04/12/13 Plans for the opening of the Innovation Academy School (New Tech) that will be housed at Riverside Intermediate and Lincoln Junior High are continuing. At the Plymouth School Board meeting on April 2, the Board members voted unanimously to sign a contract with architects Barton-Coe-Vilamaa on the renovations projects at both buildings....
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03/15/13 Plymouth High School played host to a Northern IN Project Based Learning meeting Wednesday. There were 140 participants who came from schools and businesses all over northern Indiana to learn about PBL. The participants learned the benefits of student learning and engagement in Project Based Learning. Sessions were also held to...
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01/14/13 Parents of students who might be interested in signing up for Project Based Learning classes (PBL) offered at the Plymouth Schools are still able submit an application for the Washington Discovery Academy (K-4), Weidner School of Inquiry (PHS), and a combined New Tech program that will be offered for the 2013-2014 school year...
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12/26/12 Applications for the project-based learning (PBL) classes for the 2012-2013 school year in the Plymouth Schools officially ended at 2:45 p.m. on December 21; however, there may still be room for a few more students. According to Amy Gerard, director of PBL for grades K-8, the response from parents and guardians enrolling...
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12/12/12 Applications for project based learning programs at Plymouth High School, Washington Discovery Academy, Lincoln Junior High and Riverside Intermediate officially opened Monday morning at 8:30. The response has lead those connected with the programs to be optimistic. Director of Communications at the Weidner School of Inquiry, Kelsey Flynn, said applications opened up on...
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10/22/12 Amy Gerard, Director of Project Based Learning in grades K through 8 for the Plymouth School Corporation is excited to announce opportunities for the public to learn about Project Based Learning. The Plymouth Community Schools will be hosting informational meetings about Project Based Learning and these sessions are open to anyone who would...
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10/05/11 Washington Elementary Principal, Michele Riise, has spent the last 24 years in education, with 14 of those in administration roles. Now, in her eighth year as principal of Washington, she is taking on a whole new approach to elementary instruction using project-based learning. Riise said, “We need to teach our children 21st Century...
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