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From the Superintendent’s Desk
Help keep students, bus drivers safe while traveling Transportation safety comes up in our school safety discussions and I wanted to provide some clarity in how all drivers should respond when they come upon a school bus while traveling through the community. • When Yellow lights are flashing: Be prepared to stop. When Red lights […]
Bridge to Wellness
Celebrate World Kindness Day on Nov. 13 by Emily Stewart World Kindness Day, celebrated around the globe on Nov. 13 each year, is a great time to promote ways to practice kindness. This special day was first introduced in 1998 by the World Kindness Movement to “highlight good deeds in the community focusing on the […]
Woah Nellie!
Indian Tapioca Pudding: Pleasant taste but presentation leaves a little to be desired by Mary Jo David As a child, I always loved tapioca, especially with mashed, fresh strawberries on top. So, as I was searching through 100-year-old recipes to try this month, is it any wonder that Indian Tapioca Pudding jumped off the page […]
Outreach in Action
Assessing community strengths, weaknesses help determine future direction at Outreach by Jo Mayer and Paul Crandall Looking at where you’ve been and where you are now is a good practice for determining where to go next. That’s what Chelsea Hospital’s Behavioral Health Navigator, Kathy Walz, helped our community do at the Stockbridge Community Outreach board […]
Staff Spotlight: First grade teacher Terri Grant creates a varied environment to encourage a range of learners
by Mary Jo David Terri Grant, first grade teacher at Smith Elementary, has a knack for teaching young ones, but the impact she has on her students doesn’t end in her classroom. As recently as this past year, Grant wrote a Stockbridge Community News story about two students she taught as second-graders who have gone […]
Active Aging: As seasons change, prioritize staying connected
by Dana Blaszkowski Here in Michigan, we’ve learned to prepare ourselves for winter. We do fall clean up in our gardens and landscaping. Our vehicle tires are changed out for snow tires. We weatherproof our homes, campers and boats. We locate the shovels, boots and winter gear and tune up the snow blowers. We stock […]
Reading between the Lines: ‘Empire of Ice and Stone’
Reading Between the Lines ‘Empire of Ice and Stone’: This page turner will have you appreciating Michigan winters by Chuck Wisman “Empire of Ice and Stone: The Disastrous and Heroic Voyage of the Karluk,” by Buddy Levy, contains incredible episodes of heroism, cowardice, madness, hunger, bravery, death, fear, and survival in the everlasting night of […]
Rural Perspectives: Common sugar maple tree can live for several hundred years
by Diane Constable The sugar maple is one of our most iconic and versatile trees and is common in our woodlands and neighborhoods. Its scientific name, Acer saccharum, is Greek for “like sugar.” These trees grow up to 135 feet tall and live for several hundred years. Some have been found that are more than […]
Clyde’s Corner: Missing you old friend. Oh, the times we had.
by Clyde Whitaker Where do you begin when writing about a lifelong friend, and the experiences you shared, after he was taken away too early due to the complications of diabetes? I could write way more than the pages in this newspaper, but I will keep it short (Ed Wetherall…lol), in talking about a few […]
Stockbridge FFA Students Raise Scale Barn for Local Pioneer Days
by Robert Richards The Waterloo Farm Museum Pioneer Day is a celebration where families can travel the grounds and explore the farmhouse and many buildings depicting farm life in the mid-late 1800s. This is the 61st year of the annual Pioneer day at Waterloo Farm Museum. This event offers food, fun old-styled farm activities, and […]