Former MCC President Brings Experience to Maritime Academy

Former MCC President Brings Experience to Maritime Academy

By Federico Martinez Muskegon – Retired educator Dr. Frank Marczak didn’t hesitate when asked to serve as board president of the new K-5 Naval-based Charter School, Muskegon Maritime Academy opening this fall. Dr. Marczak, who retired as president of Muskegon Community College in 2005, made the commitment after academy founder Franklin Fudail shared alarming reports […]

Muskegon Maritime Academy bringing the fun with STEAM Museum

Muskegon Maritime Academy bringing the fun with STEAM Museum

By JOE FISHER Muskegon – The Muskegon Maritime Academy (MMA) K-5 naval academy will pick up steam quickly this school year when it invites the STEAM Museum to campus. MMA will be hosting Mobile Ed Productions’ STEAM Museum on Wednesday, September 28. The museum is an interactive and entertaining learning experience that gives students a […]

Muskegon Maritime Academy Enrolling K-5

Muskegon Maritime Academy Enrolling K-5

Muskegon – The Muskegon Maritime Academy is enrolling grades kindergarten through Fifth grade. The new school is the first Naval Academy and Maritime-based school in Muskegon County. The school will be located at 571 E. Apple Avenue(the old Angell Elementary School). To enroll visit www.MuskegonMaritimeAcademy.org.

SVSU Announces Scholarships for Muskegon Maritime Academy Students

SVSU Announces Scholarships for Muskegon Maritime Academy Students

Saginaw – Saginaw Valley State University(SVSU) has announced that students who attend Muskegon Maritime Academy from grades 3-5, would be eligible to receive a $6,000 per year scholarship to attend SVSU. Students have to be admitted to the university and meet scholarship programs admission criteria. For a four-year degree, the scholarship will be worth $24,000. […]

Muskegon Maritime Academy to Partner with Global Brand Adidas

Muskegon Maritime Academy to Partner with Global Brand Adidas

Muskegon – The Muskegon Maritime Academy(MMA) will officially become an  “Adidas School” when the school opens its doors in the fall”. The students will officially be geared with Adidas attire and shoes for physical education class and non-uniform days at the new school. Franklin A. Fudail, the school founder who negotiated the deal with Adidas […]

Muskegon Maritime Academy STEM Program to offer coding and eSports

Muskegon Maritime Academy STEM Program to offer coding and eSports

Muskegon – The Muskegon Maritime Academy(MMA) is the first K-5 all Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math(STEM) school in Muskegon County. In addition to the maritime science and research, the new naval academy plans to offer coding classes starting in third grade and a STEM-based eSports league starting in fifth grade. School officials say the aim […]

What Matters Most to Nations and Peoples?

What Matters Most to Nations and Peoples?

Speaking in Conroe, Texas, last weekend, former President Donald Trump accused his successor of allowing millions of migrants to enter the country illegally across our Southern border. “The most important border … for us is not Ukraine’s border but America’s border,” thundered Trump. “Before Joe Biden sends any troops to defend a border in Europe, […]

Local Educator helps develop reading skills and moral lessons in new children’s book

Local Educator helps develop reading skills and moral lessons in new children’s book

By Mike Thompson “Uncle Buddy” is a children’s book, newly released by local educator Georgia Ann Moss, with the bottom-line goal of improving the youngster’s classroom performance. If it’s a good story that the child enjoys, then all for the better. The storyline features little Georgia joining her siblings, Marie and Albert, in their annual […]