Adrian College announces spring 2009 Dean’s List

Two local students were named to the spring 2009 Dean’s List at Adrian College. They were senior Susan Walden of Rockford, a graduate of Rockford High School, and freshman Madeline Yope of Rockford, a graduate of Northview High School. To achieve this honor, a student must maintain a 3.5 grade-point average on a 4.0 scale [...]

East Rockford Middle School Honor Roll

Eighth Grade Brandon Ausbrooks Cameron Baines Jeffrey Baldwin Stephanie Barton Cameron Bathum Megan Bean Olek Berezecky Kayla Bergeron Michael Best Anna Beurkens Andrew Bingel Kira Brown Christopher Coles Katelin Cornelius Nicholas DeWitt Paige Deyoung Jessica Dickinson Ryan Donley Tyler Dykstra Halle Dymowski Samantha Ericksen Michael Farris Amanda Glaza Lauren Golsteyn Kara Greenberg Joshua Henderson Nathan [...]

Rockford High School presents Allison Stephens, Example in Excellence

Allison Stephens.

Great things come in little packages Allison Stephens, age 18, is the daughter of Maureen and Robert Stephens and sister to Kelly Stephens, Michael and Colleen Hastings, and Timothy and Molly Matusak. Allison was chosen as Rockford High School’s Example in Excellence for qualities of introspection, honesty, compassion, and open-mindedness. She exhibits these qualities in [...]

Spencer inducted into Tower Guard

Chris Spencer.

Chris Spencer, a 2008 Rockford High School graduate, was recently inducted into the Tower Guard at Michigan State University. The Tower Guard is the oldest student organization on campus. Members pledge 120 hours in service to students with visual and learning disabilities on campus. Members are selected from the top five percent of their class [...]

Why do we live here?

David Keller

by DAVID KELLER School Board Trustee Rockford Public Schools I asked myself that exact question a few months ago when the snow was coming down and we hadn’t seen sunshine in several days. In addition to the winter season dragging on, our state economy was heading south, along with many of Michigan’s residents to look [...]