Scot Graden - Superintendent of Saline Area Schools
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 29th, 2008
The 117th Annual Saline High School Alumni Banquet was held tonight in Union School. It was fitting that the event was located at Union School, as we celebrated the class of 1958, who was the last class to graduate from Union School. The next year, the class of 1959 graduated from what is now Liberty [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 28th, 2008
In looking at the 2007-2008 evaluation of the Weber-Blaess Schoolhouse from the Saline Area School Historic Preservation Foundation, I was impressed by the number of people who visited this past year. Over 40 groups, including virtually every 3rd & 4th grade class from the Saline District, spent time in the schoolhouse learning about the rural [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 24th, 2008
We started tonight with a wonderful reception for out going Board Member Kim Van Hoek. Tonight’s meeting marked the end of the current phase of Ms. Van Hoek’s 35 year involvement with Saline Area Schools. Her next venture is onto the Board of Trustees for the Saline Area School Foundation. Kim has proved to be [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 24th, 2008
With the move to the Trimester, new Michigan Department of Education standards and the typical summer cleaning/updating - we have stacks and stacks of older textbooks that will be gone very soon. Many of the new books are better suited for the current benchmarks/standards and for the 70 minutes, for 120 days format vs. the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 11th, 2008
On Friday, it’s time to head to Battle Creek! Saline defeated Detroit Southeastern in the Quarterfinal and have advanced to the State Semi Finals on Friday, June 13th in Battle Creek. Saline (31-9) takes on Troy (27-11) at Noon on Morrison Field.
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 11th, 2008
The Pleasant Ridge site is under major renovation including parking lots and drainage capacity.
Improvements to the Woodland Meadows playground have also begun to take shape. The asphalt fitness pathway is being constructed with future developments later this summer and into the fall. A special thank you to Ms. Heather Kellstrom and the Woodland Meadows PTA [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 10th, 2008
What a run! Over the past 5 years, the Saline Varsity Boys Golf squad has set the standard for excellence in boy’s high school golf in the Michigan. This year they were State Runner-Up. Six shots out of the Championship and had two individuals in the top 10, Matt Paterini and Phil Gieseker. A deeper [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 8th, 2008
Congratulations to the Saline Varsity Baseball sqaud on winning back to back Regional titles! They advance to face Detroit Southeastern on Tuesday at 4pm. The game will be played at Carleton Airport High School.
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 7th, 2008
Friday marked the end of the year for Pooh Corner Preschool. The annual graduation ceremonies were held at Mill Pond Park and culminated with the 110 “graduates” walking across the bridge to receive their “diplomas”. The students also demonstrate several of the activities they have worked on during the year.
It was very successful year for [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 6th, 2008
“Cocoa and Cram” was such a success in the fall that the Link Crew staff have decided to add “Exam Jam” in June. All freshman students are invited to attend! They should bring study materials and leave their cell phones at home! This is an opportunity to review with friends and Link [...]