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At the November 21st Board of Education meeting, Dr. Sara Franzen of Allegan was awarded a Certificate of Appreciation for her work with a student at Hillside Learning Center . Dr...

The Otsego High School wellness class is focused on ways to promote gratitude for themselves and others and the class has engaged in a number of activities already this year to ...

The Allegan Public Schools Board of Education, administrators, and other school staff joined with the Allegan community in late October to celebrate the groundbreaking of the dist...

On the morning of October 27, 2023, Hopkins Middle School and High School welcomed approximately 50 career presenters, 14 college representatives, and four Military branches to H...

In late October, several Plainwell High School students had the opportunity to attend the Schools to Tools Mobile Field Trip. Plainwell was the first stop for the program, which i...

Jessica Couch of Allegan, MI, was selected to receive the Honorary American FFA Degree. This award is given to those who advance agricultural education and FFA through outstandi...

Students in Allegan County are getting the chance to investigate what it’s like to work in the skilled trades without ever leaving their high school. Developed by the Michigan Reg...

A new program offered at the Tech Center gives students the chance to get a head start on their careers after school. It’s a dual-enrollment program for the trades. The program is...

When WOOD TV8 visits a high school as part of their Football Frenzy program they select a student of the week and produce a video profile of the student. When the TV station visit...

Hopkins High School hosted the WOOD TV8 Football Frenzy on Friday, September 29th. As a part of this honor, the district is in competition with eight other featured schools acros...

Allegan Public Schools Superintendent James Antoine is excited to welcome the community to a groundbreaking ceremony on Friday, October 20 to kick off the construction of the dist...

This year Otsego High School is offering a new class that's giving students on-the-job experience now. The students in the Career Pathways class travel to different businesses tha...

Plainwell Community Schools is excited to share that the Gilkey Elementary Geckos have a new addition to their building - a book vending machine. In September, they held a special...

On October 3rd, Wayland Union Schools 3rd grade students had the opportunity to visit Jijak for a cultural presentation of the Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indian...

Hopkins Public Schools has completed the work on a new bus canopy for the transportation department. In addition to this new structure, they have also received three electric buse...

The U.S. Department of Education today recognized 353 schools as National Blue Ribbon Schools for 2023. The recognition is based on a school’s overall academic performance or pro...

Cultural Bridges is a new class at Otsego High School just for foreign exchange students, or those who are new to Otsego from another country. Otsego has a wonderful tradition o...

Meet Officer Jonathan Schaefer, Wayland Union Public Schools new School Resource Officer (SRO). A SRO is a Law Enforcement Officer, Public Safety Educator, and an Informal Counsel...

Allegan Area ESA recently hired two new administrators, Jodie Kurtz and Brady Chestnut, in the Specialized Instruction department. Jodie Kurtz (pictured above on the left) is ...

Plainwell Middle School 8th grader, Joshua Pembrook, recently had the opportunity to attend the annual International Trombone Festival in Utah, an event typically reserved for tro...