SASA’s NHS students participated in Saginaw County’s Community Action Committee’s 12th Annual Walk for Warmth, supporting families facing financial hardship with heating and electric costs. Let’s keep the warmth going!
#WalkForWarmth #CommunityLove #SaginawStrong
The SASA Middle School Global Studies/ELA concentrations with a total of 12 projects, competed at the Michigan History Day - District 5 competition on Saturday, March 8, 2025, held at the Chippewa Nature Center in Midland. Students who competed in this district event presented their projects to panels of judges in the following project categories: Individual Documentary, Group Documentary, Individual Website, Group Performance, Individual Exhibits, and Group Exhibits.
Mrs. Ransford, along with Mrs. Faulk and Mrs. Fauble-Alston are overjoyed to announce 19 of the students who competed at MHD - District 5 are advancing to the 2025 State Finals Event, which is held on the campus of Central Michigan University on Saturday, April 19.
The following is the list of projects, topics, and individuals and small group members who will be participating at MHD State Finals this year:
Group Documentary:
Ancient Athenian Democracy
Joshua Eriobu, Finnigan Gilbert, and Leo Randolph (7th grade)
The Barnes vs. Train Case and How it Affected Culture Cases
Talia Abou-Ezzeddine and Madisyn Kellogg (8th grade)
Integration of the Armed Forces 1940-1965
Lorenzo Cirilo and Bentley Toth (8th grade)
Individual Documentary:
Haymarket Affair
Santino Rodriguez (8th grade)
Individual Website:
We Can Do It: Michigander Women in the Workplace
Claire Simons (8th grade)
Group Performance:
Love Knows No Color: The Lovings’ Fight for Justice
Tarryn Jones, Carleigh Kellogg, and Fatimah Shabani (7th grade)
Individual Exhibit:
Calculating to the Stars: How “Computers” Contributed to the Space Race and Showed What Women Can Do
Nana Ama Yeboah (8th grade)
River Rights
Gabriel Hunter (6th grade)
Group Exhibit:
The Jim Crow Laws: The 100 Years of Segregation in the United States
Dominic Moya, Ananya Uppuleti, and Aubrey West (7th grade)
WAAC (Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps)
Evin Glover and Carter Lyles (8th grade)
Congratulations to all of the Michigan History Day participants and we wish you luck this coming weekend as you compete at the State competition!
#Dragonslovehistory
Through a culmination of their season’s incredible efforts, SASA's Pantheon 5193 robotics team has qualified for the FIRST Championship in Houston, Texas, taking place April 16-18, 2025. The students that make up Pantheon 5193 have gone through significant growth this season through the many exciting challenges of the FIRST Robotics program. They have not only been given the opportunity to hone their math and science skills through engineering, building, and coding a successful robot; they have also been learning problem solving, teamwork, communication, leadership and many other skills that will help propel them into a STEM career. This growth is measured by their success this season. Contributing to the rank needed to be invited to the FIRST Championship event, are Pantheon 5193’s two Rising All-Star Awards. This award is given to a team with new beginnings that understands the ethos of Gracious Professionalism, is a role model for other young robotics teams, and stands out as a team with a sustainable future. In the State Championship event, their qualifications for what makes a great team were recognized by their peers as they were chosen to join an alliance in the playoffs to become finalists of the event. This, along with their performance overall this season, has placed them 77th of 619 in the state of Michigan and has awarded them placement at the FIRST Championship event in Texas. Only one other Saginaw Public team, SCC’s Phoenix 703, had accomplished this feat, and that was 18 years ago, before this team’s members were born! We are so excited and wish them luck next week in Texas!
#GoDragons #Pantheon5193
SASA Week 32 Game Schedule
Attention Juniors/Seniors and Parents:
🚨ATTENTION SASA STUDENTS AND PARENTS! WE STILL HAVE OPENINGS FOR FRIDAY'S BLOOD DRIVE! PLEASE REGISTER TODAY ⬇️
SASA Week 31 Game Schedule
SASA 11th grade Economics students have been using project-based learning to understand market structures. Think tank teams designed their own board games to demonstrate their mastery of oligopoly, monopolistic competition, and perfect competition. These creative and knowledgeable inquirers wrapped up with a game day, testing each other's products and playing the hour away before spring break!
#SASAEconomics #ProjectBasedLearning #FutureEntrepreneurs #MarketStructureMatters
Congratulations, Lucas Tilot!
The Michigan State University Alumni Club has honored SASA junior, Lucas Tilot, at the 27th Annual Junior Awards on March 19th, recognizing outstanding 11th grade students in Saginaw County. Lucas is part of the Math/Science Concentration, a proud member of National Honor Society, and an active participant in SASA’s Robotics Team. Beyond academics, Lucas dedicates his time to making a difference in our community in many ways, such as the Saginaw Positive Results Campaign, donation drive for the Saginaw County Animal Shelter, SASA Brightens the Holidays initiative, the winter coat and glove collections for those in need and the food pantry collection efforts. Lucas exemplifies leadership, compassion, and academic excellence and is a role model in and out of the classroom! 💚
#SASAExcellence #MSUJuniorAwards #FutureLeader
Mr. Barnes' Robotics class designed and constructed underwater robots, competing against nine other schools in Charlotte today. The competition included agility challenges, measurement tasks, and a design review. Our teams earned awards for Best Presentation Video and Most Well Rounded Team. Way to go, Dragons!
It's Spring Spirit Week!
We would like to congratulate our High School Team, Pantheon 5193, on their accomplishments in Traverse City this weekend! They were presented with the Rising All-Stars Award; recognizing their new beginnings, overcoming challenges, being a role model for other young teams, and having a sustainable and promising future. They also placed 20th of 40 teams and were invited into play-offs as a sub on Alliance #7.
We had a productive Read-A-Thon! We wish to extend our gratitude to our SASA families for their generous support, which will ensure a fun and successful Unity Day in May.
SASA Week 29 Game Schedule
SASA Week 28 Game Schedule
Congratulations to SASA Visual Arts student, Jamesha Lane!
Today, interested SASA high school students met with Jennifer Heusted-McKendree to learn about the Youth For Understanding’s Germany For You Scholarship. Last year, FIVE SASA students won this amazing opportunity!
Deadline to apply: March 7th
Eligibility:
3.0+ GPA
Enrolled in the Saginaw Public Schools
Born between July 15, 2007 – June 5, 2010
What’s covered?
*Flights
*Host family stay
*Cultural tours & vocational workshops
*Insurance & program support
Travel dates: June 7 – June 22 (subject to slight changes)
Interested?
Apply now at YFU USA Germany For You Application or visit Germany For You - Youth For Understanding USA for details.
Don't miss out on this life-changing opportunity! #SASA #GermanyForYou #StudyAbroad #Scholarship
Congrats to the 9th grade Math/Science students for submitting their eCYBERMISSION prototype projects. This unique opportunity allows students to work in teams of 2-4 students. Teams select a community problem to investigate with science or solve with engineering. It is a free STEM competition for grades 6-9. We are excited to add this to SASA’s list of growing science competitions. If you are interested in learning more information for next year please contact Clara Wagner - cwagner@spsd.net
SASA Week 27 Game Schedule
Over the past two weeks, Miss Walsh’s 7th grade ELA students have dived deep into the world of epidemics! In this hands-on unit, each student group became experts on a different epidemic, taking over a class period to teach their peers. From creating guided notes to leading an interactive lesson with follow-up educational activities, they truly brought learning to life! 🌟 #StudentLedLearning #EpidemicExperts #HandsOnEducation #SASADragons
