TK Seeks Renewal of Non-Homestead Millage On May 7, voters in the TK School District will vote on a renewal of the non-homestead operating millage. This request does not affect a primary residence and will not raise a primary residence tax rate. Find out more about the non-homestead millage request and what it means to all voters by clicking here.
Broadband Internet Survey To potentially help increase internet access for all of our students and families, please take this State of Michigan Broadband Mapping Challenge by April 23. This challenge can help secure federal funding to expand quality internet services throughout our area.
Reading Celebration Filled with Awards, Honors and GOOP! Page students celebrated their very successful reading month with the final schoolwide Battle of the Books and the announcement of four top readers and two top classrooms. Principal Gregg Bruno dressed up with colorful wings, a pink and purple skirt and colorful pink and blue wig to introduce the battles. But nothing could compare to the students’ excitement of being able to “GOOP” their principal and one teacher after reaching their reading goals for March.
HS Students Present Dangers of Tobacco and Nicotine Use Fourth graders scrunched up their noses and let out an “ewww” as they felt the blackened pig lung used to demonstrate effects of tobacco on the lungs. They didn’t like how it looked or how it felt and that is just the reaction high school demonstrators were hoping to see.
Friendship Bracelets Remind Students to Be Kind Choosing words like loving, caring, respectful, positive, trustworthy and nice, Page students created their own friendship bracelets as a reminder to be kind.
Page Wax Museum Brings History To Life Walt Disney, Milton Hershey, Pocahontas, Florence Nightingale, Theodore Roosevelt and Martin Luther King Jr. were just a few of the famous people brought to life in Page Elementary’s wax museum.
TKAA Gives Gifts to New Elementary Teachers Thornapple Kellogg Alumni Association gave $100 to each of the nine new TK elementary teachers to help them purchase items for their classrooms.
What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up? A dog greeted every visitor to Dr. Becca Kursch’s talk about veterinary medicine. In another room, students got a chance to test their witness skills before Barry County Judge Mike Schipper and just down the hall Dr. Jayne Corts showed students how a pig’s lung inflates when air is blown into it.