S CAN BE RESERVED ONLINE. AS WE CONTINUE
OUR LIVE IN THE D BACK TO SCHOOL WEEK. WE WANT TO HELP YOU AND
THE KIDS GET OFF THE SCHOOL YEAR
ON A GREAT START AND CHOOSING A
SCHOOL. THAT’S THE RIGHT FIT FOR
YOUR CHILD IS KEY, AND YOU HAVE
THE CHANCE TO WIN A $500 GIFT
CARD TO HELP WITH THOSE COSTS,
THANKS TO THESE SPONSORS, AND
WE’LL HAVE DETAILS ON THAT. IN
JUST A MOMENT. TODAY OUR SPONSOR
DISTINCTIVE SCHOOLS HAS ADVICE
ON THINGS TO CONSIDER WHEN
CHOOSING A SCHOOL AND WE ARE
JOINED BY DR DEREK HARRISON,
PRINCIPAL AT PLYMOUTH
EDUCATIONAL CENTER IN DETROIT.
GREAT THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH
US. YOU’RE WELCOME. THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT. SO NOW WHAT ARE THREE
THINGS THAT PEOPLE SHOULD
CONSIDER WHEN CHOOSING A SCHOOL
THAT’S GOING TO BE A GOOD FIT
FOR THEIR CHILD I THINK WITH A
PARENT WOULD WANT TO DO IS GO
DOWN TO THE SCHOOL. OKAY AND
THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY
SPEAK WITH ADMINISTRATION TO THE
SCHOOL. THEY WOULD WANT TO KNOW
. UM HOW DOES THE SCHOOL
ACCELERATE LEARNING? THEY WANT
TO KNOW HOW THIS IS SCHOOL
CREATE A SENSE OF COMMUNITY. AND
THEY WANT TO KNOW. HOW DOES THE
SCHOOL OFFER SUPPORTS AND
SERVICES TO DEVELOP THIS STUDENT
? OKAY GOOD QUESTIONS NOW.
SCHOOLS AND TEACHING ARE
ADAPTING IN SO MANY WAYS. WHAT
IS A FLEXIBLE LEARNING
ENVIRONMENT THAT’S KIND OF A
DIFFERENT CONCEPT. SO YOU KNOW,
AS YOU WOULD HAVE TRADITIONAL
LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS WHERE YOU
HAVE THE STRUCTURED ROWS AND
COLUMNS. YOU, UM LIKE I WENT TO
SCHOOL, BUT YEAH, SO WHAT YOU
WOULD DO IS HAVE A SITUATION SET
UP LIKE THIS, WHERE IT IS MORE
CONDUCIVE TO BEING A LITTLE BIT
MORE FREE. OKAY TAKE INTO
CONSIDERATION THE NEEDS OF THE
STUDENTS YOU TAKE INTO
CONSIDERATION THE NEEDS OF THE
PARENTS AND YOU CREATE AN
ENVIRONMENT THAT IS NOT SO
STRICT. STRUCTURE IS GOOD, BUT
YOU WANT TO ALLOW SOME FORM OF
FREEDOM. LITTLE BIT OF
FLEXIBILITY. I LIKE THAT. SO
LEARNING ALSO INVOLVES THE
FAMILIES. SO NOW WHAT SHOULD
THEY LOOK FOR? AS FAR AS SUPPORT
FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY SPEAKERS
SPECIFICALLY ABOUT PLYMOUTH? YOU
KNOW, THE PANDEMIC TOOK FAMILIES
AWAY FROM SCHOOL. BUT WHAT WE’RE
TRYING TO DO IS MAKE THE SCHOOL
A COMMUNITY HUB. SO WHAT WE HAVE
IS WE HAVE A FOOD BANK GLEANERS
PROVIDE FOOD TO FAMILY FREE FOOD
TO FAMILIES WE JUST RECEIVED
FROM DTE A DONATION OF 200
BACKPACKS WITH SCHOOL SUPPLIES,
AND WE GIVE OUR STUDENTS 1 TO 1
, UH, TECHNOLOGY, SO THEY HAVE
THEIR OWN DEVICES. VERY NICE.
ALL RIGHT. NOW LET’S TALK ABOUT
PROGRAMS THAT CAN ADDRESS SOCIAL
AND EMOTIONAL NEEDS OF CHILDREN
AS WELL. ABSOLUTELY SO.
TRADITIONALLY IN SCHOOLS. WHAT
YOU WOULD SEE IS AS WHEN BUDGETS
GET TIGHT, THEY WOULD TAKE OUT
THE, UH THE IMPORTANT SUPPORT
STAFF PRIORITIZE THOSE SUPPORT
STAFF, AND WE MAKE SURE THAT WE
HAVE OUR SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST. I
WAS SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKERS. HOW
INTERVENTIONISTS AND WE ACTUALLY
JUST RECEIVED AN $18,000
SKILLMAN AND WELLNESS GRANT. TO
CREATE SPACE IN OUR SCHOOL TO
SUPPORT KIDS AND THEIR SOCIAL,
EMOTIONAL LEARNING. THAT’S
EXCELLENT. NOW HOW MANY CAMPUSES
DO YOU HAVE? THEREFORE, WE HAVE,
UM DISTINCTIVE COLLEGE PREP
HARPER WOODS. WE HAVE REDFORD.
WE HAVE PLYMOUTH EDUCATION
CENTER WHERE I’M AT AND THEN WE
HAVE, UH, FLAT ROCK AND FLAT
ROCK, MICHIGAN. WE HAVE, UH,
RIVER HEIGHTS ACADEMY. ALL RIGHT
NOW EVERYONE IS EXCITED. SO HOW
CAN PEOPLE ENROLL YOU WOULD GO
TO DISTINCTIVE EMMY .ORG. OKAY.
ALRIGHT, WELL THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR JOINING US. AND FOR ALL OF
THIS GREAT INFORMATION. I WISH
THEY HAD SOMETHING LIKE THIS
WHEN I WAS A KID, BECAUSE I WAS
ONE OF THOSE ANTI KIDS. YOU KNOW
WHAT I MEAN, RIGHT TO LEARN MORE
ABOUT THE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT
AND PROGRAMS, DISTINCTIVE
SCHOOLS OFFERS AND TO ENROLL THE
CHILD IN YOUR LIFE. VISIT THE
WEBSITE DISTINCTIVE SCHOOLS DOT
ORG. AGAIN THAT’S DISTINCTIVE
SCHOOLS .ORG. AND WE WANT TO
REMIND YOU THAT YOU HAVE THE
CHANCE TO WIN A $500 GIFT CARD
THANKS TO DISTINCTIVE SCHOOLS
AND THESE SPONSORS FOR YOUR
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