The fifth-graders recently traveled to Beaumont Hospital to interview a top doctor for a project.
Fifth-graders from Brooklands Elementary School received a hands-on lesson in video production - and an inside look at Beaumont Hospital - when they traveled recently to Royal Oak to interview the hospital's chief of surgery. Dr. Alan Koffron is also a leader of the Multi-Organ Transplant Team at Beaumont; the students are producing a video to raise organ donor awareness and interviewed Koffron, along with an organ donor and recipient, about the subject. The students are part of a group called Destination Imagination, which encourages kids to solve open-ended challenges and present their solution at competitions. The video, according to a representative from Beaumont Hospital, will be shared with the Secretary of State's office and other …
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It happened Friday at Brooklands Elementary School in Rochester Hills.
"Who's wearing the costume?" That's the question Brooklands Elementary School students always ask when their school mascot stops by their weekly assemblies. On Friday, when art teacher Jessie Drew was asked to remove the mascot's mask, the whole school got the answer — and Drew received the surprise of her life. Underneath the bear costume was Drew's boyfriend, Barron Cline. He isn't a teacher at the school — and she wasn't expecting to see him underneath all that brown plush. It was part of Cline's plan, orchestrated with the help of Principal Teresa Simonetti, that ended with a little mood music and a diamond ring. Cline proposed to Drew, his girlfriend of six years, in front of the entire school during the assembly. "I had no idea," …
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Colleen
9:05 am on Saturday, December 29, 2012
Very sweet. Just one question, though. When did bears get long tails? more ›