Superintendent's Blog

Over the past several months I have publicly stated that we need to seriously consider ending the practice of purchasing textbooks and focus on securing access to quality digital information. Recently in many community venues, I have spoken to the importance of students being able to critically evaluate the information they read on the Internet.  [...]

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The state, parents, and public health officials have encouraged us to analyze the effect that food plays in the lives of our students in the classroom, and have encouraged us to confront the issue of childhood obesity and healthy living behaviors.  Saline, like all Michigan Public Schools, has a Wellness Policy. The policy speaks to [...]

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Our Women’s Swim and Dive team competed in the MHSAA Division I State Meet this weekend and brought home 4th place honors.  The 4th place finish is the best finish in the history of the program and the 200 Freestyle Relay team broke our varsity record.  Congratulations Coach Brunty and all the student-athletes!

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I am starting to get very excited, but also very nervous about how technology is going to impact education.  As most of you know, I love technology and feel its effective use is the key to the future of public education.  That being said, I am also concerned with the sheer volume of opportunities that [...]

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Dr. Sean Enright hosted an informational meeting tonight regarding the NWEA results that parents are receiving.  I stopped for a portion of the meeting to see what questions parents had about the results and the comments were interesting. First, I was very impressed by the questions.  Many had thoughts about what the scores meant, but [...]

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Click the link below for a quick update on the progress of the Safe School Event Task Force and the Liberty Facility Review Committee. Community Committee Podcast

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I had fun (until the end) watching my Alma Mater – Central Michigan University – take on Ball State last night.  As I watched I was impressed to see our own Brian Bennyhoff as the long snapper for the Chips.  Brian graduated from Saline High School last year and even though just a freshman, he [...]

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Last Friday, I has the opportunity to preview our new school store.  The store opened on Monday after months of research and re-design.  The store is located near the Commons in the High School and for years has been know as the T-N-T (This and That) – with the re-design the store has a  new [...]

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You may have already noticed we have added a “Monthy Poll” to the front page of the website.  The first poll is an attempt to learn how often people are reading this blog. Web polls are far from scientific or valid – however, they can be fun and provide some insight on an issue or [...]

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Our Saline Animal Science Class placed first in the 2008 Michigan FFA State Broiler Contest.  There were over 255 entries state wide.  The chickens raised right here in Saline High School! (Yes, we have a comprehensive high school)  This marks the 5th time in 9 years Saline has won state first place! Congratulations to the [...]

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