The school year is coming to a close, so now is the perfect time to introduce the 2024-2025 St. Charles Community Schools district calendar. At the end of this school year, this calendar will be available on our website in multiple places.
The elementary school staff chose these students to have their work displayed at the art show at Fashion Square Mall this spring. Congratulations!
It has been a busy few days for our 8th-grade students. On Monday, Saginaw Valley State University Associate Director of the Dow Entrepreneurship Insitute, Mohamed Adel, and his student assistant Ivy spent an hour teaching the 8th-grade students about personal finance.
On Tuesday, the 8th-grade students visited the Saginaw Career Complex to learn about its different programs.
Beautification Day took place on Friday, May 17, 2024. High school and middle school students were organized into groups to improve various areas in the community and on our district grounds. Everyone did a fantastic job of ensuring that our community looked as beautiful as ever. Thank you to the STC staff, students, and community members for their generous donations, time, and dedication to maintaining this 50-year tradition.
Please click on the link to view some photos of the beautiful event: https://youtu.be/Gez5Ga8B8q8
Please be advised and help spread the word to other parents. Thank you.
The Board of Education spent the first part of their meeting on Wednesday, May 15th, celebrating student achievement. They recognized the following students and coaches:
- Elementary Students of the Month
- Elementary Officers of the Week
- Middle/High School Students of the Month
- The Top Ten students of the Class of 2024
- Girls Varsity Basketball Academic All-State Awardees
- Coach Andre Williams for his 100th career Girls Basketball Win. Assistant girls varsity basketball coaches Shane Thurston and AJ Willaims were also thanked for their support.
The Board was also proud to acknowledge Emily Zelinko for her 1099-point career in basketball and Braden Bila for his 100th wrestling career win.
Ethen Kime and Clarice Hunt were also thanked for their dedication to the Board of Education and for representing the student body as Student Board of Education members.
#BulldogProud
We are grateful to the Remax group for presenting a hot air balloon at our elementary school today. Our students had the opportunity to go inside the balloon and check out the basket. They enjoyed participating in a coloring contest and winning prizes, as well as receiving Remax stickers. The team from Remax included Dave Wieland, Sabrina Foy, and Shelly Martin, along with Pilot Dennis Hall and Assistant Pilot Ronnie Robb.
Today, Mrs. Pumford's 5th-grade class became "CSI Detectives" or, should we say, Critter Scene Investigators Detectives!
They were able to dissect the bones and fur found in barn owl pellets and piece together the story in the "food web" of what happened during the Owls' feeding habits.
Some were a little bit unsure about the clues found in the owl diet and how it got there!
5th graders walked from school to the St. Charles museum to learn about the community's rich history and gain a deeper understanding of St. Charles' earlier days. As the school year nears its end, Mr. Rousseau wanted students to learn about history in the real world and understand that it is unfolding all around us each and every day. Students learned about the tools loggers used hundreds of years ago to transport logs downriver and saw helmets used by coal miners. Students also explored the World War I and World War II exhibits and learned about Amelia Earheart.
You might have seen the projects the woodshop students made in a previous post from last week. Our students traveled to the MITES State Competition on Friday, May 10th. MITES is a non-profit organization in Michigan that supports industrial arts and technology, career and technical education, graphic arts, and STEM classrooms.
At the MITES State Competition, our students excelled with 11 impressive projects, over half of them placed in the top ten of their respective categories.
Congrats to all of our students who placed in this competition. #BulldogProud
Congratulations to our Elementary Students of the Month for April. All students were nominated for using the character trait of courage.
Y5/Kindergarten - Elijah Szyperski
1st Grade - Hayden Patsey
2nd Grade - Zoey Moore
3rd Grade - Layce O'Dell
4th Grade - Owen Rogers
5th Grade - Payton Larner
6th Grade - Braylah DeShone
Students in grades 9-12 had the opportunity to attend a Great Lakes Loons game on Tuesday, May 7, 2024, for Student Day. It was a great day as the Loons pulled out a 2-0 win over the Lansing Lugnuts.
We took our "small" things to see the wild "things" at the Saginaw Children's Zoo. The first graders had a blast walking around with their parents and friends while seeing various animals, like penguins, monkeys, and kangaroos.
Are you interested in joining the Middle/High School Parent Group? Visit the meeting Thursday, May 9th at 6pm.
Please mark your calendar and plan to attend the Drama Club's performance of Alice in Wonderland on May 18th and 19th!
It was a beautiful day to blow bubbles! It's the small things that bring so much joy to our children.
Enjoy the pictures and this video: https://youtube.com/shorts/JuSx-mAL-bM?feature=share
On Friday, May 3, our high school seniors had the chance to celebrate and declare their plans in front of their teachers and peers. The Decision Day event allowed the Class of 2024 to visit various tables where they could write letters to themselves, which will be mailed to them in the future. They also had the opportunity to win raffle prizes for their dorms or rooms while they attend college or head off into the workforce, watch a video made to honor each senior, pick up their cap and gown for graduation, and enjoy a catered lunch.
St. Charles Middle/High School appreciates the donations from local businesses and the St. Charles Community Foundation. We could not have pulled this event off without their support. Good luck, Class of 2024! #STCProud
Click on this link to view the fun: https://youtu.be/78q7O71QWNo
MITES is a non-profit organization in Michigan that supports industrial arts and technology, career and technical education, graphic arts, and STEM classrooms. Its mission is to empower students, teachers, and stakeholders to advocate for industrial and technological education and workforce initiatives. MITES also organizes an annual competition for CAD, construction trades, welding, project presentations, and student project interviews.
Click on the link below to view so many great projects our talented students have produced. https://youtu.be/wpI8djJBfz0
Last week, the weather was sunny, and the kindergarten students enjoyed the sunshine during lunch and recess time.
Our high school Peer-to-Peer Group attended the county-wide End-of-Year Peer-to-Peer Celebration. They had a great time and made friends with other Chesaning, Birch Run, and Tuscola County students.
