Schools

Published July 2, 2020

Governor’s back-to-school plan disclosed

CENTER LINE/WARREN — Now that Gov. Gretchen Whitmer released her MI Safe Schools Roadmap, local educators can continue planning for the 2020-2021 school year.

Published July 2, 2020

Warren Weekly

De La Salle raises more than $400k with online fundraiser

WARREN — Each year, De La Salle Collegiate High School holds three fundraisers: the Christian Brothers’ Dinner, the Christian Brothers’ Auxiliary of De La Salle Collegiate Fashion Show and the annual classic golf outing.

Pediatrician group wants to see students return to school

Published July 1, 2020

C&G Newspapers

Pediatrician group wants to see students return to school

METRO DETROIT — One group of professionals is hoping students will head back to school in the fall, despite the COVID-19 outbreak.

De La Salle Collegiate High School Major Gift Officer Greg Esler, left, stands with Brother Ken Kalinowski. The school is attempting to raise $500,000 by June 30 through an online fundraiser called Bridge The Gap, to help raise money for student tuition assistance.

Published June 26, 2020

Warren Weekly

De La Salle aims to raise $500k with online fundraiser

WARREN — Each year, De La Salle Collegiate High School holds three fundraisers: the Christian Brothers’ Dinner, the Christian Brothers' Auxiliary of De La Salle Collegiate Fashion Show, and the annual classic golf outing.

Published June 25, 2020

Grosse Pointe Times

Grosse Pointe Woods resident bound over for trial on embezzlement charges

WOODS — The case involving a Grosse Pointe Woods man accused of embezzling more than $90,000 from accounts within the Grosse Pointe Public School System has been bound over for trial.

Published June 25, 2020

Rochester Post

OU archival project documents the COVID-19 pandemic

ROCHESTER HILLS — As the COVID-19 crisis disrupts normal life across the nation, the Oakland University libraries are working to document and preserve southeast Michigan’s experiences with the pandemic.

Published June 23, 2020

Southfield Sun

Class of 2020 celebrates with outdoor and virtual celebrations in Southfield

SOUTHFIELD — The class of 2020 has been dealt an interesting hand, but Southfield students are taking it in stride.

Published June 23, 2020

Troy Times

Troy School District seniors enjoy pomp and circumstance

TROY — The city of Troy teamed up with the Troy School District to ensure that the Class of 2020 — graduating in unprecedented times — had the sendoff it worked so hard for.

Farmington Public Schools celebrates Class of 2020 with car parade

Published June 23, 2020

Farmington Press

Farmington Public Schools celebrates Class of 2020 with car parade

FARMINGTON/HILLS — The past three months have been anything but normal for K-12 students across Michigan.

Published June 23, 2020

Grosse Pointe Times

Board to vote on Trombly early childhood center plan June 29

GROSSE POINTES — With Trombly closing as an elementary school at the end of the 2019-2020 school year, there is a chance the building could be used as an early childhood center in the Grosse Pointe Public School System.

Published June 23, 2020

Woodward Talk

Ferndale, Berkley schools plan for school year in COVID-19 era

FERNDALE/BERKLEY — As the Ferndale and Berkley school districts have recently finished up their school years, administrators now must look toward how they plan to handle what schooling will look like in the fall in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Published June 23, 2020

Royal Oak Review

COVID-19 cancels, reconfigures high school senior year milestones

ROYAL OAK/CLAWSON — The high school graduating class of 2020 likely will never forget their last months of high school.

Japhet School students virtually create book during lockdown

Published June 23, 2020

Royal Oak Review

Japhet School students virtually create book during lockdown

CLAWSON — All approximately 55 students at Japhet School, a preschool-through-eighth-grade private school in Clawson, recently utilized technology to collaboratively write and illustrate a short story titled, “Across the Distance: A Tale of Two Friends.”

Fraser Public Schools offering virtual K-12 this fall

Published June 23, 2020

Fraser - Clinton Township Chronicle

Fraser Public Schools offering virtual K-12 this fall

FRASER — On June 12, Fraser Public Schools announced it will launch virtual K-12 classrooms for the 2020-2021 school year.

Published June 22, 2020

Woodward Talk

Ferndale Middle School Teacher of the Year wins 2-year vehicle lease

ERNDALE — A Teacher of the Year in the Ferndale Public Schools was awarded a multiyear vehicle lease from the Suburban Collection.

Published June 22, 2020

Woodward Talk

City of Ferndale, school district pass measures declaring intent to fight racism

FERNDALE — Amid nationwide and local protests of the death of George Floyd, police brutality and systemic racism, the city of Ferndale and its school district both recently passed resolutions dealing with racism.

Greg Scott will fill the Roseville Community Schools Board of Education seat left vacant following the death of trustee Ruth Green. In November, voters will choose someone to serve the remaining four years of Green’s term, and Scott said he will seek election to the remainder of the term.

Published June 19, 2020

Roseville - Eastpointe Eastsider

Scott selected to fill Roseville school board seat

ROSEVILLE — Following the death of longtime Roseville Community Schools Board of Education trustee Ruth Green, the board selected former board member Greg Scott to fill the opening at its meeting June 17.

Districts predict tough times ahead for school budgets

Published June 19, 2020

St. Clair Shores Sentinel

Districts predict tough times ahead for school budgets

ST. CLAIR SHORES — Local school districts must submit a balanced budget to the state by July 1.

Published June 19, 2020

C&G Newspapers

Amid disruption, grads glow in their moment

STERLING HEIGHTS — Like many valedictorians, Julie ElFishawy had the honor of giving a commencement speech to her fellow graduates from the Utica Academy for International Studies, who graduated June 6.