Hillsdale Community Schools are feeling the heat after a series of snow day cancellations this year. Throughout the course of the winter, Hillsdale Community Schools were forced to cancel eight school days due to numerous snowfalls and the ‘polar vortex’ that swept through the midwest with frigid temperatures. Now, Hillsdale educators and students may be...
‘Insider’s Guide’ brings students downtown
Guided by an SAB pamphlet with clues about local Hillsdale businesses, Hillsdale College students walked the streets downtown Friday with souvenirs and cards from shops they had visited. “I have never really been in any of the shops downtown but I always kind of drive by and walk by and see them and think, ‘Oh...
‘It’s the People’ sign could come down
Permit restrictions could force the “Hillsdale, It’s the People” sign on M-99 to come down, unless the City of Hillsdale decides to adopt the sign. At Monday’s city council meeting, resident Ted Jansen, who headed the project last summer to reinstall a sign in the city with the slogan, “Hillsdale, It’s the People,” addressed the...
School safety grants give local schools funds for increased security
Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey is encouraging schools in Hillsdale, Jackson, and Branch counties to apply for the Competitive School Safety Grant Program. According to a statement from policy analysts provided by Shirkey’s office, the CSSGP is a program within the Michigan State Police that has been around since 2015. The program has awarded funds...
Hillsdale Academy ranks third on CLT10
Tenth graders at Hillsdale Academy ranked third nationally in scoring on the CLT10, the official preparatory exam for the Classical Learning Test. The CLT is a standardized test geared toward the curriculum taught in classical schools. David Diener, headmaster of Hillsdale Academy, is also on the board of academic advisors for the CLT. He said...