By Nelle Ratliff, principal In conjunction with Penta Career Center, Mrs. Beach worked with students on career readiness and introductions: Introduction to Careers We kicked off our career awareness initiative by showcasing the Introduction to Careers Kit to second, fourth and fifth grade classrooms in some of our member schools.

Saturday and Sunday, November 11 and 12, the National Museum of the Great Lakes will honor the 48th anniversary of the loss of the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald by offering special tours.

By Dr. Justin Bryson The Halloween Howler was so much fun last week.

With almost as much fanfare as in 2007 when the Holland Walmart first opened, community leaders gathered on November 3 to celebrate the facility’s recently completed multi-million dollar facelift. The distribution of community grants was included in the ceremonies. A highlight was the presentation of a $1,350 grant to Springfield Township for their sponsorship of the experiences we’re creating to celebrate the upcoming total eclipse of the sun in April, 2024. More information about all the experiences will be shared soon.

On November 2 through 4, Blue Devil drama was very busy presenting the play, “One Stoplight Town.” It is a story set in a town so small that they’ve never had a stoplight before. The play features a cranky grocer who is afraid of change, an insightful handywoman, a couple of old geezers who watch over everyone and many other citizens of this tiny town as well as a working stoplight. The messages from the play—that change is inevitable, we all can do big things in our own time and there should always be time to slow down and take in everything life offers us— were presented with humor and heart. While Mrs. Amy Corser directed the production, the students in the cast and crew brought so many details to life with the set, props and acting. Thank you to everyone who attended.

On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, an armistice, or truce, was declared between the Allied nations and Germany in the First World War, then known as “the Great War.” The following year, that day was recognized as “Armistice Day.” November 11 became a legal federal holiday in the United States in 1938. In the aftermath of World War II and the Korean War, Armistice Day became Veterans Day.

The National Museum of the Great Lakes is on the road with a new temporary banner exhibit hosted at the Toledo Lucas County Public Library. The display features submarine history on the Great Lakes at the library, 325 Michigan Street, Toledo.

The following Holland residents received academic honors for the first term of the 2023-24 school year at St. Ursula Academy.