Superintendent's Blog

SAS Staff & Community, As we begin the new school year, I want to thank all of you for the amazing building transition that has taken place in the district. This includes our clerical staff that has spent hours helping organize and accommodating new or transferred staff. I want to thank our buildings & grounds, custodial and technology staff [...]

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Here is another compelling and interesting video regarding Project Based Learning…

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I have been thinking a lot about how the teaching staff starts the school year.  This year we are not having the traditional all staff gathering at the high school.  This year will be my 16th year with Saline Area Schools, and the first time we have not had this opening event. We are trying [...]

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Here is a good example of a Project Based Learning project.  As I watched this video I was intrigued by the engaged students who could demonstrate how they developed their own ideas and concepts around a central project.  The issue of standards vs. skills is touched upon by a teacher near the end of the [...]

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I was checking in on Louis Gray’s blog today and read this paragraph… “Our panel’s determination could be summarized as saying the ability for the public to launch stories and extend storylines related to realtime has removed the ability for mainstream media to be gatekeepers, furthering the need to accurately determine authenticity and truth. And [...]

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This is the time of year when I think a lot about my role in the organization.  The school-year is getting underway, the plans have been set, the goals are established and now we have the challenge of making it all work!  It takes a combination of leadership skills, management skills, and some luck. This [...]

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In May, the Annie E. Casey Foundation released a report called, “Early Warning!: Why Reading by the end of Third Grade Matters.” This report highlighted the point that has been supported by research that readers who are not proficient by the end of third grade will continue to struggle throughout their school career.  In Saline, [...]

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In July, Newsweek ran a cover story titled, The Creativity Crisis by Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman. They reported that while Americans’ average I.Q. has been rising 10 points each generation , creativity has been falling since 1990, with the steepest declines among children from kindergarten to the 6th grade. Part of the problem, say [...]

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The beginning of fall sports practices at the high school this week means that the start of school is right around the corner.  I’m not sure how our students feel, but it’s time to get ready! It’s been one of the busiest summers on record for Saline Area Schools.  I’d like to thank all of [...]

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