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DECEMBER 12, 2024 Vol. 43, No. 26
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Language teacher brings the world to her students BY K. MICHELLE MORAN kmoran@candgnews.com
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Susi Sipos — in her classroom at Grosse Pointe South High School — was recently honored by the Michigan World Language Association as its Language Teacher of the Year.
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GROSSE POINTES — Susi Sipos’ students have learned more than second (or third) languages in her classroom: They’ve developed connections with people in the countries where those languages are spoken. Her ability to teach students to explore and learn about other cultures is among the factors that led to her receiving the Language Teacher of the Year award from the Michigan World Language Association this fall. She was honored for not only teaching languages at Grosse Pointe North High School, but also running an exchange program that enabled her students to travel and make friends with students in other countries. “The thing that meant the most to me is that my colleagues at North nominated me,” Sipos said. The annual award goes to one elementary, one middle and one high school teacher for their work. “The MIWLA Teacher of the Year Awards recognize exemplary K-12 world language educators in our state,” MIWLA public affairs liaison Julie Foss said via email. “Susi Sipos’ nomination for the High School TOY Award See SIPOS on page 10A
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GROSSE POINTES — A group of teenage suspects has been arrested after the teens reportedly committed more than a dozen larcenies from unlocked autos in Grosse Pointe Farms and Grosse Pointe City over a period of a couple of days. Grosse Pointe City Detective Michael Narduzzi said police arrested five suspects from Detroit — all between the ages of 14 and 17 — in the early morning hours of Dec. 6. The suspects — who are said by police to have started the larceny spree between the night of Dec. 3 and the early morning hours of Dec. 4 — were apprehended after police, fielding tips from residents, pursued them as they fled along Jefferson Avenue/Lake Shore Road into Grosse Pointe Shores, where they crashed their vehicle in the area of Lochmoor and Lake Shore roads at around 1:02 a.m. Dec. 6, bailed out of the vehicle and fled on foot. “This particular crew — they were going around in one of their mother’s cars,” Narduzzi said. Narduzzi said one of Grosse Pointe City’s “very astute” public safety officers — officer Jacob Gentile — spotted a vehicle matching the description police had from a witness who
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