Beaver Island educator Gena McCafferty addresses school-age parents program graduates, 1990

Event

Date: 1990-06-28
Kind: Education
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: educationfamilycommunitycommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The June 28, 1990 Beaver Beacon reprinted an account of Beaver Island native Gena McCafferty addressing seven graduates of an alternative school-age-parent program. The program provided classes, childcare, transportation, and meals to help teenage parents complete high school.

Evidence limits

This is a reprinted profile and commencement account, not a complete program history or independent educational record.

Sources

“School-Age Parents Told of Their Strengths,” Beaver Beacon, June 28, 1990; reprinted from the June 8 Petoskey News-Review.
Profiles Beaver Island native Gena McCafferty’s speech to seven school-age-parent program graduates and describes the alternative program’s classes, childcare, transport, and meals. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, June 1990, held issue PDF, source scan.
Paired held twenty-page June issue PDF.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island educator Gena McCafferty addresses school-age parents program graduates, 1990”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-school-age-parents-program-1990/, accessed [date], citing “School-Age Parents Told of Their Strengths,” Beaver Beacon, June 28, 1990; reprinted from the June 8 Petoskey News-Review. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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