Schools

Two new commercial-grade solar panel LED streetlamps illuminate a pathway from Hamman Drive to Athens High School. The lights were installed to improve safety for students walking along the path during early morning and nighttime hours.

Published February 27, 2021

Solar lights added to Athens High pathway to promote safety

TROY — After two years of advocating for the city to install lights along a pathway that connects Athens High School to Hamman Drive, a concerned resident and Athens parent, Jessica Shamoon, can finally rest easy.

Parents and students march outside the Wheat Administration Building of Lakeview Public Schools asking for a return to school full-time face-to-face.

Published February 26, 2021

St. Clair Shores Sentinel

Lakeview parents protest, want students back in classrooms full time

While some local districts are getting students back into the classroom four and five days per week, parents in Lakeview Public Schools protested the fact that no such change has been made in their district — and that there was no immediate plan to do so.

Published February 25, 2021

C&G Newspapers

Utica Community Schools music teacher receives grant to buy instruments

STERLING HEIGHTS — A Utica Community Schools teacher is putting funds to good use after being chosen among 40 teachers across Michigan to receive a grant to implement their innovative ideas in their classrooms.

Troy High School Courtyard Club students Aleena Malik, Shreya Keeta, Nina Aitas, Amy Liang and Sonnet Xu stand in a snow-capped courtyard they hope to transform into an eco-friendly gathering space for the school community.

Published February 25, 2021

Troy Times

Troy High students tackle environmental sustainability

TROY — Two Troy High School student groups have announced projects to tackle environmental sustainability at their school and throughout the community.

Published February 24, 2021

St. Clair Shores Sentinel

Lake Shore students head back to the classroom 4 days per week

Beginning the week of March 8, students in Lake Shore Public Schools will have the opportunity to attend in-person classes for four days per week.

During a Feb. 9 Southfield Public Schools Board of Education meeting, board members unanimously approved a hybrid model that would allow students to return to half-day in-person learning on most days and half online. Southfield was one of the last districts to begin the phase-in process in Oakland County because, according to Superintendent Jennifer Green, it followed the science and data.

Published February 24, 2021

Southfield Sun

Southfield school board approves return to school using hybrid model

SOUTHFIELD — When Southfield Public Schools started to weigh the options of returning to school, Superintendent Jennifer Green said the decision would be based on science and science alone.

Published February 24, 2021

Metro

MCC tuition rates to increase slightly next year

MACOMB COUNTY — Macomb Community College students will see an increase in their tuition next year.

Published February 24, 2021

Rochester Post

Avondale Schools resumes in-person learning with hybrid schedule

ROCHESTER HILLS/AUBURN HILLS/BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP — After nearly a year of remote learning due to COVID-19, Avondale Schools has returned to in-person learning.

Published February 24, 2021

C&G Newspapers

WCSPA auditions underway for 2021-2022

STERLING HEIGHTS/WARREN — From “Beauty and the Beast” to “Thoroughly Modern Millie,” Warren Consolidated School of Performing Arts, or WCSPA, students have entertained audiences for 30 years.

Published February 24, 2021

Warren Weekly

Welding students make the right cut

CENTER LINE — On the morning of Feb. 12, sparks flew from the inside of a classroom in Center Line High School’s C-Hallway.

Published February 23, 2021

Grosse Pointe Times

GPPSS students return to full-time, face-to-face learning in March

GROSSE POINTES — After attending school in a hybrid format since October, minus a brief period that began in November, Grosse Pointe Public School System children will return to full-time in-person learning next month.

Published February 23, 2021

C&G Newspapers

School district officials discuss return to in-person learning plan

MACOMB TOWNSHIP/CLINTON TOWNSHIP — Chippewa Valley Schools recently reconfirmed the extended COVID-19 learning plan, but it wasn’t without discussion on how future learning should look like.

Published February 22, 2021

Shelby - Utica News

Ross resigns from UCS Board of Education after 16 years

SHELBY TOWNSHIP/UTICA — After 16 years on the Utica Community Schools Board of Education, Trustee Robert Ross recently announced his resignation to focus more on his family.

Published February 22, 2021

Shelby - Utica News

Vaccine distribution makes way to UCS staff

SHELBY TOWNSHIP/UTICA — As Utica Community Schools continues to move toward more in-person instruction, district officials are organizing partnerships to increase the availability of vaccines to the Utica Community Schools staff.

Published February 22, 2021

Woodward Talk

Ferndale Public Schools to allow in-person instruction option

FERNDALE — The students in Ferndale Public Schools now have the option to return to in-person instruction.

Published February 22, 2021

West Bloomfield Beacon

West Bloomfield, Walled Lake school districts return to in-person instruction

WEST BLOOMFIELD/WALLED LAKE — Both the West Bloomfield and the Walled Lake Consolidated school districts have returned to offering in-person instruction.

Published February 21, 2021

Warren Weekly

DLS, Regina parents, students reflect on in-person learning

WARREN — When the 2020-21 school year began in August at De La Salle Collegiate High School, in-person instruction was held five days a week at the all-boys Catholic high school.

Published February 12, 2021

Troy Times

3 Troy schools receive State School of Character award

TROY — Athens High School and Troy Union and Bemis elementary schools were recognized with State School of Character awards from Character.org.

Published February 10, 2021

Metro

OU announces $2,500 scholarship for Michigan frontline workers

ROCHESTER HILLS — Oakland University is offering financial assistance to those working the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Fourth grade Barnard Elementary School student Aditya Yogesh is the grand prize winner of the 2021 Oakland County Water Resources Commissioner’s Office’s Kids’ Clean Water Calendar Contest.

Published February 10, 2021

Troy Times

Troy student wins Water Resources Commission calendar contest

TROY — A local Troy student’s artwork has been featured on the front cover of the Oakland County Water Resources Commissioner’s Office’s 2021 Clean Water Calendar.