Attendance matters every day, but today is extra important—it’s Count Day! Being present in school not only helps our Huskies learn and grow, but also supports our entire school community. Each student counted today helps ensure we have the resources, programs, and opportunities to continue bringing the magic to our classrooms.

2025 Seniors! Your Yearbooks are in the office.

Anyone who has bought a year book and not picked it up see Mrs. Whitford!

Our Art 3 + 4 Huskies took their creativity on the road to the Frankenmuth Fire Arts Festival. From iron pours to blacksmithing demos, students got an up-close look at the artistry that happens when fire meets imagination. What an incredible chance to see, learn, and be inspired outside the classroom!

Congratulations to Hemlock High School’s Student of the Month, senior Katie Fuller.
Katie is known for being a true friend to her peers and for consistently choosing the right path, even when it’s not the easiest. She shows respect to both her teachers and classmates, and her character shines through in every setting. Not only is she an exemplary student, but she is also a wonderful friend.
Please join us in celebrating Katie and all she contributes to our school community!

#HemlockHelps | Supporting the Bommarito Family

Please consider helping a special Hemlock family. Hemlock High School will serve as a donation drop-off site to support Brandon and Brie Bommarito—both HHS graduates—following a very serious motorcycle accident. While there are hopeful signs, their recovery will be long and uncertain. Both have undergone multiple surgeries and face significant injuries. It may be several months before they can fully care for their daughters again.

In the meantime, their girls will be with their aunt and uncle, Nikki and Brian, who are opening their home and hearts during this difficult time.

If you’d like to help, here are meaningful ways to support:

• Drop off donations at Hemlock High School (front office).
• Gift cards are especially helpful (groceries, gas, meals, Target/Walmart).
• Notes of encouragement and prayers for healing are welcome.
• If you represent a business or civic group and want to coordinate a larger donation, please contact the high school office at 989-642-5287.

Thank you for rallying around Brandon, Brie, and their girls. This is what the Huskie Pack does—show up for each other.

Student Drivers School Website

All segment 2 sessions listed have available seats at this time. Segment 2 class fee is $70, payable the first day of class.

To qualify for segment 2, the student must have completed segment 1, and have driven on the level 1 license from Secretary of State for a minimum of 3 months, and at least 30 hours behind the wheel, with at least 2 of them at night. Make sure that you have driven at least 3 months since the issue date on your license.

To register for one of these classes, please complete the following info in #1-7 below and return it to me. You are not registered for the class until you get a confirmation from me, so if you don't get a response within a day or 2, check back with me. Sometimes the emails go right into spam or trash, so check those before calling.

The easiest way to fill this out is to send an email to studentdriverschool@yahoo.com, and then Copy, Paste, & Complete #1-7.

To register for segment 2, please send:

1. Student's full name as it appears on birth certificate.

2. Date of birth

3. Complete address

4. Phone number

5. Month and location requested July.

6. Driver’s license number from level 1 license 

7. School attending

Please look over the information carefully for any typos, as it will be input directly into the State Driver Ed. System when the class gets registered. Be especially careful with the driver’s license number. If it doesn’t match the state record, it will be rejected.

Seniors, you have been invited to the Class of 2026: College and Career Advising Google Classroom. Please make sure you ACCEPT & JOIN. Once inside, please complete the Google Form so we can best support you as you prepare for life after high school.

There are many different college/universities reps that will be visiting over the next two months so make sure you sign up in the Google Classroom. If you are interested in learning more about any of the schools that will be visiting.

We are thrilled to announce that thanks to the Michigan School Meals Program, EVERY child at Hemlock Public School District, pre-K through 12th grade, will now be able to enjoy a delicious and nutritious breakfast and lunch for FREE!

Not only will this amazing program lighten the load on your wallet (we all know kids can eat their way through a pantry), but it'll save you precious time in the morning.

Now, here's the nitty-gritty: Although the meals are free, we do need all our parents to fill out the new free/reduced lunch application. This data is super important as it helps secure state and federal funding for this fantastic initiative.

Here's to full bellies, vibrant minds, and the #huskietastic school year ahead!

To add funds to your student's account for a la carte items, please use the following link:

https://hemlockps.revtrak.net/

All students are currently eligible to receive free breakfast and/or lunch each school day. However, if a student chooses to take milk only, it is available for $0.50.

Free Meals Continue at Hemlock Although the State of Michigan has not yet finalized its budget, Hemlock Public Schools remains focused on what matters most, our students. For now, we’ll continue providing free meals to all students while we wait for more clarity on long-term funding from the State. Thank you for standing with us as we put kids first.

Attention Hemlock fans! There are TWO ways to watch your Huskies, you can live stream on NFHS or HUDL! Click the pictures below to get started:

McDonalds will be donating 20% of all digital sales made in the McDonald’s App on Tuesday, October 21st!

Friday night's "Player of the Game," sponsored by Primetime Painting and Powerwashing, was #68 Sophomore Alex Rosenberg! Alex's play at DE took away one of Ithaca's most dangerous plays. On the offensive side, Alex starts every play with the ball in his hands as the Center. He is crucial to our communication up front, and the offensive line had its best pass protection night of the year. It's great to see improvement in our guys especially in some really tough games.

Hemlock 9-1 Genesee

Goals: Mason Lavigne, Eddie Dearman, Brennan Meyer, Colton Siler, Landon Wardin, Jake Johnson (2), Charlie Hyatt, Kellen Schultz 

Assists: Charlie Hyatt(3), Eddie Dearman (2), Brennan Meyer

The Varsity Volleyball Team defeated Ithaca in 4 sets at home on Wednesday Night.
25-16
20-25
25-23
25-19
Stat Leaders: Riley Church: 5 aces, 11 kills, 6 blocks, 4 digs; Ava Stroud: 9 digs, 2 kills; Brooke Gustin: 7 digs; Maycee Vanderwall: 8 digs, 2 aces; Ryleigh Bain: 6 kills; Sage LaVigne: 7 kills, 2 blocks; Laci Harry: 22 assists, 2 blocks, 3 kills; Layne Robinson: 10 kills, 4 blocks, 2 aces

The Huskies came out ready to play Friday night against the Yellow Jackets. The first play of the game was a hard run by sophomore RB Markus Plowden that almost broke free after a nice 20 yd pickup. It fired our guys up, and proved to us that we could play with them. We consistently moved the ball between the 20’s, but drives kept stalling out against Ithaca’s talented defense. We played solid defense, got a couple stops, and the first quarter ended in a 0-0 tie. We went in at half time down 14-0, and felt great about the half we’d put together… we just needed to finish a couple drives and we were in the game. A few of our guys got banged up in the second half and it limited our production. A blocked punt recovered for a TD got the energy really moving in their direction and we struggled to recover.

Leading Tackler was Senior LB Steven Katzenberger. Leading Rusher was Sophomore RB Markus Plowden. Junior QB Gavin Schmidt had his best showing of the year behind a great pass protection effort from the O line.

Hemlock tied for 4th place at TVC.
Nick Chasnis got third place in the 1 singles flight.
Cooper Gensch got third place in the 2 singles flight.
We also received 8 honorary mentions for 5 flights making it to the semifinals. These flights were 1 singles, Nick Chasnis. 3 singles, Aiden McMillan. 1 doubles, Sam Dunton and Aidan Trinklein. 2 doubles, Isaiah Steinert and Max Martinez. 4 doubles, Gabby Rodriguez and Kassidy Cavendish.

Hemlock 1-6 Valley Lutheran

Goal: Landon Wardin , Assist: Grady Galbraith 

Birch Run Fall Invite

Our Varsity XC teams competed on another hot day. Seems to be the trend for this XC season. We ran at Birch Run fall invite for our second go at this course. The goal was to beat out times from the last time we ran there. We had several course PRs but more impressive was our season PRs we are starting to hit our peak at the right point in the year! 

Athlete of the meet: Morgan Rames, Emma Jaremba, Cooper Ward 


Very proud of everyone, Attitude is Everything!
Next for the team is Our Final TVC meet at Freeland on 10/7 at 3:00 pm

Women's:
Lydia Faubert - 22:15.38 (Lifetime PR), Kinley Gerow - 22:49.51 (Lifetime PR), Zophia Zaleski - 23:35.50, Emma Jaremba - 24:39.47 (Lifetime PR), Lia Hoffman - 24:55.70, Morgan Rames - 25:25.35 (Lifetime PR), Adelia Breternitz - 28:29.94 (Season PR), Leah Rourke - 29:42.63, Taryn Pratt - 32:17.91

Men's:
Cooper Ward - 20:54.76 (Lifetime PR), Dominic Rivette -  21:45.57 (Season PR), Chase Barrigar - 22:14.06, Mox Huston - 29:04.21 (Lifetime PR)

If you are a student-athlete who is going to play NJCAA, NAIA, NCAA D1, 2 or 3 varsity athletics next Fall in College, please make sure to notify Athletic Director Mrs. Pohl (pohl@hemlockps.com) so that we can arrange for your signing day event!

This week, we welcome Detroit native John Pomeroy, local favs Marsupial Creampie, Traverse City country rock band Boardman River, and husband and wife duo The Fridays. Just more incredible talent from all across our state.

We hope the weather gets a little chillier here very soon! We want to sweaters! Trivia theme tomorrow is cultural legends and myths. Starts at 7, and if you recall last week, we hope to see you earlier than that.

All You Can Carry Pumpkin Day at Schomaker Farms! Ready for the ultimate fall challenge? Join us October 4th & 5th from 10 AM to 5 PM for our biggest pumpkin event of the year!
$15 “All You Can Carry” Pumpkin Challenge (how many can you hold?)
$5 per pumpkin (u-pick or pre-picked, skip the challenge if you want!)
Hay rides, kids’ fall activities (carving station, pumpkin bowling), animal petting & more
Perfect for families, friends, and anyone who loves fall fun! Come out to 1103 Leddy Road, Saginaw, MI and make some farm memories.

Mo Coco's Coffee is so excited to announce we will be hosting him on Sunday, October 12th from 10 am-1 pm for a pop up! He'll have a fresh omelets bar and fried potatoes and then you'll get a Mo Coco's beverage of your choice for $20. To reserve a ticket(s) please call us at (989)715-2042 or shoot us an email at mococoscoffee@gmail.com A great way to wrap up what I'm sure will be a jam packed Homecoming weekend

SAVE THE DATE AND TIME

Every fall we like to try and gather goods for our friends Hidden Harvest! This year instead of a trunk or treat we are going to offer family/friend/small group photos for non-perishables.

Mr. J’s Catering is teaming up with 3 local photographers with a few different seasonal backdrops (including a Christmas card) to get you beautiful professional pictures and some good food for non-perishable goods to benefit Hidden Harvest!

Save the time and save the day and save some cans!

We will be introducing you to our awesome photographers and letting you in on all the special details over the next few weeks, so stay tuned. We hope to make this a fall family event for everyone and can’t wait to have some more fall fun at the Hilltop Hideaway 540 S. Orr road.

With Halloween party planning underway, plan to join us at the Midland Antique Engine Association Tractor Club in association with the Midland Conservation District for a family fun-filled night of Tract-or Treating. We will have hayrides, face painting tractor pedal pulls, games, tractor touch, and a whole lot more PLUS trick or treating! All this fun takes place at the MAEA grounds on Meridian Rd (M30) a half mile south of Freeland Rd. Plan to join the fun!