Congratulations to the Saranac High School Band for their performance at the MSBOA District Band Festival Thursday at GR Union HS. The band earned an overall 2nd Division Rating, with a Superior rating in Sight Reading. The band will receive a plaque, and each student a medal to commemorate their accomplishment.
Congratulations to senior, Victoria Yonker, who has committed to Montcalm Community Collge to run cross country next fall!
Sharing some exciting news from our Saranac FFA
Very shortly after we return from Spring Break, we will begin statewide testing. Here is the schedule for testing. All tests will start right away at 7:45 AM. I have included pertinent details related to length of test, impact on IC3 attendance and dismissal notes for juniors. Please let me know if you have any questions.
All students must participate in state testing. It is very important that students attend on the initial testing date. Make-up testing will require students to miss additional class time and complete make-up work to stay caught up. Please avoid appointments, etc. on these dates.
Tuesday, April 9 - 11th Grade SAT - No juniors attending AM or PM IC3 (juniors dismissed after testing is completed)
Wednesday, April 10 - 11th Grade M-Step - No juniors attending AM IC3
Thursday, April 11 - 11th Grade ACT WorkKeys - No juniors attending AM or PM IC3 (juniors dismissed after testing is completed)
Tuesday, April 16 - 10th Grade PSAT
Wednesday, April 17 - 9th Grade PSAT9
Thursday, April 18 - 8th Grade PSAT8
Monday, April 23 - 8th Grade M-Step Science and Social Studies
Tuesday, April 24 - 7th Grade M-Step Math
Wednesday, April 25 - 7th Grade M-Step ELA
Make-up testing will occur on all dates in April when initial testing is not scheduled and will continue until all testing is completed.
All other students will attend classes as scheduled on test dates.
All testing, with the exception of the ACT WorkKeys, is completed digitally.
·StandardTest Times (including breaks, but not instructions/set up) :
SATw/Essay – 3 hours and 20 minutes
PSAT(10, 9, 8) – 2 hours and 24 minutes
M-Step - 11th Social Studies – 1 hour; 11th Science – 1 hour and 30 minutes (estimated)
8th Social Studies – 1 hour; 8th Science – 1 hour and 30 minutes (estimated)
7th Math – 2 hours; 7thELA – 2 hours
Thank you very much for your help in completing testing.
Have a great day!
FAFSA OPPORTUNITY FOR SENIOR STUDENTS
Next week Wednesday, March 13th from 10:40 to 11:40am there will be an opportunity for seniors to start working on the FAFSA application if they have not started it yet or have started but have questions about it.
During this time Financial aid reps from MCC and Mr. Eisen will be in the library to help any seniors with their FAFSA application and answering any questions.
This is for all seniors. Montcalm Community College is happy to help all students even if they are not planning on attending Montcalm Community College.
Get your tickets for the Girls Varsity Basketball District Tournament. Ticket are $7 and MUST be purchased from the MHSAA online at https://gofan.co/event/1433648?schoolId=MI10260
Here is the link to purchase tickets for Monday's boys basketball district game at Potterville . Tickets are only sold online. Thank you for supporting our athletes!
https://gofan.co/event/1417527?schoolId=MI10260
Coming up !!!!
The Saranac JSH Robotics team has been around for 10 years and this is the first time they have made it to the State Championships, after coming close a few times over the years. The format is 80 teams in 2 divisions with 3 or 4 fields running per division to keep everyone moving through the qualifiers. After the qualifiers the top 8 or 16 teams per division pick a partner and then run a 'March Madness' type bracket to get to the tournament champion.
How did they get here...the last competition they went to at Jenison, the 'A Team' ended up as team number 16 for the finals. The 'A Team' picked our 'Z Team' as their partner and Saranac went up against the number 1 seeded team. We lost by 13 points but we had the opposing teams sweating.....final score was 97 - 110. Both our teams worked well together and almost upset the number 1 seeded team.
Good luck to our Saranac Robotics team !!!!
Congratulations to Abigail Janson, who signed a lettter of commitment this week to serve as the student manager for the Spring Arbor University women's basketball team! Abigail is currently finishing out her senior season as a member of the RedHawks varsity basketball team.
Please be advised that numerous buses may be running behind this morning. Thank you for your patience!
Bus 192 will be running about 15 minutes late this morning. Thank you for your patience.
Please remember there is No School Friday, February 16th and Monday, February 19th for students.
Reminder: All juniors will be completing practice SAT testing this morning at 7:40 AM in the JSH cafeteria. There will be no AM Career Center for juniors.
We are looking for a volunteer ticket taker for todays' wrestling match from 4:20 PM to approximately 6:30 PM. This match will include youth and varsity wrestlers. Contact Andrew Clementz at 642-1100 or clementzand@scs-staff.org. Thank you!
Our first Fancy Feet Friday is tomorrow!!
Saranac Elementary School would like your assistance to raise funds to help increase our elementary school's Student Activities Fund account balance. We will be hosting Fancy Feet Fridays during 2nd semester. Students and staff will be encouraged to wear fun socks on the 4th Friday of each month. Thank you for your generous support!
https://saranacelementarysockfundraiser.com/
With the two-hour delay, we will run the following schedule.:
1st 9:40-10:05
2nd. 10:10-10:35
3rd. 10:40-11:10
NO INTERVENTION/OPEN CAMPUS
5th-7th period classes will follow the normal schedule.
SCS will hold school with a two-hour delay today, Wednesday, January 24th. There will be no AM Career Center. The JSH will start at 9:40 AM and the elementary will start at 9:45 AM. Drive safely!
Tonight's JV and Varsity Boys Basketball Games against Potterville have been CANCELLED and will be rescheduled for a later date. For all sports -Coaches will be in contact with players regarding practices.
SCS will be closed today, Tuesday, January 23rd.
