Live Free Like Michelle

10/12/2026

Just missing her....
Robert made this years ago.

10/01/2026

Thinking about Michelle ...

When the Baumann family was selling their long-time family home. After all the boxes were packed and before the utility lines were finally cut, there was a quiet, urgent desire to record Don Bauman…

09/15/2026

September 15, 2026

Attention HHS Class of 2027

We are seeking volunteers to help us add logos to our recipient board. Over the past 9 years we have awarded 30 scholarships for HHS graduating seniors attending 18 different colleges and universities.

We are looking forward to awarding more scholarships to the HHS class of 2027 and potentially adding more logos to our board.

We need you to submit your application to help us accomplish our goals.

If your dream school is already on our board, don't worry, we still want your application so we can learn about you, your dreams for the future, and how we can help be a part of those plans.

We invite you to take a look at the on-line submission process for the MCSF scholarship.

https://michellechalkscholarshipfund.org/mcsf-application-submission-preparation

We look forward to awarding Michelle’s scholarships on your Senior Awards Night. We hope it is your name we call.

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09/02/2026

On August 31, 2026 Wendell Berry passed away. Wendell Erdman Berry was an American novelist, poet, essayist, environmental activist, cultural critic, and farmer. You might ask how he is connected to Michelle.

In 2021, the year Michelle was to graduate from Highlands High School, Jacob Young, the choir director and the Highlands Choirs commissioned Mr. Berry to write a song for Michelle and it was put to music by Elizabeth Alexander.

It is one of the many special things that we hold close in our hearts to remember what was done for us when Michelle died.

Perhaps you'd like to listen to Wendell Berry's words in honor of Michelle.

Like a Leaf(SATB choir and piano)Words by Wendell BerryMusic by...

09/01/2026

"... to keep the memory of Michelle Chalk alive in the community that she lived and loved."

In his book, Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives, neuroscientist David Eagleman suggests that a person’s existence comes to an end not all at once, but in three distinct stages: The First Death: W…

08/12/2026

I know people love to post pictures of downed trees but it sure is a trigger event for this mama. I'm not saying what you can and cannot post because of me, but please just be thankful that no one was killed.

08/01/2026

Thinking about Michelle ...

Nine years. Zero months It is a milestone that carries a profound, quiet weight, arriving exactly as the calendar turns to August. As we navigate this space in time, a single phrase has taken root …

07/01/2026

Thinking of Michelle ...

Loss has a way of gathering in the quiet corners of our lives, waiting for the moments when the world demands we look back. Recently, our home has been filled with the heavy, reflective silence tha…

06/16/2026

24 photos for 24 years. 💛

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06/14/2026

2 photos that popped up on my facebook timehop that I just had to share....love her and miss her every day.