Stockbridge Community Schools
From the Superintedent’s Desk
School improvement goals set for upcoming school year Hello Stockbridge Families, In a few weeks, students will be returning to school for the 2023-2024 school year. We have great anticipation for the new school year and the implementation of the preparations we have made for the students. This past year, we made a lot of […]
Senior Brianna Polenz wins Prestigious Award
Published in Uncaged, April 2023 by Jamie Phillips, Uncaged Reporter Last year senior Brianna Polenz was awarded the Horatio Alger Association scholarship, which earned her $25,000 and a paid trip to Washington D.C. Unlike most Scholarships, the criteria is based less on academics, though it was a consideration when it came to the last of […]
Look who’s retiring from Stockbridge School District
by Amy Haggerty Three district employees are retiring as of the end of the 2022/23 school year— Lisa Bolton, elementary teacher; Anne Rouse, paraprofessional; and Sarah Vowels junior/senior high teacher. Together, they represent a combined 60 years of working with our children, district, and community, where they’ve given so much of themselves. Hopefully their retirements […]
Eagle Scout Project Provides New Dugouts for Local Baseball Field
Stockbridge senior Landen Schipul was watching his brother play baseball on a diamond at the high school when he got an idea for his Eagle Scout Project. “I was watching my brother play and I saw the other ball diamonds at the high school had nice dugouts and I thought that it wasn’t fair, so […]
Seven Stockbridge Seniors Named GLAC Scholar Athletes
Photo provided by Anthony Adkins The Greater Lansing Activities Conference held its 7th Annual Scholar-Athlete Banquet Lansing Wednesday, April 26th. Scholar-Athlete Awards go to the top seven GPA’s for Senior student-athletes from each school in the GLAC. The student-athletes must also earn two varsity letters their Senior year or earn three varsity letters in the […]
Staff Spotlight: Sarah Vowels discusses role models and engaging her students
by Amy Haggerty Sarah Vowels teaches 7th grade social studies. She also began teaching high school yearbook, which is taught as a class in Stockbridge, when Elizabeth Cyr retired. “My favorite days are when I overhear students talking to their friends and they say, ‘it’s the end of class already? It went by fast,’” Vowels […]
Sixth Grade “Fantastic Five” Has Amazing Season
Cover Photo by Brian Frazzini Sports teams have to play shorthanded and face adversity all the time, but the Stockbridge girls’ 6th grade basketball team proved that all it takes is some hard work and smart play to have a successful season despite lacking players. The Panthers took it to another level this season as […]