Volume 79 Number 6 June 2013 24 Pages Superintendent’s Message 2013 Teacher of the Year Janet Sifferman, Superintendent Mike Joseph Dear Hartland Graduating Seniors: Congratulations to Your career with Hartland Consolidated Schools is Mike Joseph, Hartland rapidly drawing to a close, and waiting for you at the end of Consolidated Schools 2013 this road is the rest of your life. While it seems inconceivable Teacher of the Year. Mike that you could possibly have better times and better friends teaches Honors Algebra 2/ than you have now, I promise you the best is yet to come! Trig., and Trigonometry at Hartland High School. Mike There will be numerous parties and celebrations has taught for 25 years, all of awaiting you in the coming weeks and you certainly deserve which have been with HCS. each and every one of them. However, please remember, this is a very short period Mike was born in Detroit, at the beginning of a very long and bright future. Do not do anything that will Michigan and grew up in jeopardize your life or your future happiness. You certainly can have a great time Ferndale, Michigan with his and enjoy yourself without the aid of alcohol or drugs. The rules you learned here parents and 3 brothers and 3 - Reason, Respect and Responsibility - should remain with you as you go through sisters. Mike attended Salesian life. Please remember to think before you act. This time should be remembered High School in Detroit. He for the joy and excitement of achievement, not as a time of tragedy. received his Bachelor’s Degree Congratulations to you and your families. from University of Detroit Respectfully, Janet Sifferman, Superintendent and his Master’s Degree from Eastern Michigan University. In addition to congratulating Hartland’s 2013 graduating class, I would like to Mike lives in Hartland with his wife of 45 years. He has three daughters. One thank the entire Hartland community for their continued support of our school daughter lives in Hartland, another in Clarkson and another in Toronto, Ontario. He district during these trying financial times. The successful passage of the 18-mill has 6 grandchildren (3 boys and 3 girls, who are the loves of his life! Mike had been in the carpet business for 18 years when he decided to become a Non-Homestead Millage will help us to continue to provide the programming teacher. His youngest daughter volunteered him as coach her 6th grade basketball and services for our students that the community has come to expect. It would team. After coaching the team, he knew what career he wanted for the rest of his life. be impossible for Hartland Schools to do what we do without your continued He enrolled in college 6 months after that season and became a teacher 4 years later. support. This is a wonderful place to live and work! Thank you. Since coming to Hartland, Mike has taught all levels of math in grades 7-12. He taught at the Farms Middle School level for 5 years before transferring to Hartland Person of the Month High School. Mike enjoys interacting with his students and watching them grow and mature Mary Lou Kellett during their high schools years. He loves hearing about the special moments in their Mary Lou Kellett, first grade teacher at Round lives. He has fun every single day that he teaches. He loves that his coworkers/friends Elementary School, has taught in Hartland 22 of and students make him laugh every day. Mike’s words of advice to his fellow teachers; “Laugh with their students and let her 39 years in education, and all of those 22 years them see your human side.” The memorable moments of the past 25 years are too have been spent teaching first grade – 14 years at numerous to mention but the most special moments have been the times that former Round Elementary and eight years at Creekside students and/or athletes return from college or their work place to thank Mike for Elementary. She received her Bachelor’s Degree being part of their education. from the University of Michigan-Flint, and her Early Childhood endorsement and her Master’s Degree in Early Childhood Education from Oakland Hartland Pool CLOSED University. She is married to Fred, who retired as an May 20 - June 16 engineer from Delphi, and has three daughters and two stepdaughters. Four of their girls and their The pools and deck will be regrouted and the big families live in Michigan and one lives in the Boston slide refinished. To view the summer schedule go to area. They have seven beautiful grandchildren. hartlandschools.us & follow link to Aquatic Center Mary Lou lives north of Hartland in the little town of Flushing and enjoys gardening, reading, exercise and traveling. However, spending time with her family is her Open Swims 2 x day, 6 days a week favorite pastime! Most memorable moments: (“G” rated) “Throughout my years in Hartland, I have several wonderful memories with my Inside This Issue students that I will treasure forever. One year that will always have a special place HIP Happenings ................................18 in my heart was the year that I had a terminally ill child in my class. 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