Activities

American & Me Essay

  • Annual Event
  • Farm Bureau sponsors this contest. 
  • Topic provided by FB
  • All 8th graders participate.
  • Teachers pick the top 10 papers.
  • The essays are submitted to Corporate Communications
  • Lansing home office judges the papers; picks the top 3.
  • 1st place winner in the state is honored/recognized at banquet and is taken to a Lansing Lugnuts game.

    • Cadillac Ski Trip

  • Field Trip/Annual Event
  • Caberfae Ski Resort
  • 7th & 8th Graders
  • Middle of February

    • Camp Wolverine

  • Field Trip/Annual Event
  • Wolverine, MI
  • All 5th graders participate
  • One week in early May
  • Students help prepare meals and do dishes
  • Students take classes in bee keeping, study Indian life,
  • Make a sample of a Pioneer toy, etc.
  • Go on hikes,  recreation activities
  • Stay in dorms

    • Student of the Month

    Students are nominated by teachers in three different categories: 
  • academics, character and effort
  • All grades
  • Awarded a certificate
  • Picture taken, placed in framed plaque for the month

    • In-School Dances

  • Sponsored by the Student Council
  • 7th & 8th grade
  • Three (3) dances a year (6th grade invited for end of year dance)
  • Either play CD’s or hire a DJ
  • Proceeds to Student Council

    • Open House

  • Held annually in the Spring
  • Report Cards handed out, MEAP results
  • Professional guest speakers, presenters
  • Dinner provided
  • All parents invited
  • 75% attendance each year

    • 8th Grade Class Trip

  • Field Trip/Annual Event
  • Pennsylvania
  • 3 days in early May
  • All 8th graders
  • Visit Gettysburg, National Civil War Museum
  • Harley Davidson Factory, Boyd’s Bears,
  • Utz Potato Chip Factory, Hershey Park,
  • and enjoy a Dinner Theatre

    • Athletics

    5th and 6th graders are involved in organized basketball and volleyball clinics and games.

    The Middle School offers 7th and 8th grade boys and girls basketball, football, volleyball and track.