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School Staff Spotlight: Langone spurs artistic creativity in Stockbridge students
by Amy Haggerty Now beginning his 24th year of teaching, Jay Langone’s classes remain as popular as ever. Langone teaches all the art classes at Stockbridge Junior and Senior High School. His classes fill up fast with eager students in grades 7-12 wanting to learn all about art. Langone wanted to become a teacher because […]
From the superintendent’s desk: Welcome back
by Karl Heidrich Welcome back to the 2018-2019 school year! We hope you had an enjoyable summer. First of all, we would like to thank our school district community for passing our operating millage renewal. We appreciate your continued support of our school district. Over the summer, our administrative team has been working hard preparing […]
Look Back in Time – September
One hundred years ago, Stockbridge was a quiet little town as were the many surrounding villages. School opened in the village on Sept. 3 and opened within a week in most other area communities. The Community School District was yet to be created. In Stockbridge (the village), Miss Carr resigned as principal and Miss McKenzie […]
Faces of Addiction – Conclusion For the love of my child…
by Tina Cole-Mullins How does one look into the eyes of children and tell them Daddy or Mommy won’t be coming home, knowing those words will forever change their lives? That’s exactly what Misty Smith had to do when her husband lost his battle with alcoholism in 2013, the result of driving while intoxicated. Although […]
The longest journey begins with a single cell
by Eric Rasmussen Our bodies are composed of trillions of cells that specialize in numerous ways to give rise to the walking, talking, and conscious human body currently reading this sentence. Amazingly, each of our intricate bodies started as one single cell containing all the precious blueprints for life, DNA. DNA amounts to a genetic […]
Back in Time
by Diane Rockall For August, let’s look back to 1928 (90 years ago), 1978 (40 years ago) and 1998 (20 years ago). In 1928, the Stockbridge Brief Sun was the paper of record for Stockbridge. In its Aug. 2 edition, the paper announced that the 31st annual Catholic picnic to be held at Artz Brothers Grove in […]
From the Superintendent’s Desk: District Update
by Karl Heidrich We are pleased with the progress of our summer projects. The LED lighting has been completed for Smith Elementary, and we are in progress for Heritage School. When students return to Heritage and Smith, there will be a tremendous difference in lighting both in the hallways and classrooms. Converting to LED lighting […]
August’s Where’s Waldo Mystery Location Revealed
Think you know the area? Here’s your chance to prove it. Each month, SCN photographer Rose Collison is photographing a mystery location within the Stockbridge School District. Names of readers who correctly identify the subject of the photo will be entered into a drawing, and one overall winner will be selected. August’s winner will receive […]
‘Never say never” describes Kathryn Humrich
by Judy Williams Kathryn Humrich always considered the Gregory/Plainfield area to be her home. The 99-year-old has lived all but two of her years in the area. Those two years away from her family, she said, were a very difficult time in her life. She lived in Arizona, from 1943 to 1945, and […]
Student of the Month: Gwen Rogozinski
by Cindy Lance During a time when student participation in extracurricular activities is waning, one young student may be single-handedly reversing the trend. Gwen Rogozinski, who just finished her eighth-grade year, was in the National Junior Honor Society. She also participates in basketball, volleyball, softball and track. Her mantra in life is “hard work will […]