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Chandler Woods Charter Academy students were thrilled to kick off 2012 with a healthy, educational activity, so they celebrated the new year by curling up in their slippers with their favorite stuffed animals and comfy pillows for 2,012 seconds (approximately 34 minutes) of reading. The Young Five’s fifth-grade students (pictured) lined Chandler Woods’ hallways and [...]
The Rockford Garden Club is offering a $1,000 scholarship to any local current graduating high school senior or recent graduate majoring in horticulture studies, landscape architecture, environmental science, conservatory management, organic farming or associated, related fields. A $1,000 scholarship will be awarded to one student attending any college in the fall of 2012 and can [...]
Hope College, located in Holland, Mich., is pleased to announce its Dean’s List for the first semester of the 2011-2012 school year. To be named to the Dean’s List, a student must have a minimum 3.5 grade-point average on a 4.0 scale. Among those listed are Rockford students: senior Alyssa Brillinger, freshman Sloan Ouellette, junior [...]
Leading charter school operator, National Heritage Academies, recently recognized 41 of its 600 middle school teachers across the U.S. for their astounding middle school data based on their students’ results in math, reading, and language usage. Of these 41 top performing teachers, four Chandler Woods Charter Academy teachers took a top 10 spot on this [...]
Earth Keepers Magnet Devin is the son of Brent and Angela. He has two sisters, 10th-grader Abigail and eighth-grader Morgan. He also has a dog named Duncan and a bunny named Jiffy. Devin attended Crestwood Elementary. He enjoys hanging out with friends and playing baseball. His favorites include Math with Mrs. Altizer as favorite class, [...]
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