Last Saturday, Senior Lydia Wells competed in the MSBOA State Solo and Ensemble festival at Haslett High School. She performed a solo, 4 scales from memory, and a sight reading piece. Lydia earned a first division rating with an overall score of an 87. Congratulations Lydia!
Reminder: Scholarship applications for Saranac Community Schools are due by April 15th. Application forms are available online or by stopping by the high school office.
Our elementary is holding a shoe fundraiser. You can donate old shoes to 3rd world countries, while raising money for our school. This is a great way to clean out your closets. We are collecting shoes in front of the elementary from 10-12 today.
Saranac Community Schools are closed Friday, March 22nd.
Students in Mrs. Young's Ag Power and Tech class continue to hone their welding skills. Shown with their creations are Andriah Brown, Garrett Hendrick, and Mark St. Clair.
2024 Quilt Show for Dolly Parton Imagination Library
Ionia Imagination Library
The 2024 annual quilt show will be held this Saturday March 16th from 9-1 at the Ionia County Intermediate School District. This year we are featuring approximately 58 quilts in the Silly Safari theme, highlighting all those fun animals you would see on a trip to the wild lands of Africa. In addition, we have The Little Engine that Could quilts and a few Christmas quilts in the show. In total there will be over 80 quilts available on this day. This year we will be doing a sale and a raffle. If you are interested in purchasing a quilt, you may do it on the day of the show from 9-1. The cost for a quilt is $135.00 and that sponsors a child in the program for an entire year, giving them a complete home library of 60 books. At 1:15 we will raffle off any remaining quilts. Tickets for the raffle are $5.00 per ticket or $30.00 for 10 tickets. This amount sponsors a child for one year in the program. Tickets will be available on the day of the show but can also be purchased in advance at: Alvah A. Belding Library, Ionia Community Library, Biggby in Ionia, Michigan One Community Credit Union in Ionia, Portland Library and the Ionia County Intermediate School District office.
The program is serving approximately 2000 children each month by providing a book mailed directly to their home. Every child birth to five that resides within the Ionia Intermediate School District is eligible to participate. This early literacy initiative is completely funded by community donations. The quilt sale and raffle is our largest fund-raising event of the year. We hope you are able to stop in and view an amazing art show, have a treat or two and purchase a quilt or ticket to support the program. With so many quilts available this year, the chances of winning are pretty good! You can follow along on the Ionia Imagination Library facebook page or view the quilts in the booklet below.
Thank you for your support!
Reminder: Scholarship applications for Saranac Community Schools are due by April 15th. Application forms are available online or by stopping by the high school office.
Reminder: JSH Parent-Teacher Conferences are thisTuesday and Thursday. Schedule your appointments between 3:30 and 6:15 PM by using Skyward scheduling or utilize drop-in time from 6:15 to 7:15 PM.
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From welding to crocheting, students in Mrs. Young's classes are creating all sorts of things! Chris Cruz-Reyes is shown with a welding creation from Ag Power and Tech class. Gracie Smith created a crochet bouquet during Weaving and Looming class.
Congratulations to the Saranac High School Band for their performance at the MSBOA District Band Festival Thursday at GR Union HS. The band earned an overall 2nd Division Rating, with a Superior rating in Sight Reading. The band will receive a plaque, and each student a medal to commemorate their accomplishment.
Congratulations to senior, Victoria Yonker, who has committed to Montcalm Community Collge to run cross country next fall!
Sharing some exciting news from our Saranac FFA
Very shortly after we return from Spring Break, we will begin statewide testing. Here is the schedule for testing. All tests will start right away at 7:45 AM. I have included pertinent details related to length of test, impact on IC3 attendance and dismissal notes for juniors. Please let me know if you have any questions.
All students must participate in state testing. It is very important that students attend on the initial testing date. Make-up testing will require students to miss additional class time and complete make-up work to stay caught up. Please avoid appointments, etc. on these dates.
Tuesday, April 9 - 11th Grade SAT - No juniors attending AM or PM IC3 (juniors dismissed after testing is completed)
Wednesday, April 10 - 11th Grade M-Step - No juniors attending AM IC3
Thursday, April 11 - 11th Grade ACT WorkKeys - No juniors attending AM or PM IC3 (juniors dismissed after testing is completed)
Tuesday, April 16 - 10th Grade PSAT
Wednesday, April 17 - 9th Grade PSAT9
Thursday, April 18 - 8th Grade PSAT8
Monday, April 23 - 8th Grade M-Step Science and Social Studies
Tuesday, April 24 - 7th Grade M-Step Math
Wednesday, April 25 - 7th Grade M-Step ELA
Make-up testing will occur on all dates in April when initial testing is not scheduled and will continue until all testing is completed.
All other students will attend classes as scheduled on test dates.
All testing, with the exception of the ACT WorkKeys, is completed digitally.
·StandardTest Times (including breaks, but not instructions/set up) :
SATw/Essay – 3 hours and 20 minutes
PSAT(10, 9, 8) – 2 hours and 24 minutes
M-Step - 11th Social Studies – 1 hour; 11th Science – 1 hour and 30 minutes (estimated)
8th Social Studies – 1 hour; 8th Science – 1 hour and 30 minutes (estimated)
7th Math – 2 hours; 7thELA – 2 hours
Thank you very much for your help in completing testing.
Have a great day!
FAFSA OPPORTUNITY FOR SENIOR STUDENTS
Next week Wednesday, March 13th from 10:40 to 11:40am there will be an opportunity for seniors to start working on the FAFSA application if they have not started it yet or have started but have questions about it.
During this time Financial aid reps from MCC and Mr. Eisen will be in the library to help any seniors with their FAFSA application and answering any questions.
This is for all seniors. Montcalm Community College is happy to help all students even if they are not planning on attending Montcalm Community College.
Get your tickets for the Girls Varsity Basketball District Tournament. Ticket are $7 and MUST be purchased from the MHSAA online at https://gofan.co/event/1433648?schoolId=MI10260
Here is the link to purchase tickets for Monday's boys basketball district game at Potterville . Tickets are only sold online. Thank you for supporting our athletes!
https://gofan.co/event/1417527?schoolId=MI10260
Coming up !!!!
The Saranac JSH Robotics team has been around for 10 years and this is the first time they have made it to the State Championships, after coming close a few times over the years. The format is 80 teams in 2 divisions with 3 or 4 fields running per division to keep everyone moving through the qualifiers. After the qualifiers the top 8 or 16 teams per division pick a partner and then run a 'March Madness' type bracket to get to the tournament champion.
How did they get here...the last competition they went to at Jenison, the 'A Team' ended up as team number 16 for the finals. The 'A Team' picked our 'Z Team' as their partner and Saranac went up against the number 1 seeded team. We lost by 13 points but we had the opposing teams sweating.....final score was 97 - 110. Both our teams worked well together and almost upset the number 1 seeded team.
Good luck to our Saranac Robotics team !!!!
Congratulations to Abigail Janson, who signed a lettter of commitment this week to serve as the student manager for the Spring Arbor University women's basketball team! Abigail is currently finishing out her senior season as a member of the RedHawks varsity basketball team.
