A Helping Hand
A new link class where students assist other students will arrive a DHS next fall By Joe Ramey An all-in-one class is hard to find nowadays. A class that provides…
High school discusses weighted grades
The Board of Education met and discussed proposed changes to the weighted grade system at the high school at its regularly-scheduled meeting on March 17. Although Dexter High School already…
Jennifer Driscoll replaces Jennifer Colby as the replacement media specialist
The Media Specialist position has been filled by a myriad of individuals this year. After Linda Livingstone took an extended leave following family medical issues, Jennifer Colby took over the…
Policymakers seek to eliminate summer break for Michigan students
The traditional three-month summer for Michigan schools may be nearing it’s end, as the state legislature and the governor want to give schools the ability to go to what they…
You smell that?
A large chemical filtration system beneath the science classrooms, unknown to current administrators until January, has become clogged by an unknown substance. The obstruction was first detected because of an…
International Baccalaureate program gives students a tougher challenge than previously imagined
As the class of 2014 approaches graduation, 16 seniors are left wondering if they will graduate with more than a high school diploma. These International Baccalaureate diploma candidates who are…
Ocean Bowl squad heads to national tournament in Seattle
The dull hum of the buzzers drones as 10 high school students conjure oceanic knowledge accumulated after hours of poring over books, maps, graphs, bills, virtually anything ocean related. This…
Bus driver, lunchroom staff member self-publishes books through Amazon
Though he is known to most of his co-workers and friends as Daniel Joseph Slabaugh (Joe for short), this food and nutrition worker and bus driver has an alter ego,…
Sharrar promoted to new position
When new Superintendent Chris Timmis was hired on June 12, he said he saw changes right away that he wanted to make in the district administrative structure. And with an…
New bill in the House of Representatives seeks to change teacher evaluation guidelines
House bills 5223 and 5224, which aim to change the standards by which teachers are evaluated, were read in in the House of Representatives on Jan. 22. These could change…