Saugatuck Students Kick Off Walk-a-Thon

The Saugatuck Elementary School (SES) began its 13th annual walk-a-thon today, a week-long event involving about 500 students to raise money for Staples Tuition Grants in celebration of its 75th anniversary. A new scholarship, entitled the Saugatuck Elementary School Community Award, will go to a SES “graduate” who has given back to the shared community in a meaningful way. Today’s featured speaker was Officer Ned Batlin, Staples High School graduate and a Staples Tuition Grant recipient himself. Batlin is pictured with some of his recent D.A.R.E. graduates from SES’s fifth grade. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Contributed photo