Education

Hesperia teacher wins Excellence in Education award from Michigan Lottery

January 10, 2024

Hesperia teacher wins Excellence in Education award from Michigan Lottery HESPERIA — A Hesperia educator known for her “purple pen of love” has been honored with an Excellence In Education award from the Michigan Lottery. The award winner, Theresa Dean-Rumsey, is an English teacher at Hesperia High School.  The Michigan Lottery established the Excellence in Education awards in 2014 to…

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‘It’s a great day to be a Shelby Tiger’

December 16, 2023

‘It’s a great day to be a Shelby Tiger’ Shelby unveils new elementary school Tiger Pride is a presentation of Shelby Public Schools in partnership with Oceana County Press.  By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor SHELBY —  The community celebrated Shelby Public Schools’ new $19 million elementary school building during a ribbon cutting ceremony Saturday, Dec. 16. Local officials, community members,…

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Students learn about skilled trades careers

December 13, 2023

Students learn about skilled trades careers GRAND RAPIDS — Shelby and Hart high school students learned about careers in electrical, automotive, construction and welding trades during a visit to the Grand Rapids Community College MTEC (Michigan Technical Education Center) and the Michigan Regional Council of Carpenters and Millwrights, Dec. 4. A total of 22 students from Hart and Shelby went…

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Shelby to unveil new elementary school Saturday

December 13, 2023

Shelby to unveil new elementary school Saturday Tiger Pride is a presentation of Shelby Public Schools in partnership with Oceana County Press.  SHELBY —  The community will get a look at Shelby Public Schools’ new  $19 million elementary school building located along Oceana Drive north of the high school during a ribbon cutting ceremony Saturday, Dec. 16, beginning at 9…

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Walkerville students are published authors

December 7, 2023

Walkerville students are published authors Wildcat News is a presentation of Walkerville Public Schools in partnership with Oceana County Press.  By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor WALKERVILLE — Students in Mandy Achterhof’s third, fourth and fifth grade English and language arts classes are published authors. Each class published its own book through studentreasures.com with each student creating one page. The third…

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