Jazz band opens for Randy Napoleon and MSU jazz band members at town hall

Zack Sawicki, feature editor

January 7, 2020

While jazz band members open for Randy Napoleon and Michigan State University jazz band members, Napoleon and others prepared for playing for the rest of the night at the town hall on November 26 for free admission. Napoleon brought his knowledge and skill an assistant professor at MSU teaching jazz guitar to the performance. ...

Impacts of SRSLY youth substance use prevention begin to emerge

Justin Jaszkowski, web editor

December 30, 2019

The White House gave out 150 grants that would help with drug-free community support programs, and the SRSLY Stockbridge team earned one of them. The grant gives the SRSLY team $125,000 per year for the next 5 years. To spend funds, the team plans to attend events and learn more about youth substance...

Local mother and volunteer leaves loving legacy

Emily Breslin, Staff-Reporter

December 19, 2019

November 3 posts of #sarahstrong and #resteasy filled the village residents’ social media.  Sarah Salow Henderson, aged 54, died after a relentless and tiring battle against breast cancer. But, Sarah was more than just a fighter of cancer; she was a friend, a sister, a wife and a mother amo...

Junior performs on the piano at holiday show

Hannah Bolton, Chief Editor

December 17, 2019

Pianist and junior Haley Gipson, winner of the Stockbridge Area Arts Council (SACC) 2019 scholarship, played songs such as the “Prelude in C Sharp Minor, Op.3, No.2” by Rachmaninoff at the Stockbridge town hall for the Home for the Holidays show. Gipson began playing at 6-years-old with the local...

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,...