Basketball teams kickoff their seasons with some loses on their plate

Madie Gee-Montgomery

December 6, 2019

As Winter rolls around, the girls and boys basketball teams are starting to play their first few games of the season. Losing a few aspect players from each team due to seniors graduating, the teams are having to adjust to their new line-ups for the year, figuring out which will make the teams the most su...

December 6, 2019

EEE virus emergence across Michigan spreads fear, causes schedule disruptions

Zack Sawicki, Feature Editor

December 4, 2019

This Halloween, blood sucking vampires or brain devouring zombies were not trick or treaters’s main worry. There was a spooky virus to be concerned about: Transmitted by mosquitoes, the EEE virus lurked around the season. The virus accounts for seven deaths across multiple states, three in Michi...

Panther Power makes it to finals, first-time all-girl entry

Justin Jaszkowski, Web Editor

December 3, 2019

At the Grand Rapids Girls Robotics Competition 2019, team # 6591 Panther Powered made it all the way to the finals. Notice the word, “girls”? This competition was different because girls were the only ones competing; Panther Powered took second place. Capturing a win in the first match, the girls team fell dur...

Unable to Connect

Amelia Pulley, Staff-Reporter

November 17, 2019

Connection lost. This message spread on students’ smartphones, as well as staff’s, on Oct. 1. causing confusion, anger and general upheaval. Jeff Trapp, the principal, helped decide to change the guest public Wi-Fi to a private connection with the intention of getting personal device connection...

Breaking News: Superintendent Karl Heidrich announced a schedule changes in outdoor sporting events due to EEE outbreak

Bella Roberts, Staff Reporter

September 25, 2019

In an announcement sent out by superintendent Karl Heidrich, "Stockbridge Community Schools continues to follow the situation regarding Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) that is impacting geographical areas in Michigan.  At the time of this update, Ingham County does not have any human or animal cases...

Teen Center brings structure to afternoons

Bella Roberts, Staff Reporter

September 9, 2019

Youth directors Samantha Young and Bonnie Davidson from Crossroads Community Church brought to life a safe place where teens can hang out, do homework and play sports and games called the Stockbridge Teen Center. Located in the Stockbridge Activity Center, formerly known as the middle school, offerings that ...

New absent policy to limit unnecessary absences

Hannah Bolton, Editor in chief

August 26, 2019

“We want to continue to make this a better place,” junior high school principal Meghan Kunzelman said. A new absent policy is the next step to continue on this path.  Students who skip one class or the whole day have created an issue. “The teachers thought that we needed to strengthen the absent policy,...

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High notes and high rides

Chris Kaltner, Staff Reporter

June 3, 2019

The alluring scents of the food, the daunting rides nearly 200 feet tall, the joyous atmosphere that screams back to your childhood: all great enchantments that make teens gravitate to Disney World. Nevertheless, when these aspects combined with music workshops by professional musicians and live performances, a...

While fixing a tire, grab a book and read

Morgan King, Content Editor

June 3, 2019

Tucked under the pavilion in the Munith Park, a yellow painted Little Library pops up from the ground like a spring daffodil. It works by taking a book and leaving a book in its place. Little Libraries are popping up more and more providing convenience and fun. Opening the door and seeing what books yo...

BREAKING NEWS: Updated last day of school

Jordan Myers, Social Media Editor

May 21, 2019

Superintendent Karl Heidrich announced that the State of Emergency forgiveness, and the additional waiver of days the Michigan Department of Education approved for our district, now allows our school year to end on Thursday, June 6, 2019, as originally scheduled in the calendar. We now will have a full da...