Browse past news stories for Northwest Academy in Charlevoix, MI.

• Schools reopen following H1N1 outbreaks; illness persists (Charlevoix Courier)
  posted on November 11, 2009 at 07:35:26 am
  Charlevoix’s two major schools may be back in session, but the illness that closed them is far from gone.
• Education Calendar: 11/10/2009 (Traverse City Record-Eagle)
  posted on November 10, 2009 at 12:36:44 pm
  Charlevoix's Northwest Academy Advanced Band, Nov. 12, Argonne Supper Club, Charlevoix. To raise money for a band trip to Washington, D.C. in March. Band students (and several parents) will be the hosts, waiters, bussers, dishwashers, and kitchen helpers.
• Education Calendar: 11/03/2009 (Traverse City Record-Eagle)
  posted on November 3, 2009 at 12:40:38 pm
  The Education calendar is published weekly. Submit information, at least two weeks in advance, via e-mail features@record-eagle.com; fax 946-8632; or mail to 120 W. Front St., Traverse City, MI 49684.
• School closings affect workforce (TV 7&4 Traverse City)
  posted on October 26, 2009 at 11:16:53 pm
  More schools all around northern Michigan are closing their doors as an increasing number of students are out sick with flu-like illnesses. Several schools are closing Tuesday and Wednesday several more are shutting down for the rest of the week.
• Governor slashes additional $212 million from schools, More than $2.5 million for this area (Petoskey News-Review)
  posted on October 24, 2009 at 06:27:18 am
  LANSING — Racing to balance the Michigan budget by the end of October deadline, Gov. Jennifer Granholm ordered an additional cut of $127 per pupil from public schools on Thursday evening.
• Student counts mixed (Charlevoix Courier)
  posted on October 14, 2009 at 06:35:06 am
  As local schools anxiously await funding news from the legislature, they mull their recently released student count day numbers.
• Proposed $165 per pupil cuts could have significant impact on area school districts (Petoskey News-Review)
  posted on October 14, 2009 at 06:26:37 am
  School officials in the area are concerned with how they’re going to balance their districts’ budgets for a second time this year.
• Schools report significant loss in students after count day (Petoskey News-Review)
  posted on October 2, 2009 at 06:42:07 am
  A majority of school districts in the area are reporting a decrease in their student counts for the 2009-10 school year.
• NWA, Montessori merge (Charlevoix Courier)
  posted on September 16, 2009 at 06:50:16 am
  CHARLEVOIX — Northwest Academy, a tuition-free public school, and Montessori-based Charlevoix Children’s House have announced a partnership that will offer Charlevoix students another option.
• One charter school and local school district fall short of annual yearly progress (Petoskey News-Review)
  posted on September 12, 2009 at 06:41:27 am
  Alanson Public Schools and Northwest Academy in Charlevoix did not meet their annual Adequate Yearly Progress for the 2008-09 school year.
• Sailing club serves local youth (Charlevoix Courier)
  posted on August 26, 2009 at 04:56:37 pm
  What began with the donation of a 31-foot sailboat to a local school has turned into a full-fledged sailing program.
• Eight public bodies in Charlevoix County receive $136,975 in gaming revenue (Charlevoix Courier)
  posted on August 11, 2009 at 06:23:33 am
  PESHAWBESTOWN — On Wednesday, July 29, the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians distributed $136,975 out of its bi-annual 2 percent gaming revenues to eight public bodies in Charlevoix County.
• Stimulus funds save schools, for now (Charlevoix Courier)
  posted on July 22, 2009 at 06:14:34 am
  Local school districts may be breathing a collective sigh of relief now that stimulus funds have been approved.
• Three injured in crash (Charlevoix Courier)
  posted on June 23, 2009 at 04:56:17 pm
  BOYNE FALLS — Three people were injured in a two-vehicle head-on traffic crash south of Boyne Falls late Saturday.
• No Horton Bay Parade? (Charlevoix Courier)
  posted on June 23, 2009 at 04:56:07 pm
  One of the most unusual Fourth of July parades in the country may be no more.
• Building head chosen (Charlevoix Courier)
  posted on June 23, 2009 at 04:55:47 pm
  Charlevoix County Commissioners unanimously appointed Nelson Fletcher as the head of the county’s building and safety department on Wednesday, June 10.
• SLIDE SHOW: Charlevoix Trout Tournament (Charlevoix Courier)
  posted on June 23, 2009 at 04:55:37 pm
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• Charlevoix Public Library a century old (Charlevoix Courier)
  posted on June 23, 2009 at 04:55:17 pm
  From its humble beginnings in the back room of a cigar shop/pool hall to the grandeur of the 220 Clinton St. property, Charlevoix Public Library has continued to grow and change.
• Pay disparity widest in small schools (Charlevoix Courier)
  posted on May 6, 2009 at 06:40:48 am
  CHARLEVOIX — During Charlevoix Courier’s investigation into school teacher and administration pay and benefits packages, Northwest Academy, the non-unionized public school in Charlevoix, was also examined.