Education

BENNINGTON TWP. — Spring Vale Christian School senior Michelle Latham’s favorite Bible verse is John 15:13: “Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.”

BYRON — The Byron Area Schools Board of Education is a step closer in its superintendent search process, after narrowing the field of applicants down to two finalists who will conduct final interviews for the position Thursday.

OWOSSO — The Owosso Public Schools Board of Education voted unanimously Monday to move all instruction online, beginning Nov. 30, through at least Jan. 10, citing concerns over increased coronavirus spread during the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays.

PERRY — Perry High School senior Ethan Smith plans to study video game design and music composition next fall, ideally at Michigan State University, which he said not only has a good game design program but is close to home.

SHIAWASSEE AREA — School districts throughout the area are transitioning at least a portion of students to fully online learning for a second time in nine months as coronavirus cases continue to surge across the state, but the shift is playing out differently from district to district.

CORUNNA — Corunna Public Schools and Morrice Area Schools Thursday announced they are canceling all in-person classes because of COVID-19 cases and quarantines for numerous people in close contact with those infected.

PERRY — Students in Perry Public Schools’ consumers math class visited Carl’s Nov. 9 and 10.

CORUNNA — Corunna Public Schools and New Lothrop Area Public Schools this week both announced positive COVID-19 cases among students and staff.

DURAND — Brynn Patsey keeps a pretty tight schedule, so much so that when asked how she likes to spend her free time, the Durand High School senior had to pause for a moment to collect her thoughts.

DURAND — Durand Area High School celebrated homecoming Oct. 19-23 with the theme “Homecoming: COVID Edition.”

DURAND — After more than two months of waiting in limbo, Durand Area schools is moving forward with the pricing and selling of bonds for its 30-year, $28-million proposal, narrowly approved by district voters in August.

DURAND — Durand High School teacher Dave Inman recently introduced his students to the history of World War II and the Holocaust through a unique family connection.

MORRICE — Morrice Area Schools recently announced it no longer is seeking a full-time superintendent to replace Michael Dewey, who is retiring in December.

DURAND — The challenge of educating students during a global pandemic was brought to the forefront Monday night at the Durand Area Schools Board of Education meeting as administrators, teachers and parents engaged in a raw, unfiltered discussion on ways to improve.

CHESANING — Chesaning Union Schools, in a message Sunday afternoon, announced all of its buildings are returning to virtual learning as of today because of COVID-19.

SHIAWASSEE AREA — Unofficial results from Tuesday’s election are in, and several local school board races ended up being extremely tight.

BYRON — Byron Area Schools Friday announced an elementary student has tested positive for COVID-19.

OWOSSO — Owosso Public Schools Monday announced it is, starting Wednesday, moving all instruction online through at least Nov. 13 because of COVID-19.

NEW LOTHROP — Seventeen-year-old New Lothrop senior Grace Adelberg loves math, and she has a formula for a path to success and becoming a nurse anesthetist.

CORUNNA — Corunna Public Schools announced Sunday that a high school staff member has tested positive for COVID-19 and is quarantining at home.

LAINGSBURG — Laingsburg’s homecoming week was the week of Oct. 19 to Oct. 23 and school officials said many changes took place due to COVID-19.

DURAND — Several students and staff at Durand Area Schools are being asked to quarantine after a staff member at the district’s high school and a sixth-grade student at the district’s middle school tested positive for the coronavirus.

CHESANING — When Sterling Tomac and Luke Peters began work on their agriscience project last fall, the goal was simply to make it to nationals.

CHESANING — The sky is the limit for Chesaning Union High School senior Drew Beckman, and if you ask him, that’s exactly where he wants to be.

MORRICE — Morrice Jr./Sr. High School recently announced its homecoming for 2020. From left are Collin Lucas, Macy BeGole, Peyton Smith, Deenie Miller, Jordan Converse and Maddie Diebler. The king and queen are Jordan Converse and Deenie Miller.

BYRON — A Byron High School staff member has tested positive for the coronavirus, according to a district letter sent to families Thursday.

ELSIE — A small group of Ovid-Elsie students and parents gathered in the high school’s staff parking lot Tuesday, enduring the sub-50 degree temperatures to send a message to district officials that changes need to be made to current instructional offerings.

ELSIE — A group of students at Ovid-Elsie Area Schools is calling for changes to the district’s current learning format after district officials reported Oct. 7 that roughly 37 percent of students were failing at least one class.

ELSIE — Ovid-Elsie High School senior Skyler Spitzley is looking forward to attending Michigan Technological University, where she hopes to pursue a career in biomedical engineering.

SHIAWASSEE AREA — Area public school districts across the board are reporting large enrollment losses from the spring 2020 count, but administrators say the effects of the decline won’t be as sharp this year because of the state’s new formula for calculating district funding amid the coronav…

CHESANING — Chesaning Union High School will host homecoming festivities, beginning Monday and running through Friday.

BYRON — Byron’s homecoming week was the week of Sept. 28 to Oct. 2 and school officials said many changes took place because of COVID-19 restrictions.

CORUNNA — The Corunna Branch of the Community District Library is celebrating its Friends of the Library group Oct. 19-24 as part of National Friends of Libraries Week.

OWOSSO — Owosso High School announced the members of the 2020 homecoming court Oct. 2.

PERRY — Perry High School recently announced its homecoming court.

LAINGSBURG — Laingsburg High School senior Autumn Eyre may still be undecided on where to attend college next fall, but she has no doubts about what she wants to do in the long run.

SHIAWASSEE AREA — Candidates will be squaring off for spots on area school boards, and several races feature more candidates than open seats, and others are attempting to fill seats for partial terms.

OWOSSO — It might be quicker to list the clubs or activities Owosso senior Elizabeth Tolrud isn’t involved with.

SHIAWASSEE AREA — On a recent test, Ovid-Elsie High School Spanish teacher Ruben Nodarse instructed his students to listen to a digital recording of someone speaking the language while writing down what they heard in English.