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The Whole Child: McKenna Turner, Beaver Island Community School senior

During the Nov. 1, 2021, Area-Wide Professional Learning Day, Char-Em staff prepared a special video to share with regional educators demonstrating their impact on students and families. Each of the speakers represented one of the five tenets of the Whole Child philosophy: Safe, Healthy, Engaged, Challenged, and Supported. Parts of the speakers’ stories were compiled […]

The Whole Child: Riley Saganek, East Jordan High School, Welding student

During the Nov. 1, 2021, Area-Wide Professional Learning Day, Char-Em staff prepared a special video to share with regional educators demonstrating their impact on students and families. Each of the speakers represented one of the five tenets of the Whole Child philosophy: Safe, Healthy, Engaged, Challenged, and Supported. Parts of the speakers’ stories were compiled […]

The Whole Child: Augustin, Concord Academy Petoskey student

During the Nov. 1, 2021, Area-Wide Professional Learning Day, Char-Em staff prepared a special video to share with regional educators demonstrating their impact on students and families. Each of the speakers represented one of the five tenets of the Whole Child philosophy: Safe, Healthy, Engaged, Challenged, and Supported. Parts of the speakers’ stories were compiled […]

The Whole Child: Rylan McVannel, 8th grade at East Jordan Middle School, Shoe Club

During the Nov. 1, 2021, Area-Wide Professional Learning Day, Char-Em staff prepared a special video to share with regional educators demonstrating their impact on students and families. Each of the speakers represented one of the five tenets of the Whole Child philosophy: Safe, Healthy, Engaged, Challenged, and Supported. Parts of the speakers’ stories were compiled […]

The Whole Child: Lakota Worthington, Pellston graduate

During the Nov. 1, 2021, Area-Wide Professional Learning Day, Char-Em staff prepared a special video to share with regional educators demonstrating their impact on students and families. Each of the speakers represented one of the five tenets of the Whole Child philosophy: Safe, Healthy, Engaged, Challenged, and Supported. Parts of the speakers’ stories were compiled […]

‘Talking is Teaching’ continues to grow in local communities

The Great Start Collaborative & Parent Coalition have had a busy summer 2021, expanding on the Talking is Teaching campaign in area parks and trails, grocery stores and more! On Aug. 13, a ribbon cutting ceremony was held for the new Talking is Teaching Nature Trail at the McCune Nature Trail in Emmet County, a […]

Pellston student receives new Jobs for Michigan’s Graduates Scholarship

A Jobs for Michigan’s Graduates (JMG) student in the Char-Em ISD welding program at Pellston High School is one of the first recipients of a new JMG scholarship that will help him continue his education. Drue Duffield received a $1,000 JMG Scholarship as part of the program’s mission to equip students with the skills to […]

Char-Em ISD buses receive 100 percent rating for seventh year in a row

Watch our video about working as a bus driver/rider for Char-Em ISD! School children riding Charlevoix-Emmet Intermediate School District buses and their families can feel confident that the fleet has once again received the highest safety ratings as determined by the Michigan State Police. “Our staff is razor-focused on child safety relative to their transportation […]

Building project at Pellston schools by Career Tech students, for Career Tech students!

Char-Em ISD-Northwest Michigan Works partnership will provide students with $14 per hour to build facility for fellow students A unique opportunity in Pellston will have students and young adults from around the region building a facility to house a new career and technical education class at Pellston High School. And the student-builders will be paid […]

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Char-Em welcomes new staff

Char-Em ISD is welcoming more than a dozen new staff members to its team this year. Please read more about the new staff members and their positions in the accompanying PDF.

High Quality Teaching and Learning initiative update

During the Summer 2017 Superintendents’ Retreat, the Superintendents’ group made a commitment to engage in a meaningful process to bring about better achievement results for the students of districts in Char-Em ISD. After multiple interviews to find the leader of this...

CHAR-EM ISD’S MISSION AND VISION

The Mission and Vision of Char-Em ISD remain at the core of what we do each day as partners with the 11 public school districts throughout Northwest Michigan. Over the summer of 2018

Welcome

Welcome to the new Char-Em ISD website! We hope you enjoy the new look and functions of this new site. If you have questions, please contact Communications Coordinator Beth Anne Eckerle at (231) 547-9947.

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