Graduation for the Class of 2008
Posted in Uncategorized on May 29th, 2008
Check out Mr. Nathan Bush’s blog to order your own DVD of this year’s graduation ceremony. This a great keepsake, and it helps support our video production classes.
Monthly Archive for May, 2008
Powerpoint at Harvest
Posted in Uncategorized on May 28th, 2008
Over the past couple weeks, Harvest 4th graders have been showing off their “Powerpoint” skills with the media specialist Ms. Michelle Kraft. I was able to check in on Ms. Jasmine Dudzik’s class today. The students researched their subject (insects) in Ms. Linda McCormick’s Quest class. Their presentations were shown on our Smartboard and included [...]
Having a Field Day!
Posted in Uncategorized on May 28th, 2008
It’s “Field Day” season at our elementary schools! Below are some pictures from Woodland Meadows. Here’s one from Pleasant Ridge with the help of the Saline Fire Department. They had their field day at the high school athletic complex. Here’s a Houghton picture from Mr. Jason Priebe.
After School Reception
Posted in Uncategorized on May 28th, 2008
On Tuesday, the Saline Area School Foundation hosted an “After School Reception” at Union School to celebrate grant recipients, donors, foundation advisors and foundation advocates. The event included presentations from Ms. Michelle Barnes and Mr. Juan Lauchu. Each provided the attendees with information about their grants and highlighted the success their projects achieved with the [...]
Saline District Library
Posted in Uncategorized on May 27th, 2008
The newly renovated and expanded Saline District Library is now open for business. I was able to stop in today at 9:00am when the doors re-opened. The “official” grand opening is set for this Saturday, May 31st at 10:00am. Below are some pictures of the new facility.
Memorial Day Parade
Posted in Uncategorized on May 26th, 2008
There was a nice crowd downtown today to watch the Memorial Day Parade. Both our High School and Middle School bands marched in honor of those who have served our country.
“Blocks to Robots” at Pooh Corner
Posted in Uncategorized on May 23rd, 2008
Ms. Su-Fen Lin, director of our Pooh Corner pre-school recently gave me the book, “Blocks to Robots” by Marina Umachi Bers to read. I think this was because over the last several years as the Director of Community Education, Ms. Lin and I have had numerous philosophical conversations about early childhood education. These discussions often [...]
School Improvement in Action
Posted in Uncategorized on May 21st, 2008
On Tuesday, I was able to sit in on the final Heritage School Improvement meeting. The meeting was essentially an analysis of how the building had done in terms of the areas designated in their school improvement plan. They reviewed what worked well and what needed to be improved in a variety of areas. They [...]
Leadership and Design Team Institute Showcase
Posted in Uncategorized on May 20th, 2008
On May 15th the Washtenaw Intermediate School District hosted the Leadership and Design Team Institute Showcase. The event had 47 exhibits from around the county. Each exhibit highlighted local district projects based around five strands: Adolescent Literacy, School Improvement, Instructional Consultation Teams, High School Transformation and Equity. I was very proud of the three Saline [...]
Harvest Landscaping Prioject
Posted in Uncategorized on May 20th, 2008
If you head over to Harvest Elementary, you will see that their building has been beautifully landscaped by a group of volunteers that included Joanne & Sean Skelly, Jill Wiedmeyer, Lisa MacDonald, Heidi & Doug Evans, David & Andrea Brown, and Kelli Gatecliff. We also had student support from Maeve & Bridget Skelly; Erin Lathrop; [...]