Mackinaw High School

10/21/2026

Mr Davis from Saginaw STEM visited Mackinaw on Tuesday. The whole student body participated in the event building pontoon boats and wiring them and then every boat was raced against someone else. The goal was to show students that they are capable of exploring careers in Science and Technology fields.

10/18/2026

Students cooked Salisbury steak using ground beef and mashed potatoes and gravy on Friday. This is a Grant program Mr Kern applied for and was awarded. It’s called Cooking with Kern where the principal Mr. Kern takes 15 to 30 students two Fridays a month and teaches them how to cook easy stove top meals with minimal ingredients.

10/14/2026

Live and Learn is a new grant program we are running that teaches students financial literacy and life skills. Partnering with Members First Credit Union employees, the grant pays students for successfully completing the 5 session program. Each session is 2 hours after school. The class is a pilot program and voluntary.

10/13/2026

Today, students attended the Alternative Ed Job Fair at the Saginaw ISD. Students spoke with local employers and practiced interview skills. Mackinaw took 16 different students to this Job Fair.

10/13/2026

Say hi to the group that helped do chicken chores recently. Students help feed the chickens behind the school, and collect the eggs. The eggs are distributed to students for free.

09/25/2026

Today on September 25, was the first Mackinaw market event of this school year. The Mackinaw market is a free food and clothing pantry for currently enrolled Mackinaw students and their immediate household. We had almost 60 families represented today. This program is supported purely by grants and not with school funds.

09/25/2026

09/25/2026

Mackinaw students took a quick break and did a few engaging things in an activity day before getting back to class and finishing out the day in the classrooms

09/19/2026

The 9/18 Cooking with Kern session gave students the opportunity to make Pizza tortellini. The students love this easy dish.