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Northwood Middle School students often learn school news from closed-circuit broadcasts in their classrooms. That’s how Principal Matt Schiebel chose to share the bad news last month.
Principal Matt Schiebel does a walk-through of Northwood Middle School almost every day, dropping into each classroom for a 3-minute visit.“What are we working on?
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Kim Fazio is a math teacher, mom, teammate, cheerleader and classroom manager extraordinaire. Until four years ago, she wore the roles a bit unevenly, clinging to the mind-set that if she taught it, they must learn it.
Look at a yearbook from Northwood Middle School’s early years and you are struck by how different the school looks today – and how it looks the same.
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Math teacher Karen Rhoades calls it the most “despicable” thing she's ever done as a teacher.
Northwood Middle School makes a good first home in Fort Wayne. For students newly arrived in the U.S., the school must seem like a safe and supportive place to grow accustomed to a new language, a new culture and new people.
