Education

OWOSSO — Team One Credit Union in Owosso presented the Owosso High School student government with a $1,000 donation Tuesday. The funds are slated for the Owosso Cares Food Backpack Program, which feeds Owosso students who need food on the weekends.

OWOSSO — The Owosso Public Schools Board of Education voted Wednesday to approve Navigate 360, a virtual program providing lessons and resources addressing mental health needs in the district, including those of students, staff and families; along with a behavioral intervention program.

OWOSSO — Owosso High School Chef Instructor Hannah Poyner has been selected to the State Committee for Culinary Arts.

DURAND — Jaxon Smith strives to be the best at whatever he does.

MORRICE — Morrice Junior/Senior High School kicks off homecoming week today.

PERRY — Although he comes from a family of Spartans, Perry High School senior Jonah Smith may find himself sporting maize and blue come next fall.

OWOSSO — When Elsie Velazquez left the Association of Veterinary Technology Educators (AVTE) conference in Philadelphia in early August, she had no idea that she’d won a major award.

OWOSSO — Forty-four of the Shiawassee County region’s most academically accomplished high school seniors have been nominated for scholarships to the University of Michigan by the Cook Family Foundation, the organization announced Tuesday. One of these students will be selected to receive a f…