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Teachers and students honored: West Maple's empathy project, principal wins Michigan Lottery award; Groves debate team celebrated
Summary
The board recognized West Maple Elementary's multi-grade Empathy Project and principal Jason Pezemowska's Michigan Lottery Excellence in Education award, and honored Groves High School's debate team for state and national successes.
The Birmingham Public Schools Board of Education used part of its Dec. 17 meeting to highlight student learning and extracurricular achievements.
West Maple Elementary teachers presented the Empathy Project, a cross-grade program that pairs first- and fourth-grade students to study issues such as food scarcity and water pollution, conduct research and build prototypes for solutions.…
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