After careful deliberation and consideration, the Chelsea School District said it has decided to opt-out of Section 31aa School Safety and Mental Health Funding. However, even with this decision, the district said this doesn’t change its commitment to safety, security, and the mental health and well-being of students and staff. This funding is part of ...
After a smaller introduction of the Collaborative Classroom curriculum last school year, Chelsea Schools are now seeing some positive results of its full implementation. Over the past few months into this current school year, Chelsea teachers say they are seeing results in student engagement, foundational skills and consistency across classrooms. In his November report to the ...
For Chelsea student-athlete Lilly McCalla, signing with Ohio Dominican University was a moment of connecting the past with the future. From growing up, practicing and playing on the softball field and getting some important help along the way, to now thinking about what’s next at the college level. The Sun Times News connected with McCalla ...
Always a great resource for all ages looking for a fun educational or recreational opportunity, Chelsea Community Education’s Winter Brochure is out now. Some classes have been added for those with an artistic side. Sarah Bentley, Director of Early Childhood and Community Learning, said they have expanded art offerings for adults with the addition of a ...
Surrounded by friends and family, Chelsea student-athlete Kaydee Absher said it was an absolute blessing to finally reach the moment of signing with the University of Toledo, where she will play on the softball team and pursue her academic studies next year. Following up the big moment for her, the Sun Times News caught up ...
The approval of the countywide Career Technical Education (CTE) millage will eliminate barriers and expand access to purposeful, hands-on, applied and experiential learning in every school district across Washtenaw County, Washtenaw Intermediate School District (WISD) Superintendent Naomi Norman said after voters passed the millage on November 4. “This millage will eliminate barriers and expand access ...
The Monster Project is a unique effort that pairs second-graders at North Creek Elementary School with Chelsea High School ceramics students in an artistic collaboration that brings student artwork to life. This project was a tradition in the past, but went away during COVID. Now it’s back. Amanda Clor, CHS Principal, updated the school board ...
The U.S. News Best Schools rankings for 2025-26 have come out this fall with rankings including data on more than 24,000 public high schools around the country. Here in Michigan there are 1,136 public high schools looked at. Locally, three made Michigan’s Top 50. Saline High School comes in at #20 in the state of ...
It was expected to be a big part of the 2nd annual Red, White & Blue Dogs home football game on October 24, but things did not going according to plan. The Chelsea School District (CSD) was hoping to have the Michigan War Dog Memorial play a part of the game that’s dedicated to honoring ...
The Chelsea School District updates the community on a nationwide lawsuit that came out of last year’s PowerSchool data breach. Although it appears at this time local schools were not impacted by the breach, Saline, Dexter, Chelsea and Milan were all utilizing this cloud-based K-12 software provider at the time of the breach. Chelsea School ...
It takes a special community to make this happen, is how John Daniels described the Athletic Fieldhouse fundraising effort. A big donation that will end up being just over $1.7 million dollars was presented to the Chelsea School District (CSD) at the October 20 school board meeting. This will help make the project a reality. ...
A chance to see the talents of the marching band beyond the typical Friday night football game halftime show, the Chelsea Marching Band Exhibition has become an annual fall tradition. With 15 bands participating, 14 high school bands along with the Chelsea Beach Middle School 7th and 8th Grade Bands, the exhibition brought together a ...
The Chelsea School District has three major goals for this school year that will act as a beacon at each building in the district. The CSD Board of Education adopted the goals recommended by Superintendent Mike Kapolka at their Sept. 8 meeting. Kapolka told the Sun Times News the three district goals, which focus on ...
Improving safety while maintaining a welcoming environment is how the new District Visitor Management System is described in the Chelsea School District. The system got a test run earlier this year with positive feedback. Now the district is moving forward with full implementation. The CSD Board of Education at its Sept. 8 meeting approved the ...
The Washtenaw Intermediate School District (WISD) is hosting upcoming information sessions to give voters the opportunity to learn more about the Career Technical Education (CTE) millage proposal on the November 4th ballot. Voters residing in the nine school districts served by the WISD will vote on a 1.0 mill, 10-year Career Technical Education proposal. The ...
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