NOVI — The Novi Community School District robotics program finally has a place to call its own — the Novi Robotics Center at 25299 Taft Road — where students can battle it out with teams from across the globe on their own turf. 

NOVI — “Legally Blonde: The Musical” emphasizes the importance of being true to oneself and overcoming adversities, according to theater students at Novi High School who will be performing the musical April 17-19.

SOUTHFIELD/LATHRUP VILLAGE — Southfield Public Schools celebrated the legacy of McIntyre Elementary School on March 26 as the district gears up to close the building as a school.

MACOMB COUNTY — For approximately 40 years, the Macomb Intermediate School District has held an Outstanding Teacher of the Year program in which educators at the elementary, middle and high school levels are honored in each Macomb County district.

ROYAL OAK — The National Shrine of the Little Flower Basilica is opening its doors for a walk through history during its Centennial Tours from 12:30 to 3 p.m. April 18. 

EASTPOINTE/ROSEVILLE — Every year, the Macomb Intermediate School District holds an Outstanding Teacher of the Year program in which educators at the elementary, middle and high school levels are honored in each Macomb County district. 

NOVI — Novi Middle School teacher Rebekah Schulze was rewarded for her years of hard work and dedication to her students with her first new car to drive after being named the district’s Educator of the Year on March 5. 

MADISON HEIGHTS — The morning of March 17 was an emotional rollercoaster for Rachel Harwell. The science teacher at John Page Middle School in Madison Heights was about to begin her second class that day when she received a call from her son’s elementary school, telling her he was absent.

WARREN — Just before students went on spring break March 30 through April 6, Warren Mott High School held “Strive for a Better Drive” in an effort to promote safe driving among the teenagers.

ROCHESTER/ROCHESTER HILLS/OAKLAND TOWNSHIP — The Rochester Community Schools Board of Education has selected Sherry Wynn Perdue as its new trustee.

GROSSE POINTE WOODS — Grosse Pointe Theatre’s “Matilda: The Musical” was originally supposed to be performed at the Schaap Center in Grosse Pointe Park, but there’s something fitting about the fact that this story about a special girl’s potential being recognized by her teacher is being staged at a school instead.

GROSSE POINTE WOODS — With its stirring themes of love, redemption and revolution, the drama “Les Misérables” has become one of the most popular musicals of the modern era.

BLOOMFIELD HILLS — At the Bloomfield Hills Board of Education meeting March 23, a resolution to enter into two separate interlocal agreements with the Oakland County Parks and Recreation Commission for Bowers Farm and the E.L. Johnson Nature Center passed unanimously.

UTICA — Karyn McConachie, a science teacher at Utica High School, received the Frank Miracola 21 Things Educational Excellence award from the Michigan Association for Computer Users in Learning and the Regional Educational Media Center Association of Michigan.

WARREN — A group of Fitzgerald Public Schools educators lined up inside the high school band room behind Dionne Boza.

STERLING HEIGHTS — Grissom Middle School students in Mary Bullis’ eighth grade leadership class will remember U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Alwyn Cashe for a long time.

SOUTHFIELD/LATHRUP VILLAGE — The Southfield Public Schools district and alumni said a final farewell to the campus of University High School Academy, previously Southfield Lathrup High School, as plans are moving forward to reconstruct the campus.

DETROIT/SOUTHFIELD — Lawrence Technological University will host its third Scholarship Gala on May 16 at the Department at Hudson’s, located at 1000 Nick Gilbert Way in Detroit.

SOUTHFIELD — Sarah Abazi, 18, a senior at Southfield Christian High School, was selected as a candidate for the U.S. Presidential Scholars Program, a highly selective academic honor.

NOVI — Novi Community School District Superintendent Ben Mainka’s annual State of the District address Feb. 25 shared the district’s high rankings throughout the state and across the country, as well as the things he said the district is doing within each category of the Novi Community School District’s strategic plan.