WBCH offers this space to area school superintendents to highlight news in their districts. This posting is from Delton Kellogg  Superintendent Carl Schoessel:

“Know Your Schools.

"The most recent meeting of the Delton Kellogg Board of Education conducted on March 20 included student presentations and honors, reports about the Delton Kellogg Education Foundation and the search for a new superintendent, and awarding bids for the last projects to be done with funds from the bond proposal:

·      Student presentations – Students from the Delton Kellogg Elementary School’s Chess Club reported on their successes in recent competition with area schools and explained how the school’s character education theme of “Perseverance” helped them in the competitions.  Members of the Middle School’s Social Awareness Group explained some of their current projects, and students from the High School reported on their experiences at the Conference Leadership Summit.

·      Student honors – Middle School student Jacob Shorey won the Barry Intermediate School District Spelling Bee championship for the second year in a row, the Elementary and Middle School’s Odyssey of the mind team qualified for the state finals, and High School students Tyden Ferris and Esteban Villalobos were All-State wrestlers.

·      Delton Kellogg Education Foundation – It was reported that the Foundation is raising funds for the Delton Kellogg High School Band’s trip to Pearl Harbor upon being one of the two bands in Michigan to be selected to participate in the 75^th anniversary observance of World War II.  The Foundation also will be awarding 17 $1,000 scholarships to graduating seniors this year.

·      Superintendent Search – Dr. Carl Hartman of Hartman Consulting presented a progress report on the search for a new superintendent in the Delton Kellogg Schools.

·      Construction project bids – A total of $972,055 was awarded for construction projects to be completed in the spring and summer."