We are incredibly excited to offer, for the second year in a row, SEVERAL, FREE summer learning/camp opportunities for our students this summer. I will be sending out the details on camp availability and how to register on Tuesday of next week. CHECK YOUR EMAIL FOR MORE INFORMATION!

Last week The Buzz took a break. I had the incredible opportunity to serve as a mom and chaperone on the middle school trip to Washington D.C. The students represented Concord SO WELL!!! We learned a lot, walked a lot, saw a lot, and made a lot of memories. We intend the offer the trip to our 7th and 8th graders in the spring of 2024. Watch The BUZZ for more information about future field trip opportunites.

The 4th graders have been researching the pros and cons of Entomophagy, eating insects. They have learned about agriculture and health benefits. They also learned about dangers. Today, they had the chance to taste mealworms, and roasted crickets, and 4 lucky children tried a Giant Rhino Beetle. We had a lot of mixed emotions about whether we wanted to add them to our diets or not.

For the senior sendoff, please read the Concord Chronicle article written by Savannah Gamet and Connor Haire. GOOD LUCK AND BEST WISHES CLASS OF 2022!! We are very proud of you and your accomplishments. You will be missed, but YOU ARE READY!!!

The Concord Chronicle has given a voice to our high school. It has been so incredible to hear the stories that up until now have gone unheard. I really have enjoyed getting to know the students through their stories. Some of the stories were funny, some were serious, but none has been as moving, for me personally, as the final pieces are done by Omarion Culliver and Georgia Weeks. I hope you enjoy the moving words in the articles below. THANK YOU OMARION AND GEORGIA!!! You helped build the future of communication at Concord High School. Your voices will be missed!! We wish you the best of luck as you take the next steps in your grand adventure!

This week's trait is being confident! Confident means feeling sure of yourself and your abilities; not in an arrogant way, but in a realistic, secure way. Being confident isn't about feeling superior to others; it's the quiet inner knowledge that you are an awesome, capable person! These YellowJackets of the Week demonstrated confidence throughout the week! Congratulations! #ONEHIVE

In order to recognize student growth and positive behavior, kids may earn Bee Bucks. Bee Bucks can be given to any student that is demonstrating outstanding YellowJacket Behavior. Once they earn a Bee Buck, they can take the buck to the office and enter it into a prize drawing. One of the prizes available during the last drawing was Lunch with Officer LarryOfficer Larry was finally able to meet with our bucket winners "Lunch with officer Larry" Both kids and Larry were ecstatic!

Winners: .

Paige Jermeay

Samir Newson

Carter Luce-Wixson

Sam Arbuckle

Thursday was the second time for homemade pizza paninis. The Food Service Department was able to purchase multiple panini grills through a new grant. This was an amazing treat for our students!

Also featured today were fresh strawberries and blueberries along with other choices on the daily fresh fruit and vegetable bar.

DJ Booth (Stacks 4th grade) Winner- Showing Kindness to the Community. The class took a walking field trip on May 24th to Brenda Walters' house and Brought her a basket of flowers.

Brandon Watkins ( 5th Hr Danielle Smith's class) Brandon won an Outside BBQ for his class of choice. Mr. Arbuckle "grilled" hotdogs and provided the class with a fun lunch.

The boy's track team finished up a perfect run in the Big 8 conference by winning the final meet of the year at Quincy.

Scoring for the Yellowjackets was:

100 meters. Malachi Boyd 2nd, Tyler Carpenter 6th

200 meters. Malachi Boyd 1st, Tyreke Brown 4th

400 meters Adair Artis 2nd in a PR

800 meters Jon Mikovits 2nd, Adair Artis 3rd

1600 Jon Mikovits 2nd, Josef Bulko 3rd

3200 Mikovits 1st

High Hurdles. Omarion Culliver 2nd in a PR

400 relay Carpenter, Boyd, Mekhi Wingfield, Culliver. 1st

1600 relay. Artis, Culliver, Isaac Waldron, and Connor Keefer 3rd

3200 relay Artis, Bulko, Waldron, and Mikovits 1st

Discus Culliver 6th

High Jump Wingfield 1st

Long jump Wingfield 2nd

The girls had some outstanding performances and had the following scorers

800 meters. Rylee Weeks 4th

1600 meters Weeks 3rd

3200 meters Riley Adams 6th

400 relay Karlee Gamet, Kiara Ozuzu, Caitlin Wright, and Rylee Weeks 6th

1600 relay Adams, Weeks, Wright, and Paige Morris 4th

The track teams resume action next Tuesday at the Selby Meet.

Conference championships are hard to come by for any sport in any conference. It takes a special group of kids with the right combination of academic and athletic dedication, commitment to growth and improvement, and a little talent to make the magic happen. This year we have won three different boys Big 8 Conference Titles: Track, Basketball, and Cross County. The common denominator in all three titles was three OUTSTANDING HUMANS!!

Adair Artis, Jonathan Mikovits, and Isaac Waldron were leaders on all three teams. Plus, each of them has a 4.0 or higher GPA and is a class act on and off the field. CONGRATULATIONS TO THESE THREE AND ALL OF THE REMAINING FABULOUS ATHLETES!!!!

Posted below are the 2022 Spring Sports Portraits taken by two staff photographers from the Concord Chronicle: senior Georgia Weeks, juniors Caylin Bell and Connor Haire, and sophomore Rylee Sinden.

Team portraits should be added next week, as well as occasional action shots, were taken at team competitions.

We cannot thank our community enough for trusting our student photographers to take this risk and use their skills to benefit their classmates. This makes sports portraits affordable for our families and empowers our students. As always constructive feedback is appreciated.

Golf: https://link.shutterfly.com/ebJT3mNUzpb

Track and Field: https://link.shutterfly.com/WwjEoMPUzpb

Baseball: https://link.shutterfly.com/9oKYiPSUzpb

Softball: https://link.shutterfly.com/9VNfJXvVzpb

Henry Ford Sports Medicine of Jackson is excited to conduct sports physicals for student planning to participate in athletics during the 2022-2023 school year. You must bring signed physical form & waiver by parent and $20 cash/check. Listed below are the locations and date and times, select the one that fits your schedule best:
Springport HS - Thursday, May 26 from 4-6
Napoleon HS - Thursday, June 2 from 4-6
Leslie HS - Tuesday, June 7 from 4-6
Grass Lake HS - Thursday, June 9 from 4-6
Columbia HS - Thursday, June 16 from 4-6
Jackson HS - Thursday, July 14 from 4-6
East Jackson HS - Thursday, July 21 from 4-6
Homer HS - Thursday, July 28 from 4-6
Lumen Christi HS - Saturday, July 30 from 9-11
Hanover Horton HS - Thursday, August 4 from 4-6

Sports physicals must be dated April 15 or after for next school year.

Below is the link to information about Concord Classic Weekend 2022 including Bounce Houses, Cornhole, 3 on 3 Basketball, 4 on 4 Sand Volleyball, and NEW THIS YEAR...Spikeball. There will also be a home run derby and a 3-pt. shooting contest during the weekend and the Concord Elementary/Middle School will sponsor a carnival for kids. Lastly...we have some new food trucks this year! We hope to see you there!

2022 Concord Classic Weekend

Have you liked the Elementary/Middle School Facebook Page? What about the Concord Community Schools Facebook Page??

If you have not yet, this week is a great time to start. The Elementary and Middle schools use the Facebook page to post many updates, announcements, and student photos; the Concord Community Schools page is a great way to see how a YellowJacket week unfolds! Don't miss the news - like and follow the pages today.

Concord Elementary/Middle School Facebook Page

Concord Community Schools Facebook Page

Our district is facing a staffing shortage. We are in need of bus drivers, food service staff members, coaches, and individuals willing to work through EduStaff as Guest Teachers or subs for all of our positions. These staffing shortages are wreaking havoc across the state. If you are interested and able, we would love to have you on our team. Below you will find information about signing up to work as a Guest Teacher through Edustaff along with our fall Guest Teacher Incentive. Further, you can view unfilled positions on our website. If you have any questions, please call one of our offices.