Student Life
First Day of School!
Blair Holden Memorial Scholarship
Nya Higley, $1000
Kasey Gambee, $1000
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Beth Palmatier Memorial Scholarship,
Alivia Rogers, $1000
Lambert Family Scholarship
Nya Higley, $1000
Kasey Gambee, $1000
Richland/Gull Lake Area Lions Kay Maxon Scholarship
Alivia Rogers, $1250
Tru2U Counseling Grant
Kasey Gambee, $500
Alex Fain, $500
We had another successful Valentine's Day Chili Cookoff! Many thanks to our judges with an extra shout out to Mike Johnson of Rebel Fabrications for the the tshirts! Congratulations to Ashley Jones for her first place pot of white chicken chili.
Thank you to the KRESA Education for the Arts for providing us with the opportunity to have Miss Mary back to teach another art class.
The Richland Community Library was very generous in sponsoring a visit from local authors. our students loved this experience and they are looking forward to future collaborations.
Barry Gray came to visit us to discuss the necessity for insurance and how to make insurance work for us!
Our annual Pumping Carving activity!
We invited participants from Western Michigan Adult and Teen Challenge to visit and talk with our students about additions and making good choices. Our students always enjoy having them come visit.
Yummy! Milkshakes for all!
We started out the 2022=2023 school year with a game of Gateway Family feud to learn more about our staff and the dreaded rules.
Our 2022-23 Gateway Academy Staff!
As part of our focus on life skills, each student will be making a pan of baked ziti to take home for dinner!
We welcomed visitors from Kalamazoo Valley Community College so we could learn more about the opportunities for the future.
Pizza Day!
Our students had the opportunity to make their own pizzas for lunch!
Thank you!
Many thanks to Angela Matthews for providing us with a strainer. It made our fresh squeezed orange juice even better!
Partnering with the Rotary
The Gull Lake area Rotary Club invited our Gateway Academy students to join them on a beautiful fall morning for roadside cleanup. Our students had fun while spending time with community members and contributing to a more beautiful community.
A beautiful fall day is a great time to play volleyball.
Cooking in our fantastic kitchen is a daily activity. Our students learn cooking, budgeting and math skills.
Generous donors make it possible for our student to spend time at the Sherman Lake YMCA as part of our mental health initiative.
To welcome our students back to school, we had speakers from the Western Michigan Teen and Adult Challenge program come to visit. We spent the afternoon having lunch, visiting, and playing basketball.
Graduation is coming!! Students are getting excited and we are pleased to announce we have a venue: The Richland Area Community Center 9400 E CD Ave Richland ( http://www.richlandareacc.
There is a soccer field behind/next to the building where we will be able to set up canopies and chairs. More details will come in the future, as always, keep in mind that things may change if the Governor limits gatherings.
I may ask students to give me a rough number of anticipated family/friends they wish to invite just so I have an estimate of how many people to expect. It is my hope that we do not have to limit our guest numbers.
I will be ordering invitations and you can purchase them from me. The cost is 10 for $5. They come with an envelope.
We also would like 1-2 baby pictures and 1-2 senior pictures (senior pictures do not have to be professionally taken...just a nice picture taken sometime during the senior year). We do have a photographer who donates her services to those who would like pictures done at no cost. See Mrs. Walker for details. I NEED SENIOR PICTURES ASAP AS I NEED TO ORDER SOMETHING TO BE USED FOR GRADUATION.
Woodworking Project
Our students, along with Dennis LeClear, are constructing laundry dressers from pallet wood. Watch for the finished product!
Pumpkin Carving
Results coming soon!
Breakfast!
The Gateway teachers make homemade breakfasts for their students several times a week. Pancakes and sausage, bacon and eggs, and breakfast casserole. Yum!
Basketball
Community Service
As a community service project we are making masks to send to Haiti.
Naval Academy Visit
Two Midshipmen came to talk about their experience at the US Naval Academy.
Dance Theatre of Harlem field trip and lunch at Ten Ten
Student Project
As a project for her English class one of our students recreated The Birth of Venus in her own artistic style.
KVCC Skilled Trades Field Trip
A group of eight students from Gateway attended the Kalamazoo Valley Community College skilled trades Expo on Thursday, October the 4th where students, parents, teachers and employers could explore some of the opportunities that exist in a variety of emerging industries.
The students from Gateway explored each of the different laboratories and spoke with instructors and students regarding the equipment and what was being taught.
Making Connections
Director of Curriculum & Instructional Technology, Drew Bordner and Resource Officer Adam Helm spoke to our students and then stayed to play a round of basketball.
Back to school!
