2025-01-17T05:53:29-08:00 2024-08-31 873507883 LYH Accounting and Tax Services LLC 5825 Castlegate Ct Canton MI 48187 990 2023-09-01 382377598 Steppingstone Center For The Potentially Gifted STEP 2489578200 650 Church Street 119 Plymouth MI 48170 MICHELLE BELT President 2025-01-17 true true Yihong Li P03043024 7346376094 X 2023 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z MICHELLE BELT 650 Church Street 119 Plymouth MI 48170 303614 false X WWW.STEPPINGSTONESCHOOL.ORG X 1981 MI ELEMENTARY EDUCATION 10 10 9 0 28569 50480 277773 216347 108 0 21763 36787 328213 303614 0 0 152978 152312 0 26765 100646 128115 253624 280427 74589 23187 356145 282041 1094379 996644 -738234 -714603 X ELEMENTARY EDUCATION false false 149672 206877 BASIC PROGRAM GOALS AT STEPPINGSTONE SCHOOL IS TO ORGANIZE, OPERATE, AND MAINTAIN A NON-SECTARIAN SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN; ADMINISTER AN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM BALANCED BETWEEN ACADEMIC LEARNING AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT THROUGH INTERACTIONS WITH PEERS AND ADULTS; TO PROMOTE AN EDUCATIONAL CURRICULUM AND COURSE OF STUDY COMMENSURATE WITH AND IN ADDITION TO THAT OFFERED BY LOCAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS OFFERING DEGREES FOR GRADES KINDERGARTEN THROUGH EIGHT GRADE. WE DELIVER OUR COURSE MATERIAL USING THE AKABA MODEL OF DIFFERENTIATED EDUCATION. NAMED AFTER THE FOUNDER'S FATHER, KENJI AKABA, THIS METHOD OF CURRICULUM DESIGN AND COURSE DELIVERY HAS EVOLVED OVER YEARS OF TEACHING GIFTED LEARNERS AT STEPPINGSTONE. THIS MODEL PROVIDES MAXIMUM FLEXIBILITY FOR TEACHERS BY ACCOMMODATING THE UNIQUE COGNITIVE, PHYSICAL, SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL ASPECTS OF THE GIFTED LEARNER. IN MOST SCHOOL SETTINGS, STUDENTS ARE ADVANCED BY AGE. THIS OFTEN IMPEDES GIFTED LEARNERS WHO MAY BE ACADEMICALLY ONE OR MORE YEARS AHEAD OF THEIR PEERS. LIKEWISE, ADVANCING STUDENTS ACADEMICALLY SO THAT THEY ARE REMOVED FROM THEIR SOCIAL GROUP CAN CREATE EMOTIONAL STRESS AND UNEVEN PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT. WE ORGANIZE OUR STUDENTS INTO SMALL MULTI-AGE/MULTI-GRADE DEVELOPMENTAL CLASSROOMS OF APPROXIMATELY 15 STUDENTS EACH. CORE SUBJECTS (MATH, SPELLING AND READING), HOWEVER, ARE INSTRUCTED IN EVEN SMALLER (ONE TO SIX STUDENTS) ABILITY GROUPS. THIS ALLOWS TEACHERS MAXIMUM FLEXIBILITY TO ACCOMMODATE EACH STUDENT'S ACADEMIC NEEDS WHILE ENSURING THAT STUDENTS ARE NURTURED SOCIALLY AND EMOTIONALLY WITH THEIR AGE-RELATED PEERS. 68552 12500 SUMMER CAMP & SPECIAL PROGRAMS: STEPPINGSTONE SUPPLEMENTS ITS PROGRAMS WITH ACTIVITIES SUCH AS FENCING, MUSIC, FOREIGN LANGUAGES, AND ART. SOME OF THESE INCLUDE VARIATIONS SUCH AS POTTERY AND YOGA. SOME OF THESE SPECIAL PROGRAMS ARE: INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC LESSONS TAUGHT BY A CLASSICALLY TRAINED MUSICIAN WITH A MAJOR IN VIOLIN PERFORMANCE AND TEACHING VIOLIN WITH A MINOR IN TEACHING PIANO; ALSO PREPARE STUDENTS FOR COMPETITION AND TESTING IN SOLO AND ENSEMBLE AND THE NATIONAL FEDERATION OF MUSIC CLUBS (NFMC) AS WELL AS PARTICIPATION IN MUSIC RECITALS. WESTERN MARTIAL ARTS SPELLING AND READING), HOWEVER, ARE INSTRUCTED IN EVEN SMALLER (ONE TO SIX STUDENTS) ABILITY GROUPS. THIS ALLOWS TEACHERS MAXIMUM FLEXIBILITY TO ACCOMMODATE EACH STUDENT'S ACADEMIC NEEDS WHILE ENSURING THAT STUDENTS ARE NURTURED SOCIALLY AND EMOTIONALLY WITH THEIR AGE-RELATED FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4B, PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS: THIS MARTIAL ARTS CLASS TEACHES STUDENTS HISTORICAL EUROPEAN TRADITIONS OF SELF DEFENSE. STUDENTS AGES TEN THROUGH FOURTEEN HAVE FUN LEARNING TECHNIQUES AGAINST TARGETS AND USING THEM IN PADDED SPARRING. STUDENTS ALSO WORK TOGETHER IN GROUP GAMES AND ACTIVITIES, BUILDING FOCUS, CONFIDENCE, TEAMWORK AND AWARENESS. ALL ACTIVITIES USE TRAININGEQUIPMENT WHICH PROVIDES A SAFE, FUN AND EFFECTIVE WAY OF LEARNING. INSTRUCTOR HAS 15 YEARS EXPERIENCE WITH BOTH WESTERN MARTIAL ARTS AND INSTRUCTING CHILDREN. SMART CENTER THE STEPPINGSTONE MAGNETIC RESONANCE TRAINING (SMART) CENTER'S PURPOSE IS TO BRING A RESEARCH-BASED SCIENCE EXPERIENCE TO YOUNG, SCIENCE-ORIENTED STUDENTS IN ORDER TO MEET OUR MISSION OF "EXCITING THE NEXT GENERATION OF SCIENTISTS". IT OFFERS MIDDLE SCHOOL, HIGH SCHOOL AND JUNIOR COLLEGE STUDENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE IN RESEARCH EXPERIENCES THAT ARE USUALLY ONLY AVAILABLE TO COLLEGE STUDENTS. STUDENTS WILL UTILIZE A $200,000 MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROMETER (EPR), DEVELOP A HYPOTHESIS TO TEST, DESIGN AN EXPERIMENTAL PROTOCOL TO TEST THE HYPOTHESIS, CONDUCT EXPERIMENTS USING AN EPR SPECTROMETER, LEARN TO ANALYZE THE DATA, AND TO REACH A CONCLUSION. 218224 true true false false false false false false false false true false false false true false false false true false false false false false true false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 2 0 true 9 true false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false X 10 10 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true true true false X David Liou 2489578200 650 Church Street Room 119 Plymouth MI 48170 X MICHELLE BELT President 4.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 CHRISTOPHER ISBERG Vice President 4.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 DONNA COFFIN Vice President 4.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 ANTHONY BONANNI Secretary 4.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 RICH NIEMISTO Treasurer 4.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 JORGE CONTRERAS Trustee 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 FRANCES ELDIS Trustee 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 JOYCE LI Trustee 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 YONG HWA SON Trustee 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 GOPAL PADINJARUVEETIL Trustee 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 0 false false false 0 50480 50480 Program Fee Revenue 611600 13795 13795 Tuition 611600 202552 202552 216347 0 0 0 0 0 35913 35913 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS INCOME 874 874 874 303614 217221 0 0 0 0 0 0 123754 113051 9164 1539 3887 612 1583 1692 13848 9368 4480 10823 9181 905 737 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10697 8266 1614 817 7448 5270 223 1955 3736 3725 741 -730 0 52889 43673 4846 4370 0 0 4215 675 1040 2500 5285 2423 2559 303 0 0 8471 7116 762 593 STUDENT ACTIVITIES 9385 8792 593 CATERING 8868 8868 All other expenses 5995 2254 1730 2011 PROFESSIONAL FEES 5160 5160 5966 3818 631 1517 280427 218224 35438 26765 62165 18028 225028 201891 0 68233 61884 0 0 0 238 719 0 361267 361267 0 0 0 0 0 0 356145 282041 5892 193302 114395 807085 799393 88100 82532 324 1094379 996644 X -749202 -725571 10968 10968 -738234 -714603 356145 282041 23187 444 X false false false X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 361267 361267 PAYROLL CLEARING 324 324 false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true Schedule E, Line 3 - Racially Nondiscriminatory Policy Publicized NONDISCRIMINATORY POLICY INCLUDED IN ALL ADVERTISEMENTS AND BROCHURES. 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