Middle School Sports News

Long Beach has a Secret Santa, except it's not that much of a secret and it doesn't limit its work to December.

Middle school athletics would be overseen for the first time by the Kentucky High School Athletic Association under a proposed regulation approved by the state board of education and now under review by lawmakers.

Linda Suydam of Ruscombmanor Township, from left, runs with her daughters Rachel, 23, and Erin, 21, at the Berks County Heritage Center.

Jaron Corwin Iglesias Cruz Age: 14 Village: Barrigada School: Luis P. Untalan Middle School Sports: Volleyball, soccer, basketball, and track and field Hobbies: Hanging out with family and friends and joining volleyball tournaments Though he's only been playing sports competitively for the last three years, 14-year-old multisport athlete Jaron Cruz ... (more)

The two-hour clinics, which will be held at Forest Hills Northern High School, are open to all West Michigan students who will be in grades five through eight beginning this fall.

Resumes are being accepted from applicants interested in filling the Blue Ridge District seat on the Franklin County School Board.

Town managers and elected officials around the eight communities that comprise Regional School Unit 20 were crunching numbers Monday as they figured out what the proposed $34.3 million school budget will mean to taxpayers if approved at the polls next week.

Students at Dalton High may notice a major change when they return to school on Aug.

Trimming the district's $15.6 million budget deficit by asking parents to foot the bill for athletics at Flint schools is not on the table, said the district's chief financial officer.

Moving against requests from school administrators, the Liberty County Board of Education voted Tuesday to discontinue funding middle- and high-school graduation coaches.

Middle school sports will be restored in next year's school budget, along with $29,000 for the high school sports program.

The middle school sports physicals originally scheduled for Saturday at Sycamore Lane Middle School have been postponed.

Concerned parents and others who attended the Regional School Unit 20 budget meeting Thursday night voted to reinstate funds for art teachers, library ed techs, the school resource officer, school secretaries, middle school sports and more.

Normally by this time every year, I'm ready for the school year to be finished. For me, the high school sports calendar starts in late July with the beginning of practice for fall sports.

Highline will add several new sports programs at the middle school level over the next two years, as recommended by the district's Middle School Athletics Assessment Committee.

A new free wrestling program is open to all Lowell Public Schools students in grades 5-8; for more information, email Ksheehan@lowell.k12.ma.us . There is also a new free field-hockey program for grades 6-8, with all the equipment being provided.

The Franklin County School Board will meet Wednesday, May 29 to discuss the best way to utilize the extra $300,000 allotted to schools by the Franklin County Board of Supervisors.