Sunday, December 9, 2018

JOHNSON EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER class visits Blair Moody greenhouse


Ginna Williams' preschool class at the Johnson Early Childhood Center visited the greenhouse at Blair Moody Elementary School recently.

They planted vegetables and are learning that plants need air, food, water and sun to live. They will visit every Tuesday to water their plants and weed them.

The class has planted red and green peppers, radishes, lettuce, beets, green onions and carrots. They are hoping to taste them in the spring.


The class also learned that some plants grow in the ground while others grow above ground.

TAYLOR HIGH SCHOOL engineering classes learn aeronautics


Taylor High School students in Mr. Boldrick's engineering classes recently were performing a lab using gliders to learn about principles of aeronautical engineering.

By launching the gliders students learned about the concepts of lift, control, stalling and center of gravity. The goal was to figure out the best angles of launch, release speed and weight distribution to obtain the optimal straight-line distance.


The class is exploring the various fields of engineering through real world engineering labs and classroom instruction.

TAYLOR HIGH SCHOOL first-year debate team turns in outstanding performances


This is the first year for the Taylor High School Debate Club and a single team of two freshmen girls turned in an impressive performance throughout the season.

Kaylee Fretenborough and Miranda Hontz debated in the Novice Public Forum division and took on teams from around Michigan at invitationals in West Bloomfield, Detroit, Birmingham, Holt and Dexter.

Kaylee and Miranda won 12 out of 17 debates; reached elimination rounds three times, and brought home three trophies.

Additionally, Kaylee won awards for being named among the top speakers at two tournaments.

The club will be at the state finals in Dexter next Saturday, this time with two additional teams made up of freshmen Trinity Coleman and Gwendolyn Crawford, and Shawn Ronan, Jr. and Nate Walker. 

REGISTER SOON for Christmas assistance program


TAYLOR HIGH SCHOOL senior seminar classes hear MATS program



On December 5 Mr. Greenberg’s Taylor High School Senior Seminar classes attended a presentation given by a representative from the statewide MATS program, which has to do with careers in manufacturing technology.

JOHNSON EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER enjoys trip to The Henry Ford



Ginna Williams' preschool class from Johnson Early Childhood Center enjoyed a field trip to The Henry Ford. They had all 18 students and 18 parents and/or grandparents attend and had a great day seeing a huge train, Legos, airplanes (and the class made paper airplanes), cars, electric trains, doll houses decorated for Christmas and lots of decorated trees.

TAYLOR HIGH SCHOOL bowlers get off to hot start


The Taylor High School Bowling team got off to a great start with wins over Allen Park and Trenton this week.