Coleman Community Schools

What's worse than stepping on a LEGO? 🧱 Our students going another year without this cool program! If you love all things LEGO and get excited about hands-on learning, problem-solving, and inspiring students to think like engineers, you might be the perfect fit for our LEGO League Advisor! 🧱 No prior advising experience necessary - just a passion for having fun. Learn more and apply here: https://www.colemanschools.net/page/employment-opportunities

3rd Grade Update! ☁️ 🌧️ 🐐 In mid-September, 3rd graders built their own anemometers for their "wild, wacky, weather" unit, Sean Long donated a rain gauge and an anemometer for us to keep, and Lillian Wright's family brought in a goat for the 3rd graders to pet!

We're still looking for an awesome paraprofessional to help us best serve our students: https://aptg.co/b84c0t

Check out our entire list of job postings at: https://www.colemanschools.net/page/employment-opportunities

🎉Please welcome a couple of our newest staff members: 💙🤗

Matt Grider recently started as an afternoon custodian at the Elementary School. 🧹🧽 Matt has a great sense of humor and a lot of background in maintenance and custodial work as well as other construction and financing positions. 🛠️

Andrea Corle is our new long-term substitute paraprofessional. 📚✏️ Andrea will be with us daily and will work in whichever position is needed for that day. She is starting in the Flex K-12 paraprofessional position. Andrea is also a parent of a student in the elementary school! 🤝

🩸 Blood Drive this Thursday. Your donation keeps our emergency blood supply strong AND directly supports our NHS chapter. Appointments are encouraged using the link below, although walk-ins are always welcome. Bonus: donors receive those awesome flannel pants featured on the flyer.
Link to sign up: https://donateblood.versiti.org/donor/schedules/drive_schedule/11616071

It’s Varsity Football GAMEDAY - and it's the last one of the season!
Your Coleman Comets hit the road today to take on the Morrice Orioles!

🕐 1:00 PM
📍 Morrice Football Stadium

Let’s finish strong, Comets!

Don't forget to check out the Sophomore class Bake Sale coming up on November 1st! 🍪 For more upcoming community events, visit our Community Hub page: https://www.colemanschools.net/page/community-hub

Last week, Chartwells hosted a National Apple Crunch Day celebration! 🍎 In both buildings, students got to sample different varieties of fresh fall apples. What a beautiful, edible display! 🍏 #LEADLikeAComet

It’s MEET DAY for the Comets!

Our Cross Country teams are competing at Regionals today at Shepherd!
Girls race starts at 3:30 PM, boys at 4:30 PM. Let’s go Comets!

Do you love giving back to the community? STAR Leos Club is seeking an advisor to help guide our students to community service opportunities! SHARE this post or apply if you want to help make a difference and mentor future leaders! 💙 Learn more and apply here: https://www.colemanschools.net/page/employment-opportunities

Thanks to our awesome Pledge Leaders at Monday's Board Meeting, Kathy & Layna! We're so proud of you both for being great leaders in your class. #LEADLikeAComet #ColemanCometPride

Junior High Girls Basketball started this week. We have room for some more athletes who are interested in grades 6th-8th. All your athlete needs is an updated physical and to be at the family center 3:30-5 tomorrow and 3-5 the rest of the week.

🏐 It’s Game Day!

Come cheer on our JV & Varsity Volleyball teams as they take on Vestaburg at home!
🕠 JV starts at 5:30 PM | Varsity follows immediately after

The weather cooperated Friday as the Agriscience program welcomed elementary students to the school forest for a hands-on Fall Fest! 🍂 Students explored what the Ag classes have been growing, building, and learning this season — a perfect fall day of fun and discovery outdoors. 🌳🐄

Coleman Elementary sent five 5th grade NEHS members to the Youth Impact Partnership Kindnesses Conference at Meridian High School. Students heard speaker Vince Agnew, participated in ice breakers and kindness activities, visited Midland County organizations that have youth based activities, had lunch, and planned the Elementary School’s Week of Kindness Events. The Week of Kindness will be November 10-14.

Michigan Works! Trunk or Treat, coming up on Monday, October 27th!

Administrators Recognition Day is today, and we have some great people to celebrate. We're proud of the team we have built, the care they have for their staff, students and families and the knowledge they bring to make Coleman the absolute best it can be. Just like the rest of our team, I am not sure where we would be without them and we appreciate that they make our jobs easier because we know we can count on each one of them. Besides that, they are just good people who make us laugh, support us, listen to us, hear us out, take on tough situations, juggle a mountain of obligations and just generally make a huge difference to many people every day.

Thank you to Mrs. Cindy Araway (Elementary Principal), Mrs. Sara Hegel (Business Manager), Mr. Michael Cowell (Transportation Director), Mrs. Jen Hess (Jr/Sr High Principal), Mr. Wade O'Dell (Custodial/Maintenance Director), Mrs. Amy Klopf (Elementary MTSS Coordinator), Mr. Kevin Cliff (Jr/Sr High MTSS Coordinator & Athletic Director) and Ms. Sharon Nestorak (Food Service Director) for the countless hours and thought you put into your roles with this Coleman Team.

If you have a chance, drop them a quick note, a small token of appreciation or share a personal thank you in some way with each of them this week.

This summer will be all about BUILDING for the future! What are you most excited to see completed in Fall 2026? Get the full scoop and see more project renderings on our bond page here: colemanschools.net/bond. #ColemanCometPride #growingforthefuture