Colleen LaBeau introduced our speaker Marilynn Smith, Principal of Orchard Lake Elementary School, Impact Academy is a program based on the education model that creates a personalized learning environment where all students are taught at their individual level in the areas of reading, writing, and mathematics.  Students and teachers together design a pathway of learning to maximize personal interests and talents.  Integration of content areas will connect all learning to real world problems in the service-learning module.  Impact Academy focuses on incorporating three key learning areas, 21st Century Skills, Personalized Learning & Service Learning.