This school year is going so fast. We are almost to the end of our 3rd Marking Period. I know we are excited for a week off for Spring Break. Before that time comes, we do have the end of a grade period. Please check with your student, look at Powerschool, and contact a teacher if needed. With the week off, teachers will still have until the middle of that week we return to finalize all grades.

The Superintendent search is down to two candidates. Please see the schedule in the picture lower on this page with important dates. Feel free to participate in the opportunities to meet the two candidates. There will be forms at each event to fill out and give feedback to the Board of Education.

Just a few things that our students have been doing to keep busy.....

Byron Robotics finished 8th out of 40 teams at Kettering last weekend.

Girls Basketball beat Atherton and Bendle last week to claim a district championship.

Baylie Villani signed for Academics/Equestrian at Adrian College.

Drama club gave us another great school play.

Looks like another successful FFA State Convention:

Emma Davis competed in the Extemporaneous Public Speaking contest and received a 5th place Gold award.

Eisley Rocco competed in the Greenhand Public Speaking contest and received a 9th place Silver award.

We had 5 Seniors receive their State FFA Degree: Karsyn Dix, Lily Miller, Violet Schmidt, Baylie Villani, Desirae Young

We had 11 Juniors receive their Outstanding Junior Award: Shiann Bacon, Zerik Crawford, Emma Davis, Danny Fondren, Hayden Green, Jordan Huhn, Jayden Panula, Bryce Ritter, Myleigh Rohner, Hayden Skrbec, Lizzy Strzelecki

We had 1 Senior receive her Academic Excellence Award: Baylie Villani

We also had 7 members participate in the State FFA Band: Emma Davis, Danny Fondren, Kara Chapman, Eisley Rocco, Ben Sherwood, Aiden Gray, Jonah Spencer

On April 10th the 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th grade students will be participating in the SAT/PSAT tests.

The 6th, 7th and 12th grades will have a virtual day special schedule.

The 8th, 9th and 10th grades will finish testing around 10:30 am and the 11th grade will finish around 12:00 pm. If they have a note from a parent they will be allowed to leave when their testing is complete. If they don't have a note, then they are to stay at school until 2:30 pm. More information will be sent out after Spring Break.

Mrs. Passig is organizing a trip to England, Scotland, and France for March 2025. Please look at the link for information and email Mrs. Passig at clpassig@gmail.com if you have questions.

Byron High School and Middle School will continue to use the Positivity Project this year. This is a valuable resource for us that is used in a variety of ways. Please look at the link provided and explore the program. https://posproject.org/

Congratulations to the students pictured below that have been recognized by a staff member for being an example of a specific positivity trait. Keep up the great work!

March 18,19-Superintendent Interviews.

March 20-Meet the Candidates Open House 5 pm.

March 25-29-No school, Spring Break Week.

April 10-PSAT/SAT Testing Day.

May 15-Arnie Dog Day

May 16-Cedar Point

May 17 Senior skip day (If they go to Cedar Point)

May 20-Last normal full day

May 21-Normal hours 1,2,3. Exams 4,5,6

May 22-Exams 1,2,3. Lunch, grad practice, and final walk through the halls.

June 2-Graduation 2pm

***There will be a senior awards night in May. That date has not yet been determined.

Impressive information I am leaving on here from last month

As we are getting near the scheduling time of the year, I am going to leave this for another month. There are a lot of options out there to explore.

Did you know that Byron High School is partnered with FOUR area colleges to offer high school students the opportunity to earn direct college credit? Byron was one of the first schools in the area to partner with the University of Michigan Flint! This semester, students are set to earn 214 college credits at Mott Community College, Lansing Community College, Baker College of Owosso as well as UM Flint. Five of these students are 5th year Early College students and are currently taking between 12 and 15 college credits. All this in just this semester! Students will be enrolled in different classes second semester earning even more credits.

As we get to this point in the year, it might be a good time to review attendance policies for absences and tardies. The numbers are increasing and this has an impact in many areas, like grades, discipline, truancy, and credit for classes.

Please consider helping the Athletic Boosters in any way that you can. It is very good to see them active again. Their efforts make a huge difference in Byron Athletics.

https://www.byron.k12.mi.us/Page/279

• Contact-Don McLennan mclennan@byron.k12.mi.us
• 810-266-4620

• The mission of Byron Area Schools is to educate all students
  to become productive members of society.