Three Rivers Community Schools Archives

Keep Your Voice Down: Sarah Lee

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November 23, 2021

At the top of this week’s episode Alek and Doug address Monday’s troubling news that teachers within the Three Rivers Community Schools system were asked to remove Pride flags in their classrooms in response to an “external challenge” by an unidentified party. The hosts of Keep Your Voice Down are also joined by Sarah Lee, Director of Marketing Communications at the Kalamazoo Community Foundation. The trio discusses Sarah’s role at KZCF, her upbringing in Malaysia and how she became deeply rooted in Kalamazoo, the importance of being “equity-minded” when addressing matters of social and racial injustice, the foundation’s efforts to support local journalism, and the story behind the formation of the Southwest Michigan Journalism Collaborative.

TRCS Board of Education sends letter regarding Moag’s resignation

By Watershed Voice

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Local

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October 13, 2021

The Three Rivers Community Schools Board of Education sent the following letter to local media Tuesday regarding the recent resignation of Superintendent Ron Moag.

#MomLife: I just wanted to go dress shopping

By Steph Hightree

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Culture

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October 12, 2021

WSV's Steph Hightree envisioned a much different Homecoming experience for her children than the one they chose but she's OK with it. Mostly. But not really.

PHOTOS: Three Rivers Community Schools Homecoming Parade

By Watershed Voice

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Local

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October 11, 2021

WSV's Steph Hightree loves parades. So there was little doubt she would attend this year's Homecoming Parade in downtown Three Rivers, rain or shine. While she was enjoying her favorite pastime she decided to take a few pictures, and this is what she came up with.

Middle, High School Students to Resume In-Class Instruction Wednesday

By Dave Vago

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Local

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March 23, 2021

Students at Three Rivers Middle and High Schools will resume full face-to-face instruction this Wednesday, Three Rivers Community Schools (TRCS) Superintendent Ron Moag said Monday. In a letter to parents, Moag said the move is the result of a change in the rate of recent, new cases of COVID-19 in St. Joseph County. The Branch-Hillsdale-St. Joseph Community Health Agency (BHSJ) provides TRCS with updated pandemic statistics on at least a weekly basis, and Moag announced the move upon receiving a BHSJ report Monday.

52 people address Three Rivers school board on hybrid classes

By Dave Vago

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Local

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March 4, 2021

Members of the Three Rivers Board of Education (BOE) heard 52 comments from the public at its online work session this week. Shortly after the start of Monday evening’s livestreamed evening, BOE Chair Erin Nowak read each previously submitted comment aloud to board members, Three Rivers Community Schools (TRCS) staff, and the public. All of the comments pertained to a BOE decision in February to again return to the hybrid instructional mode for middle and high school students.

Board of Education Approves Resolution on Restarting Winter Sports

By Dave Vago

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Local

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February 3, 2021

In a reflection of statewide pressure to reopen winter athletic programs and other school activities, the Three Rivers Board of Education (BOE) adopted a resolution in support of lifting statewide restrictions that are currently in place. The resolution asks Governor Gretchen Whitmer and the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to approve restarting school winter athletic programs. BOE President Erin Nowak clarified that the resolution would not actually reopen Three Rivers Community Schools (TRCS) sports programs and other extracurricular activities, but instead would ask the state to lift restrictions.

Three Rivers Schools Revise Reopening Dates

By Dave Vago

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News

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January 12, 2021

Dates for reopening Three Rivers Community Schools buildings to students have changed following a Board of Education meeting Monday. Pre-K through fifth grade students will now begin attending school in person next Tuesday, January 19. Middle and high school students will return to hybrid learning as previously planned on Monday, January 25. However, they will now return to full face-to-face instruction two weeks later, on February 8. Also at Monday's meeting, new school board members were welcomed, new officers were chosen, and Superintendent Ron Moag provided an update on current capital improvements.

School Board Keeps Plan to Reopen January 25

By Dave Vago

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Local

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December 15, 2020

During a special meeting Monday, the Three Rivers Board of Education (BOE) voted to approve a plan to reopen schools to in-person and hybrid instruction on January 25. After discussion that continued from a previous meeting on December 7, BOE members decided not to approve a modification of the Three Rivers Community Schools’ (TRCS) “Return to Learn” (R2L) plan that would have continued all-virtual remote instruction for middle and high school students beyond the start of the next semester.

Three Rivers School Board Weighs 2021 Pandemic Options

By Dave Vago

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Local

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December 8, 2020

At a work session Monday evening, members of the Three Rivers Board of Education (BOE) and Three Rivers Community Schools (TRCS) administrators weighed options for returning to school following the New Year. After some discussion, the BOE tabled any final decisions on the matter pending a review and clarification of further options by administrators. Further discussion will take place at a special meeting next Monday, December 14, scheduled at 6 p.m. for the purpose of reviewing an annual TRCS budget audit.

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