Jackson County Fair Horse Barns
Bart talks to the horse superintendent Nyan Klavon at the Jackson County Fair. Also, Bart gets to ride a horse!
Nutcracker Ballet Auditions at Tecumseh Center for the Arts
Tecumseh, Mich. - Tecumseh Center for the Arts will be conducting auditions for the 2015 production of the Nutcracker Ballet on Sunday afternoon, September 13, 2015. Dancers are invited to audition for the holiday classic ballet that will be performed December 10, 11 and 12, 2015, at the TCA. All dancers, ages 8 and older, and are currently enrolled in a ballet or pointe class at a dance studio are invited to audition. Dancers should arrive at the Tecumseh Center for the Arts with ballet and/or pointe shoes, wearing a blue or black leotard with pink tights, and their hair in a bun. Audition registration will take place in the TCA green room. The entrance is located off the south parking lot at the rear of the building. Audition times are Sunday, September 13 for ages 8 to 10 years at 1:00 pm; ages 11 to 13 years at 2:15 pm, and ages 14 and over at 3:30 pm. Audition participants are to report one hour prior to audition time for costume fitting and registration. Casting lists will be posted on September 16, 2015 at the Tecumseh Center for the Arts. A mandatory parent meeting will take place for all…
Jackson’s Steampunk Eddie Competes on GSN Reality Show “Steampunk’d”
Ed Thayer, AKA Steampunk Eddie, appears on today's Bart Hawley Show to talk about his participation in GSN's new national reality show "Steampunk'd" which premieres on GSN August
Marshall/Lumen Christi to play Sept. 25 game at Albion College
Albion College’s Sprankle-Sprandel Stadium will be the scene for football under the Friday night lights September 25, as Marshall High School will host Jackson’s Lumen Christi Catholic High School in an Interstate 8 Athletic Conference matchup at 7 p.m. The game represents the first Marshall High home football game in Albion since Albion Public Schools (APS) and Marshall Public Schools entered into a partnership agreement in summer 2013. Starting with the 2013-2014 academic year, Marshall High became the established school for APS ninth through 12th graders following the conversion of APS to a K-8 district. “Albion College is proud to play a role in what has already been a successful two-year partnership between the Albion and Marshall school districts,” said Albion College President Mauri Ditzler. “Hosting this game at Sprankle-Sprandel is a strong indicator of how much Marshall has embraced the partnership, which has allowed APS to focus on making its K-8 one of the best in the state.” Playing the game near the banks of the Kalamazoo River means the Redhawks and Titans will be squaring off in a college environment with a storied past. The Albion Britons have won 35 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association football championships, more than…
Disc Golf Coming to Jackson
Photo courtesy: Ralph Barrera/American-Statesman The City of Jackson today announced a new partnership with the Kiwanis Foundation of Jackson to fund the construction of the City of Jackson's first disc golf course to be located in Ella Sharp Park. The announcement is the culmination of work undertaken by a committee formed in late 2013 to investigate the possibility of a course adjacent to the Ella Sharp Golf Course Clubhouse. "We believe the Kiwanis Course will be a destination place much like Kiwanis Park," said Therese Hesslau, vice president of the Kiwanis Foundation Board and 2012 Citizen of the Year. "We're glad to continue to give back to a community that has so much to offer." The Kiwanis Foundation of Jackson is donating $15,000 to the City of Jackson to complete construction of the 18-hole course in Ella Sharp Park. The City plans to work with the disc golf committee and area disc golfers to design the course, clear the grounds, and construct the course with a target for completion in early spring of 2016. "We were really pleased to see how this course fits into the larger vision for our city," said Eileen Lehnert, president of the Kiwanis Foundation Board…
Thursday, August 13
Bart Visits the Jackson County Fair; Molly Kaser, CEO, Center for Family Health; Ed Thayer, Steampunk Eddie, new Game Show Network Program, ‘STEAMPUNK’D’; Rod Malloy & Gary Siegrist, Dahlem; Jackson Area Catholic School Principals, Kristi Blair (St. John’s), Liz Hartley (Queens) & Matt Berkemeier (St. Mary’s); Shaunta Patton & Jim Roberts, LOVE, Inc.; General Materials presents BuilderWalk
Sharp Park Academy Improvements Lead to Release as Focus School
The Jackson Public School District is pleased to announce that the Michigan Department of Education has released Sharp Park Academy from its Focus School Status Report Card Category. In 2012, the Michigan Department of Education added a “focus” category to its Michigan School Report Card. The state report card lists the federal Adequate Yearly Progress, the Education YES grades and the overall top-to-bottom rankings of all school buildings. Focus status designation was given to schools in Michigan who have large achievement gaps between their top 30 percent of students and the bottom 30 percent of students. At that time JPS’s Sharp Park IB World School was notified of its “focus” status. Release from “focus” status mandated significant accountability and reporting requirements by the State of Michigan’s Department of Education. Jackson Public Schools received a letter from Brian J. Whiston; Michigan State Superintendent today August 12, 2015. Mr. Whiston stated “Congratulations! The Michigan Department of Education (MDE) is releasing the following 2012 Cohort school from Focus School status: Sharp Park Academy. Your school’s hard work and emphasis on data-driven decisions have narrowed the achievement gap between the top and bottom performing 30 percent of students in the above named focus school(s)…
Wednesday, August 12
Bart Visits the Jackson County Fair; Patrick Burtch, Jackson City Manager; Ron Betzig, Jackson College Entrepreneurship Classes; Kelly Sheppard, Great Start Parents; Stefanie Riggs, Alzheimer’s Association/Walk; Sue Lovell, Cascades Humane Society’s Pet of the Week