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The Staple is 826michigan’s e-magazine catch-all for opinions, advice, and information on all things education, innovation and writing. Interested in submitting? Email Editors Amy (Sumerton & Wilson) at TheStaple@826michigan.org.

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TuesdayFebruary 2013

Friends, if the act of writing this article breaks the Internet, please accept our sincere apologies. You see, we’re writing ABOUT our website (and the people who help us with it) ON our website, and that just has to be against some law of physics, right? But we simply had…

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MondayFebruary 2013

Ann Arbor Public Schools are closed and so are all ON-SITE 826michigan programs for students. There will be no after-school tutoring at 826michigan and Ypsilanti Middle School today. Drop-In Writing programs at 826michigan are canceled. Because the Ypsilanti District Library is open, Drop-In Writing at YDL will still take place…

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FridayFebruary 2013

Erica Jolokai It takes all kinds to run a place like 826michigan. We have volunteers who are natural teachers, and others who prefer to help in quieter ways. Volunteers who seem to dream in Awesome Workshop Ideas, and volunteers who really shine at a table with a sixth-grader and some…

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MondayJanuary 2013

Ann Arbor Public Schools are closed and so are all 826michigan programs for students. There will be no after-school tutoring at 826michigan and Ypsilanti Middle School today. Drop-In Writing programs at 826michigan and at the Ypsilanti District Library are canceled this evening. 826michigan offices and the Liberty Street Supply and…

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ThursdayJanuary 2013

Our good friend and hero Jim Ottaviani not only has a Wikipedia page, but he’s also tutored for us regularly for the last several years. He is a font of knowledge and incredibly humble, and it is for these two qualities that we like him best. (Well, and like, ten…

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WednesdayJanuary 2013

Happy new year! As we begin 2013 by digging ourselves out of a large pile of papers, we’d like to extend a hearty thanks to all of you who received our mailer this past December and responded with a donation. (Your actual thank you letters will be in the mail…

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TuesdayJanuary 2013

Jodi Faye Bullock and Maggie Gibbons! If you live in the Southeast Michigan area, we hope you’ve been by our center in downtown Ann Arbor. In that case you’ve probably seen our volunteers working diligently behind the red curtain as field trip helpers in the morning, tutors in the afternoon,…

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TuesdayJanuary 2013

Jodi Faye Bullock and Maggie Gibbons!

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FridayDecember 2012

There are very many things to love about Mittenfest: The music! (Naturally.) The bar! (Also naturally — it’s January 2012 Supporter of the Month Woodruff’s Bar!) The brunch! (At May 2012 Supporter of the Month Beezy’s Cafe!) And of course, the lovely posters and shirts designed by Jenny Harley that…

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MondayDecember 2012

One thing we have no shortage of around 826michigan is people who like books. But then there are those who go beyond “people who like books” to “people who REALLY like books”. Volunteer Julie Judkins is just such a person. A librarian, book review blogger, and avid reader, Julie is…

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