
Helping struggling readers is more accessible with apps that address decoding, fluency, and comprehension and support ESL and special needs. This course provides a toolkit of apps and strategies to address a wide range of reading needs. Starts Jan. 8: https://bit.ly/readingremc.


MDE is offering a competitive grant for computer science courses and content. Open now, schools can receive up to $200,000 to develop and implement teacher PD programs to reach new and existing teachers with little to no CS background. Details: https://bit.ly/mdegrant, due 1/11.


Thank you to our Superintendent's Office for their advocacy for safety in our Jerome Preschool neighborhood! Thank you Saginaw Police Chief Ruth and team for the new stop signs! We appreciate all of you! #SafetyFirst #SaginawISD




The Underground Railroad Safety Center was a great place to work on Friday as the staff volunteered time to organizing and preparing supplies and gifts for our county families in need! #SISDGivesBack


Saginaw ISD's Visual Impairment (VI) Team hosted a holiday event for all the students with a VI in Saginaw County to gather together. The students participated in cooking, socialization, personalized lessons and many other opportunities. #SaginawISD #OneTeamOneISD


Hartley OEC’s volunteer day last Saturday was truly amazing! A heartfelt thank you to all of the incredible volunteers who joined us. For our first project, we started constructing a brand-new boardwalk to Beaver Creek. #HartleyOEC #OurStory




Attention current 9th and 10th graders: GLBEC is enrolling for the next school year. If you want to learn more about the possibility of earning free college credit while taking courses on the beautiful campuses of Delta College and Saginaw Valley State University, please attend our next information session today at 6:00pm in room S056 on Delta College's main campus. Please use the following link to sign up for a session. If you have any questions, please contact (989) 686-9146 or email GLBEC@sisd.cc.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1PcA7dob6hIwtB5wuxd8gVNaEUgPwFSoo0IKxbpdEVvY/edit


Deputy Superintendent Scott Sawyer and Executive Director of HR Andrea Wise spoke to 80 SVSU student teachers for Social Media and Free Speech training last week! #OurStory




CTE NEWS: Are you a 9th or 10th grader in Saginaw County ready for a hands-on journey into the world of healthcare? We are thrilled to announce our second year of offering our Health Explorers Program in collaboration with Covenant Healthcare, Ascension St. Marys, Mobile Medical Response (MMR), and new this year, Great Lakes Bay Health Centers!
Students will engage in hands-on activities, explore healthcare career fields, talk with healthcare professionals about their opportunities, and have fun and interactive learning experiences.
Students will participate in this program during February and will attend each week on Tuesdays at different partner locations. The cost is $20 and includes snacks and a T-shirt!
Sign up here! https://forms.gle/PSKgkHXZTYmY48R77
If you need more information or have any questions, please contact Ann Marie Batkoski at abatkoski@sisd.cc or 989-399-6183.


Special Education Supervisor Jessica Bluhm would like to nominate all the amazing people who helped put on the Sensory Friendly Santa Event for an #OrangeSpot Award! Kim Miller, Megan Lowe, and Jill Asiala for all their hard work; Jon Lefevre and Tim Kotewa for being Santa; Sara Weiss and Melissa McCommon for volunteering their time; and Kristi Tabacsko and her Culinary Creations class for making the cookies. This event couldn't have happened without you all! #OurStory #SaginawISD


Thanks to a federal grant awarded to Saginaw ISD, we have developed and distributed "therapy bags" to all 3-5 year-olds enrolled in special education services. These bags, crafted by our skilled therapists and preschool teachers, are designed to extend the learning experience from school to home. This year, we successfully provided this invaluable tool to nearly 200 preschoolers throughout Saginaw County. Our staff have diligently packed and started delivering these bags today, perfectly timed for the holiday season. We'd love to see the joy these bags bring! If your preschooler has received one, please share their happy moments with us in the comments below! #SISD




Murphy Farm Preschool had a great time at the December Parent Club last week with lots of family fun! #SaginawISD







#SaginawISD staff Denny Wickham, Sarah Baird, and REMC Program Director Mark Lyons had a blast wrapping gifts for families at The Mustard Seed Foundation! #SISDGivesBack


The Youth Ambassadors Cohort 4 would like to extend a “thank you” to Mr. Vislosky and the staff at Frankenmuth's List Elementary for welcoming us to volunteer in the pre-K and kindergarten classrooms today. We had a blast! Another thank you for our sweet holiday treat, making fudge pops at Zak & Mac's Chocolate Haus and tours of Frankenmuth Fudge and Taffy Kitchens with Zak McLellan. We had a fantastic day and appreciate our awesome community partners! #SaginawCountyCTE




It was a full house this week at Jerome Preschool’s holiday concert! An excellent way for parents and caregivers to celebrate their children! #OurStory


It’s everyone’s job to ensure online safety at work! REMC has a new course exploring cybersecurity to help your organization protect itself through best practice implementation and growing employee understanding. Starts 2/5: https://bit.ly/cyberremc Earn 10 SCECHs.


The last night of the Sensory Friendly Santa event was a success! Thank you to our volunteers for a magical night! #OurStory #SaginawISD #SensoryFriendlySanta




A huge Orange shout out to Mikla from food service at Jerome! No one hustles like her! Everyday she has the building smelling so good preparing nutritious and delicious meals and snacks for the students! #OurStory


The Youth Ambassadors Cohort 4 would like to extend thank you's to Mr. Vislosky and the staff at Frankenmuth's List Elementary for welcoming us to volunteer in the pre-K and kindergarten classrooms today. We had a blast! Another thank you for our sweet holiday treat, making fudge pops at Zak & Mac's Chocolate Haus and tours of Frankenmuth Fudge and Taffy Kitchens with Zak McLellan. We had a fantastic day and appreciate our awesome community partners! #SaginawCountyCTE









It's time to vote for your favorite decorated door for this year's "Deck the Halls" contest! Staff and students throughout the Saginaw ISD decorated doors. Staff voted on their favorites, and now it's our communities' turn! Please vote with a "like/thumbs up" or "love/heart." Comments will not be counted as a vote. #OurStory #DecktheHalls #SpeadingHolidayCheer




