ABC, Channel 12 News to air report on East's selection to Newsweek.com's Top Schools

A WJRT-TV 12 reporter and cameraman were at Lapeer East today to talk about the high school's selection to the Newsweek.com's Top Schools list this week.

The segment was scheduled to air today during the 5 p.m. news broadcast. Update 8:35 p.m. - here's the link to the broadcast.

The selection is based on the size of the school, the size of the graduating class and Advanced Placement test taking and performance.

Reporter Kelley L. Dickens interviewed Assistant Principal Mike Hobolth in the East media center and also interviewed East teacher, John Moliassa, who was attending the Advanced Placement Summer Institute program at Lapeer East last week and this week.

Mr. Moliassa teaches Advanced Placement Statistics and Advanced Placement Calculus at the school.

For more information refer to a previous post on this subject here.

Also you can see the photo gallery with additional photos of today's interview here.

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.