Sturgis Schools looks to focus more on student achievement
“It has felt like for the last couple of years that we haven’t been focused on kids, teaching and learning, but now we can.”
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“It has felt like for the last couple of years that we haven’t been focused on kids, teaching and learning, but now we can.”
Sturgis Journal Sturgis Public Schools Board of Education on Monday examined and discussed several agenda items for its next board meeting, scheduled for April 19. Board members received a request for proposals report from Ray Sterling, the district's director of finance. The district is interested in purchasing two new gas-powered buses, as part of a fleet-replacement plan. Each bus will be identical, Sterling said: a 77-passenger, Blue Bird unit. Cost is about $93,000 each. The board will take action at the April 19 meeting. Sterling also discussed a request for proposals for placing a ne...
The Sturgis Public Schools Board of Education on Monday approved the reinstatement of a school resource officer, effective in the fall.
Sturgis Journal Sturgis Public Schools will offer an “academic summer camp” for students entering first through ninth grade during the 2021-22 school year. The camp is intended to help students who require extra assistance in learning, particularly gaps caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and shifted learning experiences. Students will be selected for the academic camp based on academic criteria, teacher recommendation and federal guidelines attached to the funds being made available for the program, district officials said Monday. Additionally, high school summer school for credit recove...
Sturgis Public Schools Board of Education met online Monday and gave recognition to three district staff members as "Trojan Heroes," for their hard work and contribution, support and empowerment to the district.Honored were Special education teacher Amanda Feyes, special education teacher Melissa Frye and guidance counselor Courtney Patrick.Quoting nominating peers, Superintendent Art Ebert quoted from nominations submitted by the staff members’ peers.Feyes was called "an incredible