The Sugnet playground is busy as we kick off the new school year! Students are enjoying the new equipment that was moved over from our Homer Road site, while our dedicated maintenance team is hard at work installing a temporary fence to support the continued improvements to the playground.
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Today, we're highlighting our employees who are celebrating 10 years of service with MCESA!
Tiffany Leffingwell
Sarah McGuire
Kellie Plumer
Daniel Rocha
Please join us in congratulating our 10-year honorees and thanking them for a decade of dedication to MCESA.
Congratulations, and thank you for all you do!
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Tiffany Leffingwell
Sarah McGuire
Kellie Plumer
Daniel Rocha
Please join us in congratulating our 10-year honorees and thanking them for a decade of dedication to MCESA.
Congratulations, and thank you for all you do!
#MCESABetterTogether #EmployeeRecognition
Recognizing our dedicated employees who are celebrating five years of service here at MCESA!
Brittany Anibal
Matthew Fischer
Mary Heath
Betsy Imhoff
Susan Leckrone
Felicia Maxson
Emilia Obertein
Melinda Samarco
Kristina Slottke
Susan VanHampler
Miranda Webster
Heather Wright
Thank you for your dedication, teamwork, and commitment to our mission to "lead, innovate, and serve." We're grateful for the difference you make each day.
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Wishing all students, families, and staff a warm welcome back for the official start of the 2026-2027 school year today! We are excited for a new year ahead.
Welcome back, and best wishes for a wonderful first day.
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2026 Opening Day at MCESA!
This morning was filled with connection and collaboration as we welcomed back all staff for a new school year ahead.
A special thank you to our friends from Weaver Group Insurance, United Way of Midland County, and the Midland Area Wellbeing Coalition for joining us this morning. We’re also grateful to our emcee, MCESA Technology Director Stephen Fort, for keeping the morning on track and the energy high.
Now, our team has the rest of the week to prepare, plan, organize, and get their classrooms ready as we get closer to welcoming students back on MONDAY, August 24!
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This morning was filled with connection and collaboration as we welcomed back all staff for a new school year ahead.
A special thank you to our friends from Weaver Group Insurance, United Way of Midland County, and the Midland Area Wellbeing Coalition for joining us this morning. We’re also grateful to our emcee, MCESA Technology Director Stephen Fort, for keeping the morning on track and the energy high.
Now, our team has the rest of the week to prepare, plan, organize, and get their classrooms ready as we get closer to welcoming students back on MONDAY, August 24!
#MCESABetterTogether #OpeningDay2026 #WelcomeBack
Day 2 of professional development for our team is focused on health and safety.
Today's sessions include CPR/AED training, ALICE training, guidance on handling classroom medical issues, an introduction to Ukeru, a Q&A with HR, and more.
We hope everyone has another great day of learning as we get even closer to welcoming students back for the new school year.
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Today's sessions include CPR/AED training, ALICE training, guidance on handling classroom medical issues, an introduction to Ukeru, a Q&A with HR, and more.
We hope everyone has another great day of learning as we get even closer to welcoming students back for the new school year.
#MCESABetterTogether #ProfessionalDevelopment
Today we welcomed back our special education team for a day of "Choose Your Own Adventure" Professional Development.
Team members had a wide variety of of learning opportunities to choose from with sessions focused on topics ranging from assistive technology, student regulation, social work resources and more.
One of the options was a panel discussion on "Life After School," led by MCESA's Jennie Coston and transition experts Laurel Bucci from the Arc of Midland, Ginger Donoghue from Michigan Rehabilitation Services, and Amanda Jaime from the Disability Network of Mid-Michigan.
The panel explored what happens after students exit our programs, the resources available to students and families, and how educators can help connect them with the supports they need to thrive beyond schools.
Our friends from Grace A. Dow Memorial Library were also on hand to share information about teacher library cards and highlight resources, programs, and tools that educators can bring right back to their classrooms!
#MCESABetterTogether #ProfessionalDevelopment
Team members had a wide variety of of learning opportunities to choose from with sessions focused on topics ranging from assistive technology, student regulation, social work resources and more.
One of the options was a panel discussion on "Life After School," led by MCESA's Jennie Coston and transition experts Laurel Bucci from the Arc of Midland, Ginger Donoghue from Michigan Rehabilitation Services, and Amanda Jaime from the Disability Network of Mid-Michigan.
The panel explored what happens after students exit our programs, the resources available to students and families, and how educators can help connect them with the supports they need to thrive beyond schools.
Our friends from Grace A. Dow Memorial Library were also on hand to share information about teacher library cards and highlight resources, programs, and tools that educators can bring right back to their classrooms!
#MCESABetterTogether #ProfessionalDevelopment
The countdown is on...we are officially one week away from welcoming students back for the 2026-2027 school year!
All staff are starting to return this week for professional development, opening day, and time to prepare for a successful year ahead. We're excited to have everyone back and are ready for a new year ahead.
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We are looking for an Occupational Therapist to provide services and support to students with disabilities across Midland County. This role includes developing individual treatment plans, conducting student evaluations, collaborating with families and school teams, and helping students build skills for greater independence.
If you’re passionate about supporting students and helping them learn, grow, and thrive, visit www.midlandesa.org/page/employment for a full job description and apply today!
#MCESABetterTogether #NowHiring #OccupationalTherapist
If you’re passionate about supporting students and helping them learn, grow, and thrive, visit www.midlandesa.org/page/employment for a full job description and apply today!
#MCESABetterTogether #NowHiring #OccupationalTherapist
The poured-in-place surfacing is complete, and the playground at the Sugnet School will soon be ready to welcome students back for the 2026-2027 school year!
#MCESABetterTogether #NewSchoolYear #Construction #BuildingHope #BuildingFutures
Join us at Garber Chevrolet, 1700 N. Saginaw Road in Midland, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 13 for our 11th Annual Stuff the Bus event! We'll be there, and our friends from 94.5 The Moose will be broadcasting live from the event.
Donations collected during this event will benefit Bullock Creek, Coleman, Midland, and Sanford Early Childhood, GSRP, and Head Start families and classrooms.
Every donation helps provide young learners with the tools they need for a successful start to the school year!
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Donations collected during this event will benefit Bullock Creek, Coleman, Midland, and Sanford Early Childhood, GSRP, and Head Start families and classrooms.
Every donation helps provide young learners with the tools they need for a successful start to the school year!
#StuffTheBus #EarlyChildhoodEducation #MCESABetterTogether #BackToSchool
Save the date, and start the school year at MCESA!
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We were honored to welcome this year's Leadership Midland Class to our Sugnet facility this morning for a site visit! It was a great opportunity to share more about who we are at MCESA along with the many services we provide to students, families, schools, and communities throughout Midland County.
Leadership Midland is a community leadership development program designed to provide participants who will occupy leadership roles with valuable exposure, knowledge, and insight into the organizations and issues that shape our community.
Thank you to this year's class for spending your morning with us and learning more about MCESA!
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Leadership Midland is a community leadership development program designed to provide participants who will occupy leadership roles with valuable exposure, knowledge, and insight into the organizations and issues that shape our community.
Thank you to this year's class for spending your morning with us and learning more about MCESA!
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Students are spending their last day of STEM Camp at Delta College where they are putting their underwater robots through the ultimate deep water test. Good luck to all!
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#CTE #CareerandTechnicalEducation #MCESABetterTogether
It's another exciting day during STEM Camp! Day three has students attaching fish cameras to their underwater robots as they work toward the next test.
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#CareerandTechnicalEducation #CTE #MCESABetterTogether
Day two of the STEM summer Career and Technical Education (CTE) camp and students are hard at work wiring switch boxes for their underwater robots at MSU St. Andrews! You can learn more about this camp and CTE in Midland County by visiting: https://www.midlandesa.org/page/midland-county-career-technical-education
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#CTE #CareerandTechnicalEducation #MCESABetterTogether
Students are learning how to construct an underwater robot during day one of the summer STEM camp! This new camp is offered in partnership with Michigan State University St. Andrews and the MCESA Career and Technical Education (CTE) department.
#STEM #CareerandTechnicalEducation #CTE
#STEM #CareerandTechnicalEducation #CTE
It was a wonderful Sunday afternoon at the ballpark celebrating this year's Inclusion Day! The Great Lakes Loons and Corteva Agriscience host Inclusion Day each year to bring together community partners and non-profit organizations within the Great Lakes Bay Region to promote inclusion activities across the community. We enjoy participating in this event each year! #mcesabettertogether
If you've been by our Sugnet site lately, you may have noticed a few "new" additions to the playground.
These adaptive playground pieces were recently relocated from the MCESA-owned site at 32 S. Homer Road, which was the former location of the Pediatric Center – a collaborative partnership between MCESA, MyMichigan Health, and Community Mental Health for Central Michigan. The building is now serving as the temporary location for our administration offices during the Sugnet renovation.
With the Pediatric Center no longer occupying space at Homer, the equipment was no longer being utilized for programming at the site. Rather than let it sit idle, it has found a new home at Sugnet, where students will soon be able to enjoy it for many years to come!
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These adaptive playground pieces were recently relocated from the MCESA-owned site at 32 S. Homer Road, which was the former location of the Pediatric Center – a collaborative partnership between MCESA, MyMichigan Health, and Community Mental Health for Central Michigan. The building is now serving as the temporary location for our administration offices during the Sugnet renovation.
With the Pediatric Center no longer occupying space at Homer, the equipment was no longer being utilized for programming at the site. Rather than let it sit idle, it has found a new home at Sugnet, where students will soon be able to enjoy it for many years to come!
#MCESABetterTogether
Happening NOW! Stop by the ETH job fair at 801 Joe Mann Blvd. in Midland for on-the-spot interviews until 3 p.m. today.
We are currently hiring paraprofessionals, substitute teachers, and CNAs.
#NowHiring #JobFair
We are currently hiring paraprofessionals, substitute teachers, and CNAs.
#NowHiring #JobFair
