Stockbridge Community Schools
New Coach Hopes to Bring Stockbridge Wrestling Back to Glory Days
It has been a long time since the Stockbridge wrestling program has had a strong team, let alone being able to fill a full squad, but new wrestling coach Jacob Adams is hoping to turn things around for the Panthers this season. The Panthers have struggled to fill weight classes in recent seasons, but the […]
Fire Up Panthers: Stockbridge students create a small business
by Judy Williams Photo credit Judy Williams Look out, Stockbridge. There’s a new small business in town that is not only successful, but it has ignited an entrepreneurial spirit in one Stockbridge Jr/Sr High School classroom. Fire Up Panthers, a microbusiness involved in making and selling fire starters, is operated by eight energetic young men […]
One day at a time
Published in Uncaged, October 2023 Bringing the school closer together by Collin Trost, Uncaged Reporter This article is being published mostly as-is from the October 2023 edition of Uncaged Student News at the local high school. A few very minor edits have been made by the Stockbridge Community News. After a long summer, staff have […]
Staff Spotlight: K-4 STEM teacher Donnie Anderson is a ‘BESTagon’ when it comes to making learning fun
by Mary Jo David If you didn’t know better, you’d guess that STEM teacher Donnie Anderson has spent his entire adult life teaching. Surprisingly, the four years he has taught for Stockbridge Community Schools—one of those years as a building sub—represent his first formal foray into teaching for a school system. However, while working in […]
Stockbridge FFA students learn about Marine Biology in Key Largo
by Kaden Carpenter and Bob Richards On November 9th in the wee hours of the morning, members of the Stockbridge FFA chapter boarded a plane bound for Fort Lauderdale, Florida. These kids weren’t going on vacation, they were going to an educational laboratory in Key Largo. This educational lab, MarineLab, is located on the coast […]
Stockbridge Jr/Sr High School FFA Participates in Broiler Contest
by Elizabeth Vliet and Bob Richards This year the Stockbridge High School Agriculture classes and FFA Chapter participated in the Michigan FFA Broiler Contest raising three pens of twenty five meat chickens. The primary goal of the Michigan FFA Broiler Project Program is to enhance students’ knowledge in animal husbandry, science, mathematics, English, and other […]
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 […]
Panthers Run Hard at State Cross Country Finals
The Stockbridge cross country teams were represented by four runners and the Division 3 state finals at Michigan International Speedway Saturday, November 4 and all four had strong showings at the race. Freshman Emily Satkowiak and sophomore JayLee Chapman represented the Stockbridge girls team and both ran their second fastest races of the season at […]
Volleyball Season Ends with District Loss to Dansville
One of the best seasons in recent memory came to an end last week when the Stockbridge volleyball team dropped a three set match to Dansville in the district opener in Leslie Monday, October 30. The Panthers came up short against the eventual district champion Aggies 21-25, 18-25, 20-25 to finish its season with a […]
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 […]