This spring, the Ingham Area Principals’ Network convened at the MSU Wharton Center for a dynamic day of professional growth and collaboration. Hosted in partnership with the Wharton Center’s Arts Education team, the event spotlighted how arts integration can enrich classroom instruction and foster deeper student understanding across content areas.
Participants enjoyed a behind-the-scenes tour of the Wharton Center, learned about creative teaching strategies, and engaged in valuable conversations with fellow administrators from across the region. The event underscored the importance of collaboration, shared leadership, and the arts as a bridge to student engagement and achievement.
By supporting both innovative instruction and professional networking, the Principals’ Network continues to empower local school leaders with tools, inspiration, and connections that make a lasting impact.
Recent Stories:
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.
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.




