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Kindergarten registration set

NEGAUNEE — Negaunee Public Schools’ Lakeview Elementary School has scheduled its junior kindergarten-kindergarten registration for the 2023-24 school year. An informational-registration meeting for parents is set for 6 p.m. on Wednesday, March 22 at Lakeview Elementary School cafeteria. The child’s age requirement is to be age 6 by Dec. 1. In accordance with Michigan law, parents may need to complete a waiver if they choose to enroll their child who reaches age 5 between Sept. 1-Dec. 1. Parents should provide the following at the time of registration: ≤ Proof of ...

Teachers invite artificial intelligence into classroom

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Under the fluorescent lights of a fifth grade classroom in Lexington, Kentucky, Donnie Piercey instructed his 23 students to try and outwit the “robot” that was churning out writing assignments. The robot was the new artificial intelligence tool ChatGPT, which can ...

NMU graduate pens ‘Ski Bum’ novel

By IAN McCULLOUGH Northern Michigan University MARQUETTE — Colin Clancy wrote the first draft of his debut novel “Ski Bum” while attending Northern Michigan University. The book is about a college dropout named Jimmy who moves to Colorado to chase the ski bum lifestyle, often ...

Top spellers honored at bee

MARQUETTE — Grade schoolers correctly spelled words such as “totalitarian” and “advisable” as Marquette Area Public Schools on Jan. 31 carried on witih the time-honored tradition of holding a spelling bee. The district-wide event, which took place at the Shirley Smith Little ...

Polluter-pay laws could return

LANSING — Michigan could restore laws requiring polluters to pay for cleanup of contaminated land and water amid a flurry of efforts by the Legislature’s new Democratic majority to roll back decades of Republican policies. “I would very much expect that,” said Sen. Mallory McMorrow, D-Royal Oak, the majority whip. McMorrow added that strengthening the laws would be “instrumental to us as we think about the future of this state and what is going to attract and retain people here.” “We’re the Great Lakes state, and we have a huge responsibility to that asset in a way ...

Applications for scholarships available

ISHPEMING — Applications for various scholarships will be available as of March 1 in the Ishpeming High School guidance office or at www.ishpemingschools.org. Available are the C.L. and Mary E. Phelps Scholarship, Edward and Lillian Nolan Scholarship, and the Clermont C. and Kathryn K. Watson Scholarship. Renewal applications for previous recipients of the Phelps and Nolan scholarships. The deadline for all applications is May 1. For more details, call the superintendent’s office at 906-485-5501 ext. 431.