilingual Education (TBE) structure. Teachers follow a language allocation plan by grade level, and they incorporate strategies that lead to bilingualism and biliteracy. Mrs. Kim Petrasek, Superintendent Mannheim School District 83 Biliteracy inMannheimD83 Brian Dukes, Superintendent Pontiac School District 429

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