International contigent of Advanced Placement teachers visit LCS Outdoor Center

On a sun-filled, warm Thursday, about a dozen Advanced Placement Environmental Science teachers trekked to Skinner Lake to work on techniques and skills for teaching AP Environmental Science courses.

The R. Michael Supernault Outdoor Education Center, a District-owned, 80-acre outdoor classroom is usually the destination of District students for science education during the school year.

Among the teachers visiting the Center on Thursday, June 18, were teachers from Chicago, Illinois, New York State, and teacher Viviana Mendoza Lozano, an AP Psychology and Philosophy teacher from La Paz, Bolivia who wants to expand her teaching into environmental science.

There were also a number of teachers from Genesee County school districts at the Center on Thursday. A total of 220 teachers will attend the Institute before it ends next week.

The first of two Advanced Placement Summer Institute sessions ends Friday. The second begins next week. Lapeer East High School is the host for the Institute and is the only public high school in Michigan offering a summer AP Institute. It is the second year, East has hosted the event.

Photo at top is a group of teachers looking through specimens pulled from Skinner Lake for study. Second photo is a picture of Bolivian teacher Viviana Lozano. To see more pictures of the teachers at Skinner Lake go to the photo gallery.

Lapeer East to host Advanced Placement Summer Institute, 220 teachers on the way

For the second consecutive year, Lapeer East High School is hosting a two-week Advanced Placement Summer Institute starting June 16. Lapeer East is the only public high school in Michigan to host an AP Summer Institute.

More than 220 teachers, some as far away as Bolivia, will be traveling to Lapeer to take part in the intensive training. The local sessions are being run by Directors Gary Schubert and Dr. Mike Hobolth. Dr. Hobolth is an assistant principal at East.

The Institute, which is taught by experts in each subject area, will be working with new AP teachers and those looking to improve their skills. Among the subjects to be taught are: Calculus AB, Micro/Macro Economics, English Language, Pre-AP: English, Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Science, English Literature, Psychology, Statistics, European History, French Language, U.S. Government/Politics, U.S. History, World History, Spanish Language and Physics BC.

The photo above is from last year's Institute. Gary Schubert (left) and Dr. Mike Hobolth, assistant principal at Lapeer East High School, are Directors of this year's Institute again.