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Celebrate joyful moments of collaboration, inclusion, and community across our schools. From heartwarming highlights to everyday wins, BELONGING is where good news thrives and every voice matters.

More Than a Game

Heartwood School students hit the lanes for Special Olympics bowling, joined by Wilson Talent Center Sports Medicine & Rehabilitation students who provided hands-on support, encouragement and plenty of team spirit.

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Beyond the Badge

Wilson Talent Center Criminal Justice students explored careers in law enforcement through visits to the Mid-Michigan Police Academy and Ingham County Sheriff's Office, gaining firsthand insight into training, career pathways and the professionals behind the badge.

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A Seat at the Table

Wilson Talent Center Business & Risk Management students put professional etiquette and communication skills into practice during a meal etiquette experience designed to build confidence, connections and career readiness.

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Where the Work Happens

Wilson Talent Center students step inside local manufacturing workplaces to see firsthand how the skills they’re building in the classroom connect to careers right here in their community.

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What Happens When Educators Become Learners?

Educators across the Ingham ISD service area come together to examine data, strengthen instruction and learn from one another—all with the shared goal of creating better outcomes for students.

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When Educators Learn Together

What happens when educators from different schools and communities get in the same room? Ideas travel. Questions get bigger. Practice gets stronger. Recent professional learning opportunities in early childhood literacy and secondary mathematics show how collaboration helps knowledge move across classrooms, schools and communities throughout the Ingham ISD service area.

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Designing a School Before Graduation

Seven Wilson Talent Center students are taking their engineering and construction skills beyond the classroom through the ACE Mentor Program at Mayotte Group Architects. Over 15 weeks, they’ll explore careers across the building industry while tackling a real-world design challenge: creating a brand-new elementary school.

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Before the Sirens

Flashing lights. Loud sirens. Big vehicles. An emergency scene can bring a lot of unfamiliar sights and sounds at once. Heartwood School’s annual Touch a Truck event gives students the opportunity to experience those things in a familiar, supportive environment—with plenty of time to explore, ask questions and meet the people behind the uniforms.

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When STEM Gets Loud

Nearly 30 Wilson Talent Center Auto Tech I & II students traded the classroom for the racetrack during the NHRA Youth & Education Services Program at US 131 Motorsports Park. The experience gave students a front-row look at how STEM concepts, skilled trades and automotive careers come together in the world of high-performance racing.

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The Skills Between the Skills

Nearly 800 Wilson Talent Center students kicked off the first of four Boss Mode Boot Camp sessions with “Toolbox for Success,” a 30-minute crash course in communication, networking, initiative, organization and managing the demands of school and work. The goal? Give students practical strategies they can start using right now.

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