Coleman Jr/Sr High School

Coming up next Wednesday . . . the GMCA open house!

This post recently shared on the AskMidland Facebook page turned out to be praising one of our Comets, Asher Hayes! What an awesome compliment! We are so proud of your leadership skills and the impact it's making on the community! Any other Comet shout-outs to share? Send them to pr@colemanschools.net! #ColemanComets #growingforthefuture

Erika Rice, Coleman Alumni, is now a Recruiter/Staffing Representative at Spherion Staffing & Recruiting in Midland. We're proud of her accomplishments and the fact that she now shares back to our Coleman students by providing staff information about scholarships available to them through Spherion and the "Excellence in Leadership" Scholarship. Thank you to Erika for thinking of our Coleman students. If a Coleman graduating senior has an interest in this scholarship, please contact your school counselor in the office. What are other Coleman graduates doing now? Feel free to share at pr@colemanschools.net for us to review and possibly post. #ColemanComets #growingforthefuture

EXAM WEEK UPDATE: Tuesday 1/16 at the Jr/Sr High will be exam review day. Wednesday and Thursday will be exams in all classes and students will follow their normal class schedule. Please reach out if you have any questions.

Congrats to Comet Junior Kapre Lynch for making the President’s List at Delta College, alongside participating in high school academics and athletics. Great job, Kapre! #ColemanComets #growingforthefuture

Given that the Jr/Sr High staff and students did not have enough time this week to prepare for exams, we are changing up the format of next week a bit. Please see our new schedule below: Monday, 1/15: Students will be given an extra day of review in all of their classes. Tuesday, 1/16-Thursday, 1/17: Students will be given exams in their classes. Teachers will be communicating on Monday to students and their parents what day(s) they are giving the exam in their classes. Families should expect emails from the teachers letting you know when to be prepared for the exam in each of their classes.

Newly updated weather closing information letter: https://5il.co/1kyic. Please review it so you're prepared in the event of any closures coming up during this chilly season!

Ms. Lea has made us these sites so we can check on all things SPARKS/IGNITE anytime! These links are under the 'Programs' menu on the school website. Check them out to see all the awesome after-school things our Comets accomplish! SPARKS site: https://sites.google.com/cgresd.net/ces-sparks/home IGNITE site: https://sites.google.com/cgresd.net/ignite-chs?usp=sharing

Last week, Drama Club put on an awesome Christmas program featuring not only Santa, Mrs. Claus, and some elves, but also Romeo and Juliet, Glinda, Dorothy, and some munchkins from the Wizard of Oz, Elsa and Ana from Frozen, Cinderella and Prince Charming, and Belle and the Beast from Beauty and the Beast, our upcoming spring musical! Thanks all for all the hard work, we always love to see what Drama Club will bring us next!

United Bay Community Credit Union very recently joined our community and immediately reached out to the district to ask what they could do to support updating the old scoreboards, which served us well for many years. Last Friday, we were excited to unveil our brand new gym scoreboards, generously and entirely paid for by United Bay! With their donation, nothing has come out of the pockets of our community to finance this project. These boards will be used for volleyball, wrestling, and basketball throughout the year and assist us in continuing to update the look of our Jr/Sr High gymnasium. A sincere thank you to United Bay Community Credit Union and its representatives for their support. Joining us from the UBCCU team that evening was Diane Abbonizio, Doug Kelly, Kerri Singley, Jen Shelby, Mackenzie Shelby, Leslie Webb, and Jayna Hafelein. A special thank you to Emily Burgess who was not able to be here that night, for her tremendous efforts and support to make this happen. Thank you all!

Congrats to Joseph Vansickle for getting his first Turkey (3 strikes in a row) during bowling practice last week! Way to go, "Jotatochip!"

TONIGHT: Drama Club's Christmas at Coleman! Don't be a Grinch or Scrooge and miss out on an opportunity for holiday fun for all ages! Check out the flier for more info.

Huge thanks to United Bay Community Credit Union for the super generous donation allowing us to purchase new scoreboards for our high school gymnasium! We are unveiling them right before the Varsity Boys Basketball game tomorrow night around 6:30 pm. We hope to see you there!

Are you coming to Christmas at Coleman, hosted by the Drama Club? Well, you should! It's only one week away, on December 11th. Check out the flier for more info . . . and don't miss your opportunity to catch a glimpse of the upcoming Spring play, Beauty and the Beast!

Coleman Christmas band and choir concert is TONIGHT! Who else is looking forward to hearing what they've all been working so hard at?

Students at the Jr/Sr High and Elementary participated in making bulletin boards for kindness week. Great job, Comets! (Quilt is at the J/S High and leaves are at the Elementary).

Recently, Drama Club students went to a Theatre and Dance Day at Central Michigan University where they could participate in workshops on acting, voice, props and costumes. They got to meet members of the cast of the Fall production of Cabaret, and get to know other theater majors at the University. We love to see our Comets building skills and being proactive!

The Drama Club is hosting "Christmas at Coleman" on Monday, December 11th! It will be a fun opportunity to meet your favorite characters, get a present from Santa & Mrs. Claus, then catch a sneak peak of the upcoming Spring play, "Beauty and the Beast!" Add it to your calendars -- we hope to see you there!

Coming up next week: Coleman Band and Choir Christmas at Warriner 17 will be Monday, November 27th at 6:30pm in Plachta Auditorium, Warriner Hall, Central Michigan University in Mount Pleasant. Tickets are $4 per person ($16 max per family) and must be purchased in advance. Call 989-442-1998 or email band@colemanschools.net for more information.

Your high school bowling team started practice last week! Coach Francis and Coach Brown are excited to announce a girl's roster of eight bowlers as well as a boy's roster of eight bowlers. Comets will be practicing on Tuesdays and Thursdays 3:30PM - 5PM. Parent permission forms are required if students need a ride from a coach. We will be bowling in two conferences this year, on Monday nights and Saturday mornings. We will announce a parent meeting on a practice night when we have all of the places and times decided. We are all really excited for a great season this year, go Comets!!!