Grand Blanc Community Schools P.A.A.C. PAAC is proud to announce the attendance contest winners for this session! We appreciate everyone's efforts toward students being in #schooleveryday! These students will be recognized at the May 20 Board of Education meeting scheduled for 7 pm in the board room at Perry Center in addition to receiving the prizes indicated below. #SCHOOLEVERYDAY Attendance Contest Drawing Winners! Attendance drawing p rizes courtesy of: Bobby Maksymowski of Horace Mann Elementary Schools These students will each receive a bike and helmet! PIC ​ Joseph Given - 2nd grade Amya Rodriquez - 4th grade Brendel Payton Fraley - 4th grade Rudainaa Samaha - 1st grade Mason Jacob Carrier - 3rd grade Molly Leyes - 5th grade Anderson Sebastian Eddy - KD Sarah Trevino - 1st grade Cook Karson Burks - KD Alexa Hurley - 2nd grade Reid Kyler Bentley - 4th grade Zella Dean - 3rd grade McGrath Braden Bosek - 3rd gra...

West Middle School ELA teachers Mrs. Hopewell and Mrs. Kennedy-Jacob held their 2nd Annual "Human Library" Project recently. The Human Library brings in special guests with lives that might be thought of as interesting or extraordinary. The guests have "novel titles" and can be "checked out" by students and staff members. Visitors sit down with that novel/guest and listen to a short narrative of their story and then can ask questions. Students are involved in the process of finding guests, also - giving input about in what areas they would benefit from more understanding. The project brings people together from different walks of life and exposes the students to stories from people they might not normally encounter. The main purpose is to dispell preconceptions about people. Students also learn communication skills like how to form investigative questions, practice active listening, and how to be respectful and make eye contact. They are challenged to thin...

On Wednesday, May 1, Medical Occupation students in I and II were visited by graduates of GBHS making strides toward future medical careers. The following alumni presenters shared their experience with students from the 3rd-6th hours of teacher, Mrs. McNair-Levi, MS, AT at GBHS: 2012 GBHS grad, Alexandra Stapleton, a medical student at MSUCOM waiting to sit for her board exams 2012 GBHS grad, Hailey Fisher, Speech Language Pathologist student entering grad school for Audiology 2014 GBHS grad, Alex Cesal, Chiropractic Medicine Student Shelley Swander Zavatsky, the mother of a student, also shared her experience as a Privacy (HIPAA) and Compliance Officer at Hurley Medical Center. GBHS graduate Alex Cesal is working on becoming a chiropractor. Having received his bachelor's degree from CMU, he's currently pursuing his master's degree. He was able to share what his course schedule looked like in undergrad and contrast it with the coursework in which he's now enroll...

AP courses are plentiful at GBHS, but a relatively new one is being piloted to a select number of schools in the country, including Grand Blanc, and feedback has been positive. A class of about 14 students has almost completed their two-year commitment with teacher Mrs. Bleicher. AP Seminar is a prerequisite for AP Research and the two together make up AP Capstone. This year Mrs. Endicott has joined Bleicher to co-teach the two courses. According to their website, the College Board says AP Capstone "equips students with the independent research, collaborative teamwork, and communication skills that are increasingly valued by colleges." It's designed to complement study in other AP courses, and Grand Blanc students agree, this course has helped them in many other areas with time management, presentation, writing and identifying trustworthy sources of information. Grand Blanc AP Seminar student, Blake Spencer said after his final presentation for the year, "It prepares...