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Xavier School of Excellence, in South Bend, Indiana, is a special place. Students come to school excited and ready to learn. Educators talk about school choice, student success, and how they handle obstacles. For more information visit: http://www.xavierschool.org

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Samantha Smith, director at Xavier School of Excellence, has a passion to help students. She explains the mission and purpose of Xavier School of Excellence, and shares her thoughts on school choice.

Date uploaded: January 27, 2017

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- June 22nd, 2022
  Education Counts Michiana features great ideas in ...
  
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  June 22nd, 2022
  Education Counts Michiana features great ideas in education. This week, discover about a creative art and writing program about the Holocaust, see how blended learning is the evolution of education and see how digital escape rooms stimulate learning.
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  This week's highlight episode features Soup of Success, the value of hosting foreign exchange high school students and an after school English learning program at La Casa de Amistad. We also highlight an elementary project called Poptoc, Girls Ambitious about Learning Science, Brookview Montessori and Super Science Saturdays.
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  April 27th, 2022
  This week, we're highlighting some of the best ideas we've discovered in April. Join us for a look at work based learning, how MOVE helps students with mobility issues, reading to therapy dogs and how Lake Michigan College is filling the truck driver shortage gap. We also spotlight GoBabyGo!, Digital Storm and a high school automotive refinishing training.
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  This week on Education Counts Michiana, we feature a digital storm produced by students at Lincoln Junior High in Plymouth, see the benefits of reading to a therapy dog at the New Buffalo Township Library, learn about education inclusion and venture to a classroom of engineering and design students for GoBabyGo!
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- April 13th, 2022
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  On this week's episode of Education Counts, we draw inspiration from students at Southwestern Michigan College in their creative art process, learn how to foster courageous dialogues in schools, experience what makes Positive Outlook empowering to students and get a behind-the-scenes look at #ENOUGH: Plays to End Gun Violence.
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- March 30th, 2022
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  March 30th, 2022
  Education Counts Michiana seeks programs and initiatives in education that inspire the community and engage the educator and student. This week we feature a robotics program at South Bend Career Academy, mental health & wellbeing training for teachers, how the MOVE program in enabling students with mobility limitations and experts share ideas on how to teach like a park ranger.
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  Education Counts Michiana seeks to promote education inside and outside schools by highlighting programs and initiatives that are innovative and engaging. This week we spotlight four regional stories in education. We explore the value of teaching kindness and meet an author of a children's book about the gift of giving. The Wagon Wheel Conservatory is a place where students can learn about theater on stage and backstage. We speak to an expert about how to choose the right educational toy for a child. We watch architecture students at the University of Notre Dame participate in a hand drawing marathon and learn about the disappearing skill in the trade.
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  January 26th, 2022 and February 16th, 2022
  Education Counts Michiana highlights educational programs and initiatives that impact our community. This week we feature apprenticeships through Michigan Works! We sit in on a class of middle school students learning about the U.S. Constitution. We get an early look at how BizTown will teach students about business at ETHOS Innovation Center. We see how the Center for Civic Innovation is aiding students in literacy tutoring.
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  Escape rooms are a fun way to team up and solve complex problems. Now the same technique that makes these games can be used to create digital escape rooms in classrooms. We take a look at some of the tips and tricks along with the benefits of working together to unlock these challenging riddles.
- Blended Learning
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  The face of education continues to evolve. This can be seen as the way students learn has changed. Through Blended Learning and Blended Learning Models, schools are able to identify the best practices for reaching every student.
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  The creative works of twenty-six South Bend youth are on display to the world. The People Next Door, a local art and creative writing contest for high school students, launched a virtual exhibition to coincide with International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Students were invited to create a work of visual art or creative writing in response to a locally produced documentary. Their work reflects a variety of themes shared by Holocaust survivors.
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  The teachings of the Montessori approach can continue beyond eighth grade. The River Montessori High School in South Bend is taking those lessons and providing them to high school students. This small school set in an urban environment offers its students an individualized learning opportunity to grow.
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