This year Logan Kramer and

Alexa Platte prepared solos for the

MSBOA Solo & Ensemble

festival. Both students received

division one ratings at the District

Festival which moved them on to

the State Festival where again both

earned medals for their

performances. Congratulations!

In this issue HS Solo & Ensemble winner’s ................. Front cover

Congratulations Ms. Blackwell ................. Front cover

Fowler Education Foundation ...................................2

PTA Carnival .............................................................2

Waldron News ...................................................... 3-8

SOAR winner’s .....................................................3

Mobile Farm Lab ..................................................3

Jump with Jill ........................................................3

Wharton Center Field trip .....................................4

Lumberjack Day ...................................................4

Police Officers & K-9 visit .....................................5

March is Reading Month ......................................6

Knights of Columbus Egg Hunt ............................7

Happy Retirement Linda ......................................7

Middle School Drama preforms ...........................8

Welcome New Staff..............................................8

High School News ............................................... 9-16

Renaissance Spring Rewards..............................9

Holocaust Memorial Field trip ........................... 10

Band & Robotics ............................................... 11

Class of 2018 Top Ten ................................. 12-13

College Athletes ........................................... 14-15

SADD & BPA ..................................................... 16

Sports News – Girls Track ..................................... 17

From the Superintendent ................................. 18-19

Ranking ............................................................. 18 Community Survey results ................................ 19

Ms. Blackwell was the recipient of a Grant sponsored by Dr. Grubaugh

and WLNS TV6. Congratulations!

The GSRP Preschool students helped design and make a quilt for the PTA

Carnival that was held on March 17th. Full article on page 2.

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New Science Technology Funded by the Fowler

Public Schools Education Foundation and PTA

Mr. Mowry recently purchased sensors, ramps, and

vehicles for his physics and chemistry classes using grant

funding from the Fowler Public Schools Education

Foundation and PTA. The new classroom

equipment will help students learn various concepts at the

high school. The students are excited to have 21st century

technology in the classroom. Thanks to the foundation

and PTA for the generous donation. Mr. Mowry looks

forward to using the technology to teach many

more concepts in the future.

The Fowler Public Schools Education Foundation

has continued its mission over the past two years by

partnering with the PTA and providing eight grants to

teachers for their classrooms. These grants help buy

reading materials, physics equipment, new technology,

and various other items to support our kids. The

foundation's goal is to help the long-term success of our

schools and community by fundraising and establishing a

trust fund to provide financial support.

If you would like to assist the foundation, please send an

email to FowlerSchoolsFoundation@gmail.com or

call (989) 262-0654. The foundation board is especially

interested in having a local financial adviser manage the

foundation's long-term

investments and/or anyone with

creative fundraising ideas who

would like to assist.

Great games, fantastic prizes and delicious food was the

theme for this year’s PTA carnival that took place on

March 17th.

Each of the elementary classes put together a gift basket to

be auctioned off at the carnival. The class who’s basket

brings in the most money would win a pizza lunch.

The carnival was a huge success! Thank you so much to

everyone that helped in so many ways – setting up,

working a game, donating items to be auctioned or raffled,

face painting, participating in any way, and more. We

couldn’t have done without you.

The 3rd grade class was the winner of a pizza party for

having the silent auction basket that made the most money

at the carnival. Great Job.

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Congratulations to our February SOAR drawing winners. Grand Prize winners: Makenna S., Grace O., Javiar S., Marie H., and Rylee S. who won free admission to the girls high school basketball game on February 22nd or the boys high school basketball game on February 27th.

Congratulations to our March SOAR drawing winners. Grand Prize winners: Paisley H., Faith N., Taelah K., Sophia H., and Myah R. The K-4th grade students recieved NCG Movie passes; and Middle School students got to choose between a free 1 hour pass to watch March Madness or an NCG Movie pass.

WOW, what a busy, big fun day we had!! We had a

Mobile Farm Lab at Waldron, teaching us ALL the things

we eat and use that originally come from things we would

find on a farm!

We also had “Jump with Jill” here the same afternoon --

which teaches us about healthy foods and fitness through

all sorts of fun dancing and music.

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Kindergarten students attended “Dragons Love Tacos

and More” stories at the Wharton Center the morning of

January 25, 2018.

The children were very well behaved

during the trip, and received a Whole

Class SOAR ticket from another teacher at

Waldron because they walked so quietly and orderly

through the hall on their way to lunch! Good Job!!

After gym class, all kindergarten students were treated to a

chocolate taco as a finale to our Field Trip day.

Kindergarten

The Kindergarten class celebrated 100 days of school by

dressing up as a 100 year old. I hope I look this good

when I turn 100.

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Kindergarten students in Mrs. Schmitt's class had a

"hands-on" Social Studies lesson about needs and

wants! To bring this lesson to life, students were asked to

do an extra job at home to earn a little extra money. They

then brought in their earned change to save in a class

piggy bank for a week.

After the chores were done and the earnings were counted

they made a list of "wants" and "needs" for their

classroom. With the money, they were able to purchase:

snacks, art supplies, games, reading buddy stuffed animals

and a few small toys!

On March 2nd the 2nd & 3rd Grade classes received a

surprise visit from Clinton County’s Deputy Barber and

Grand Ledge Officer Barber and his partner Officer Dash.

Deputy and Officer Barber answered several questions

from the students and Officer Dash made the rounds.

Thank you!

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This year’s theme is “Michigan: Let Reading Light Your

Way!” There were many special events planned for the

month including a Kick-Off assembly on March 2nd, and

visits from a couple Michigan authors.

Author Judith Wade visited 5-8 grades on March 7th. Mrs.

Wade shared her expertise with students and was able to

provide tips on how to generate ideas for writing.

Illustrator Gijsbert Van Frankenhuyzen visited K-4 grades

on March 16th. We ended with a Pure Michigan day on

March 29th.

The students enjoyed learning how to draw as the famous

illustrator Gijsbert Van Frankenhuyzen, (illustrator of the

Legends) gave each class private lessons.

Pure Michigan Day was a hit as we sampled lots of

yummy products grown and made in our state! We had

apples dipped in caramel and chocolate, Faygo pop floats

and a variety of Better Made chips! The VFW Auxiliary

made Michigan cookies for everyone in our entire school!

Wolverine Will came to celebrate Pure Michigan. He

taught the kids several different facts about Michigan.

Fowler Public Schools is now offering a Latchkey

program for students currently in K-5th grades. Time slots

available are (AM) 6:30 – 7:45 and (PM) 3:00 – 5:45.

Please welcome Alexa Walter as our P.M.

Latchkey Caregiver. Alexa is a 2017

Graduate of Fowler High School. She has 3

years of Early Childhood Education classes

and is currently working towards her

Associates Degree and Paraprofessional

Certification through LCC.

Registration will be open for our 2018-2019 school year

starting May 30th. Go to http://fowlerschools.net/waldron-

schools/latchkey to sign up. This link will provide all

specific information for times and rates. There is limited

seating and is on a first come first basis.

School Bus Drivers Needed for

Fowler Public Schools If this sounds like something you’d like to do, please call Mike Schmitt at 989-640-3230 for

more information

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he Fowler Knights of Columbus

would like to thank everyone

that helped make this year's

Easter Egg Hunt a success!

A special thank you to McDonalds

of St. John's for donating gift

certificates, Fowler Public

Schools for allowing us the use of their

grounds, and to the Knights of

Columbus members and their families who volunteered

their time to help with this event. THANK YOU!

Our students and staff, especially those at Waldron School, want to acknowledge and thank

Linda Halfman for her service and dedication to Fowler Public Schools. After 24 ½ years of

continued service to Fowler Public Schools, Linda has decided to retire. Linda has worked as

the lead Food Service employee in the Waldron cafeteria, preparing and serving delicious

lunches for students and staff. Linda also worked as a custodian for 4 years during her time in

the district. We would like congratulate Linda and thank her for her hard work and dedication

to Fowler schools for the past 24 ½ years. We wish her well and every bit of success and

happiness in all her future endeavors.

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On March 23rd and 24th the Middle School

performed in the play “Get Smart”. Get

Smart was originally created by Mel Brooks

and Buck Henry in 1965. It ran for 5

years, ending in 1970 with 138

episodes. In the middle school

performance, Andrew Piggott played

Maxwell Smart, Lauren Schafer played

Agent 99, Isain Montiel-Veral played Hodgkins, and Liam

O’Hare played the Chief. Also pictured, are the four

blondes who were kidnaped by KAOS. They were played

by Candis Myers, Brin Thelen, Emily Epkey, and Reva

Lance. Acting as the KOAS agents were Grace Piggott as

Mr. Big, Theresa Schmitz as Garth, and Rachel Epkey,

Kennedy Erk, and Grace Boyd as the Wong Sisters. Our

cast and crew consisted of 36 middle school students, with

several playing double roles. It was a lot of fun and the

kids did a great job!

Get Smart – Cast & Crew

Keri Moon is our new Long Term

Substitute Teacher at Waldron.

Keri earned her degree in Education at

Baker College of Owosso, where she

studied elementary education and

math. She comes to us from Pleasant

View Visual & Performing Arts

Academy in Lansing where she has taught for the past 5

years.

Keri lives in St. Johns with her husband Jameson and her

two children, Drew (17) and Gabby (14). She has two

dogs - Bubba and Piggy, and 1 cat - Chip. When she is not

at work, she enjoys reading and spending time with her

family.

Dan Heckman is our new Custodian at

Waldron Elementary/Middle School.

Dan recently retired from the MI

Department of Corrections (MDOC)

after 28 years of service. Dan earned

his corrections certificate at LCC and a

Word Processing certificate through

Davenport College.

Dan is a long time resident of Pewamo where he lives

with his wife Julie and two children, Caleb (20), Emma

(17). Dan is also very active in his community where he is

currently the Mayor Pro Tem on the village council; he

also serves as a Eucharistic minister through his church,

and is the Adjutant for the Hubbardston American Legion.

Please join us in welcoming Keri and Dan to our Waldron

Elementary/Middle School staff. absolutely

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A warm welcome to our freshmen Renaissance members

and congratulations on a great start to your high school

years.

Current Renaissance members welcomed freshman

members with ice cream sundaes on February 23. All

classes enjoyed drawings for cash prizes and gift

certificates, as well as a chance to win a candy gift basket

provided by Sweet Celebrations by Stacey Riley,

including gift cards by Dave and Claudia Piggott.

Congratulations to Makayla

Piggott, the grand prize winner

of the candy bouquet at the

freshman welcome.

Following the freshman welcome and to celebrate spring,

an egg hunt was held on March 28, where members

scrambled to pick up eggs that included candy, cookie

coupons, and cash.

The Renaissance committee will end this year with the

following events: work on those grades gifts in April,

senior awards, and the final year-end gift certificate choice

reward for every Renaissance member. Congratulations to

all members!

We’ll see you back next year!

If you are interested in joining the FHS Renaissance

Committee or providing financial support, please contact

Jill Bierstetel at jbierstetel@gmail.com or Karen Luttig at

dkluttig@charter.net.

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Students celebrated Valentine’s Day with specially

ordered carnations delivered to friends.

HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL

CENTER ZEKELMAN FAMILY

CAMPUS On February 27th, the ninth grade English classes visited

the Holocaust Memorial center in Farmington Hill, MI.

This was an unforgettable experience for the students

which is detailed in the following responses.

A part of the Holocaust Memorial Center that made a

lasting impression was going into the box car and

hearing...hungry dogs. That part made it memorable

because being in there and hearing that was powerful and

heartbreaking.

-Felicia Feldpausch

Listening to the survivor made me wonder what could

happen to the US.... It had me thinking about when I feel

helpless, how much more the Jews [endured].

-Austin Vandegriff

The part of the tour that made the most lasting impression

on me was the wall with all the numbers of people who

died in each country... it put into perspective how many

[people] really died and how widespread the Holocaust

was.

-Kiley Bengel

The part of the tour that shocked me the most was looking

in that dark room of prisoners. The way they all stared at

us was just haunting, knowing that this was how

everything happened.

- Braedon Andros

I noticed a lot of light was coming from about six

[projector] screens each playing a different video of real

footage from the Holocaust. I wanted to stop to take as

much information in as I could.

-Brooke Epkey

I can make sure that people in my "corner of the world"

don't experience the misery that those of the Holocaust did

by sticking up for others [like] if someone is being bullied

or made fun of. We can say something instead of standing

by and watching it happen.

-Adalee Thelen

There can be times when we are scared to help because we

don’t know the future, but that fear should not keep us

from defending a victim and doing what is right.

-Makayla Piggott

When something terrible is happening you can’t always do

something about it, but you should always try.

-Kaitlyn Langin

Even though we may not have a lot of “power” in a

situation, this does not mean that we can just sit back and

let things happen.

-Lauren Speers

What made the trip memorable was the survivor speaking.

He was aged and kind of hard to understand at some

points, but he was very passionate about what he was

talking about. I feel like he really wanted us to see in our

minds what he was talking about and to understand what

he went through.

-Paige Smith

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Devised, organized, and instructed by senior McKenzie

Koenigsknecht, the very first Fowler Winter Guard was a

great success!

Middle school students interested in learning the unique

skills required for being a member of the high school color

guard were given the opportunity to learn and practice the

craft in preparation for an indoor performance for parents

and family.

Both the high school and 7/8th grade bands again had the

opportunity to travel to distant schools to play before a

panel of judges. Both bands gave great performances and

took away with them a wealth of experience and judges'

commentary which will help them to further grow as a

band and as individual musicians.

On the Calander May 14 – Band performs at Lansing Lugnuts

May 22 – HS Spring Concert

May 30 – MS Spring Concert

Eight Fowler High students--the first ever robotics team--

spent six weeks designing, building, and programming a

robot for competition in March.

At their very first competition the Fowler Blue Eagles,

team 7289, was ranked 24 of 40 teams following 12

qualification matches with a record of 6-6-0. The Blue

Eagles were drafted by team 5238, the Falconators to join

their 7th seed alliance. Unfortunately, the alliance was

eliminated by the number 2 seed alliance which continued

on to win 1st place at the competition.

The Eagle team was thrilled to be able to compete and is

already working on their strategy for their next

competition. Their coaches are Mr. Mowry, Mr. Morse

and Mr. Pohl.

Blue Eagles Robotics Team

Wins 2018 Rookie All-Star

Award at the East Kentwood

Competition.

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Taylor Rademacher, Valedictorian

Taylor is the daughter of Jim and

Nancy Rademacher. She is a

member of BPA, SADD, Quiz

Bowl, NHS, Class of 2018

Valedictorian, and Youth Group.

Taylor is also the recipient of CMU

Centralis Gold Award and CMU

Leadership Advancement

Scholarship. Taylor is planning to

attend Central Michigan University to pursue a degree in

English.

Taryn Schafer, Salutatorian

Taryn is the daughter of Thomas

and LeAnn Schafer. She is a

member of the NHS, SADD, Class

of 2018 Salutatorian, CMAC

Scholar Athlete, and maintained a

4.0 in LCC Dual Enrollment.

Taryn participated in varsity Track

& Field for 4 years, varsity

Volleyball for 2 years, where she

earned Academic All-State Athlete in 2016 and 2017 for

both sports. Taryn plans to attend Saginaw Valley State

University to pursue a degree in General Business.

Noah Hamilton

Noah is the son of

Rob and Sherry

Hamilton. He is a

member of the NHS,

Renaissance, and

maintained a 3.9

cumulative GPA. Noah participated in one year of varsity

Basketball and Football, and three years of varsity

Baseball earning MVP and 1st Team All-League his

Junior year. Noah also contributes time to Letters to Santa,

Highway cleanups, and Blood Drives. Noah plans to

attend Alma College for his pre-med schooling, and then

Michigan State Medical School to become an Emergency

Medicine Physician.

Makenna Miller

Makenna is the daughter of John

and Amy Miller. She is a member

of SADD, LINKs, President of the

NHS, Student Council, and is on

the President’s List at LCC.

Makenna participated in

Volleyball, Bowling, and Softball.

Makenna plans to study pre-

veterinary at Alma College where

she wants to major in Biology and Business. Makenna is

planning to later attend graduate school to become a

doctor of veterinary medicine.

Mariele Ann Feldpausch

Mariele is the daughter of Daniel

and Patricia Feldpausch. She is a

member of NHS, President of

Student Council, Honor Roll, and

Church Leadership team. Mariele

participated in Cross-Country,

Track, Band, and Piano. Mariele is

planning to attend Aquinas College

and study Psychology.

Hunter Armbrustmacher

Hunter is the son of Michael

Armbrustmacher and Jennifer

Badgett. His a member of NHS

and Renaissance. Hunter

participated in Football, and

Blood Drives through the Red

Cross. Hunter plans to study

Chemistry at Michigan State

University (MSU).

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“The horizon leans forward,

offering you space to place

new steps of change.” -Maya Angelou

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Jolie Wieber

Jolie is the daughter

of Jim and Marcy

Wieber. She is a

member of the NHS,

LINKs, No More

Sidelines, and a

MHSAA Scholar Athlete. Jolie participated in Softball,

Volleyball, Cheer, and MHT Youth Group. Jolie earned a

full scholarship to Davenport University for Cheer and

plans to study Business.

James Wohlfert

James is the son of Jerry and

Catherine Wohlfert. He is a

member of the NHS, MHT Youth

Group, Portland Civic Players

Club, and a Director’s Apprentice

at Portland Civic Players. James

participated in Track & Field,

Cross Country, volunteers at The

Lansing City Rescue, and has donated over a gallon of

blood through the Red Cross, and more. James is planning

to attend Eastern Michigan University to study Theater

Management.

McKenzie Koenigsknecht

McKenzie is the daughter of Scott

and Jenny Koenigsknecht. She is

a member of the NHS, President

of LINKS, and the recipient of

the Daughters of the American

Revolution Good Citizenship

Award. McKenzie participated in

Track, Basketball, Cross Country,

Band, Youth Group, No More

Sidelines, and Eric ‘Ricstar’

Winter Music camp. McKenzie plans to attend Lansing

Community College for an Associate’s degree in Music,

and then Western Michigan University to earn a

Bachelor’s degree in Music Therapy.

Jonathan Hong

Jonathan is the son of Cyndy

Carollo and James Hong. He Vice-

President of Student Council, a

member of the NHS, BPA, Quiz

Bowl, and Band. Jonathan

participated in Cross Country and

Track. He is also a volunteer of the

Red Cross, Adopt-A-Family, and

Food Bank Services at Immanuel Lutheran Church.

Jonathan is planning to study Biomedical Engineering at

Michigan Technological University.

Student’s pair up and each have to either maintain their

3.8 GPA from the first quarter or increase their GPA by .1.

Those who achieved their goal were treated to a bag of

treats from Renaissance.

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Mason Pline signs his letter of intent with Ferris State

University to play Basketball. Pictured here with his

parents Teresa and Jack Pline.

Michaela Ward signs her letter of intent with Lansing

Community College to run Cross Country. Pictured here

with Coach Robinson and her parents Erin and Mike

Ward.

Jolie Wieber signs her letter of intent with Davenport

University of Grand Rapids to do Cheer.

Jacob Thelen signs his letter of intent with Olivet College

to Bowl. Pictured here with his family.

Class of 2018

College Athletes

Letters of intent were signed by several Fowler High School 2018 Graduates.

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Olivia Miller signs her letter of intent with Concordia

University to Bowl. Pictured here with her parents Kyle

and Michelle Schmitt and Don Miller, and her 2 brothers

Lewis and Preston Miller.

Dane Armbrustmacher signs his letter of intent with

Western Michigan University to play Baseball. Pictured

here with his parents Dan and Julie Armbrustmacher.

Noah Hamilton signs his letter of intent with Alma

College to play Baseball. Pictured here with his parents

Rob and Sherry Hamilton.

Kennedy Koenigsknecht signs her letter of intent with

Alma College to play softball. Pictured here with her

parents Craig and Barb Koenigsknecht and Jackie and Joe

Bertram.

Congratulations

Athletes

Seniors wore college attire from their prospective

school.

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The student group SADD continued to make their

presence around the school focusing on distractive driving

and driving under the influence of a substance.

In February SADD hosted a grant funded assembly

through P.E.E.R.S. Foundation with ARDDES,

Augmented Reality Distracted Driving Education

Simulator. The simulator allows participants the

experience of distractions like phone calls, texting, etc.

while driving in a virtual world.

Students who participated in ARDDES were placed in the

driver’s seat of a GM vehicle that had been rigged to be

immobile, but functional in terms of steering wheel,

blinkers, and pedals. drivers are then fitted with a Meta2

head-mounted display that is equipped with AR that

presents them with incredibly realistic simulated scenarios

that the driver must react to. Everyone enjoyed giving the

ARDDES a try.

The SADD program was at it again, this time raising

awareness on how easy it is to have your life taken from

you through distracted driving. On Friday, March 23rd,

10 students wore a head stone (made out of paper) around

their neck showing they were in an accident and passed

away. These individuals were not to talk to anyone unless

addressed by a teacher, and everyone else was to carry on

as if they were no longer with us.

The FHS chapter of the Business Professionals of America

competed at Regionals last Friday, January 29. All

members competed in prepared events and open

events. After the scores were tallied, nine FHS students

qualified for States!

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FHS Girls Track Team

The Girls track team is one of the largest teams in

recent history. It consists of 11 freshmen, 5

sophomores, 4 juniors, and 7 seniors. This year’s

seniors have made history at FHS by being part of

a State Championship or Runner-up Team every

year while in high school. Three years ago as

freshmen they were State Runner-Up, as

sophomores they captured the State Title, and as

juniors last year they were State Runner-up once

again. This year looks to be another success as the

lady Eagles expect to bring home the State

Trophy.

This year the Eagles have taken first place in their

division at every invitational they competed in.

Most of these invites had more than 12 teams competing from all 4 divisions. The team recently competed in the CMAC

championship in which they took a narrow loss to P-W, who is highly ranked in division 3. At that event 3 school records were

broken and 1 was tied. Morgan Goerge won the 800 in this competition.

4x100 Relay has been broken twice this year and stands at 50.13. McKenzie Koenigsknecht, Kaitlyn Langin, Ciera Weber, and Sidney Horak ran this relay.

4x200 Relay was broken while the team ran a 3 second PR for the season. Alyssa Vandegriff joined McKenzie Koenigsknecht, Kaitlyn Langin, and Sidney Horak to run 1:45.26.

Ciera Weber has broken her own Pole Vault record multiple times. Her current record stands at 10’4”.

Alyssa Vandegriff continues to drop times in both hurdle races, and tied her school record in the High Jump with a jump of

5’4”. Our hurdlers are among the best in the State. Four of them will be running at the Greater Lansing Honor Roll. (Alyssa

Vandegriff, Sidney Horak, Ciera Weber, and Sadie Weber)

The Athletic Department would like to thank all the volunteers who helped out by working the gate and concessions for all of our winter and spring sporting events this past season.

Your time and dedication to Fowler is very much appreciated!

Registration is now open for 2018-2019

Latchkey programs. The Latchkey program is

open to students K-5th grades. Seats are limited

and are on a first come first basis. Please go to

http://fowlerschools.net/waldron-

schools/latchkey to sign up.

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By Neil Hufnagel, Superintendent/High School Principal

Year after year Fowler Schools perform among the very best in the state academically. It's fair to point out that these state ratings are largely based on a single test. The state rating system is on a 100 point scale with the Overall Index determined by ratings in the two main areas of areas of student growth and proficiency, as well as less heavily weighted areas graduation rate, assessment participation, advanced coursework, college enrollment, and attendance. Fowler High School ranks approximately 60th of the over 700 high schools in Michigan

placing it in the top 10%. I could not find an ordered ranking of elementary and middle schools, but it is equally likely that Waldron School ranks in the top 10% of school in that grade range as well. This is a great credit to our staff. Below is a chart that shows the FHS and Waldron ratings for 2018, as well as those for schools in our county, in our athletic conference, and among those who typically rate the best in mid-Michigan.

MDE School Index Ratings 2018

High School Elm/MS Average

Fowler 95.1 90.1

Clinton County

DeWitt 98.84 87.04

P-W HS/MS 97.55 95.69

St. Johns 86.88 89.45

Ovid Elsie 86.32 81.59

Bath 85.64 71.36

CMAC

Laingsburg 85.38 85.19

Potterville 76.74 71.66

Dansville 76.58 81.01

Fulton 76.33 73.23

Saranac HS/JH 68.39 88.43

Mid-Michigan's Best

Williamston 99.08 92.92

Okemos 95.74 94.67

Haslett 95.69 92.39

East Lansing 88.19 86.08

Grand Ledge 82.99 84.19

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By Neil Hufnagel, Superintendent/High School Principal

In the late winter, we conducted a community survey to determine community support for a potential bond election to support a Phase 2 follow up of the building improvements made in 2013. These potential Phase 2 components include the addition of a new gymnasium at the high school and a fitness center that would serve both our students and community. It would also include some significant district needs that were not included in Phase I including renovations of our 1959 high school kitchen and cafeteria, renovations of locker rooms, and roof replacement at both school buildings. We would continue to evaluate the other facility and infrastructure needs with the goal of making improvements that will serve our students and community well for the next generation of Fowler Eagles. The survey completed by over 200 parents, staff, and community members showed strong support for a moderate millage increase to support the improvements described above. The graphs show survey responses to a few of the key questions. The board will now be working to hire an architect and construction manager to further develop the project, and we will continue to seek input from all stakeholders through surveys and forums as formal plans are developed in the fall.

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Fowler Public School Directory

Fowler High School office ...........989-593-2250 Superintendent/HS Principal Neil Hufnagel ..............................989-593-2250 Waldron Elementary/M.S office. .989-593-2160 Principal Paul Minns ..................................989-593-2160 Transportation Mike Schmitt ................. 989-593-2360 ext. 216 Athletic Director Kris Ernst ...................... 989-593-2250 ext. 204 Business Manager Teresa Pline ................................989-593-2296 Director of Food Services Lauri Grace .................................989-593-2160 Building & Ground Supervisor Mike Schmitt ................. 989-593-2360 ext. 264

Monday, January 8, 2018

Monday, February 12, 2018

Monday, March 12, 2018

Monday, April 9, 2018

Monday, May 14, 2018

Monday, June 11, 2018 Budget Hearing

Monday, June 18, 2018

Monday, July 9, 2018

Monday, August 13, 2018

Monday, September 10,2018

Monday, October 8, 2018

Monday, November 12, 2018

Monday, December 10, 2018

Monday, January 14, 2019

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