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  <title>Parchment Schools Foundation Scholarship Applications Now Available</title>
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  <p><b>January 22, 2012</b></p>
  <p>Each year, the Parchment Schools Foundation gives academic and career/vocational scholarships to deserving seniors in the Parchment School District.</p>

<p>Now is the time to apply (applications...
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  <link>http://www.parchmentschools.org/news.php?article_id=484</link>
  <category>News</category>
  <pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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  <title>'Music is life' for Parchment Marching Band</title>
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  <h2>(as featured in the Kalamazoo Gazette)</h2>
  <p><b>September 6, 2011</b></p>
  <p><b>Source:</b> Nicole Watkins<br />
<b>Job Title:</b> Kalamazoo Gazette<br />
</p>
  <p><i>The following is an excerpt from this article:</i></p>

<p>PARCHMENT - Pulled away for just a moment during the warm-up for their first performance of the year, Parchment Marching Band drum...
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  <link>http://www.parchmentschools.org/news.php?article_id=479</link>
  <category>News</category>
  <pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2011 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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  <title>FCFCU Scholarship Winners</title>
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  <p><b>August 15, 2011</b></p>
  <img class="imageRight" src="http://www.parchmentschools.orgimages/website/8-11-fcfcu-seniors.jpg" border="0" width="220" height="150" align="right" alt="Parchment seniors awarded FCFCU scholarship."...
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  <link>http://www.parchmentschools.org/news.php?article_id=474</link>
  <category>News</category>
  <pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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  <title>Parchment High School &amp; Middle School Libraries Receive Library of Michigan Endorsement for Meeting Qualified Status of School Library 21 Program</title>
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  <p><b>May 16, 2011</b></p>
  <p>Parchment, Mich. - The Library of Michigan has awarded the Parchment High School and Parchment Middle School Libraries certificates of completion for meeting the Qualified status of the Measurement...
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  <link>http://www.parchmentschools.org/news.php?article_id=469</link>
  <category>News</category>
  <pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2011 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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  <title>Superintendent Miller Discusses the Governor's Proposed Education Budget</title>
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  <h2>(excerpt from Kalamazoo Gazette video interview)</h2>
  <p><b>March 24, 2011</b></p>
  <p>Parchment superintendent Matthew Miller speaks about Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder's budget and the impact on Parchment schools.</p>

<p><a href="http://bcove.me/hn7cc760" title="Matt Miller budget...
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  <link>http://www.parchmentschools.org/news.php?article_id=467</link>
  <category>News</category>
  <pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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  <title>School Zone blog: Graduation and dropout rates for Michigan's Class of 2010</title>
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  <h2>(as featured in the Kalamazoo Gazette)</h2>
  <p><b>March 13, 2011</b></p>
  <p><b>Source:</b> Julie Mack<br />
<b>Job Title:</b> Kalamazoo Gazette<br />
</p>
  <p>The state has posted four-year graduation and dropout rates for the Michigan Class of 2010, as well as the five-year rates for the Class of 2009.</p>

<p>Here's some highlights.</p>

<p>...</p>

<p...
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  <link>http://www.parchmentschools.org/news.php?article_id=466</link>
  <category>News</category>
  <pubDate>Sun, 13 Mar 2011 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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  <title>Scott DeCamp column: Parchment's Bailey family overwhelmed by far-reaching support during trying time</title>
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  <h2>(as featured in the Kalamazoo Gazette)</h2>
  <p><b>February 2, 2011</b></p>
  <p><b>Source:</b> Written by Scott DeCamp<br />
<b>Job Title:</b> Kalamazoo Gazette<br />
</p>
  <p>PARCHMENT - Michael Bailey sat behind a desk in his father's and uncle's Palco Enterprises Corp. building on Riverview Drive last week, wearing blue jeans with a Michael Jordan T-shirt partially...
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  <link>http://www.parchmentschools.org/news.php?article_id=460</link>
  <category>News</category>
  <pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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  <title>Parchment Bus Driver Featured on &amp;quot;Good Morning America&amp;quot;!</title>
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  <p><b>January 14, 2011</b></p>
  <p>'GMA' Coat Drive: Bus Driver Goes Extra Mile</p>

<p>Woman saw that kids on her route lacked warm coats, so she took action.</p>

<p><a href="http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/WarmCoats/video/gma-coat...
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  <link>http://www.parchmentschools.org/news.php?article_id=455</link>
  <category>News</category>
  <pubDate>Fri, 14 Jan 2011 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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  <title>Parchment family and bus driver who arranged gifts for them to appear on 'Good Morning America'</title>
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  <h2>(as featured in the Kalamazoo Gazette)</h2>
  <p><b>January 4, 2011</b></p>
  <p><b>Source:</b> Chris Fusciardi<br />
<b>Job Title:</b> Kalamazoo Gazette<br />
</p>
  <p>PARCHMENT - The past two weeks have been one warm surprise after another for the family of Nick and Amanda Riley.</p>

<p>And they have a Parchment School district bus driver to thank.</p>

<p>The...
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  <link>http://www.parchmentschools.org/news.php?article_id=454</link>
  <category>News</category>
  <pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2011 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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  <title>Erasing the math divide: Advanced math is standard outside the U.S., so why not here?</title>
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  <h2>(as featured in the Kalamazoo Gazette)</h2>
  <p><b>December 19, 2010</b></p>
  <p><b>Source:</b> Julie Mack<br />
<b>Job Title:</b> Kalamazoo Gazette<br />
</p>
  <p>The following are excerpts from an article originally published in the Kalamazoo Gazette on December 19, 2010.</p>

<p>KALAMAZOO - When Becky O'Bryant attended high school 20 years ago, she needed...
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  <link>http://www.parchmentschools.org/news.php?article_id=453</link>
  <category>News</category>
  <pubDate>Sun, 19 Dec 2010 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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  <title>Parchment High School Band Places 6th</title>
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  <p><b>November 9, 2010</b></p>
  <p>CONGRATULATIONS to the Parchment High School Marching Band and Staff on a State Finals Performance that earned them 6TH PLACE AT STATE FINALS in Flight IV in Ford Fieldhouse on Saturday, November...
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  <link>http://www.parchmentschools.org/news.php?article_id=446</link>
  <category>News</category>
  <pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2010 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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  <title>Congratulations to the Parchment High School Band</title>
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  <p><b>October 14, 2010</b></p>
  <p>Congratulations to the Parchment High School Band for earning a FIRST DIVISION RATING at the District XI Marching Band Festival on Wednesday October 13th. The band's 2010 show entitled "Street...
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  <link>http://www.parchmentschools.org/news.php?article_id=441</link>
  <category>News</category>
  <pubDate>Thu, 14 Oct 2010 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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  <title>Parchment Teachers Participate in Kalamazoo Area Algebra Project</title>
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  <p><b>October 13, 2010</b></p>
  <p>Grades 6 - 12 mathematics teachers: David Blough from Parchment High School; and Ray Koole, Anne Nower and Cheryl Roberts from Parchment Middle School are participating in the two-year Kalamazoo...
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  <link>http://www.parchmentschools.org/news.php?article_id=440</link>
  <category>News</category>
  <pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2010 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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  <title>Edline is Changing to Parent Internet Viewer</title>
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  <p><b>September 3, 2010</b></p>
  <p>Edline was available for students and parents to access current grades and attendance. We are now converting our gradebook system to Pinnacle Gradebook.  The parent view for this is called Parent...
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  <link>http://www.parchmentschools.org/news.php?article_id=437</link>
  <category>News</category>
  <pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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  <title>Ready for college? Test results for Southwest Michigan high schools are a mixed bag</title>
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  <h2>(as featured in the Kalamazoo Gazette)</h2>
  <p><b>August 19, 2010</b></p>
  <p><b>Source:</b> Julie Mack<br />
<b>Job Title:</b> Kalamazoo Gazette<br />
</p>
  <p>The good new: The area's 37 public high schools are showing  improvement in preparing students for higher education.</p>

<p>The bad news:  Only one out of six local students in the Class of 2011...
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  <link>http://www.parchmentschools.org/news.php?article_id=438</link>
  <category>News</category>
  <pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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  <title>Bowl Free All Summer Long</title>
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  <p><b>May 28, 2010</b></p>
  <p>Eastland Bowl, located at 5570 Gull Road, is offering 2 FREE games of bowling daily for children ages 3-18 all summer NOW until August 31st from 5pm-7pm. Shoe rental not  ncluded. Registration is...
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  <link>http://www.parchmentschools.org/news.php?article_id=415</link>
  <category>News</category>
  <pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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  <title>Testing Out 2010</title>
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  <p><b>April 9, 2010</b></p>
  <p>8TH GRADE STUDENTS - CONCERNING HIGH SCHOOL NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.<br>
CHANGES IN TESTING OUT DATES -SPRING TESTING OUT for 2010-2011</p>

<p>PLEASE NOTE: Changes have been made in our Testing Out...
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  <link>http://www.parchmentschools.org/news.php?article_id=162</link>
  <category>News</category>
  <pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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  <title>Learn More about Parchment Preschool &amp; Childcare Center</title>
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  <p><b>August 27, 2009</b></p>
  <p>Parchment Preschool and Childcare Center is located at Northwood Elementary, 600 Edison St. Our program services children ages 3 (and potty trained) through 12 years of age and offers enrichment...
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  <link>http://www.parchmentschools.org/news.php?article_id=198</link>
  <category>News</category>
  <pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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  <title>Looking for Parchment Alumni - Class of 1999!</title>
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  <p><b>August 27, 2009</b></p>
  <p>The class of 1999 is getting their 10-year reunion under way. Please contact Angela (Knapp) Menet @ 269/491-1166 or <a href="mailto:ahansen@parchment.k12.mi.us">Amy (Wittenberg) Hansen</a> at  for...
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  <link>http://www.parchmentschools.org/news.php?article_id=197</link>
  <category>News</category>
  <pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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