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New staff on board at Marcellus Community Schools
by Dr. Michael Dunn, Superintendent Marcellus Community Schools is welcoming several new staff this year! Most of these hires come from retirements and open positions due to transfers within the district from leadership promotions. Typically, Marcellus does not see this many new hires! We are really excited to be able to bring on these […]
Spring Break 2025 on Main Street
Why go to Florida to see an alligator during spring break when you can get up close and personal with one right here at home. Jaxon Burgos, looking mighty happy, is pictured holding an alligator during Critchlow Alligator Sanctuary’s visit to the Marcellus Township Library, Monday, March 31. The event helped kick-off a week of […]
Band Notes for the week of April 7, 2025
Performance Alert!District 6 Jazz FestivalOn Monday, April 14, the Marcellus Jazz Combo will be participating in the MSBOA District 6 Jazz Festival at Coloma High Schoo, 300 W St Joseph St Coloma. Our performance time is 2pm and the event is free and open to the public. This Jazz Festival is a great opportunity for […]
Inside the Marcellus Community Schools
by Nanette Pauley, Superintendent Spring break has ended and the fourth marking period is underway. In the coming days, all third through eleventh grade students will sit for state assessments. The testing schedules for the high, middle, and elementary students are detailed below. Volinia’s testing schedule will be communicated directly from the building principal. Marcellus […]
Harwood Lake Celebrates Major Milestone in Removal of Eurasian Watermilfoil
Jones, Michigan – Surveys of Harwood Lake found no Eurasian watermilfoil following two years of hand pulling. Eurasian watermilfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum) was first detected in Harwood Lake in August 2021 by SWxSW Corner CISMA Coordinator Alex Florian of the Van Buren Conservation District while surveying around the lake’s boat launch. After researching and planning through […]
Marcellus Community Schools’ Spring Master Sports Schedule is here!
For the most recent updates, especially after inclement weather, visit https://marcellusathletics.bigteams. ###
Social & Personal: Dispatch from Sturgeon Bay
In an April 1 dispatch to The News from Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, (which was no April Fool’s joke!), former Marcellus resident Jim Adams reported a Marcellus Wildcat t-shirt sighting in his fair city. According to Jim, he and wife, Linda, “stopped at a gas station in Sturgeon Bay and a truck pulled up at […]
The True Book of Mostly Unrelated Stories: Small Town vs Big Town
by John Mooy Being from a small town I’ve often been asked, “could you live in the city?” There have been many times I have thoroughly enjoyed visiting the BIG city, be it Kalamazoo, Detroit, or the bigger cities of Chicago and New York. I usually think of myself as being a relatively calm individual […]
Bits & Pieces: Michigan Agriculture
by Paula Johnson Is your mailbox beginning to look like Christmas – only with seed catalogues instead?!! My farmer is switching this year from acres to food plots. We call it retirement. Interestingly enough, though, he asked his “city girl” wife if it was okay to start planting. I told him that people […]
