The SWWC Weekly

No schedule changes for this week.

*Building Trades Location

• Monday @ Saline High School
• Tuesday through Friday @ Blue House in Dexter

Looking ahead at next week…

Spring Break!

• All districts are closed the week of March 24th through March 28th.
• The SWWC office is closed as well.

Ms. LoPresto and members of her FFA Chapter participated in the State Convention in Lansing, MI last week. Below is an outstanding list of achievements—there are plenty of reasons to celebrate these students! Congratulations to all on such an impressive showing!

• William Rogers was elected to serve as the Michigan FFA State Vice President for the 2025-2026 year! A massive accomplishment as the State Officer team is made up of only 8 students out of the over 8,000 FFA members in Michigan.

• William Rogers honored as a Finalist for the State Star Farmer Award.

• Adyson Dubnicki earned a 4th place Gold in the State Creed Speaking contest.
• Carmen Cunningham earned an 11th place Bronze in the State Prepared Public Speaking contest.
• Charlie Bever earned an 11th place Bronze in the State Greenhand Public Speaking contest.
• 18 seniors earned their State Degree, and with it received 6 free credits at MSU. Eight of these seniors' applications were in the top 10% of all State Degree applications, earning them a Gold or Silver rating.
• 11 juniors earned Outstanding Junior Awards.
• 17 members earned one or more Proficiency Awards for their Supervised Agricultural Experiences. Of the awards, 3 were State winners 🤩, 3 were Gold, 3 were Silver, and 9 were Bronze.
• 3 Agriscience Fair projects were State winners and will apply to compete at Nationals this Spring!
• 1 Agriscience Fair project earned a 2nd place Silver, and 2 Agriscience Fair projects earned a 3rd place Bronze.
• 3 members participated in State Band, 2 participated in State Choir, and 3 served as delegates voting for the new Michigan FFA State Officers

Business Professionals of America (BPA) members competed at the State Competition this past week. Congratulations are in order to Saline senior Ashton Farkas who took 7th place in the State in the Computer Network Technology event. Ashton is enrolled in the SWWC's Cybersecruity class held in Chelsea. Nice work, Ashton!

The South & West Washtenaw Consortium (SWWC) provides Career and Technical Education (CTE) opportunities to 11th and 12th grade students enrolled in the Chelsea, Dexter, Lincoln, Manchester, Milan, and Saline school districts. Approximately 1000 students participate in our state-approved CTE programs as they continue to plan and prepare for college and career.

On behalf of the thirty-eight SWWC staff members, we welcome you to the 24/25 school year! Thank you for enrolling in one of our twenty-three Career and Technical Education classes offered at Chelsea, Dexter, and Saline High School, as well as our off-site locations specifically for Cosmetology and Building Trades. We are excited to have you in the consortium!

If you have any questions, please contact Kara Stemmer, the Director of the SWWC at 734.401.4371 or via email at stemmkar@salineschools.org.

As a reminder, all SWWC students will need to check their SWWC grade using Saline’s PowerSchool. This means students need to log into Saline’s PowerSchool using their Saline-provided username and password. This confidential information is provided to students by their SWWC teacher.

• Parents/Guardians will need to establish an account to have access to the SWWC grade. Here are the directions to do that.

Notification of Absences: The following procedure must be followed when a student is absent from their SWWC class.

• The parent or guardian must email SWWCAttendance@salineschools.org or call the SWWC office at 734.401.4283 to report an absence. Parents/Guardians must also contact the student’s home school to report the absence as well.

• Absences include: Illness and/or hospitalization, Illness of other family members or death in the family, Court appointments, Medical or dental appointments, Absences due to school-related activities, where school or classes are missed. (This includes athletic events, band competitions, academic competitions, field trips, or other special school-approved events.)

See this link for FAQ's about the SWWC.