I am pleased to announce that due to high class numbers in the 4th grade, we have hired Sarah Sieradzki as our new 4th grade teachers.  Sarah is an Oakland University graduate who is from our area.  This will be her first year of teaching.  Hiring Sarah allows us to not only reduce the number of students in the 4th grade, but 3rd grade as well.  Veteran teacher Kristine Clark will teach a 3rd/4th grade split class.

 

The Maple Valley Parents (MVP’S) were recognized at the September Board of Education meeting for their fundraising efforts.  During the past two years, the MVP’S have raised over $21,000 for material to install a new playground structure at the elementary school.  Part of those funds came from a $1,400 grant from the Sandusky Alumni Foundation.  The playscape will be installed behind Maple Valley Elementary School in the coming weekends.  High School Teacher, George Lasecki, is coordinating the Community Build Project with the help of Elizabeth Huysentruyt.  I wish to thank ALL of the...

August 23, 2011

 

 

The Michigan Department of Education recently released the School Report Card grades for each school in the state.  I am pleased to announce that ALL schools within Sandusky Community Schools received a grade of an “A”.    Furthermore, ALL of our schools achieved Adequate Yearly Progress for the fourth consecutive year.

 

Part of the report card grade is determined by student achievement scores.  The Federal No Child Left Behind Act stipulates that all students must be proficient in reading and mathematics by the year 2014.  This year, the “passing” score (referred to as the “cut” scores) have been raised.  Thus, many schools, high schools in particular, did not receive a grade of “A”.  Sandusky High School received it’s first “A” report card during the year where the cut scores were raised.    Congratulations to all students, staff and administration!

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It’s the middle of the summer and people keep asking me how my summer "off" has been. I tell them that in this job, you don’t get summers off. Actually, there are many things to do during the summer. Payroll still needs to be paid, bills need to be paid, ordering of supplies for the following school year continues, and hiring staff are just a few of the things that we work on during the summer. We miss the students the most, as they are the reason we are here.

I am pleased to announce that the following staff movements have taken place as we prepare for the 2011-2012 school year:

Kristen Guibord will be teaching the high school physical education and health classes.

Lisa Kaatz will be teaching high school mathematics (geometry and algebra II).

Suzi Wedge will be teaching kindergarten.

Brad Hale will be teaching 7th and 8th grade science (including Earth Science)

The following teachers have been re-called from lay-off:

Cynthia Graves will teach 5th...