Link to Creative Teaching

Provides educational enrichment opportunities for students, not funded by school districts, in Reading, Math, Science, Technology, Arts and Behavioral Modification. Since 2002, 54,735 students benefited. This year 1,045 students were impacted in 2 schools.

Link to Creative Teaching Awards

DETROIT, Michigan (3/11/2024) AL members Karen Boyk, Karen Graham and Dar Laskowski were on a mission to deliver checks to the recipients of this year’s Link to Creative Teaching. First stop and pictured: Detroit’s Carver STEM Academy, two teachers, Brianna McCoy and Stefan Carter, will facilitate the student council’s start-up of their SHARING TABLE idea. This is a community outreach program, based right at the school, striving to teach community empathy, cooperation, planning, and ordering. Then, it was onto nearby Detroit’s Barton Elementary, where six more checks were awarded to very grateful educators. These projects were:

Kindergarten… Flexible seats help fidgety students

3-6 gr…..Writer’s Café works on writing skills

4-5 gr…. STEM Robotics team supplies

5-6gr.…Girls Rock after-school girls’ empowerment club

6 gr. …..Team building activity at OU Ropes course

PE…Gaga Ball exercise. flexibility, fast movement

Link to Creative Teaching Program Provides Funds for Special Olympics at Oxford High School

“Through the power of sports, teamwork, and volunteers, Special Olympics transforms the lives of students with intellectual disabilities daily,” describes Lindsey Long, Special Education Teacher, and Coach at Oxford School District. To help organize a Special Olympics Team, Ms. Long was awarded $1,000 from Assistance League of Southeastern Michigan’s ‘Link to Creative Teaching’ program. The philanthropic funds also helped purchase equipment and supplies and obtain a State Certification.

Ms. Long’s project “Special Olympics Community,” affords students with intellectual disabilities the opportunity to experience the thrill and range of emotions associated with participation in organized and competitive sports with official athletics rules, and year-round training. “Most importantly, for the students who participate, their growth is demonstrated in the classroom, the community, and throughout their life,” said Ms. Long.

Lindsey Long “Thanks” Assistance League for their support and reports, “The atmosphere at Oxford High School has drastically changed with the attitudes displayed towards the special education athletes since the program started.” As one student stated she is no longer depressed and feels she has become part of the school body, which now has a Special Olympics School Team.

Since its inception in 2002, the Link to Creative Teaching Program has provided funding to teachers for special student classroom projects in areas of Reading, Arts, Math, Science, Technology, and Behavioral Modification that are not otherwise possible. Funds may be used to enhance existing curriculum or to develop new projects or approaches to teaching. To date, 341 projects have been funded, enriching the lives of over 42,000 students.

Assistance League of Southeastern Michigan, founded in 1993 and serving Wayne, Oakland, and Macomb counties, is a nonprofit, all-volunteer organization whose purpose is to clothe, feed, educate, and comfort children and adults through community-based programs. Funds raised from the all-volunteer staffed Assistance League ReSale Connection, fundraisers, grantors, and contributors help support our philanthropic programs, helping thousands of people year-round.

For more information, visit ReSale Connection, 204 Main, Rochester, 248-656-0414, or www.semich.AssistanceLeague.org

First Jr. Lego League Expo at Axford Elementary in Oxford