Upcoming Events, District News, & Community Information

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Destination Imagination lets brains have fun! Learn more Sep. 22!

Be creative, study science, be artistic, and understand how things work – all while making friends and having fun by joining Destination Imagination!

DI is a STEAM-based, competitive extracurricular activity that promotes creativity and teamwork for students in grades 3 through high school. Early learning opportunities are also available for K-2 students.

Each year, teams pick a challenge to tackle, work on it at weekly practices, try their hand at instant challenges and then showcase their teamwork and solutions at a regional tournament. Challenges are in the technical, scientific, fine arts, improvisational, engineering and service learning categories. Click this link for a brief video overview of the challenges. 

Interested parents and students from any Grand Ledge school can learn more about the program and this year’s challenges on Monday, Sept. 22, 6-7 p.m. at Delta Center Elementary's Media Center (enter through door 19 outside of the parent parking lot on the south side of the building) to learn about this year’s challenges and how the program works.  Team forming will be Wednesday, Oct. 1 from 6-7 p.m. at Hayes Intermediate School, Room 201 (enter through door 19). Register to join a team with this form.

If you are unable to attend but interested in the program, please contact Jennifer Pakkala, Clever Comets Coordinator, at pakkala@comcast.net.

For more information, visit www.destinationimagination.org 
and facebook.com/clevercomets.

Click HERE or the image above to read about the challenges.

GLPS sent its "Annual Notices for FERPA, PPRA, & more" email the morning of Monday, September 15, 2025.  The full message is available HERE.  It begins ...

"Grand Ledge Public School Families,

This is an informational email – the annual notices regarding The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) and the Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment (PPRA). No action is required on your part, but Grand Ledge Public Schools (GLPS) is legally required to provide you the information annually.  This email also serves as a reminder about the "Photography, Video, and Media Coverage" section of the student handbook.  ..."

The Fledge Foundation in Lansing is hosting another FREE 9-week Youth Entrepreneur Program for students in grades 5-12.  The program includes 8 weeks of learning how to apply the Business Model Canvas to their idea, working one-on-one with a coach/mentor, pitch writing and presenting, free dinner weekly, and at Week 9, an opportunity to pitch their idea to a panel of local leaders for a $1,000 prize.