Manchester Jr./Sr. High School 2021/2022 3rd quarter Honor Roll
Manchester Junior/Senior High School will recognize student and academic achievement with Honor Rolls every nine weeks. High Honors = Students with a 4.00 or higher weighted GPA; Honors = Students achieving a 3.0 to 3.99 weighted GPA with no D’s or E’s. 12th Grade Honors Hiller, Adelynne M Buck, Miranda R Waycaster, Rhea L Flint, […]
Obituary: Marion Creason
Marion Creason passed away peacefully, of natural causes, on December 12, 2021, just days after her 97th birthday. She was born on December 6, 1924, in Scranton, Pennsylvania, to Stephen and Margaret Medvecz, and lived in Scranton until, at the age of fifteen, her family moved to Detroit, Michigan. It was there she met her […]
April 2022 Gardening Advice
submitted by Jennifer Fairfield, Garden Mill and Manchester Community & School Gardens In spite of the weather the last week or so, there are definite signs of spring showing up all over — the snowdrops that come up every year in one yard I pass on my way to the store, the pussy willow I […]
Michigan hopeful students will return to public schools after COVID exodus
by Koby Levin, Chalkbeat (Bridge Michigan) Michigan students are returning to public schools after a sharp drop in enrollment during the pandemic — but it’s not clear whether or when schools will ever get back to pre-pandemic headcounts. That’s the upshot of a presentation given to the Michigan Board of Education on Tuesday by some of […]
Patrick Lyoya’s parents: Our hearts are broken. Grand Rapids mourns as well.
by Bryce Huffman, Ted Roelofs (Bridge Michigan) GRAND RAPIDS — On the streets, there are marches, demands for change and an overwhelming sense of frustration. Inside, there are tears and calls for justice. From peaceful protests downtown to a tearful press conference featuring the family of Patrick Lyoya, residents and civil rights leaders in Grand Rapids struggled […]
Report: A quarter of Michigan roads are poor, will worsen without more funding
by Yue Stella Yu (Bridge Michigan) LANSING — Michigan roads will continue to erode and cost taxpayers $25 billion per year by 2031 if lawmakers don’t commit to more money for upkeep, according to a national transportation report released Thursday. Conducted by Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit research group TRIP, the report evaluates Michigan’s current road and bridge conditions and predicts […]
Manchester to Manchester: The High School band visits England
Saturday March 26, when many Manchester High School students were relaxing on their first day of spring break, forty-one High School band members and chaperones were headed to the Detroit airport to catch a flight for England with destinations including London and Manchester, UK! Planning for the eight-day trip began in September 2019, although initially […]
MCS literacy team support state dyslexia bill
Manchester Community Schools has faced many challenges this year and often that overshadowed some amazing work happening behind the scenes like Manchester Community Schools’ Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS) for Reading they’ve been building for K-6th graders. Not just of local significance, a MCS literacy team has now met with Manchester’s State Senator, Lana Theis […]
Seed library restocked!
It is seed library time! Since 2014 the Manchester District Library (MDL) has hosted the Manchester Seed Library, which serves as a location for community members to come pick out and take home free seeds. After being packed away for the cold, winter months, it is once again set up for self-service in the vestibule […]
Manchester voices talk about rural/urban divide at WCDP meeting
submitted by Washtenaw County Democratic Party Washtenaw County Democratic Party (WCDP) members and guests discussed what urban Democrats in Washtenaw County need to learn about their rural neighbors. After decades of working in Washtenaw County, WCDP says they’re still missing the boat on outreach to rural candidates and rural voters. Guest speaker Barb Fuller, chair […]
