Scot Graden – Superintendent of Saline Area Schools
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 29th, 2008
On Wednesday, February 27 Saline 5th grade students graduated from the D.A.R.E. program. DARE stands for Drug Abuse Resistance Education. The Saline Police Department with Officer “Dave” Ringe partner with us to provide the program to all 5th graders. The 2008 graduation ceremony was a special one. The graduates and their families were treated to [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 27th, 2008
The board heard two presentations at the meeting last night. First, “Jump Start” was outlined by Dr. Nic Cooper, Mr. Ben Williams and Mr. David Raft. The Jump Start program is a new idea here in Saline – it is essentially a “bridge” program for exiting 8th grade students who are in need of some [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 25th, 2008
On Wednesday, February 13th – “Zero the Hero” made a special visit to Houghton School. The students counted to 100 and cheered the arrival of “Zero”. It was a great day for all of our students and staff as we officially hit day 100! (It was twice moved back due to pesky snow days)
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 23rd, 2008
The Saline High School Drama Club opened the Rodgers and Hammerstein’s musical theater classic, CAROUSEL, tonight in the Ewing Performing Arts Center at Saline High School. The show runs Friday & Saturday, February 22 & 23 at 7:30 P.M. and Sunday, February 24 at 2:00 P.M. Tonight’s show was a hit. I was very impressed [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 19th, 2008
I had the opportunity to join Coach Pickett, Coach Romans and the SHS Varsity Girls Basketball team for their team dinner tonight. Coach/Nurse/Chef Ken Romans prepared the meal…. Following the excellent dinner, Coach Pickett and the team began the mental preperation for the game. The team heads over to Lincoln to take on the Bedford [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 13th, 2008
We had a solid agenda at the meeting last night. We heard a presentation from the “Friends of Henne Field” group made up of Paul Bunten, Craig Hoeft, Carla Scruggs, David Rhoads and Doug Bacon. The group is the planning committee behind proposed renovations to the Henne Field area located behind Union School. The area [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 13th, 2008
1972 was a big year…. I turned one and Bruce Ross started at Saline High School. Thirty-Six years later, he still has more energy than most of our High School students. Mr. Ross has taught many courses over the years – lately drafting has been his area. He was also a wrestling coach for several [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 5th, 2008
Congratulations to Lauren Paolini who was recently selected for the U.S. Women’s National Volleyball Training Team! The University of Texas Junior has taken a semester off from school train with the team in Colorado. As a Senior, Lauren led the Saline High Varsity squad to District and Regional Titles and a spot in the State [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 2nd, 2008
I had the opportunity to stop by the Middle School Science Fair today. Mr. Fanning, a Middle School Science Teacher and SHS graduate, coordinated the event again this year. He made some adjustments this year – he had each project use a similar format. The projects all had the same core components – question, hypothesis, [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 1st, 2008
Today was a pretty straightforward call. Over 500 school closings in Southeast Michigan. Every public school in Washtenaw County. Enjoy your weekend and be ready to get back at it on Monday!