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November 8, 2012
by: Leah Morgan

Solar Mamas, Community Cinema

IDEAS Academy students attended a Community Cinema Presentation of Solar Mamas at the John Michael Kohler Art Center on Wednesday.

Welcome to India’s Barefoot College, where rural, poor, and often illiterate women from around the world are offered the rare opportunity to receive an education that teaches them how to make their communities self-reliant and sustainable. Rafea, a beautiful, strong-willed 32-year-old Jordanian mother of four, is traveling outside of her village for the first time ever to attend Barefoot’s solar engineering program. Once there, she will join women from Guatemala, Kenya, Burkina Faso, and Colombia in a life-changing, six-month job training program that will transform her into a solar engineer — and change her life...

Solar Mamas is part of the international WHY POVERTY? Project, a groundbreaking, cross-media event reaching more than 500 million people around the world via over 60 international television broadcasters as well as radio, internet, and live events in November 2012.

Find out more about this film at http://www.itvs.org/films/solar-mamas


November 8, 2012
by: Kavonteuna Goodlow, Etude Studios Publications Intern

As Goes Janesville, editorial

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The IDEAS community has the opportunity to visit the John Michael Kohler Arts Center several times a month to participate in activities, watch Community Cinema, and...

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October 17, 2012
by: Leah Morgan

IDEAS Academy Blood Drive

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IDEAS Academy will run a Blood Drive in the Cafeteria on Friday, November 2 from 9:00 am - 2:00 pm.

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October 11, 2012
by: Laquisha Holden, Etude Studios Publications Intern

100 Thousand Poets For Change

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When 100 Thousand Poets for Change presented at the Mead Public Library on Saturday, Sept. 29, the IDEAS Academy students were already prepared.

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October 9, 2012
by: Kavonteuna Goodlow, Etude Studios Publications Intern

Overview of School Classes

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Weeks have gone by and things have begun to change.

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May 29, 2012

Baccalaureate Ceremony

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This is the first Baccalaureate Ceremony for IDEAS Academy.

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May 4, 2012
by: Ashleigh Vertin, IDEAS Academy Publication Intern

Mike’s returning students host theater games performance

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Mike Hanlon's returning Theatre Games students put on a show in Mike’s Room to demonstrate how they have furthered and their learning by retaking this...

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April 14, 2012
by: Ashleigh Vertin, IDEAS Academy Publication Intern

Meningitis story shared by guest speaker

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"It's not just the person with the disease affected, it's everyone," said Bob Werner of the Becky Werner Meningitis Foundation. Werner was guest speaker at IDEAS Academy on April 4. The topic, meningitis and how it affects lives. "There are 36 million people In the U.S. And there are 3,000 cases of meningitis reported a year," said Werner.

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April 4, 2012
by: Mickenzie Petrie, IDEAS Academy Publication Intern

Abstract Thought combines math with art

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The IDEAS Abstract Thought class is combining art and math to explore the concepts of quadratics, trigonometry, linear equations and permutations.

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February 28, 2012
by: Dollie Cromwell, Journalist

Exhibitions of Learning

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Do you have some old items in your garage or attic that you’d like to transform? Do you know how a Japanese education compares to one in the United States? Have you ever wondered what prompts someone to become a serial killer? Are you intrigued by domes?

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