Parchment Update

Students from Parchment Middle School will be competing at the Science Olympiad State Competition on May 4th!  Coach James Young, Junior shares information about what’s involved on this week’s Parchment Update.

This year’s Parchment School District Art Show will open at the Parchment Community Library on April 10th.  On this week’s Parchment Update, art teacher Hillary Campbell and intern teacher Alison Moore discuss how the art is selected and why to read the artist statements.

Parchment High School Student Council is hosting a fun community event on April 3rd that’s also a fundraiser for prom!  Advisor Jodie Lugar-McManus shares the details of Donkey Basketball on this week’s Parchment Update.

The Parchment High School National Honor Society will hold their first-ever Easter Egg Hunt for children 10 and under on Saturday, March 30th.  On this week’s Parchment Update, Nia Wilson and Claire Essenmacher discuss how the event will work.

On this week’s Parchment Update, Library Ambassador Karen Woodworth discusses eclipse-related programs at the library.  Find out about the Parchment Book Group discussion of Sun, Moon, Earth by Tyler Nordgren, the Eclipse Craft Party, Eclipse Glasses Giveaway Day, and the Eclipse Watch Party.

Maria Baldwin of Resin Vibes by MB shares details about the Local Artisan Market that she’s hosting at her studio on March 1st.

After a few months hiatus, Fresh Food Distribution returns to Parchment United Methodist Church on Wednesday, February 28th, from 4:30 to 6:00 p.m. Linda Flowers tells us about changes to the program and how people can get food.

Meet the new co-directors of the Kindleberger Summer Festival of the Performing Arts!  Alex Vader and Izzy Weir join Library Ambassador Karen Woodworth on this week’s Parchment Update.  In their new roles, they’ve taken over from Kris Jordan in overseeing the operations of the festival scheduled for Wednesday, July 10th through Monday, July 15th.

Karen Heasley shares information on this year's BINGO for Designer Bags, a fundraiser for Parchment's Kindleberger Arts.

On this week’s Parchment Update, Katie Wittenauer (Director of Programs for Michigan Humanities) shares a statewide perspective of the Great Michigan Read.  The Parchment Community Library will offer Great Michigan Read programs from January 8 through February 12.