The 2012-13 school calendar is now available.

2012-13 School Calendar

• Prom will be held at Hankerd Hills Golf Course on May 12th from 7:30 pm – 11 pm.
• Seniors last day will be May 24th.
• Senior breakfast will be held at the Brookshire Inn in Williamston at 9:30 am on June 1st. The cost will be $12 per person (2012 DHS seniors are free). Graduation practice will be at the high school football complex following the breakfast at noon.
• Graduation Commencements will be held at the football complex on June 3rd at 3 pm.  Baccalaurate service will be held at 1:30 pm.

• On April 16th the Ingham Health Department will be in to offer vision screening for our 9th grade class. A permission slip was mailed on April 9th for you to fill out and return to school with your student before April 16th.
• Orientation for incoming freshman will be on May 9th in the High School Commons at 7 pm. Please join us for this very informative meeting.

Mason Public Schools is partnering with Dansville Schools for an anti-bullying and prevention parent awareness session on May 3rd 7 – 9 pm in the Mason High School Auditorium. The focus of the presentation will be an awareness of bullying, cyber-bullying, and online safety.

Please join us Tuesday February 28th or Wednesday February 29th for parent teacher conferences. Conference times for both days are from 4-7 pm in the high school gym. Teachers who split their time between the high school and the middle school will only attend one of these days, please take note of their schedule below.

February 28th:  Kelli Helgeson, Jessica Rusch

February 29th:  Brittiany Sanford, Lauren Engler, Cory Ross

There will also be a used book sale sponsored by the High School Library in the Commons area both nights. Please be sure to take a look!

The Band concert that was scheduled for February 15th has been cancelled and rescheduled for Monday February 27th at 7:15 pm in the High School Gym.

Wednesday January 25^th

Thursday January 26^th

Mark from Jostens was in at lunch today to accept orders for cap & gown, tassels, announcements and graduation wear. If your student was unable to turn in their forms today you can mail them to: Jostens, PO Box 200, Chelsea MI 48118. The deadline for orders to reach Jostens office is January 31st. If you miss this deadline the price for ordering goes up significantly, and you risk the chance of not getting your items  in on time for graduation. Please direct all questions to Mark Hergenreder (734)-475-9721.

The National FFA convention was held from October 19-22 in Indiana. Over 50,000 FFA members from across the country arrived in Indianapolis to experience the largest youth conference in the United States.  The Dansville FFA sent 8 members and 8 parents to this year’s conference. The students had the opportunity to attend sessions and workshops to learn how to make the most of their FFA experience. They also visited a career fair that included Agriculture industry and college representatives.

Last July, the Dansville FFA team won the State Dairy Cattle evaluation contest at Michigan State, and this qualified the team to compete in the National contest. The team then spent the rest of the fall and summer training with the Michigan State Dairy judging team and Ingham county 4H teams. The team placed 26^th out of 43 teams at the National Convention sponsored by Dean Foods. This earned them a silver team award. The team members included Kailey Sweers and Lucas Moser who earned silver individual awards and Annabeth and Lauralee Musolf who both earned bronze individual awards. The team would like to thank all of the sponsors that covered the cost of the trip; they include Greenstone farm credit, Jorgenson’s elevator, Dansville Vet clinic and Swan fuel. We are very appreciative of all the backing from the community.

Another important event that took place at the convention was the American degree ceremony. The American degree is the highest degree that an FFA member can receive, and we had two members, Jacquelyn Heuer and Christopher Weber, receive their degrees this year.  This award is based on their supervised Agricultural experience, FFA involvement and activities, and community service records.

Mrs. Amanda Sturm, the Dansville FFA advisor, also presented at the conventions as a member of the DuPont National Agriscience Teacher Ambassador Academy.  Mrs. Sturm was one of 20 teachers chosen out of 140 candidates. She traveled to Maryland in July to receive a week of intense training on inquiry education. She will also be presenting at the National Association of Agriscience Educators annual conference in St. Louis in November. We are so proud of our program and all things they accomplished this year. Way to go Aggies!