For International Education Week, one of our enchange students, Julia, organized a presentation about her home country, Poland! She presented it to her fellow students, who enjoyed her entertaining lesson. Thanks, Julia!
Ms. Lea served 175 cups of hot cocoa at lunch during kindness week! Students said something nice to the person in front of them and behind them so they were always giving and getting kind words said to them while they waited to get a cup of cocoa. How cozy! ☕
Culinary Arts class cooked up a Thanksgiving dinner last week and worked on sugar cookies to take home! It looks amazing! 🌽🍗🥧
Congratulations to senior Kapre Lynch on being a John Alden Chapter Good Citizen! We're so proud of you! #LEADLikeAComet
Afternoon practices will be optional today for HS. All JH practices are cancelled. Boys HS Basketball optional practices will be at 3:30. Girls HS Basketball optional practices will be at 3:15 in the Family Center. Wrestling will not have practice today.
STUDENTS- since I know you're awake now that you don't have to go to school ;o) spend your time on something productive. I could use some new memes or a quick video to share on ice, snow or severe cold days and I know YOU are great at making them. Parents can help, too. Keep them school/community appropriate, send them to jmccormack@colemanschools.net and yours might be used on the next Act of God Day. Include your name(s) so I can give you credit. Bonus points if it makes me laugh out loud! Let's have a little fun with it. - Mrs. McCormack
Coleman Schools will be closed today, Thursday, Dec. 5th, due to icy road conditions. Information on any afternoon/evening events will be posted later today. Please be safe and stay warm.
For Wed., 12.4, SPARKS and IGNITE programs are closing early today at 4:30 p.m. due to the icy road conditions. Drama will end tryouts early at 4:45 p.m. High school Boys Basketball practice is canceled and Girls Basketball practice will end a bit early to help keep more students of the icy roads in the dark. JH Girls Basketball game is still on for 4:30 as the opposing team has arrived. Please be safe if you have to go out.
Quiz Bowl had a cool opportunity to play at CMU for Quiz Central back in November! Students enjoyed lunch at one of the campus cafeterias, tokk a campus tour, and had lots of fun along the way. Quiz Central will air on Feb 19th, 2025 on CMU Public Broadcasting. Looking forward to seeing it! Who else is tuning in?
CGRESD who runs SPARKS and Ignite programs in our buildings notified us they are canceled for today, 11.26.2024. They have already sent messages out to parents of students in the program. We are sorry for any inconvenience.
REMINDER: Wed., Nov. 27th is a half day of school with elementary out at 11:30 a.m. and jr/sr high out at 11:20 a.m. and there will be no SPARKS/IGNITE either due to the half day. There is NO SCHOOL this Thursday and Friday due to Thanksgiving Break. Have a relaxing and fun break and we will see you back at school on Monday, Dec. 2nd!
Spanish 2 students studied Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead), earlier this month! It is celebrated on November 1st and 2nd annually in Mexico. Students researched the celebration in the weeks leading up to it and created an ofrenda in the high school showcase. An ofrenda is an offering/altar prepared to honor and celebrate the lives of those loved ones who have passed on. It often includes water, salt, pan de muerto, marigolds, candles, and things our loved ones enjoyed during their lives. It is believed that Día de Muertos is the one night per year that our loved ones can come back to visit (like in the movie Coco!). Thanks for all the hard work you put into this project, Comets!
High School Art Class recently finished their Elements of Art projects! Students explored the seven elements (line, shape, color, form and value) where they picked one cohesive image that was divided into seven sections to illustrate the seven elements. Students now understand that the elements of art are the basic components that artists use to create visual compositions. Now our high school students understand how to analyze and appreciate art by identifying and describing how artists use these elements to express themselves through different techniques and stylization. Here's just a few of the students' projects. So beautiful and interesting to look at!
On Monday, the NHS group helped the VFW put up the flags for Veterans Day. After they installed the flags, the VFW members fed them a breakfast of pancakes, sausage and eggs. Then many of the men shared stories with us of their time in the military.
Recently, the Culinary students participated in a "boot camp" to learn about how Prostart and SkillsUSA run in a competition form, and what different types of stations could be encountered. They had six stations in total with them being Management, knife skills, cake decorating, plate setting, sauces, and cooler setup. They all went through every station within 45 minute intervals to represent the school and their abilities. Most of them were group-based to help them coordinate the station to accomplish their goals within each station. How cool! https://www.colemanschools.net/page/culinary-arts-program
The Ag Program recently got a nice shout-out from a Midland High student's parent!
"Hi, Just wanted to say thank you for supporting the Ag program! My daughter attended the national FFA convention last week and got to meet with all 3 colleges she was considering for Ag Business. It is VERY cool that she can attend her home school - Midland High- and still do the things she is interested in with the Ag program. Your Ag teachers are amazing and really great at what they do. Thanks!!"
This unique program is open to all Midland County 10th - 12th graders, including homeschool students! https://www.colemanschools.net/page/agriscience
Last week, Chef Jacob Moore invited Mr. Dave Urlaub, President of the State SkillsUSA, and Chef Andy Bacigalupo to Culinary at the Depot. They discussed how SkillsUSA works including leadership building, Culinary Arts certifications, competitions both State and National, and presentation/public speaking skills. SkillsUSA is an in-class curriculum that allows students to build skills before graduation with the potential to become a national champion. If you are familiar with Ag, think FFA but for Culinary Arts. Coleman Culinary students, including students from Bullock Creek, Coleman, Dow High, Meridian and Midland High are being immersed in the SkillsUSA and ProStart curriculums, so watch out to see what they accomplish! https://www.colemanschools.net/page/culinary-arts-program #LEADLikeAComet #ColemanCometPride
The band performed their annual Halloween concert (sorry, a little late in sharing!) for the elementary students, complete with iconic tunes such as: "Ghostbusters," "Scary Had A Little Lamb," and "Revenge of the Dust Bunnies." Drum Major Kapre Lynch even took a turn conducting! #LEADLikeAComet
Check out the Senior Cookout at Mrs. Shumaker's! Julia and Acim, our foreign exchange students, had never roasted marshmallows before so we introduced them to this American tradition. Mr. Burkhart came and played music for the kids. We also had hamburgers/hot dogs on the grill and some great desserts.
Culinary students working hard making donuts and fried pickles. Yum! 🍩🥒
