Scot Graden – Superintendent of Saline Area Schools
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 31st, 2008
Those of you have been to any of the offices that I have had over the last 10 or so years know that I am a pretty big Detroit Tigers fan. Well, after a rough 15 or so years, the last two have been very good. This year’s squad is as good as I have [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 30th, 2008
A common formative assessment is a fancy name for a pretest, or so I thought! As an administrative team, we have begun reading and discussing the 2006 book, Common Formative Assessments authored by Larry Ainsworth and Donald Vieght. This opportunity provided me with the chance to learn more about where we (and many high-achieving schools) [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 28th, 2008
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 28th, 2008
This week I had the chance to stop by and check the completed projects from the Extreme Middle School program. Hannah Chen, Claire Koerschner, Jacob Liebowitz, Joey Omichinski, Lindsey Stolzenfeld and Amelia Waters participated in the group that met Monday mornings before school to work on their projects with the help of assistant principal Ms. [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 26th, 2008
There were two scheduled reports at the meeting. First, Leslee Neithammer, the director of the Saline District Library shared information regarding the progress on building renovations. The project is coming along very nicely and is set to re-open this May. We’ll miss having them at Liberty School, although Ms. Neithammer indicated she and her staff [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 25th, 2008
Today was the lumberjack breakfast at Woodland Meadows. All the 4th grade classes enjoyed a hearty breakfast before heading out to work. The breakfast was very quiet – there was no talking allowed. This was to keep from having any “brawls” take place between unhappy shanty boys. Once they got to camp, “The Boss”, Mr. [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 25th, 2008
For those of you heading south to Orlando, Florida over spring break – be sure to stop in to see the Saline High School Marching Band perform in the afternoon parade in the Magic Kingdom on Monday, March 31 at approximately 2:30pm. This is a huge undertaking with over 210 students, 18 chaperones, 3 Directors [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 25th, 2008
This is a tough time of year for our spring student-athletes, parents and coaches. Our girls water polo team is about the only program that can count on practices and games being held at the same place. Soccer and lacrosse are able to make great use of the turf fields, which are a blessing this [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 20th, 2008
Well, I went… it was quite a show! Below you will see Elvis started the evening off on a solid note. Nice work Mr. Hill and the Golden Sting staff. I would also like to add that Mr. Pike made some “beautiful” contributions to the show….
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 16th, 2008
Recently I read an interview of Thomas Friedman, a best selling author and New York Times columnist. He is the author of The World Is Flat, which describes ten forces that are “flattening” the world economy – making it simple for China, India and others around the world to compete with America. While I may [...]