Dowagiac

Council endorses upcoming school proposals

As yard signs displaying “Yes, Yes” continue to sprout up across Dowagiac lawns, the City of Dowagiac has ...

Dowagiac Union Education

Justus Gage students participate in Apple Crunch Day

Students at Justus Gage Elementary School received a rare opportunity to eat in the classroom Thursday afternoon, as ...

Dowagiac Union Education

October Starfish Story: Thank you, custodians

In this month’s starfish story, I would like to highlight our custodial and maintenance staff. Building wide, our ...

Columns

Safety in our schools is the number one concern

We asked, and you told us! Safety and security in our schools was the top concern you shared ...

Dowagiac

Local organizations donate to Middle School after-school program

When it comes to investing in the success and future of Dowagiac’s youth, local educators aren’t going it ...

Cass County

Dowagiac $37 million bond proposals discussed at community meeting

Members of the community came prepared with questions — and school officials with answers — about the district’s ...

Dowagiac

SMC hosts public tour of renovated O’Leary building

For the first 49 years of its life, students packing the inside of classrooms inside the Southwestern Michigan ...

Dowagiac

District’s food services director volunteers at local food pantry

Many of the local families who visited ACTION Center food pantry last Saturday received something special alongside their ...

Dowagiac

District, community launches campaign for November school bonds

As the clock slowly winds down toward Nov. 3, leaders with Dowagiac Union Schools and the members of ...

Dowagiac

Dowagiac schools now serving free morning meals

Dowagiac students now have the chance to start off their mornings on a tasty and filling note — ...

Dowagiac

Children encouraged to donate to district food drive

As demonstrated by last year’s Dowagiac United campaign, the students of Dowagiac Union Schools are used to uniting ...

Columns

Starfish Story: dedication deserving of recognition

When I started as the maintenance director for Dowagiac Union Schools, I talked to the maintenance and custodial ...

Dowagiac

Dowagiac Schools administration looking toward year ahead

For the first time in months, the halls of Dowagiac Union Schools’ six buildings were alive with the ...

Cass County

Dowagiac supt. discusses upcoming bond issue

With Nov. 3 looming on the horizon, Dowagiac Union Schools Superintendent Paul Hartsig is kicking of the district’s ...

Dowagiac

Dowagiac school board approves refinanced bonds

Only a few months before they decide the fate of the district’s upcoming $40 million bond proposal in ...

Dowagiac

Lunch price hike approved

Students enrolled in the district’s full-price lunch program can expect to pay a little extra for a hot ...

Dowagiac

Interact Club thanked for efforts

In the United States, polio was eradicated through vaccinations in the late 1950s. In other parts of the ...

Brandywine Education

Area children participate in annual CSI Camp

Last summer, a group of sleuthing middle school students was tasked with tracking down the killing of a ...

Brandywine Education

SMC hosts annual choir camp this week

A group of area students returned to class on Monday, filing into one of the classrooms of Southwestern ...

Columns

Helping others find their path

“Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be.”  — ...

Cass County

Contractor approved for new roadway outside of Dowagiac school

After years of discussion and months of serious planning, leaders with Dowagiac Union Schools now have a builder ...

Dowagiac

DUS gives out more than 1,000 free books to middle, high school students

Before being let out for summer break earlier this month, students at Dowagiac Middle School and Union High ...

Dowagiac

District seeking bids for construction of second entryway to middle school

While most of the safety and security improvements administrators with Dowagiac Union Schools are looking to make to ...

Dowagiac

Dowagiac school board approves budget

The financial outlook of Dowagiac Union Schools appears to have improved slightly from this same time last year, ...

Dowagiac

Free food from familiar faces

While the constant rainfall wasn’t the best backdrop for the kickoff of this summer’s free lunch program Monday, ...

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