The Dexter Community Schools Board of Education has asked the Sex Ed Advisory Board (SEAB) to go back and modify parts of the updated Sex Education Curriculum. The DCS school board met on Nov. 17 and updated the process moving forward with the SEAB. The Sun Times News (STN) followed up with school board president ...
The Saline High School Advanced Chamber Choir had the unique opportunity to perform in this year’s Choral Invitational at Michigan State University. This is an annual event each fall that includes around 8 top high school choirs from around the state of Michigan. At the invitational, which was held earlier this month, the students worked with ...
The University of Michigan closed fiscal year 2025 with another historic milestone: a record $2.16 billion in research expenditures. This is only the second time in school history that the total has crossed the $2 billion mark. The university’s Office of the Vice President for Research released its annual report this week, highlighting rising federal, ...
The Dexter Community Schools (DCS) Board of Education voted to accept the updated sex education curriculum with modifications. The Dexter school board made the decision at their Nov. 10 special meeting, which included a public hearing on the Sex Education Curriculum Update. The Sun Times News followed up with school board president Elise Bruderly about ...
With the unveiling of its new scoreboard at Al Ritt Stadium this fall, Dexter Community Schools will continue its updates there as well as at the Twin Turf Fields at Dexter High School in an effort to improve these facilities. The DCS Board of Education approved funding for two projects that will help modernize both ...
Milan Area Schools has the unique distinction of being the only high school in a federal prison helping inmates earn a full high school diploma. In describing the program to the Milan Area Schools (MAS) Board of Education, Carrie Mink, the school district’s program coordinator for the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) in Milan, noted a ...
The Monster Project is a unique effort that pairs second-graders at North Creek Elementary School with Chelsea High School ceramics students in an artistic collaboration that brings student artwork to life. This project was a tradition in the past, but went away during COVID. Now it’s back. Amanda Clor, CHS Principal, updated the school board ...
Photo by diane39 Michigan’s schools have received their report cards, and many are full of failing grades. According to the Michigan Student Test of Educational Programs (known as M-STEP), on average across the state, only three of five third-grade students can read proficiently. That means two out of five third-graders cannot read to their grade ...
It was expected to be a big part of the 2nd annual Red, White & Blue Dogs home football game on October 24, but things did not going according to plan. The Chelsea School District (CSD) was hoping to have the Michigan War Dog Memorial play a part of the game that’s dedicated to honoring ...
The Chelsea School District updates the community on a nationwide lawsuit that came out of last year’s PowerSchool data breach. Although it appears at this time local schools were not impacted by the breach, Saline, Dexter, Chelsea and Milan were all utilizing this cloud-based K-12 software provider at the time of the breach. Chelsea School ...
Dexter Community Schools is showing its appreciation to its employees by sharing some left over money in the budget. Another big reason behind this is the teachers union. At their meeting on Oct. 20, the DCS Board of Education approved one-time off-schedule payment agreements with the district’s employee groups, which includes the Dexter Administrators’ Association ...
It takes a special community to make this happen, is how John Daniels described the Athletic Fieldhouse fundraising effort. A big donation that will end up being just over $1.7 million dollars was presented to the Chelsea School District (CSD) at the October 20 school board meeting. This will help make the project a reality. ...
Dexter High School’s (DHS) Model United Nations Club attended their first conference of the year where they tackled topics like Access to Education on a Global Scale; the Challenge of Regulating the Development of Artificial Intelligence in Information and the Regional Challenge of the Afghanistan Water Crisis. DHS sent 10 delegates to the Royal Oak ...
The Washtenaw County Jail held its first ever graduation ceremony on October 15th. It was an important moment to celebrate the success of the students and strength of a community that believes in second chances. A partnership program, the Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Office (WCSO) and Washtenaw Intermediate School District (WISD) announced their first Commencement for ...
Like other school districts around the state, Milan Area Schools (MAS) sounded the alarm over a month ago about the lack of a State Budget. The alarm was finally heard when the Michigan Legislature, as part of its overall $81 billion plan, approved a $24.12 billion education budget to fund K-12 schools, colleges and universities. ...
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