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INSIGHTS Just In ... March 2010
In This Issue
Kennywood discounts
TFIM leaders plan conference
Great Idea Grants
Steel Valley's TFIM team wins competition





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Kennywood ParkDeep discounts on Kennywood day passes
 
 Thanks to a generous donation from the Charitable Fund Committee of Kennywood, The Consortium for Public Education soon will be offering a limited number of deeply discounted day passes for use at the amusement park. Anyone wishing to purchase these tickets can find further details by clicking Kennywood.
 
Students meet with site visit hostsTFIM students plan conference

Employers ranging from a Strip District retailer to an Internet giant will host some 15 site visits at the 10th annual Student Leadership Conference organized by The Consortium for Public Education's career exploration program, The Future Is Mine. To read more about the upcoming conference, click TFIM.
Brownsville students at CMUConsortium awards latest Great Idea Grants
 
The Consortium for Public Education's regional review committee selected 15 projects from 24 proposals to fund during the spring 2010 round of Great Idea Grants. The combined value of the awards was nearly $16,500. For a complete report on the winning projects and the teachers and teaching teams who will work with students to enrich classroom learning through hands-on experiences, click Great Idea Grants.

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TFIM team wins grant in Voices of Youth competition
 
Steel Valley High School students participating in The Future Is Mine, The Consortium for Public Education's career exploration and student leadership program, collaborated with Environmental Club classmates on a project selected for funding in the Voices of Youth-Youth Creating Change competition. A complete story about their project and the competition is posted on The Consortium's homepage. To view it, click here.