Stockbridge Community Schools
Audrey Austin, First Place Winner of This I Believe Essay
Below, is the first place winner and last essay of the three month student written, “This I Believe,” column. We are pleased to feature Audrey Austin’s “This I Believe” essay. The essays, submitted anonymously to a Friends of the Library panel, are reviewed and winners recommended. The Friends then contribute $25 to first place, $15 […]
Boys 2nd, Girls 4th at Marshall Barney Roy XC Invite
The boys and girls’ cross country teams had strong showings at Marshall’s Barney Roy Invitational Thursday. The Panther boys finished 2nd out seven teams at the event. They finished just three points behind first place Parma Western. Parma finished with 45 points, while Stockbridge had 48. GLAC rival Olivet was third with 65. Dalton Satkowiak […]
MHSAA Allows Fall Sports Teams to Start Competing
Fall sports teams are allowed to start competing when the Representative Council of the Michigan High School Athletic Association reinstated the 2020 season after Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s Executive Order 176 lifted restrictions that previously did not allow the sport to be played. Whitmer’s executive order also allows for an immediate start of competition boys soccer; […]
Martell describes a first day of school with remote teaching
by Amy Haggerty As this unique year continues on to autumn, the coronavirus still plays a part in daily activities. One of the most difficult challenges during the pandemic is getting children safely back to school. In Stockbridge, the 2020-21 school year opened Aug. 24 with online learning from teachers for all students at home […]
High School Sports Returns to Stockbridge
In what was a long time coming, Stockbridge athletes took part in a sports contest for the first time since March due to the Covid-19 Pandemic this week as the cross country teams hosted a tri-meet Friday, August 28. With numerous cancellations to Invitationals due to the pandemic, the teams are scrambling to find new […]
Highest Praise Worship Center Backpack Give Away 2020
by Tina Cole-Mullins Saturday Aug. 1, eager kids and parents, grandparents or guardians donned face masks and practiced social distancing while attending the Annual Backpack Giveaway on Stockbridge’s Township Square, hosted by the Highest Praise Worship Center. “I think it’s a wonderful thing, especially now with so many hurting because of the Covid concerns going […]
SAEF Approves Four Grant Requests
by Bruce Brown Four grant requests were recently approved by the Stockbridge Area Educational Foundation in partnership with the school district. Each will enrich the school experience for Stockbridge area students. Optimistically moving forward with one’s mission is well and alive in Stockbridge even during uncertain times. The Stockbridge Schools Choir Director, Carol Hatch, submitted […]
Back to school: Parents facing tough choices during COVID-19 pandemic
by Tina Cole-Mullins After schools closed in March and the governor’s emergency orders filled the summer, cases of COVID-19 still continue throughout the state. Now as fall begins, school administrators, staff, teachers and parents are working to safely provide the best education for students during the pandemic. What will be best learning environment for the […]
High School Football Postponed Until Spring
The Michigan High School Athletics Association announced Friday that it will be postponing football until the spring season due to the coronavirus outbreak. “At the end of the day, we did everything we could to find a path forward for football this fall,” MHSAA executive director Mark Uyl said in a news release Friday. “But […]