Lake Superior Stewardship Initiative

School-Community Kick-Off Meeting

6:00-8:30 pm, Thursday, Feb. 7
AGENDA

 View slide show of photos

6:00-6:30 pm   Dessert Buffet (atrium)

How well do you know Your Place? (please complete the questionnaire)

In Hesterberg Lecture Hall:
6:30 pm  Overview of the Great Lakes & Lake Superior Stewardship Initiatives? - Shawn Oppliger,
Director, Western UP Center for Science, Mathematics & Environmental Education

1. Students engage in place-based learning
2. Teacher professional development
3. School-community partnerships to address local needs

How Will Schools Benefit? - Dennis Harbour, superintendent, Copper Country Intermediate School District

Why A Lake Superior Stewardship Initiative?

1. Top Ten Needs of the Great Lakes  - Alex Mayer, Michigan Tech Center for Water & Society
2. How Well Do People Know Their Place? – Joan Chadde, Western UP Center
3. Stewardship needs in our community – Evan McDonald, Keweenaw Land Trust
4. Benefits to the local community – Phil Musser, Keweenaw Economic Development Alliance

How Place-Based Education & Service Learning Enhance Academic Achievement – Joan Chadde 
                                                                                                                                                                             
Local School–Community Partnership Projects

1. Calumet High School (Darrell Hendrickson, teacher) 
2. Jeffers High School (Tim Keteri, principal, and Mike Benda, teacher)
3. Hancock Middle School (Monica Healy, principal & Linda Rulison, teacher)

Introduction of Lake Superior Stewardship Initiative Advisory Board

Next Steps

7:30 pm  How will we know if we’re successful? – Ann Mayo-Kiely, Isle Royale Institute

1. What knowledge, skills, and attitudes about the Lake Superior watershed and the Great

Lakes do we want young people to gain while growing up in our community?    

1. What are the stewardship needs in the Lake Superior watershed?        
2. What will schools and communities gain from a successful LSSI? 
3. What are the challenges to implementing placed-based education in schools and

          communities?

8:30 pm   More coffee + delicious desserts

Hosted by the Western U.P. Center for Science, Math and Environmental Education, Isle Royale Institute, Keweenaw Land Trust,
Michigan Tech Center for Water & Society, and the Keweenaw Economic Development Alliance with
financial support from the Great Lakes Fishery Trust and The Wege Foundation.