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Copper Island Academy describes Finnish-inspired hands-on K-8 model, plans for high school expansion
Summary
Copper Island Academy, a K-8 charter in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, told a House subcommittee it uses Finnish education practices, outdoor learning and hands-on projects and is planning a high-school expansion after steady enrollment growth and rising state performance scores.
Lansing — Copper Island Academy, a charter school in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, presented its Finnish-inspired, hands-on K-8 model to the House Appropriations Committee's Subcommittee on School Aid and the Department of Education on March 4 and said it plans to add a high school pathway.
Matt Laho, instructional coach at Copper Island Academy, told the subcommittee the school opened in 2021 with just under 300 students and now enrolls about 385. "Our mission at Copper Island is that we prepare all students through…
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